Climate averages 1991–2020
Kakamega weather
in April.
A warm, very wet month: the 5th warmest and the wettest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
April is a warm month in Kakamega: daytime highs average 25.8°C and nights cool to about 15.2°C. By daytime temperature it is the 5th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 235 mm of rain on roughly 27 days, which makes April a very wet month (the wettest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 07 min on an average April day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Khwisero (22 km away). In April its highs average 25.3°C, 0.5°C cooler than Kakamega, with 256 mm of rain.
Among the 37 cities listed in Kenya, Kakamega ranks 16th of 37 for the warmest April highs and 33rd of 37 for the driest April (rainfall, lowest first). The mean April high of those 37 cities is 26.3°C; Kakamega is 0.5°C cooler than that mean.
From April to May, average highs fall by 1.1°C to 24.7°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 235 mm to 194 mm.
The annual picture
April 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
Kakamega climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 27.2°C14.0°C | 14.0°C | 92 | 13.2 | 12.112 h |
| February | 28.4°C14.5°C | 14.5°C | 74 | 12.0 | 12.112 h |
| March | 27.9°C15.1°C | 15.1°C | 149 | 19.8 | 12.112 h |
| April, selected | 25.8°C15.2°C | 15.2°C | 235 | 26.7 | 12.112 h |
| May | 24.7°C14.7°C | 14.7°C | 194 | 26.8 | 12.112 h |
| June | 24.1°C14.2°C | 14.2°C | 105 | 21.9 | 12.112 h |
| July | 23.7°C14.0°C | 14.0°C | 99 | 19.8 | 12.112 h |
| August | 24.3°C14.0°C | 14.0°C | 106 | 20.7 | 12.112 h |
| September | 25.3°C13.9°C | 13.9°C | 104 | 20.4 | 12.112 h |
| October | 25.4°C14.4°C | 14.4°C | 171 | 25.3 | 12.112 h |
| November | 25.4°C14.3°C | 14.3°C | 202 | 23.7 | 12.112 h |
| December | 26.1°C13.9°C | 13.9°C | 136 | 18.2 | 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
April in nearby cities
- Khwisero in AprilKenya · 22 kmHigh 25.3°C · Low 16.4°C · 256 mm rain
- Kisumu in AprilKenya · 43 kmHigh 27.3°C · Low 18.5°C · 281 mm rain
- Eldoret in AprilKenya · 63 kmHigh 23.8°C · Low 13.2°C · 195 mm rain
- Busia in AprilKenya · 74 kmHigh 26.0°C · Low 17.4°C · 291 mm rain
- Kitale in AprilKenya · 86 kmHigh 21.3°C · Low 12.3°C · 189 mm rain
- Kisii in AprilKenya · 107 kmHigh 25.0°C · Low 15.4°C · 277 mm rain
- Migori in AprilKenya · 153 kmHigh 26.5°C · Low 17.0°C · 232 mm rain
- Nakuru in AprilKenya · 161 kmHigh 24.3°C · Low 13.6°C · 104 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 Kakamega) is explained once on the Kakamega year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.