Climate averages 1991–2020

Kakamega weather
in June.

A warm, wet month: the 11th warmest and the 5th driest of the year.

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

Average high 24.1°C Daytime mean, June

Average low 14.2°C Night-time mean, June

Rainfall 105 mm 22 days with ≥1 mm

Daylight 12 h Sunrise to sunset, per day

June is a warm month in Kakamega: daytime highs average 24.1°C and nights cool to about 14.2°C. By daytime temperature it is the 11th warmest of the 12 months.

Expect about 105 mm of rain on roughly 22 days, which makes June a wet month (the 5th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 08 min on an average June day.

The nearest other city in this atlas is Khwisero (22 km away). In June its highs average 24.2°C, about as warm as Kakamega, with 144 mm of rain.

Among the 37 cities listed in Kenya, Kakamega ranks 17th of 37 for the warmest June highs and 33rd of 37 for the driest June (rainfall, lowest first). The mean June high of those 37 cities is 24.4°C; Kakamega is 0.3°C cooler than that mean.

From June to July, average highs fall by 0.4°C to 23.7°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 105 mm to 99 mm.

The annual picture

June 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	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, selected	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

June 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.