Kakamega climate

Name: Kakamega
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Kakamega is warmest in February, with average highs of 29 °C, and coldest in July, when nights average 14 °C. April is the wettest month (230 mm) and February the driest (67 mm). Figures are 1991–2020 climate normals.

Across a full year Kakamega averages 1,615 mm of rain and 212 days above 25 °C.

Kenya · population 1,867,579 · 1991–2020 normals

Temperature below 0 °C to above 30 °C Rain band height is that month’s share of the wettest month

Warmest month February 29 °C
Coldest month July 14 °C
Driest month February 67 mm
Wettest month April 230 mm
Least cloud February 55 % cloud
Hottest on record March 35 °C
Coldest on record January 9.4 °C

What to expectKakamega through the year

Kakamega changes little through the year. Average daily highs stay between 24 and 29 °C, so no month stands out as a season in the way it would further from the equator.

Counted across a normal year, 212 days a year reach 25 °C, 22 of them reach 30 °C. The warmest reading in the 1991–2020 record is 35 °C, in March.

Rain is strongly seasonal. April averages 230 mm against 67 mm in February — 3.5 times as much. Planning around the dry months matters more here than planning around temperature.

Month by month

Month	Avg high	Rainfall	Cloud
January	27.4 °C	87 mm	55 %
February	28.6 °C	67 mm	55 %
March	28.0 °C	142 mm	63 %
April	26.0 °C	230 mm	79 %
May	24.8 °C	189 mm	70 %
June	24.1 °C	107 mm	67 %
July	23.8 °C	99 mm	67 %
August	24.4 °C	105 mm	64 %
September	25.4 °C	104 mm	61 %
October	25.5 °C	163 mm	74 %
November	25.5 °C	193 mm	75 %
December	26.4 °C	130 mm	60 %

Temperature month by month

Month	Avg high	Avg low	Mean	Record high	Record low	Days above 25 °C	Days above 30 °C
January	27.4 °C	14.1 °C	20.7 °C	33.4 °C	9.4 °C	26	3
February	28.6 °C	14.6 °C	21.5 °C	33.9 °C	11.0 °C	26	8
March	28.0 °C	15.1 °C	21.4 °C	34.5 °C	11.7 °C	27	8
April	26.0 °C	15.2 °C	20.3 °C	34.3 °C	12.1 °C	20	1
May	24.8 °C	14.7 °C	19.5 °C	29.8 °C	12.0 °C	13	0
June	24.1 °C	14.1 °C	19.0 °C	28.0 °C	11.3 °C	6	0
July	23.8 °C	13.9 °C	18.7 °C	27.1 °C	11.0 °C	4	0
August	24.4 °C	13.9 °C	18.9 °C	27.8 °C	11.0 °C	8	0
September	25.4 °C	13.9 °C	19.5 °C	29.3 °C	11.8 °C	19	0
October	25.5 °C	14.4 °C	19.8 °C	29.6 °C	12.2 °C	21	0
November	25.5 °C	14.3 °C	19.7 °C	31.3 °C	10.6 °C	20	0
December	26.4 °C	13.9 °C	20.1 °C	33.2 °C	10.3 °C	23	1

Rain, sun and wind month by month

Month	Rainfall	Wet days	Daylight	Cloud cover	Humidity	Wind
January	87 mm	13	12 h/day	55 %	67 %	14 km/h
February	67 mm	11	12 h/day	55 %	63 %	14 km/h
March	142 mm	19	12 h/day	63 %	69 %	14 km/h
April	230 mm	26	12 h/day	79 %	79 %	12 km/h
May	189 mm	26	12 h/day	70 %	82 %	9.8 km/h
June	107 mm	22	12 h/day	67 %	80 %	9.1 km/h
July	99 mm	20	12 h/day	67 %	79 %	9.0 km/h
August	105 mm	20	12 h/day	64 %	78 %	9.4 km/h
September	104 mm	20	12 h/day	61 %	76 %	9.7 km/h
October	163 mm	25	12 h/day	74 %	77 %	10 km/h
November	193 mm	23	12 h/day	75 %	77 %	11 km/h
December	130 mm	17	12 h/day	60 %	72 %	12 km/h

How Kakamega compares

The same four figures for nearby destinations, so the numbers above have something to be read against. Summer high is the warmest month's average high; winter low is the coldest month's average low.

Destination	Summer high	Winter low	Rain per year	Days above 25 °C
Kakamega	29 °C	14 °C	1,615 mm	212
Kisumu · Kenya	30 °C	18 °C	1,785 mm	343
Eldoret · Kenya	25 °C	12 °C	1,845 mm	58
Kitale · Kenya	24 °C	11 °C	1,644 mm	24
Nakuru · Kenya	27 °C	12 °C	706 mm	90

Planning a trip? See the best time to visit Kakamega.

QuestionsCommon questions about Kakamega’s climate

When is the best time to visit Kakamega?

That depends on what you want, so the honest answer is a comparison rather than a single month. April, October, December sit closest to 20 °C on average, February is the warmest month and February the driest. The month-by-month table above has the full picture.

How hot does Kakamega get?

In February, the warmest month, daily highs average 29 °C. About 22 days a year pass 30 °C. The highest value in the 1991–2020 record is 35 °C.

How cold does it get in winter?

Nights average 14 °C in July, the coldest month. Freezing nights are not part of a normal year here.

Which month is wettest in Kakamega?

April, averaging 230 mm over 26 days with rain. The driest month is February with 67 mm. The year as a whole averages 1,615 mm.

Are these figures a forecast?

No. They are 1991–2020 climate normals: the average of thirty years, which describes what a month is usually like in Kakamega rather than what any particular week will bring. Individual years can differ substantially from the normal.

Data sources and method

ERA5 / ERA5-Land reanalysis — Copernicus Climate Change Service (C3S), ECMWF. Copernicus Licence
Open-Meteo — Open-Meteo.com. CC BY 4.0
NOAA OISST v2.1 — NOAA Physical Sciences Laboratory. Public domain
GeoNames — GeoNames.org. CC BY 4.0

Normal period: 1991–2020
Data point: 0.284°, 34.752° (the coordinates the reanalysis values are taken for)
Dataset version: era5-1991-2020-scores1.1
Last processed: 1 August 2026

Measured values come from ERA5 reanalysis and are reproduced unchanged. Calculated by us: monthly rankings, daylight hours, beach and comfort scores. Full formulas are on the methodology page.

Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026. Neither the European Commission nor ECMWF is responsible for any use that may be made of the Copernicus information or data it contains.