Karuga Weather in August
Karuga in August
The short of it: Karuga in August averages a high of 19 °C (67 °F) and a low of 8 °C (46 °F), with 136 mm (5.4 in) of rain and about 12 h 7 min of daylight. Rated 3 of 5 for a visit; the best months are February and January. Source: TerraClimate climate normals, 1991–2020.
Average high 19° · low 8° · rain 136 mm · daylight 12 h 7 min
✦✦✦ Fair for a visit · best months: February & January
August in Karuga brings afternoons near 19° and nights around 8°, with about 136 mm of rain over the month. The dead of winter in Karuga: highs scarcely reach 19°, nights fall to 8°. It is the wettest month of the year here, about 136 mm.
The sun is up for about 12 h 7 min in mid-August.
For the traveller: pack layers, a wool coat and stout boots, and an oilskin besides. The Almanac rates August 3 of 5 for a visit; the finest months here are February and January.
Against its neighbours, Karuga runs cooler than most and about as wet in August. Nyahururu, 8 km to the E, sees much the same highs.
August in Karuga, by the numbers
- Warmth rank
- 11th warmest of 12
- Rain rank
- 1st wettest of 12
- Versus July
- about the same, 18 mm more rain
- Versus September
- 1° colder
- Day–night spread
- 12°
- Snow season
- seldom any
- Daylight, mid-month
- 12 h 7 min
- Average wind
- 8 km/h
Neighbouring Towns
August averages · distance by the crow’s flight| Town | Distance | High | Low | Rain |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| NyahururuLaikipia | 8 km E | 20° | 8° | 136 mm |
| SubukiaNakuru County | 11 km WSW | 21° | 9° | 149 mm |
| Mairo InyaNyandarua County | 13 km E | 20° | 8° | 133 mm |
| Ol Joro OrokNyandarua County | 15 km SSE | 19° | 8° | 138 mm |
| KasukuNyandarua County | 21 km SSE | 20° | 8° | 114 mm |
| BahatiNakuru County | 27 km SW | 22° | 10° | 124 mm |
| Upper GilgilNyandarua County | 28 km S | 18° | 7° | 119 mm |
| DundoriNakuru County | 33 km S | 21° | 9° | 105 mm |