Climate averages 1991–2020
Busia weather
in February.
A hot, wet month: the warmest and the driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
February is a hot month in Busia: daytime highs average 28.4°C and nights cool to about 17.8°C. By daytime temperature it is the warmest month of the year.
Expect about 110 mm of rain on roughly 15 days, which makes February a wet month (the driest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 06 min on an average February day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Khwisero (63 km away). In February its highs average 27.5°C, 0.8°C cooler than Busia, with 82 mm of rain.
Among the 37 cities listed in Kenya, Busia ranks joint 14th of 37 for the warmest February highs and 37th of 37 for the driest February (rainfall, lowest first). The mean February high of those 37 cities is 28.4°C; Busia is level with that mean.
From February to March, average highs fall by 0.8°C to 27.6°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 110 mm to 216 mm.
The annual picture
February 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, selected | 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 | 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
February in nearby cities
- Khwisero in FebruaryKenya · 63 kmHigh 27.5°C · Low 16.6°C · 82 mm rain
- Kakamega in FebruaryKenya · 74 kmHigh 28.4°C · Low 14.5°C · 74 mm rain
- Kisumu in FebruaryKenya · 96 kmHigh 30.0°C · Low 18.8°C · 89 mm rain
- Njeru in FebruaryUganda · 104 kmHigh 26.4°C · Low 20.0°C · 104 mm rain
- Kitale in FebruaryKenya · 117 kmHigh 23.1°C · Low 11.9°C · 49 mm rain
- Eldoret in FebruaryKenya · 129 kmHigh 25.3°C · Low 12.7°C · 45 mm rain
- Lugazi in FebruaryUganda · 131 kmHigh 26.6°C · Low 18.2°C · 133 mm rain
- Kisii in FebruaryKenya · 146 kmHigh 26.4°C · Low 15.0°C · 99 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.