Climate averages 1991–2020
Migori weather
in December.
A warm, wet month: the coolest and the 10th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
December is a warm month in Migori: daytime highs average 25.9°C and nights cool to about 16.4°C. By daytime temperature it is the coolest month of the year.
Expect about 169 mm of rain on roughly 22 days, which makes December a wet month (the 10th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 11 min on an average December day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Tarime (34 km away). In December its highs average 26.2°C, about as warm as Migori, with 147 mm of rain.
Among the 37 cities listed in Kenya, Migori ranks 16th of 37 for the warmest December highs and 34th of 37 for the driest December (rainfall, lowest first). The mean December high of those 37 cities is 26.0°C; Migori is 0.1°C cooler than that mean.
From December to January, average highs rise by 0.6°C to 26.5°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 169 mm to 116 mm.
The annual picture
December 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
Migori climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 26.5°C16.6°C | 16.6°C | 116 | 17.0 | 12.212 h |
| February | 27.8°C17.1°C | 17.1°C | 86 | 13.2 | 12.112 h |
| March | 27.5°C17.2°C | 17.2°C | 155 | 18.9 | 12.112 h |
| April | 26.5°C17.0°C | 17.0°C | 232 | 22.6 | 12.112 h |
| May | 26.2°C17.0°C | 17.0°C | 151 | 18.4 | 12.112 h |
| June | 26.0°C16.5°C | 16.5°C | 55 | 11.7 | 12.112 h |
| July | 26.4°C16.2°C | 16.2°C | 31 | 7.9 | 12.112 h |
| August | 27.1°C16.6°C | 16.6°C | 51 | 10.2 | 12.112 h |
| September | 28.0°C17.1°C | 17.1°C | 67 | 11.9 | 12.112 h |
| October | 27.8°C17.2°C | 17.2°C | 130 | 16.2 | 12.112 h |
| November | 26.2°C16.6°C | 16.6°C | 218 | 23.0 | 12.212 h |
| December, selected | 25.9°C16.4°C | 16.4°C | 169 | 21.5 | 12.212 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
December in nearby cities
- Tarime in DecemberTanzania · 34 kmHigh 26.2°C · Low 15.9°C · 147 mm rain
- Kisii in DecemberKenya · 54 kmHigh 24.5°C · Low 14.5°C · 216 mm rain
- Musoma in DecemberTanzania · 89 kmHigh 25.2°C · Low 19.7°C · 140 mm rain
- Kisumu in DecemberKenya · 112 kmHigh 27.9°C · Low 17.9°C · 179 mm rain
- Bunda in DecemberTanzania · 126 kmHigh 26.2°C · Low 17.9°C · 164 mm rain
- Khwisero in DecemberKenya · 138 kmHigh 25.6°C · Low 15.6°C · 137 mm rain
- Kakamega in DecemberKenya · 153 kmHigh 26.1°C · Low 13.9°C · 136 mm rain
- Busia in DecemberKenya · 174 kmHigh 26.4°C · Low 16.8°C · 142 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 Migori) is explained once on the Migori year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.