Climate averages 1991–2020

Kisii weather
in September.

A warm, wet month: the joint 4th warmest and the 4th driest of the year.

Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.

Average high 25.1°C Daytime mean, September
Average low 14.7°C Night-time mean, September
Rainfall 93 mm 14 days with ≥1 mm
Daylight 12 h Sunrise to sunset, per day
Every month in Kisii · average highYear overview

September is a warm month in Kisii: daytime highs average 25.1°C and nights cool to about 14.7°C. By daytime temperature it is the joint 4th warmest of the 12 months.

Expect about 93 mm of rain on roughly 14 days, which makes September a wet month (the 4th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 06 min on an average September day.

The nearest other city in this atlas is Migori (54 km away). In September its highs average 28.0°C, 2.9°C warmer than Kisii, with 67 mm of rain.

Among the 37 cities listed in Kenya, Kisii ranks 20th of 37 for the warmest September highs and 31st of 37 for the driest September (rainfall, lowest first). The mean September high of those 37 cities is 25.7°C; Kisii is 0.6°C cooler than that mean.

From September to October, average highs rise by 0.2°C to 25.3°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 93 mm to 149 mm.

The annual picture

September in context

30-year average
Average highAverage low°C
Average daily high and low temperatures by month The same values are available in the monthly table below. Lines show mean daily maxima and minima, not a forecast interval. 1015202530 JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec

Monthly rainfall

Average total · mm
Average monthly rainfall totalsEach bar is a mean monthly total over 1991–2020. Full numbers are in the table. JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec 3000

Averages 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

1991–2020
Monthly climate averages for Kisii, 1991–2020
MonthAverage highHigh / lowAverage lowRainfall mm/monthRain days ≥1 mm/dayDaylight hours/dayDay­light h/day
January 25.1°C14.6°C14.6°C15116.712.212 h
February 26.4°C15.0°C15.0°C9913.012.112 h
March 26.1°C15.2°C15.2°C18918.912.112 h
April 25.0°C15.4°C15.4°C27723.412.112 h
May 24.5°C15.3°C15.3°C17619.612.112 h
June 23.7°C14.6°C14.6°C8713.612.112 h
July 23.6°C14.1°C14.1°C5110.712.112 h
August 24.2°C14.2°C14.2°C7713.112.112 h
September, selected 25.1°C14.7°C14.7°C9314.212.112 h
October 25.3°C15.1°C15.1°C14917.512.112 h
November 24.5°C14.6°C14.6°C26023.312.112 h
December 24.5°C14.5°C14.5°C21621.212.212 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

September in nearby cities

Distance from Kisii

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 limits

How 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.