Climate averages 1991–2020
Busia weather
in July.
A warm, wet month: the coolest and the 3rd driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
July is a warm month in Busia: daytime highs average 25.1°C and nights cool to about 16.3°C. By daytime temperature it is the coolest month of the year.
Expect about 134 mm of rain on roughly 21 days, which makes July a wet month (the 3rd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 09 min on an average July day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Khwisero (63 km away). In July its highs average 23.9°C, 1.3°C cooler than Busia, with 119 mm of rain.
Among the 37 cities listed in Kenya, Busia ranks 15th of 37 for the warmest July highs and 35th of 37 for the driest July (rainfall, lowest first). The mean July high of those 37 cities is 23.8°C; Busia is 1.3°C warmer than that mean.
From July to August, average highs rise by 0.5°C to 25.7°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 134 mm to 168 mm.
The annual picture
July 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, selected | 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
July in nearby cities
- Khwisero in JulyKenya · 63 kmHigh 23.9°C · Low 15.5°C · 119 mm rain
- Kakamega in JulyKenya · 74 kmHigh 23.7°C · Low 14.0°C · 99 mm rain
- Kisumu in JulyKenya · 96 kmHigh 26.6°C · Low 17.9°C · 92 mm rain
- Njeru in JulyUganda · 104 kmHigh 24.2°C · Low 18.4°C · 116 mm rain
- Kitale in JulyKenya · 117 kmHigh 18.1°C · Low 10.6°C · 172 mm rain
- Eldoret in JulyKenya · 129 kmHigh 20.2°C · Low 11.8°C · 250 mm rain
- Lugazi in JulyUganda · 131 kmHigh 24.2°C · Low 16.5°C · 132 mm rain
- Kisii in JulyKenya · 146 kmHigh 23.6°C · Low 14.1°C · 51 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.