Climate averages 1991–2020
Busia weather
in November.
A warm, very wet month: the 8th warmest and the 8th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
November is a warm month in Busia: daytime highs average 25.8°C and nights cool to about 16.7°C. By daytime temperature it is the 8th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 210 mm of rain on roughly 24 days, which makes November a very wet month (the 8th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 06 min on an average November day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Khwisero (63 km away). In November its highs average 25.0°C, 0.7°C cooler than Busia, with 197 mm of rain.
Among the 37 cities listed in Kenya, Busia ranks 15th of 37 for the warmest November highs and 33rd of 37 for the driest November (rainfall, lowest first). The mean November high of those 37 cities is 25.3°C; Busia is 0.5°C warmer than that mean.
From November to December, average highs rise by 0.6°C to 26.4°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 210 mm to 142 mm.
The annual picture
November 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 | 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, selected | 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
November in nearby cities
- Khwisero in NovemberKenya · 63 kmHigh 25.0°C · Low 15.8°C · 197 mm rain
- Kakamega in NovemberKenya · 74 kmHigh 25.4°C · Low 14.3°C · 202 mm rain
- Kisumu in NovemberKenya · 96 kmHigh 27.4°C · Low 18.1°C · 247 mm rain
- Njeru in NovemberUganda · 104 kmHigh 24.7°C · Low 19.2°C · 202 mm rain
- Kitale in NovemberKenya · 117 kmHigh 20.4°C · Low 11.3°C · 141 mm rain
- Eldoret in NovemberKenya · 129 kmHigh 22.1°C · Low 12.1°C · 122 mm rain
- Lugazi in NovemberUganda · 131 kmHigh 24.5°C · Low 17.6°C · 226 mm rain
- Kisii in NovemberKenya · 146 kmHigh 24.5°C · Low 14.6°C · 260 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.