Climate averages 1991–2020
Khwisero weather
in August.
A warm, wet month: the 10th warmest and the 6th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
August is a warm month in Khwisero: daytime highs average 24.4°C and nights cool to about 15.6°C. By daytime temperature it is the 10th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 139 mm of rain on roughly 25 days, which makes August a wet month (the 6th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 07 min on an average August day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Kakamega (22 km away). In August its highs average 24.3°C, about as warm as Khwisero, with 106 mm of rain.
Among the 37 cities listed in Kenya, Khwisero ranks 16th of 37 for the warmest August highs and 34th of 37 for the driest August (rainfall, lowest first). The mean August high of those 37 cities is 24.3°C; Khwisero is 0.1°C warmer than that mean.
From August to September, average highs rise by 0.9°C to 25.3°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 139 mm to 137 mm.
The annual picture
August 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
Khwisero climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 26.5°C16.0°C | 16.0°C | 101 | 15.8 | 12.112 h |
| February | 27.5°C16.6°C | 16.6°C | 82 | 13.8 | 12.112 h |
| March | 26.9°C16.5°C | 16.5°C | 158 | 21.6 | 12.112 h |
| April | 25.3°C16.4°C | 16.4°C | 256 | 27.3 | 12.112 h |
| May | 24.7°C16.1°C | 16.1°C | 237 | 28.3 | 12.112 h |
| June | 24.2°C15.7°C | 15.7°C | 144 | 24.8 | 12.112 h |
| July | 23.9°C15.5°C | 15.5°C | 119 | 22.0 | 12.112 h |
| August, selected | 24.4°C15.6°C | 15.6°C | 139 | 24.7 | 12.112 h |
| September | 25.3°C15.7°C | 15.7°C | 137 | 24.7 | 12.112 h |
| October | 25.2°C16.0°C | 16.0°C | 189 | 27.9 | 12.112 h |
| November | 25.0°C15.8°C | 15.8°C | 197 | 25.8 | 12.112 h |
| December | 25.6°C15.6°C | 15.6°C | 137 | 20.0 | 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
August in nearby cities
- Kakamega in AugustKenya · 22 kmHigh 24.3°C · Low 14.0°C · 106 mm rain
- Kisumu in AugustKenya · 36 kmHigh 27.2°C · Low 18.0°C · 100 mm rain
- Busia in AugustKenya · 63 kmHigh 25.7°C · Low 16.4°C · 168 mm rain
- Eldoret in AugustKenya · 85 kmHigh 20.6°C · Low 11.6°C · 304 mm rain
- Kisii in AugustKenya · 97 kmHigh 24.2°C · Low 14.2°C · 77 mm rain
- Kitale in AugustKenya · 104 kmHigh 18.5°C · Low 10.4°C · 224 mm rain
- Migori in AugustKenya · 138 kmHigh 27.1°C · Low 16.6°C · 51 mm rain
- Njeru in AugustUganda · 160 kmHigh 24.6°C · Low 18.6°C · 138 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 Khwisero) is explained once on the Khwisero year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.