Kikuyu
City in Kenya: population, location, elevation, climate and landmarks.
Kikuyu town: Rotsee2, CC BY-SA 3.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
Overview
Kikuyu is a city in Kenya, in Kiambu County. About 323,881 people live in the city proper, making it the 8th largest city of Kenya in our atlas.
It lies at 1.25° S, 36.66° E, about 2,047 m (6,716 ft) above sea level, and keeps time on the Africa/Nairobi time zone. It sits inside the tropics.
Location
Red dot: Kikuyu. Green dots: other major cities of Kenya. Map data: Natural Earth.
Climate
Kikuyu has a Mediterranean (warm summer) climate (Köppen Csb). The warmest month is usually Feb, with average highs near 27°C (81°F); the coolest nights come in Jul at about 11°C (52°F). Around 788 mm (31 in) of rain and snow falls in a typical year, most of it in Apr.
Bars: average daily high and low (°C) for each month; blue columns and figures: average precipitation (mm). Gridded 2001-2025 averages from NASA POWER, so mountain and coastal spots can differ from local station records.
What to eat in KenyaNational dishes, street food, desserts and drinks on Intercontinental Chef.Nearby major cities
- Karuri · 13 km
- Nairobi · 18 km
- Ruiru · 35 km
- Thika · 51 km
- Naivasha · 64 km
- Karuri · 84 km
- Nakuru · 123 km
- Kisumu · 246 km
- Population, coordinates, elevation, time zone: GeoNames 192126 (CC BY 4.0)
- Wikidata Q1026079 (CC0)
- Climate: NASA POWER 2001-2025 climatology
Text written by Geographical Effect from these sources.
- Kikuyu town: Rotsee2, CC BY-SA 3.0 (Wikimedia Commons)