Climate averages 1991–2020
Busia weather
in March.
A warm, very wet month: the 2nd warmest and the 9th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
March is a warm month in Busia: daytime highs average 27.6°C and nights cool to about 17.6°C. By daytime temperature it is the 2nd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 216 mm of rain on roughly 23 days, which makes March a very wet month (the 9th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 07 min on an average March day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Khwisero (63 km away). In March its highs average 26.9°C, 0.7°C cooler than Busia, with 158 mm of rain.
Among the 37 cities listed in Kenya, Busia ranks 15th of 37 for the warmest March highs and 37th of 37 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 37 cities is 28.1°C; Busia is 0.5°C cooler than that mean.
From March to April, average highs fall by 1.5°C to 26.0°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 216 mm to 291 mm.
The annual picture
March 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, selected | 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
March in nearby cities
- Khwisero in MarchKenya · 63 kmHigh 26.9°C · Low 16.5°C · 158 mm rain
- Kakamega in MarchKenya · 74 kmHigh 27.9°C · Low 15.1°C · 149 mm rain
- Kisumu in MarchKenya · 96 kmHigh 29.2°C · Low 18.8°C · 182 mm rain
- Njeru in MarchUganda · 104 kmHigh 25.9°C · Low 20.1°C · 178 mm rain
- Kitale in MarchKenya · 117 kmHigh 22.8°C · Low 12.2°C · 95 mm rain
- Eldoret in MarchKenya · 129 kmHigh 25.4°C · Low 13.1°C · 97 mm rain
- Lugazi in MarchUganda · 131 kmHigh 26.0°C · Low 18.5°C · 212 mm rain
- Kisii in MarchKenya · 146 kmHigh 26.1°C · Low 15.2°C · 189 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.