Climate averages 1991–2020

Kisumu weather
in February.

A hot, moderately wet month: the warmest and the driest of the year.

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

Average high 30.0°C Daytime mean, February

Average low 18.8°C Night-time mean, February

Rainfall 89 mm 13 days with ≥1 mm

Daylight 12 h Sunrise to sunset, per day

February is a hot month in Kisumu: daytime highs average 30.0°C and nights cool to about 18.8°C. By daytime temperature it is the warmest month of the year.

Expect about 89 mm of rain on roughly 13 days, which makes February a moderately wet month (the driest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 07 min on an average February day.

The nearest other city in this atlas is Khwisero (36 km away). In February its highs average 27.5°C, 2.5°C cooler than Kisumu, with 82 mm of rain.

Among the 37 cities listed in Kenya, Kisumu ranks joint 11th of 37 for the warmest February highs and 35th of 37 for the driest February (rainfall, lowest first). The mean February high of those 37 cities is 28.4°C; Kisumu is 1.6°C warmer than that mean.

From February to March, average highs fall by 0.8°C to 29.2°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 89 mm to 182 mm.

The annual picture

February in context

30-year average

Average highAverage low°C

Monthly rainfall

Average total · mm

Averages from hourly ERA5 reanalysis data. Actual weather varies from year to year. How these numbers are calculated

Every month, side by side

Kisumu climate table

1991–2020

Monthly climate averages for Kisumu, 1991–2020
Month	Average highHigh / low	Average low	Rainfall mm/month	Rain days ≥1 mm/day	Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day
January	28.8°C18.3°C	18.3°C	116	15.7	12.112 h
February, selected	30.0°C18.8°C	18.8°C	89	13.2	12.112 h
March	29.2°C18.8°C	18.8°C	182	20.2	12.112 h
April	27.3°C18.5°C	18.5°C	281	27.0	12.112 h
May	26.8°C18.1°C	18.1°C	206	26.3	12.112 h
June	26.7°C17.9°C	17.9°C	103	20.7	12.112 h
July	26.6°C17.9°C	17.9°C	92	18.1	12.112 h
August	27.2°C18.0°C	18.0°C	100	19.2	12.112 h
September	28.2°C18.2°C	18.2°C	106	19.5	12.112 h
October	27.9°C18.4°C	18.4°C	194	25.5	12.112 h
November	27.4°C18.1°C	18.1°C	247	25.0	12.112 h
December	27.9°C17.9°C	17.9°C	179	20.7	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

February in nearby cities

Distance from Kisumu

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 Kisumu) is explained once on the Kisumu year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.