Climate averages 1991–2020
Kakamega weather
in March.
A warm, wet month: the 2nd warmest and the 8th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
March is a warm month in Kakamega: daytime highs average 27.9°C and nights cool to about 15.1°C. By daytime temperature it is the 2nd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 149 mm of rain on roughly 20 days, which makes March a wet month (the 8th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 07 min on an average March day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Khwisero (22 km away). In March its highs average 26.9°C, 1.0°C cooler than Kakamega, with 158 mm of rain.
Among the 37 cities listed in Kenya, Kakamega ranks 14th of 37 for the warmest March highs and 32nd of 37 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 37 cities is 28.1°C; Kakamega is 0.2°C cooler than that mean.
From March to April, average highs fall by 2.1°C to 25.8°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 149 mm to 235 mm.
The annual picture
March 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, selected | 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
March in nearby cities
- Khwisero in MarchKenya · 22 kmHigh 26.9°C · Low 16.5°C · 158 mm rain
- Kisumu in MarchKenya · 43 kmHigh 29.2°C · Low 18.8°C · 182 mm rain
- Eldoret in MarchKenya · 63 kmHigh 25.4°C · Low 13.1°C · 97 mm rain
- Busia in MarchKenya · 74 kmHigh 27.6°C · Low 17.6°C · 216 mm rain
- Kitale in MarchKenya · 86 kmHigh 22.8°C · Low 12.2°C · 95 mm rain
- Kisii in MarchKenya · 107 kmHigh 26.1°C · Low 15.2°C · 189 mm rain
- Migori in MarchKenya · 153 kmHigh 27.5°C · Low 17.2°C · 155 mm rain
- Nakuru in MarchKenya · 161 kmHigh 26.4°C · Low 13.5°C · 48 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.