Climate averages 1991–2020
Busia weather
in August.
A warm, wet month: the 9th warmest and the 5th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
August is a warm month in Busia: daytime highs average 25.7°C and nights cool to about 16.4°C. By daytime temperature it is the 9th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 168 mm of rain on roughly 24 days, which makes August a wet month (the 5th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 08 min on an average August day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Khwisero (63 km away). In August its highs average 24.4°C, 1.2°C cooler than Busia, with 139 mm of rain.
Among the 37 cities listed in Kenya, Busia ranks 14th of 37 for the warmest August highs and 35th of 37 for the driest August (rainfall, lowest first). The mean August high of those 37 cities is 24.3°C; Busia is 1.3°C warmer than that mean.
From August to September, average highs rise by 0.7°C to 26.4°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 168 mm to 181 mm.
The annual picture
August 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 | 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, selected | 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
August in nearby cities
- Khwisero in AugustKenya · 63 kmHigh 24.4°C · Low 15.6°C · 139 mm rain
- Kakamega in AugustKenya · 74 kmHigh 24.3°C · Low 14.0°C · 106 mm rain
- Kisumu in AugustKenya · 96 kmHigh 27.2°C · Low 18.0°C · 100 mm rain
- Njeru in AugustUganda · 104 kmHigh 24.6°C · Low 18.6°C · 138 mm rain
- Kitale in AugustKenya · 117 kmHigh 18.5°C · Low 10.4°C · 224 mm rain
- Eldoret in AugustKenya · 129 kmHigh 20.6°C · Low 11.6°C · 304 mm rain
- Lugazi in AugustUganda · 131 kmHigh 24.6°C · Low 16.7°C · 150 mm rain
- Kisii in AugustKenya · 146 kmHigh 24.2°C · Low 14.2°C · 77 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.