Climate averages 1991–2020
Kisii weather
in January.
A warm, wet month: the joint 4th warmest and the 7th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
January is a warm month in Kisii: daytime highs average 25.1°C and nights cool to about 14.6°C. By daytime temperature it is the joint 4th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 151 mm of rain on roughly 17 days, which makes January a wet month (the 7th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 09 min on an average January day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Migori (54 km away). In January its highs average 26.5°C, 1.3°C warmer than Kisii, with 116 mm of rain.
Among the 37 cities listed in Kenya, Kisii ranks joint 23rd of 37 for the warmest January highs and 37th of 37 for the driest January (rainfall, lowest first). The mean January high of those 37 cities is 27.3°C; Kisii is 2.1°C cooler than that mean.
From January to February, average highs rise by 1.3°C to 26.4°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 151 mm to 99 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
Kisii climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January, selected | 25.1°C14.6°C | 14.6°C | 151 | 16.7 | 12.212 h |
| February | 26.4°C15.0°C | 15.0°C | 99 | 13.0 | 12.112 h |
| March | 26.1°C15.2°C | 15.2°C | 189 | 18.9 | 12.112 h |
| April | 25.0°C15.4°C | 15.4°C | 277 | 23.4 | 12.112 h |
| May | 24.5°C15.3°C | 15.3°C | 176 | 19.6 | 12.112 h |
| June | 23.7°C14.6°C | 14.6°C | 87 | 13.6 | 12.112 h |
| July | 23.6°C14.1°C | 14.1°C | 51 | 10.7 | 12.112 h |
| August | 24.2°C14.2°C | 14.2°C | 77 | 13.1 | 12.112 h |
| September | 25.1°C14.7°C | 14.7°C | 93 | 14.2 | 12.112 h |
| October | 25.3°C15.1°C | 15.1°C | 149 | 17.5 | 12.112 h |
| November | 24.5°C14.6°C | 14.6°C | 260 | 23.3 | 12.112 h |
| December | 24.5°C14.5°C | 14.5°C | 216 | 21.2 | 12.212 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
- Migori in JanuaryKenya · 54 kmHigh 26.5°C · Low 16.6°C · 116 mm rain
- Kisumu in JanuaryKenya · 64 kmHigh 28.8°C · Low 18.3°C · 116 mm rain
- Tarime in JanuaryTanzania · 87 kmHigh 26.7°C · Low 16.0°C · 100 mm rain
- Khwisero in JanuaryKenya · 97 kmHigh 26.5°C · Low 16.0°C · 101 mm rain
- Kakamega in JanuaryKenya · 107 kmHigh 27.2°C · Low 14.0°C · 92 mm rain
- Musoma in JanuaryTanzania · 141 kmHigh 25.8°C · Low 19.9°C · 92 mm rain
- Eldoret in JanuaryKenya · 145 kmHigh 24.2°C · Low 12.2°C · 49 mm rain
- Busia in JanuaryKenya · 146 kmHigh 27.3°C · Low 17.2°C · 111 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 Kisii) is explained once on the Kisii year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.