Climate averages 1991–2020

Kakamega weather
in February.

A hot, moderately wet month: the warmest and the driest of the year.

Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.

Average high 28.4°C Daytime mean, February

Average low 14.5°C Night-time mean, February

Rainfall 74 mm 12 days with ≥1 mm

Daylight 12 h Sunrise to sunset, per day

February is a hot month in Kakamega: daytime highs average 28.4°C and nights cool to about 14.5°C. By daytime temperature it is the warmest month of the year.

Expect about 74 mm of rain on roughly 12 days, which makes February a moderately 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 (22 km away). In February its highs average 27.5°C, 0.8°C cooler than Kakamega, with 82 mm of rain.

Among the 37 cities listed in Kenya, Kakamega ranks joint 14th of 37 for the warmest February highs and 31st of 37 for the driest February (rainfall, lowest first). The mean February high of those 37 cities is 28.4°C; Kakamega is level with that mean.

From February to March, average highs fall by 0.5°C to 27.9°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 74 mm to 149 mm.

The annual picture

February in context

30-year average

Average highAverage low°C

Monthly rainfall

Average total · mm

Averages 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

1991–2020

Monthly climate averages for Kakamega, 1991–2020
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, selected	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	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

February in nearby cities

Distance from Kakamega

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 limits

How 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.