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Chogoria route
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7-day forecast
Open-Meteo (CC BY 4.0)Best time to hike
Best months: Jun–Sep, Dec–Mar · highs 21–24 °C (70–75 °F)
- J23°14°78
- F24°15°62
- M24°15°165
- A23°16°408
- M22°15°213
- J21°14°41
- J21°13°42
- A21°13°52
- S23°14°46
- O23°15°317
- N21°15°348
- D22°14°153
Average high °C · low °C · precipitation mm per month. Highlighted: best months.
How we pick months
Best months are those where the 1981–2010 average daily high is 10–27 °C (50–81 °F), the average overnight low is 0 °C (32 °F) or warmer, and average precipitation is 200 mm (7.9 in) or less. Values are long-term monthly averages for the ~1 km cell at the trail point on the map, from CHELSA V2.1 climatologies (Karger et al., CC0), not a forecast. Higher or more exposed parts of a route can be colder, wetter or snowier.
Trail facts
- Mapped length
- 39 km · 24 mi (OSM route, Waymarked Trails)
- Mountain range
- Mount Kenya (Gregory Rift › East African Highlands; GMBA)
- Nearest town
- 3.9 km W of Chogoria (Tharaka - Nithi) · GeoNames
- Best months
- Jun–Sep, Dec–Mar
- Country
- Kenya
- Region
- Eastern
- Continent
- Africa
- Route type
- Regional route
- Route centre
- -0.1886, 37.4542
- Route start
- -0.2405, 37.5941
- OpenStreetMap
- relation 416423
How it’s scored
Hikers can rate difficulty from 1 to 10 (1 = flat, short, easy walk for anyone; 3 = gentle hills, a little effort; 5 = moderate climbs, some fitness needed; 7 = steep or long, solid fitness required; 10 = extremely strenuous or technical; long steep climbing; experienced hikers only). The community average is shown once at least 3 people have rated the trail; until then the official or computed score is used when we have one.