Climate averages 1991–2020
Kisumu weather
in November.
A warm, very wet month: the 7th warmest and the 11th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
November is a warm month in Kisumu: daytime highs average 27.4°C and nights cool to about 18.1°C. By daytime temperature it is the 7th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 247 mm of rain on roughly 25 days, which makes November a very wet month (the 11th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 07 min on an average November day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Khwisero (36 km away). In November its highs average 25.0°C, 2.3°C cooler than Kisumu, with 197 mm of rain.
Among the 37 cities listed in Kenya, Kisumu ranks 12th of 37 for the warmest November highs and 36th of 37 for the driest November (rainfall, lowest first). The mean November high of those 37 cities is 25.3°C; Kisumu is 2.1°C warmer than that mean.
From November to December, average highs rise by 0.5°C to 27.9°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 247 mm to 179 mm.
The annual picture
November 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 | 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, selected | 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
November in nearby cities
- Khwisero in NovemberKenya · 36 kmHigh 25.0°C · Low 15.8°C · 197 mm rain
- Kakamega in NovemberKenya · 43 kmHigh 25.4°C · Low 14.3°C · 202 mm rain
- Kisii in NovemberKenya · 64 kmHigh 24.5°C · Low 14.6°C · 260 mm rain
- Eldoret in NovemberKenya · 89 kmHigh 22.1°C · Low 12.1°C · 122 mm rain
- Busia in NovemberKenya · 96 kmHigh 25.8°C · Low 16.7°C · 210 mm rain
- Migori in NovemberKenya · 112 kmHigh 26.2°C · Low 16.6°C · 218 mm rain
- Kitale in NovemberKenya · 127 kmHigh 20.4°C · Low 11.3°C · 141 mm rain
- Tarime in NovemberTanzania · 146 kmHigh 26.8°C · Low 16.3°C · 155 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.