Climate averages 1991–2020
Kakamega weather
in September.
A warm, wet month: the 8th warmest and the 4th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
September is a warm month in Kakamega: daytime highs average 25.3°C and nights cool to about 13.9°C. By daytime temperature it is the 8th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 104 mm of rain on roughly 20 days, which makes September a wet month (the 4th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 07 min on an average September day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Khwisero (22 km away). In September its highs average 25.3°C, about as warm as Kakamega, with 137 mm of rain.
Among the 37 cities listed in Kenya, Kakamega ranks joint 17th of 37 for the warmest September highs and 32nd of 37 for the driest September (rainfall, lowest first). The mean September high of those 37 cities is 25.7°C; Kakamega is 0.4°C cooler than that mean.
From September to October, average highs rise by 0.1°C to 25.4°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 104 mm to 171 mm.
The annual picture
September 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, selected | 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
September in nearby cities
- Khwisero in SeptemberKenya · 22 kmHigh 25.3°C · Low 15.7°C · 137 mm rain
- Kisumu in SeptemberKenya · 43 kmHigh 28.2°C · Low 18.2°C · 106 mm rain
- Eldoret in SeptemberKenya · 63 kmHigh 21.8°C · Low 11.9°C · 199 mm rain
- Busia in SeptemberKenya · 74 kmHigh 26.4°C · Low 16.6°C · 181 mm rain
- Kitale in SeptemberKenya · 86 kmHigh 19.8°C · Low 10.7°C · 174 mm rain
- Kisii in SeptemberKenya · 107 kmHigh 25.1°C · Low 14.7°C · 93 mm rain
- Migori in SeptemberKenya · 153 kmHigh 28.0°C · Low 17.1°C · 67 mm rain
- Nakuru in SeptemberKenya · 161 kmHigh 23.1°C · Low 11.6°C · 51 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.