Climate averages 1991–2020
Kakamega weather
in October.
A warm, wet month: the joint 6th warmest and the 9th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
October is a warm month in Kakamega: daytime highs average 25.4°C and nights cool to about 14.4°C. By daytime temperature it is the joint 6th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 171 mm of rain on roughly 25 days, which makes October a wet month (the 9th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 06 min on an average October day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Khwisero (22 km away). In October its highs average 25.2°C, about as warm as Kakamega, with 189 mm of rain.
Among the 37 cities listed in Kenya, Kakamega ranks 18th of 37 for the warmest October highs and joint 32nd of 37 for the driest October (rainfall, lowest first). The mean October high of those 37 cities is 26.1°C; Kakamega is 0.7°C cooler than that mean.
From October to November, average highs stay level at 25.4°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 171 mm to 202 mm.
The annual picture
October 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, selected | 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
October in nearby cities
- Khwisero in OctoberKenya · 22 kmHigh 25.2°C · Low 16.0°C · 189 mm rain
- Kisumu in OctoberKenya · 43 kmHigh 27.9°C · Low 18.4°C · 194 mm rain
- Eldoret in OctoberKenya · 63 kmHigh 22.2°C · Low 12.2°C · 171 mm rain
- Busia in OctoberKenya · 74 kmHigh 26.1°C · Low 16.9°C · 220 mm rain
- Kitale in OctoberKenya · 86 kmHigh 20.4°C · Low 11.4°C · 158 mm rain
- Kisii in OctoberKenya · 107 kmHigh 25.3°C · Low 15.1°C · 149 mm rain
- Migori in OctoberKenya · 153 kmHigh 27.8°C · Low 17.2°C · 130 mm rain
- Nakuru in OctoberKenya · 161 kmHigh 23.3°C · Low 12.6°C · 87 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.