Ruiru weather in June

In June, Ruiru sees average daytime highs of 23°C and overnight lows near 15°C, with 28 mm of rain across 5.7 wet days and about 11.9 hours of daylight. It is the 10th-warmest and 8th-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 23°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 5% of the time in June, and the air most often feels comfortable.

Daylight stretches from about 11 h 54 min at the start of June to 11 h 54 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, June is Ruiru's 10th-clearest and 12th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Ruiru's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 23°; 10th warmest
Overnight low: 15°; 4th coldest
Rainfall: 28 mm; 5.7 wet days
Daylight: 11 h 54 min; 6:34 AM – 6:30 PM
Cloud cover: 79%; 10th clearest
Wind: 6 km/h; 12th windiest
Solar energy: 4.36 kWh/m²
Travel score: 7.0; out of 10

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Temperature in June

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 23°C through the month.

A typical June day in Ruiru reaches about 23°C in the afternoon and slips back to 15°C overnight — a 8°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 21°C and 25°C. Set against its neighbours, June runs about 1°C cooler than May and on par with July.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30
Avg high (°C)	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23
Avg low (°C)	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	14	14	14	14	14	14	14

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	24	15
2	24	15
3	24	15
4	24	15
5	24	15
6	24	15
7	24	15
8	24	15
9	23	15
10	23	15
11	23	15
12	23	15
13	23	15
14	23	15
15	23	15
16	23	15
17	23	15
18	23	15
19	23	15
20	23	15
21	23	15
22	23	15
23	23	15
24	23	14
25	23	14
26	23	14
27	23	14
28	23	14
29	23	14
30	23	14

Ruiru weather by month

How June compares with the rest of the year at a glance. June is the 10th-warmest and 8th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

Month	High / Low (°C)	Rainfall (mm)	Wet days	Daylight (hours)	Travel score
Jan	26° / 15°	30	6.8	12.1	7.3
Feb	27° / 16°	21	5.1	12	7.2
Mar	27° / 17°	58	12.7	12	6.2
Apr	25° / 17°	120	22	12	4.9
May	24° / 16°	74	15.1	11.9	6.1
Jun	23° / 15°	28	5.7	11.9	7.0
Jul	23° / 14°	9	2	11.9	7.3
Aug	23° / 14°	12	2.6	12	7.4
Sep	25° / 14°	10	2.1	12	7.8
Oct	26° / 16°	44	9.6	12	6.7
Nov	24° / 16°	123	21.2	12.1	5.1
Dec	25° / 15°	57	13.7	12.1	6.4

Cloud cover in June

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 5% of the time in June.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 14% of June, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 81%. Skies tend to cloud over as the month goes on.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30
Clearer (%)	35	33	31	30	29	27	26	25	22	21	20	19	18	18	16	15	14	14	14	13	13	13	11	11	11	12	11	11	11	11
Cloudier (%)	65	67	69	70	71	73	74	75	78	79	80	81	82	82	84	85	86	86	86	87	87	87	89	89	89	88	89	89	89	89

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	35	65
2	33	67
3	31	69
4	30	70
5	29	71
6	27	73
7	26	74
8	25	75
9	22	78
10	21	79
11	20	80
12	19	81
13	18	82
14	18	82
15	16	84
16	15	85
17	14	86
18	14	86
19	14	86
20	13	87
21	13	87
22	13	87
23	11	89
24	11	89
25	11	89
26	12	88
27	11	89
28	11	89
29	11	89
30	11	89

Chance of precipitation in June

Any precipitation

Ruiru gets around 28 mm of rain over 5.7 wet days in June. The line is the day-by-day chance of measurable precipitation.

Day to day, the chance of measurable rain averages around 19% and peaks near 27% on the wettest days. The odds ease toward the end of the month.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30
Rain chance (%)	27	27	27	26	26	25	25	24	24	23	23	22	21	21	20	19	18	17	16	15	15	14	13	13	12	11	11	10	10	9

	Rain chance (%)
1	27
2	27
3	27
4	26
5	26
6	25
7	25
8	24
9	24
10	23
11	23
12	22
13	21
14	21
15	20
16	19
17	18
18	17
19	16
20	15
21	15
22	14
23	13
24	13
25	12
26	11
27	11
28	10
29	10
30	9

Humidity in June

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

Most of June feels comfortable — the stacked bands show each day's mix of comfort levels, read off the dew point.

By dew point, June lands in the comfortable band about 61% of days. It rarely turns muggy — the humid and sticky bands barely register.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30
Dry (%)	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	30	31	33	34	36	38	39	41	43	45	47	49	51	53	55	57
Comfortable (%)	68	67	67	66	66	66	66	67	67	67	67	66	66	66	65	65	63	63	62	60	59	57	56	54	52	50	48	46	44	42
Humid (%)	16	16	15	15	14	13	12	11	10	9	8	8	7	6	5	4	4	3	2	2	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)
1	16	68	16
2	17	67	16
3	18	67	15
4	19	66	15
5	20	66	14
6	21	66	13
7	22	66	12
8	22	67	11
9	23	67	10
10	24	67	9
11	25	67	8
12	26	66	8
13	27	66	7
14	28	66	6
15	30	65	5
16	31	65	4
17	33	63	4
18	34	63	3
19	36	62	2
20	38	60	2
21	39	59	2
22	41	57	2
23	43	56	1
24	45	54	1
25	47	52	1
26	49	50	1
27	51	48	1
28	53	46	1
29	55	44	1
30	57	42	1

Wind in June

Winds average 6 km/h in June, the calmest month.

Across June, daily wind ranges from about 6 km/h on the calmest days to 7 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30
Wind speed (km/h)	7	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6
Feels	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm

	Wind speed (km/h)	Feels
1	7	calm
2	6	calm
3	6	calm
4	6	calm
5	6	calm
6	6	calm
7	6	calm
8	6	calm
9	6	calm
10	6	calm
11	6	calm
12	6	calm
13	6	calm
14	6	calm
15	6	calm
16	6	calm
17	6	calm
18	6	calm
19	6	calm
20	6	calm
21	6	calm
22	6	calm
23	6	calm
24	6	calm
25	6	calm
26	6	calm
27	6	calm
28	6	calm
29	6	calm
30	6	calm

Sunrise & sunset in June

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 11 h 54 min at the start of June to 11 h 54 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days grow by about 0 minutes over June. Sunrise moves from 6:32 AM to 6:37 AM, and sunset from 6:28 PM to 6:33 PM.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30
Daylight (h)	11.9	11.9	11.9	11.9	11.9	11.9	11.9	11.9	11.9	11.9	11.9	11.9	11.9	11.9	11.9	11.9	11.9	11.9	11.9	11.9	11.9	11.9	11.9	11.9	11.9	11.9	11.9	11.9	11.9	11.9
Sunrise (AM)	6:32	6:32	6:32	6:32	6:32	6:32	6:33	6:33	6:33	6:33	6:33	6:34	6:34	6:34	6:34	6:34	6:35	6:35	6:35	6:35	6:35	6:36	6:36	6:36	6:36	6:36	6:37	6:37	6:37	6:37
Sunset (PM)	6:28	6:28	6:28	6:28	6:28	6:29	6:29	6:29	6:29	6:29	6:29	6:30	6:30	6:30	6:30	6:30	6:31	6:31	6:31	6:31	6:31	6:32	6:32	6:32	6:32	6:33	6:33	6:33	6:33	6:33

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	11.9	6:32	6:28
2	11.9	6:32	6:28
3	11.9	6:32	6:28
4	11.9	6:32	6:28
5	11.9	6:32	6:28
6	11.9	6:32	6:29
7	11.9	6:33	6:29
8	11.9	6:33	6:29
9	11.9	6:33	6:29
10	11.9	6:33	6:29
11	11.9	6:33	6:29
12	11.9	6:34	6:30
13	11.9	6:34	6:30
14	11.9	6:34	6:30
15	11.9	6:34	6:30
16	11.9	6:34	6:30
17	11.9	6:35	6:31
18	11.9	6:35	6:31
19	11.9	6:35	6:31
20	11.9	6:35	6:31
21	11.9	6:35	6:31
22	11.9	6:36	6:32
23	11.9	6:36	6:32
24	11.9	6:36	6:32
25	11.9	6:36	6:32
26	11.9	6:36	6:33
27	11.9	6:37	6:33
28	11.9	6:37	6:33
29	11.9	6:37	6:33
30	11.9	6:37	6:33

Solar energy in June

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in June, about 4.36 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 4.05 kWh/m² to a high of 6.81 kWh/m² in February across the year — June's 4.36 kWh/m² sits near the bottom.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30
Solar energy (kWh/m²)	4.8	4.8	4.8	4.7	4.7	4.7	4.6	4.6	4.5	4.5	4.5	4.4	4.4	4.4	4.3	4.3	4.3	4.3	4.2	4.2	4.2	4.2	4.2	4.2	4.2	4.2	4.1	4.1	4.1	4.1
Level	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright

	Solar energy (kWh/m²)	Level
1	4.8	Bright
2	4.8	Bright
3	4.8	Bright
4	4.7	Bright
5	4.7	Bright
6	4.7	Bright
7	4.6	Bright
8	4.6	Bright
9	4.5	Bright
10	4.5	Bright
11	4.5	Bright
12	4.4	Bright
13	4.4	Bright
14	4.4	Bright
15	4.3	Bright
16	4.3	Bright
17	4.3	Bright
18	4.3	Bright
19	4.2	Bright
20	4.2	Bright
21	4.2	Bright
22	4.2	Bright
23	4.2	Bright
24	4.2	Bright
25	4.2	Bright
26	4.2	Bright
27	4.1	Bright
28	4.1	Bright
29	4.1	Bright
30	4.1	Bright

Planning a trip in June

Is June a good time to visit Ruiru?

Our two travel scores rate June for general sightseeing and for beach or pool weather — 0 (poor) to 10 (ideal).

7.0

Sightseeing

6th-best month of the year

5.6

Beach & pool

8th-best month of the year

June is one of the better times to visit Ruiru for general sightseeing.

What to pack for Ruiru in June

From June's temperature range, rain chance, sun and wind — what's worth putting in the bag.

In June, Ruiru sees daytime highs around 23°C and nights near 15°C. Worth packing: light clothes. About 6 days see rain.

light clothes

UV index in Ruiru in June

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in June peaks around 10 (very high — sun protection essential). The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Ruiru peaks around March 15 at about 16 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near June 20 at about 10 (extreme).

The index reaches 3 or more — the level where the WHO recommends sun protection — every month of the year.

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
UV index (midday)	15	15	16	15	11	10	11	12	14	14	14	13
Level	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme

	UV index (midday)	Level
Jan	15	Extreme
Feb	15	Extreme
Mar	16	Extreme
Apr	15	Extreme
May	11	Extreme
Jun	10	Extreme
Jul	11	Extreme
Aug	12	Extreme
Sep	14	Extreme
Oct	14	Extreme
Nov	14	Extreme
Dec	13	Extreme

Air quality in Ruiru in June

GoodModeratePoorUnhealthyVery unhealthy

Average fine-particle pollution (PM2.5) through the year — so you can see where June falls, not just the annual average.

Air quality in Ruiru is worst in June — around 53 µg/m³ PM2.5 (poor), and holds fairly steady the rest of the year.

Modeled monthly averages (CAMS reanalysis, 2015–2024).

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
PM2.5 (µg/m³)	48	43	41	44	47	53	48	39	34	33	45	50
Level	Poor	Poor	Poor	Poor	Poor	Poor	Poor	Poor	Moderate	Moderate	Poor	Poor

	PM2.5 (µg/m³)	Level
Jan	48	Poor
Feb	43	Poor
Mar	41	Poor
Apr	44	Poor
May	47	Poor
Jun	53	Poor
Jul	48	Poor
Aug	39	Poor
Sep	34	Moderate
Oct	33	Moderate
Nov	45	Poor
Dec	50	Poor

Location & terrain

Where is Ruiru?

Ruiru sits at 1.1°S, 37.0°E, 1,531 m above sea level, in Kenya. The nearest listed city is Juja, 8.0 km away.

Topography around Ruiru

How much the land rises and falls, and what covers it, within 3, 16 and 80 km of Ruiru.

Within 3 km, the terrain around Ruiru has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 66 m around an average of 1,531 m above sea level; within 16 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 362 m; within 80 km, extreme variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 2,970 m.

The land around Ruiru is covered by artificial surfaces (46%) and cropland (23%) within 3 km, grassland (24%) and artificial surfaces (20%) within 16 km, and grassland (34%) and shrubs (28%) within 80 km.

3 km

66 m

artificial surfaces 46%

16 km

362 m

grassland 24%

80 km

2,970 m

grassland 34%

treesshrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrainwater

← May Ruiru year-round climate July →Best places to visit in June

June weather nearby: Juja 8.0 km · Kiambu 14 km · Githunguri 17 km · Thika 17 km · Pumwani 20 km · Imara Daima Estate 22 km · Nairobi 22 km · Githunguri 23 km

Kenya travel facts

Travel advisory: Level 2; Exercise Increased Caution
Power plugs: Type G; 240 V · 50 Hz
Prices: ≈ 34% of US; price level, 2025
GDP per capita: $2,363; 2025
Happiness: 4.7 / 10; World Happiness, 2025
Homicide rate: 4.9; per 100k, 2022
Road deaths: 28.3; per 100k/yr, 2019
Income group: Lower middle; World Bank
English: High; EF EPI 593
Religion

Sources: World Bank, US State Department, World Happiness Report, WHO/UNICEF, EF EPI, CIA World Factbook.

Data sources

Temperature, precipitation, cloud, humidity, wind and solar figures are a 1991–2020 climatology for Ruiru (-1.1466°, 36.9609°, elevation 1,531 m), computed from hourly ERA5 reanalysis — contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information. Sun figures are astronomical calculations, not observations. City data © GeoNames, CC BY 4.0. Map outlines from Natural Earth (public domain); interactive map © Google. UV index is derived from CAMS (Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service) clear-sky UV data — contains modified Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service information. Monthly air-quality (PM2.5) seasonality is from the CAMS EAC4 reanalysis (Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service), scaled to the WHO annual mean where available. Topography is sampled from the Copernicus DEM GLO-90 elevation model (© ESA/Airbus) and ESA WorldCover 2021 land cover (CC BY 4.0).

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	24	15
2	24	15
3	24	15
4	24	15
5	24	15
6	24	15
7	24	15
8	24	15
9	23	15
10	23	15
11	23	15
12	23	15
13	23	15
14	23	15
15	23	15
16	23	15
17	23	15
18	23	15
19	23	15
20	23	15
21	23	15
22	23	15
23	23	15
24	23	14
25	23	14
26	23	14
27	23	14
28	23	14
29	23	14
30	23	14

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	35	65
2	33	67
3	31	69
4	30	70
5	29	71
6	27	73
7	26	74
8	25	75
9	22	78
10	21	79
11	20	80
12	19	81
13	18	82
14	18	82
15	16	84
16	15	85
17	14	86
18	14	86
19	14	86
20	13	87
21	13	87
22	13	87
23	11	89
24	11	89
25	11	89
26	12	88
27	11	89
28	11	89
29	11	89
30	11	89

	Rain chance (%)
1	27
2	27
3	27
4	26
5	26
6	25
7	25
8	24
9	24
10	23
11	23
12	22
13	21
14	21
15	20
16	19
17	18
18	17
19	16
20	15
21	15
22	14
23	13
24	13
25	12
26	11
27	11
28	10
29	10
30	9

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)
1	16	68	16
2	17	67	16
3	18	67	15
4	19	66	15
5	20	66	14
6	21	66	13
7	22	66	12
8	22	67	11
9	23	67	10
10	24	67	9
11	25	67	8
12	26	66	8
13	27	66	7
14	28	66	6
15	30	65	5
16	31	65	4
17	33	63	4
18	34	63	3
19	36	62	2
20	38	60	2
21	39	59	2
22	41	57	2
23	43	56	1
24	45	54	1
25	47	52	1
26	49	50	1
27	51	48	1
28	53	46	1
29	55	44	1
30	57	42	1

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	24	15
2	24	15
3	24	15
4	24	15
5	24	15
6	24	15
7	24	15
8	24	15
9	23	15
10	23	15
11	23	15
12	23	15
13	23	15
14	23	15
15	23	15
16	23	15
17	23	15
18	23	15
19	23	15
20	23	15
21	23	15
22	23	15
23	23	15
24	23	14
25	23	14
26	23	14
27	23	14
28	23	14
29	23	14
30	23	14

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	35	65
2	33	67
3	31	69
4	30	70
5	29	71
6	27	73
7	26	74
8	25	75
9	22	78
10	21	79
11	20	80
12	19	81
13	18	82
14	18	82
15	16	84
16	15	85
17	14	86
18	14	86
19	14	86
20	13	87
21	13	87
22	13	87
23	11	89
24	11	89
25	11	89
26	12	88
27	11	89
28	11	89
29	11	89
30	11	89

	Rain chance (%)
1	27
2	27
3	27
4	26
5	26
6	25
7	25
8	24
9	24
10	23
11	23
12	22
13	21
14	21
15	20
16	19
17	18
18	17
19	16
20	15
21	15
22	14
23	13
24	13
25	12
26	11
27	11
28	10
29	10
30	9

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)
1	16	68	16
2	17	67	16
3	18	67	15
4	19	66	15
5	20	66	14
6	21	66	13
7	22	66	12
8	22	67	11
9	23	67	10
10	24	67	9
11	25	67	8
12	26	66	8
13	27	66	7
14	28	66	6
15	30	65	5
16	31	65	4
17	33	63	4
18	34	63	3
19	36	62	2
20	38	60	2
21	39	59	2
22	41	57	2
23	43	56	1
24	45	54	1
25	47	52	1
26	49	50	1
27	51	48	1
28	53	46	1
29	55	44	1
30	57	42	1

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	24	15
2	24	15
3	24	15
4	24	15
5	24	15
6	24	15
7	24	15
8	24	15
9	23	15
10	23	15
11	23	15
12	23	15
13	23	15
14	23	15
15	23	15
16	23	15
17	23	15
18	23	15
19	23	15
20	23	15
21	23	15
22	23	15
23	23	15
24	23	14
25	23	14
26	23	14
27	23	14
28	23	14
29	23	14
30	23	14

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	35	65
2	33	67
3	31	69
4	30	70
5	29	71
6	27	73
7	26	74
8	25	75
9	22	78
10	21	79
11	20	80
12	19	81
13	18	82
14	18	82
15	16	84
16	15	85
17	14	86
18	14	86
19	14	86
20	13	87
21	13	87
22	13	87
23	11	89
24	11	89
25	11	89
26	12	88
27	11	89
28	11	89
29	11	89
30	11	89

	Rain chance (%)
1	27
2	27
3	27
4	26
5	26
6	25
7	25
8	24
9	24
10	23
11	23
12	22
13	21
14	21
15	20
16	19
17	18
18	17
19	16
20	15
21	15
22	14
23	13
24	13
25	12
26	11
27	11
28	10
29	10
30	9

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)
1	16	68	16
2	17	67	16
3	18	67	15
4	19	66	15
5	20	66	14
6	21	66	13
7	22	66	12
8	22	67	11
9	23	67	10
10	24	67	9
11	25	67	8
12	26	66	8
13	27	66	7
14	28	66	6
15	30	65	5
16	31	65	4
17	33	63	4
18	34	63	3
19	36	62	2
20	38	60	2
21	39	59	2
22	41	57	2
23	43	56	1
24	45	54	1
25	47	52	1
26	49	50	1
27	51	48	1
28	53	46	1
29	55	44	1
30	57	42	1