Climate averages 1991–2020
Kisumu weather
in June.
A warm, wet month: the 11th warmest and the 4th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
June is a warm month in Kisumu: daytime highs average 26.7°C and nights cool to about 17.9°C. By daytime temperature it is the 11th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 103 mm of rain on roughly 21 days, which makes June a wet month (the 4th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 07 min on an average June day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Khwisero (36 km away). In June its highs average 24.2°C, 2.5°C cooler than Kisumu, with 144 mm of rain.
Among the 37 cities listed in Kenya, Kisumu ranks joint 10th of 37 for the warmest June highs and 32nd of 37 for the driest June (rainfall, lowest first). The mean June high of those 37 cities is 24.4°C; Kisumu is 2.3°C warmer than that mean.
From June to July, average highs fall by 0.1°C to 26.6°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 103 mm to 92 mm.
The annual picture
June 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
Kisumu climate table
| 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 | 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, selected | 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
June in nearby cities
- Khwisero in JuneKenya · 36 kmHigh 24.2°C · Low 15.7°C · 144 mm rain
- Kakamega in JuneKenya · 43 kmHigh 24.1°C · Low 14.2°C · 105 mm rain
- Kisii in JuneKenya · 64 kmHigh 23.7°C · Low 14.6°C · 87 mm rain
- Eldoret in JuneKenya · 89 kmHigh 21.2°C · Low 12.4°C · 226 mm rain
- Busia in JuneKenya · 96 kmHigh 25.3°C · Low 16.5°C · 177 mm rain
- Migori in JuneKenya · 112 kmHigh 26.0°C · Low 16.5°C · 55 mm rain
- Kitale in JuneKenya · 127 kmHigh 18.9°C · Low 11.2°C · 199 mm rain
- Tarime in JuneTanzania · 146 kmHigh 26.7°C · Low 16.0°C · 34 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 Kisumu) is explained once on the Kisumu year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.