Climate averages 1991–2020
Busia weather
in April.
A warm, very wet month: the 7th warmest and the wettest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
April is a warm month in Busia: daytime highs average 26.0°C and nights cool to about 17.4°C. By daytime temperature it is the 7th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 291 mm of rain on roughly 28 days, which makes April a very wet month (the wettest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 07 min on an average April day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Khwisero (63 km away). In April its highs average 25.3°C, 0.8°C cooler than Busia, with 256 mm of rain.
Among the 37 cities listed in Kenya, Busia ranks 15th of 37 for the warmest April highs and 37th of 37 for the driest April (rainfall, lowest first). The mean April high of those 37 cities is 26.3°C; Busia is 0.2°C cooler than that mean.
From April to May, average highs fall by 0.4°C to 25.6°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 291 mm to 276 mm.
The annual picture
April in context
Monthly rainfall
Average total · mmAverages from hourly ERA5 reanalysis data. Actual weather varies from year to year. How these numbers are calculated
Every month, side by side
Busia climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 27.3°C17.2°C | 17.2°C | 111 | 14.9 | 12.112 h |
| February | 28.4°C17.8°C | 17.8°C | 110 | 14.8 | 12.112 h |
| March | 27.6°C17.6°C | 17.6°C | 216 | 22.7 | 12.112 h |
| April, selected | 26.0°C17.4°C | 17.4°C | 291 | 27.5 | 12.112 h |
| May | 25.6°C17.0°C | 17.0°C | 276 | 29.0 | 12.112 h |
| June | 25.3°C16.5°C | 16.5°C | 177 | 24.2 | 12.112 h |
| July | 25.1°C16.3°C | 16.3°C | 134 | 20.9 | 12.112 h |
| August | 25.7°C16.4°C | 16.4°C | 168 | 23.9 | 12.112 h |
| September | 26.4°C16.6°C | 16.6°C | 181 | 25.5 | 12.112 h |
| October | 26.1°C16.9°C | 16.9°C | 220 | 27.9 | 12.112 h |
| November | 25.8°C16.7°C | 16.7°C | 210 | 24.1 | 12.112 h |
| December | 26.4°C16.8°C | 16.8°C | 142 | 19.2 | 12.112 h |
Rainfall is the average of the 30 separate monthly totals. A rain day is a local calendar day with at least 1 mm of precipitation. Daylight is the calculated sunrise-to-sunset length, not measured sunshine.
Compare places
April in nearby cities
- Khwisero in AprilKenya · 63 kmHigh 25.3°C · Low 16.4°C · 256 mm rain
- Kakamega in AprilKenya · 74 kmHigh 25.8°C · Low 15.2°C · 235 mm rain
- Kisumu in AprilKenya · 96 kmHigh 27.3°C · Low 18.5°C · 281 mm rain
- Njeru in AprilUganda · 104 kmHigh 24.7°C · Low 19.8°C · 240 mm rain
- Kitale in AprilKenya · 117 kmHigh 21.3°C · Low 12.3°C · 189 mm rain
- Eldoret in AprilKenya · 129 kmHigh 23.8°C · Low 13.2°C · 195 mm rain
- Lugazi in AprilUganda · 131 kmHigh 24.7°C · Low 18.3°C · 266 mm rain
- Kisii in AprilKenya · 146 kmHigh 25.0°C · Low 15.4°C · 277 mm rain
Read the numbers correctly
Climate, not a promise.
These patterns help compare months. They cannot tell you the weather on a specific day of your trip.
Sources, method and limitsHow these numbers are made (what the highs, lows and rain days mean, the sources and the model cell used for Busia) is explained once on the Busia year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.