Climate averages 1991–2020
Kisii weather
in March.
A warm, very wet month: the 2nd warmest and the 9th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
March is a warm month in Kisii: daytime highs average 26.1°C and nights cool to about 15.2°C. By daytime temperature it is the 2nd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 189 mm of rain on roughly 19 days, which makes March a very wet month (the 9th 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 Migori (54 km away). In March its highs average 27.5°C, 1.5°C warmer than Kisii, with 155 mm of rain.
Among the 37 cities listed in Kenya, Kisii ranks 26th of 37 for the warmest March highs and 36th of 37 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 37 cities is 28.1°C; Kisii is 2.0°C cooler than that mean.
From March to April, average highs fall by 1.1°C to 25.0°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 189 mm to 277 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
Kisii climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 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, selected | 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
March in nearby cities
- Migori in MarchKenya · 54 kmHigh 27.5°C · Low 17.2°C · 155 mm rain
- Kisumu in MarchKenya · 64 kmHigh 29.2°C · Low 18.8°C · 182 mm rain
- Tarime in MarchTanzania · 87 kmHigh 27.8°C · Low 16.6°C · 127 mm rain
- Khwisero in MarchKenya · 97 kmHigh 26.9°C · Low 16.5°C · 158 mm rain
- Kakamega in MarchKenya · 107 kmHigh 27.9°C · Low 15.1°C · 149 mm rain
- Musoma in MarchTanzania · 141 kmHigh 26.5°C · Low 20.4°C · 140 mm rain
- Eldoret in MarchKenya · 145 kmHigh 25.4°C · Low 13.1°C · 97 mm rain
- Busia in MarchKenya · 146 kmHigh 27.6°C · Low 17.6°C · 216 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.