Climate averages 1991–2020

Kakamega weather
in January.

A warm, wet month: the 3rd warmest and the 2nd driest of the year.

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

Average high 27.2°C Daytime mean, January

Average low 14.0°C Night-time mean, January

Rainfall 92 mm 13 days with ≥1 mm

Daylight 12 h Sunrise to sunset, per day

January is a warm month in Kakamega: daytime highs average 27.2°C and nights cool to about 14.0°C. By daytime temperature it is the 3rd warmest of the 12 months.

Expect about 92 mm of rain on roughly 13 days, which makes January a wet month (the 2nd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 06 min on an average January day.

The nearest other city in this atlas is Khwisero (22 km away). In January its highs average 26.5°C, 0.7°C cooler than Kakamega, with 101 mm of rain.

Among the 37 cities listed in Kenya, Kakamega ranks 15th of 37 for the warmest January highs and 31st of 37 for the driest January (rainfall, lowest first). The mean January high of those 37 cities is 27.3°C; Kakamega is 0.1°C cooler than that mean.

From January to February, average highs rise by 1.2°C to 28.4°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 92 mm to 74 mm.

The annual picture

January 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, selected	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	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

January 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.