Climate averages 1991–2020

Kisumu weather
in March.

A hot, very wet month: the 2nd warmest and the 8th driest of the year.

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

Average high 29.2°C Daytime mean, March

Average low 18.8°C Night-time mean, March

Rainfall 182 mm 20 days with ≥1 mm

Daylight 12 h Sunrise to sunset, per day

March is a hot month in Kisumu: daytime highs average 29.2°C and nights cool to about 18.8°C. By daytime temperature it is the 2nd warmest of the 12 months.

Expect about 182 mm of rain on roughly 20 days, which makes March a very wet month (the 8th 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 Khwisero (36 km away). In March its highs average 26.9°C, 2.4°C cooler than Kisumu, with 158 mm of rain.

Among the 37 cities listed in Kenya, Kisumu ranks 13th of 37 for the warmest March highs and 35th of 37 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 37 cities is 28.1°C; Kisumu is 1.1°C warmer than that mean.

From March to April, average highs fall by 1.9°C to 27.3°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 182 mm to 281 mm.

The annual picture

March 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	30.0°C18.8°C	18.8°C	89	13.2	12.112 h
March, selected	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

March 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.