Climate averages 1991–2020
Khwisero weather
in March.
A warm, wet month: the 2nd warmest and the 8th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
March is a warm month in Khwisero: daytime highs average 26.9°C and nights cool to about 16.5°C. By daytime temperature it is the 2nd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 158 mm of rain on roughly 22 days, which makes March a wet month (the 8th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 07 min on an average March day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Kakamega (22 km away). In March its highs average 27.9°C, 1.0°C warmer than Khwisero, with 149 mm of rain.
Among the 37 cities listed in Kenya, Khwisero ranks 19th of 37 for the warmest March highs and 34th of 37 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 37 cities is 28.1°C; Khwisero is 1.2°C cooler than that mean.
From March to April, average highs fall by 1.6°C to 25.3°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 158 mm to 256 mm.
The annual picture
March 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, selected | 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
March in nearby cities
- Kakamega in MarchKenya · 22 kmHigh 27.9°C · Low 15.1°C · 149 mm rain
- Kisumu in MarchKenya · 36 kmHigh 29.2°C · Low 18.8°C · 182 mm rain
- Busia in MarchKenya · 63 kmHigh 27.6°C · Low 17.6°C · 216 mm rain
- Eldoret in MarchKenya · 85 kmHigh 25.4°C · Low 13.1°C · 97 mm rain
- Kisii in MarchKenya · 97 kmHigh 26.1°C · Low 15.2°C · 189 mm rain
- Kitale in MarchKenya · 104 kmHigh 22.8°C · Low 12.2°C · 95 mm rain
- Migori in MarchKenya · 138 kmHigh 27.5°C · Low 17.2°C · 155 mm rain
- Njeru in MarchUganda · 160 kmHigh 25.9°C · Low 20.1°C · 178 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.