Embu Weather in August
Embu in August
The short of it: Embu in August averages a high of 24 °C (74 °F) and a low of 14 °C (56 °F), with 26 mm (1.0 in) of rain and about 12 h 6 min of daylight. Rated 5 of 5 for a visit; the best months are July and August. Source: TerraClimate climate normals, 1991–2020.
Average high 24° · low 14° · rain 26 mm · daylight 12 h 6 min
✦✦✦✦✦ Recommended for a visit · best months: July & August
Thirty years of records give Embu an average August high of 24°, a low of 14° and some 26 mm of rain. Much like July: highs about 24°, nights near 14°. Easy travelling weather. Rain is modest, about 26 mm, the 9th wettest month.
The sun is up for about 12 h 6 min in mid-August.
For the traveller: pack light clothes and a jacket for the evening. The Almanac rates August 5 of 5 for a visit; the finest months here are July and August.
Against its neighbours, Embu runs cooler than most and about as wet in August. Kianyaga, 13 km to the WNW, is 1° cooler by day.
August in Embu, by the numbers
- Warmth rank
- 11th warmest of 12
- Rain rank
- 9th wettest of 12
- Versus July
- 1° warmer, 7.0 mm more rain
- Versus September
- 3° colder
- Day–night spread
- 10°
- Snow season
- seldom any
- Daylight, mid-month
- 12 h 6 min
- Average wind
- 6 km/h
Neighbouring Towns
August averages · distance by the crow’s flight| Town | Distance | High | Low | Rain |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| KianyagaKirinyaga County | 13 km WNW | 23° | 13° | 45 mm |
| KimbimbiKirinyaga County | 14 km SW | 26° | 15° | 13 mm |
| KutusKirinyaga County | 15 km WSW | 25° | 14° | 20 mm |
| RunyenjesEmbu County | 18 km NE | 23° | 14° | 37 mm |
| WanguruKirinyaga County | 20 km SW | 26° | 16° | 9.0 mm |
| KerugoyaKirinyaga County | 20 km WNW | 22° | 12° | 53 mm |
| SiakagoEmbu County | 21 km ESE | 26° | 15° | 8.0 mm |
| KagioKirinyaga County | 24 km WSW | 25° | 15° | 18 mm |