Climate averages 1991–2020
Kakamega weather
in November.
A warm, very wet month: the joint 6th warmest and the 11th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
November is a warm month in Kakamega: daytime highs average 25.4°C and nights cool to about 14.3°C. By daytime temperature it is the joint 6th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 202 mm of rain on roughly 24 days, which makes November a very wet month (the 11th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 06 min on an average November day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Khwisero (22 km away). In November its highs average 25.0°C, about as warm as Kakamega, with 197 mm of rain.
Among the 37 cities listed in Kenya, Kakamega ranks 16th of 37 for the warmest November highs and 31st of 37 for the driest November (rainfall, lowest first). The mean November high of those 37 cities is 25.3°C; Kakamega is 0.1°C warmer than that mean.
From November to December, average highs rise by 0.8°C to 26.1°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 202 mm to 136 mm.
The annual picture
November 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 | 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, selected | 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
November in nearby cities
- Khwisero in NovemberKenya · 22 kmHigh 25.0°C · Low 15.8°C · 197 mm rain
- Kisumu in NovemberKenya · 43 kmHigh 27.4°C · Low 18.1°C · 247 mm rain
- Eldoret in NovemberKenya · 63 kmHigh 22.1°C · Low 12.1°C · 122 mm rain
- Busia in NovemberKenya · 74 kmHigh 25.8°C · Low 16.7°C · 210 mm rain
- Kitale in NovemberKenya · 86 kmHigh 20.4°C · Low 11.3°C · 141 mm rain
- Kisii in NovemberKenya · 107 kmHigh 24.5°C · Low 14.6°C · 260 mm rain
- Migori in NovemberKenya · 153 kmHigh 26.2°C · Low 16.6°C · 218 mm rain
- Nakuru in NovemberKenya · 161 kmHigh 22.4°C · Low 13.2°C · 92 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.