Maragua Weather in August
Maragua in August
The short of it: Maragua in August averages a high of 24 °C (76 °F) and a low of 14 °C (56 °F), with 14 mm (0.55 in) of rain and about 12 h 5 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 14 mm · daylight 12 h 5 min
✦✦✦✦✦ Recommended for a visit · best months: July & August
Thirty years of records give Maragua an average August high of 24°, a low of 14° and some 14 mm of rain. Much like July: highs about 24°, nights near 14°. Easy travelling weather. Rain is scarce, about 14 mm, the 10th wettest month.
The sun is up for about 12 h 5 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, Maragua runs about middling and drier than most in August. Murang’a, 9 km to the NNE, sees much the same highs.
August in Maragua, by the numbers
- Warmth rank
- 11th warmest of 12
- Rain rank
- 10th wettest of 12
- Versus July
- about the same, 5.0 mm more rain
- Versus September
- 2° colder
- Day–night spread
- 11°
- Snow season
- seldom any
- Daylight, mid-month
- 12 h 5 min
- Average wind
- 8 km/h
Neighbouring Towns
August averages · distance by the crow’s flight| Town | Distance | High | Low | Rain |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Murang’aMurang'A | 9 km NNE | 24° | 14° | 17 mm |
| KaruriMurang'A | 12 km NNE | 25° | 14° | 17 mm |
| KenolMurang'A | 16 km S | 24° | 13° | 13 mm |
| SaganaKirinyaga County | 17 km NNE | 26° | 15° | 15 mm |
| KangemaMurang'A | 22 km WNW | 22° | 12° | 48 mm |
| KagioKirinyaga County | 23 km NE | 25° | 15° | 18 mm |
| ThikaNairobi County | 27 km SSW | 24° | 13° | 12 mm |
| Mukurwe-iniNyeri County | 28 km NNW | 22° | 12° | 43 mm |