Climate averages 1991–2020
Khwisero weather
in January.
A warm, wet month: the 3rd warmest and the 2nd driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
January is a warm month in Khwisero: daytime highs average 26.5°C and nights cool to about 16.0°C. By daytime temperature it is the 3rd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 101 mm of rain on roughly 16 days, which makes January a wet month (the 2nd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 07 min on an average January day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Kakamega (22 km away). In January its highs average 27.2°C, 0.7°C warmer than Khwisero, with 92 mm of rain.
Among the 37 cities listed in Kenya, Khwisero ranks joint 16th of 37 for the warmest January highs and 32nd of 37 for the driest January (rainfall, lowest first). The mean January high of those 37 cities is 27.3°C; Khwisero is 0.8°C cooler than that mean.
From January to February, average highs rise by 1.1°C to 27.5°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 101 mm to 82 mm.
The annual picture
January 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, selected | 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 | 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
January in nearby cities
- Kakamega in JanuaryKenya · 22 kmHigh 27.2°C · Low 14.0°C · 92 mm rain
- Kisumu in JanuaryKenya · 36 kmHigh 28.8°C · Low 18.3°C · 116 mm rain
- Busia in JanuaryKenya · 63 kmHigh 27.3°C · Low 17.2°C · 111 mm rain
- Eldoret in JanuaryKenya · 85 kmHigh 24.2°C · Low 12.2°C · 49 mm rain
- Kisii in JanuaryKenya · 97 kmHigh 25.1°C · Low 14.6°C · 151 mm rain
- Kitale in JanuaryKenya · 104 kmHigh 22.1°C · Low 11.4°C · 52 mm rain
- Migori in JanuaryKenya · 138 kmHigh 26.5°C · Low 16.6°C · 116 mm rain
- Njeru in JanuaryUganda · 160 kmHigh 25.8°C · Low 19.6°C · 117 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.