Average temperature in January is 20.2 °C
Average daytime temperature is 28.6 °C
Average night temperature is 12.5 °C
Absolute maximum temperature: 30.6 °C
Absolute minimum temperature: 10.8 °C
Number of sunny days: 27
Number of rainy days: 4
Number of snow days:
Precipitation sum: 3 mm
* Weather data for Kakamega Kenya is based on climate observations for 2023 year
| January (°C) | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 | 31 |
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| Maximum temperature | 27.5 | 25.7 | 25.5 | 25.4 | 27.7 | 28.5 | 27.9 | 28.5 | 27.8 | 28.4 | 28.6 | 27.3 | 28.1 | 28.8 | 29.2 | 28.5 | 28.6 | 29.8 | 30 | 29.4 | 29.7 | 28.9 | 28.9 | 28.6 | 29.3 | 29.8 | 29.8 | 30.5 | 29.4 | 30.6 | 29.5 |
| Apparent max temperature | 27.6 | 24.9 | 26.7 | 23.8 | 27 | 28.9 | 29.2 | 28.8 | 28.7 | 29.3 | 29 | 27 | 28.4 | 29.1 | 29.5 | 27.2 | 28.2 | 30.6 | 29.8 | 29.7 | 28.7 | 29.5 | 27.9 | 27.5 | 28.7 | 29.5 | 28.3 | 31.4 | 30.5 | 30.9 | 28.9 |
| Mean temperature | 19.8 | 19.1 | 19 | 20.2 | 20.2 | 20.2 | 20.1 | 19.9 | 19.7 | 19.3 | 19.7 | 19.5 | 19.2 | 19.6 | 19.7 | 19.2 | 20.1 | 20.3 | 20.5 | 20.9 | 21.2 | 20 | 20.4 | 20.3 | 20.5 | 20.9 | 21.4 | 20.8 | 21.1 | 20.8 | 21.2 |
| Apparent mean temperature | 9.5 | 10 | 13.7 | 14.2 | 10.9 | 10 | 10.1 | 11.9 | 11.8 | 12.7 | 11.5 | 11.8 | 9.1 | 9.7 | 9.6 | 10.4 | 10.4 | 10.1 | 9.7 | 10.9 | 9.8 | 10.2 | 12.4 | 11.3 | 10.7 | 11.2 | 10.6 | 9.7 | 10.2 | 10.7 | 11 |
| Minimum temperature | 11 | 11.3 | 14.6 | 15.3 | 12.8 | 11.9 | 11.8 | 13.1 | 12.4 | 13.5 | 12.4 | 12.4 | 10.8 | 11.5 | 11.3 | 12.2 | 12.6 | 12.8 | 12.1 | 12.9 | 11.7 | 12.8 | 13.5 | 12.9 | 12.4 | 13.3 | 12.3 | 12.3 | 12.2 | 12.4 | 12.9 |
| Apparent min temperature | 18.4 | 17.7 | 18.4 | 18.7 | 19.5 | 19 | 19.1 | 19.8 | 19.9 | 19.7 | 19.9 | 19.1 | 18.6 | 18.9 | 19.2 | 18.5 | 18.8 | 19.4 | 19.8 | 20.4 | 19.9 | 19.2 | 19.4 | 19.6 | 19.1 | 19.7 | 19.2 | 19.5 | 19.7 | 20 | 20.2 |
| January | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 | 31 |
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| Daylight duration (h) | 12.1 | 12.1 | 12.1 | 12.1 | 12.1 | 12.1 | 12.1 | 12.1 | 12.1 | 12.1 | 12.1 | 12.1 | 12.1 | 12.1 | 12.1 | 12.1 | 12.1 | 12.1 | 12.1 | 12.1 | 12.1 | 12.1 | 12.1 | 12.1 | 12.1 | 12.1 | 12.1 | 12.1 | 12.1 | 12.1 | 12.1 |
| Sunshine duration (h) | 11.4 | 10.4 | 9.7 | 10.1 | 10.2 | 11.4 | 8.3 | 11.4 | 11.1 | 11.4 | 11.3 | 11.4 | 11.4 | 11.4 | 11.4 | 11.3 | 10.2 | 10 | 11.4 | 11.1 | 11.4 | 10.4 | 11 | 11.3 | 11.4 | 11.2 | 10.5 | 11.4 | 9.9 | 11.4 | 10.3 |
| Precipitation (mm) | 0 | 0.1 | 1.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Precipitation hours | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Wind speed (m/s) | 20.3 | 19.1 | 22.2 | 19.9 | 18 | 11.9 | 9.8 | 18 | 16.8 | 17.6 | 17.3 | 14.8 | 16.1 | 16.4 | 19.2 | 20.1 | 14.2 | 16.6 | 23 | 14 | 18.4 | 17.7 | 15.8 | 16 | 15.9 | 17.1 | 19.7 | 12.4 | 11.3 | 20 | 15.6 |
In January 2023, the highest daytime temperature in Kakamega was 30.6°C.
While the minimum temperature at night dropped to 10.8°C.
The average nighttime and daytime temperatures during January in Kakamega are 12.5°C and 28.6°C respectively.
The precipitation sum in January is about 3 mm.