Climate and average weather in Bondo

In Bondo, the weather is hot, wet, and partly cloudy and remarkably steady, with daytime highs holding near hot levels all year. The wettest stretch peaks around April.

Best: early June to mid September

Over the course of the year, the temperature in Bondo typically varies from 19°C to 28°C, and is rarely below 18°C or above 31°C. February is the hottest month of the year, while July is the coldest.

Based on the travel score, the best times of year to visit Bondo for warm-weather activities are from early January to late March and early June to mid September.

Hottest
Feb
28°
Coldest
Jul
19°
Wettest
Apr
280 mm
Driest
Jul
99 mm
Rain / yr
2067 mm
281 wet days
Daylight
12.0–12.0 h
shortest–longest
Elevation
1,272 m
0.1°S
Clearest
Feb
58% cloud

Bondo weather by month, at a glance

The whole year in one picture — sky, rain, humidity, temperature and travel score. Click any band to jump to its full chart.

Each stripe is one measure across the whole year, stacked so a single day reads top to bottom. The sky band runs overcast grey on top down to clear blue at the base — more blue means sunnier — followed by the rainfall curve, the humidity band, a temperature strip that tints each stretch of the year by how warm its average high is, and the travel-score line at the foot. Scan straight down any date to read that day across every measure at once; the score climbs highest around early June to mid September.

Temperature through the year

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Daily average highs and lows in Bondo, from 1991–2020 of climate data. The shaded bands show the range most days fall in — 10th to 90th percentile.

Temperatures in Bondo stay fairly even through the year, without a distinct hot or cool season. The warmest month is February, with an average high of 28°C and low of 20°C; the coolest is July, with an average low of 19°C and high of 26°C.

Days typically run about 7°C warmer than nights year-round.

15°20°25°30°35°JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg high (°C)Avg low (°C)
Jan2720
Feb2820
Mar2720
Apr2620
May2620
Jun2619
Jul2619
Aug2619
Sep2719
Oct2720
Nov2619
Dec2719

Average hourly temperature in Bondo

A compact picture of the whole year, hour by hour: each column is a day, each row an hour, and the color is the modeled average temperature. Darker overlays mark night, lighter ones the civil-twilight hours around sunrise and sunset.

Read left to right for the day of the year and top to bottom for the hour of the day; the color is the modeled temperature, cool blues through to hot reds on the same scale as the other charts. A vertical slice is a single day's swing — coolest just before dawn, warmest in the mid-afternoon — while a horizontal slice follows one hour across the seasons. The darker overlay marks night and the lighter one the twilight around sunrise and sunset. Colors run warmest on February afternoons, near 28°C, and coldest before dawn in July, near 19°C.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec12 AM2 AM4 AM6 AM8 AM10 AM12 PM2 PM4 PM6 PM8 PM10 PM12 AM

Bondo weather by month

Every month at a glance. Click a month for its detailed page.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan27° / 20°13718.3125.3
Feb28° / 20°10715.2125.1
Mar27° / 20°19822.8124.6
Apr26° / 20°28027.5123.7
May26° / 20°23128.4123.9
Jun26° / 19°12923.4124.5
Jul26° / 19°9919.9125.1
Aug26° / 19°12422.6124.8
Sep27° / 19°13424.4124.3
Oct27° / 20°21228.1123.8
Nov26° / 19°23227.3123.8
Dec27° / 19°18323.1124.7

Chance of rain

How likely it is to rain on a typical day, and how that shifts across the wetter and drier seasons.

Bondo gets about 2067 mm of precipitation a year. On a typical day the chance of rain is very wet, but that rises and falls sharply with the seasons.

The wetter season lasts 2.9 months, from around Mar 21 to Jun 15, peaking in April at about 95% chance on a given day. The drier stretch runs the rest of the year, bottoming out around Feb 4.

April is the wettest month by volume, with 280 mm over about 28 wet days; July is the driest, with 99 mm.

0%10%20%30%40%50%60%70%80%90%100%110%JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecdrierwetterdriermostly drysome rainoften wetvery wetApr 21 · 95%Feb 4 · 50%
Rain on a day (%)Rain days
Jan5918
Feb5515
Mar7323
Apr9228
May9128
Jun7823
Jul6520
Aug7223
Sep8224
Oct9128
Nov9127
Dec7423

Monthly rainfall

Over a full year, Bondo collects about 2067 mm of rain across 281 wet days — roughly 172 mm in an average month.

It doesn’t fall evenly. April is the wettest month with 280 mm, while July is the driest at just 99 mm. The three wettest months alone bring about 36% of the year’s total.

050100150200250300JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec13710719828023112999124134212232183
Rainfall (mm)Rain days
Jan13718
Feb10715
Mar19823
Apr28028
May23128
Jun12923
Jul9920
Aug12423
Sep13424
Oct21228
Nov23227
Dec18323

Clouds and sunshine

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

How often the daytime sky is clear, partly cloudy or overcast.

In Bondo, the average share of the sky covered by clouds shows significant seasonal variation over the course of the year.

The clearer part of the year begins around December 8 and lasts for 3.3 months, ending around March 18. The clearest month is February, when the sky is clear, mostly clear, or partly cloudy 51% of the time on average.

The cloudier part of the year begins around March 19 and lasts for 2.0 months, ending around May 19. The cloudiest month is April, when it is overcast or mostly cloudy 81% of the time.

0%100%10%90%20%80%30%70%40%60%50%50%60%40%70%30%80%20%90%10%100%0%JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecFeb 3 · 55%Apr 24 · 16%clearmostly clearpartly cloudymostly cloudyovercastclearercloudier
Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
Jan5050
Feb5149
Mar4060
Apr1981
May3466
Jun4357
Jul4456
Aug4654
Sep4753
Oct2476
Nov2179
Dec4456

Daylight, sunrise and sunset

DaylightNight

Hours of daylight through the year, with sunrise and sunset times.

The gold band is daylight — sunrise runs along its lower edge, sunset along the upper — so it widens toward summer and pinches toward winter, with night the dark area above and below. Close to the equator, Bondo barely changes through the year: days stay near 12 hours of light in every season.

12 AM4 AM8 AM12 PM4 PM8 PM12 AMJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
Jan12.06:526:52
Feb12.06:576:58
Mar12.06:536:53
Apr12.06:436:43
May12.06:396:39
Jun12.06:436:43
Jul12.06:496:48
Aug12.06:476:47
Sep12.06:376:37
Oct12.06:286:28
Nov12.06:286:28
Dec12.06:396:39

Sunny days

How many genuinely sunny days each month brings — days the sky stays clear or mostly clear — banded into plain-language zones.

Bondo averages about 6 sunny days a month — counting the days the sky stays clear or mostly clear — with a clear seasonal swing between 1 and 10 days.

The sunnier stretch runs 3.5 months, from around Dec 6 to Mar 22. The sunniest month is January, with roughly 9 sunny days (mixed).

The greyest month is April, down near 2 sunny days — about 79% fewer than the January peak.

051015JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecsunniergreyersunniergloomymixedJan 3010 daysApr 221 days
Sunny daysSky
Jan9Mixed
Feb9Mixed
Mar7Gloomy
Apr2Gloomy
May4Gloomy
Jun5Gloomy
Jul5Gloomy
Aug6Gloomy
Sep6Gloomy
Oct3Gloomy
Nov2Gloomy
Dec7Gloomy

Humidity comfort

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

Share of days at each humidity comfort level, based on the dew point — the measure that tracks how muggy it actually feels.

Humidity comfort is graded by the dew point — the temperature at which the air would be fully saturated — because it tracks how muggy it actually feels far better than relative humidity does. A low dew point feels dry and crisp; a high one feels sticky and oppressive no matter the reading on a humidity gauge.

Bondo is humid all year round — on a typical day the air feels at least humid, and there is no real dry season to wait for.

The stickiest month is April, when it feels muggy, oppressive or miserable about 93% of the time. Even in February, the mildest month, the air is dry or comfortable only 12% of the time.

0%10%20%30%40%50%60%70%80%90%100%JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecFeb 6 · 14%Apr 3 · 0%muggyhumidcomfortablecomfortablehumid
Dry (%)Comfortable (%)Humid (%)Muggy (%)
Jan184249
Feb2103752
Mar122374
Apr00793
May001090
Jun015544
Jul02908
Aug02908
Sep017325
Oct004258
Nov003367
Dec043957

Wind

Average wind speed through the year, banded into plain-language speed zones so a number reads as 'breezy' or 'calm' without knowing the scale.

This is the average sustained wind speed at the standard 10 metres above open ground — the steady flow a weather station reports, not the sharper gusts that come and go, which can run half again as fast. It's the number that says whether a place is generally breezy or calm.

Wind in Bondo is steady company: average speeds sit near 6 km/hcalm — in every month of the year, with no meaningful windy or calm season.

051015JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDeccalmlight breezeFeb 13 · 8 km/hMay 20 · 6 km/h
Wind speed (km/h)Feels
Jan7calm
Feb8calm
Mar7calm
Apr6calm
May6calm
Jun6calm
Jul6calm
Aug6calm
Sep6calm
Oct6calm
Nov6calm
Dec7calm

Best time to visit Bondo

TravelBeach/poolTemperatureCloudsPrecipitation

To characterize how pleasant the weather is in Bondo throughout the year, we compute two travel scores — one for general sightseeing, one for beach and pool weather.

Around early September, Bondo is still near the tail of its best-weather window — great conditions with the peak-season crowds already thinning.

Inferred from the travel-score curve; month-by-month visitor numbers are a planned addition.

The travel score favors clear, rainless days with daytime highs between 18°C and 28°C. Based on this score, the best times of year to visit Bondo for general outdoor tourist activities run from early June to mid September and again from mid December to late March, with a peak score in the last week of January.

0246810JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecbest timebest timetravel scoretemperaturecloudsprecipitationJan 28 · 5.5

The travel score (filled area), and its constituents: the temperature score (red line), the cloud cover score (blue line), and the precipitation score (green line).

Travel score (0–10)Rating
Jan5.3fair
Feb5.1fair
Mar4.6fair
Apr3.7fair
May3.9fair
Jun4.6fair
Jul5.1fair
Aug4.8fair
Sep4.3fair
Oct3.8fair
Nov3.8fair
Dec4.7fair

The beach/pool score favors clear, rainless days with daytime highs between 24°C and 34°C. Based on this score, the best times of year to visit Bondo for hot-weather activities run from mid July to early August and again from late December to mid March, with a peak score in the first week of February.

024681012JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecbest timebest timebeach/pool scoretemperaturecloudsprecipitationFeb 5 · 6.0

The beach/pool score (filled area), and its constituents: the temperature score (red line), the cloud cover score (blue line), and the precipitation score (green line).

What to pack for Bondo, by month

EssentialRecommendedOptional

Month by month, what's worth putting in the bag — from the temperature range, rain chance, sun and wind. Tap a month for a quick packing note.

Bondo packs about the same all year — highs hold near 28°C. Across the year the things worth having are light clothes, rain gear and sun protection.

Light clothing
Warm layer
Winter coat
Rain gear
Sun protection
Windbreaker

In February, Bondo sees daytime highs around 28°C and nights near 20°C. Pack light clothes, rain gear and sun protection. About 15 days see rain.

UV index (midday) in Bondo by month

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV index through the year, shaded by the WHO exposure levels — how much sun protection each month calls for.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Bondo peaks around March 16 at about 16 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near June 18 at about 10 (very high).

The index reaches 3 or more — the level where the WHO recommends sun protection — every month of the year.

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecExtremeExtremeMar 16UV 16Jun 18UV 10
UV index (midday)Level
Jan15Extreme
Feb14Extreme
Mar16Extreme
Apr14Extreme
May11Extreme
Jun10Very high
Jul11Extreme
Aug11Extreme
Sep12Extreme
Oct14Extreme
Nov12Extreme
Dec11Extreme

Average hourly UV index in Bondo

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Modeled clear-sky UV for every hour of every day — when in the day sun protection actually matters.

The whole year hour by hour: each column is a day, each row an hour, and the color is the modeled clear-sky UV index — the midday peak scaled down as the sun sits lower in the sky. Darker overlays mark night, lighter ones the civil-twilight hours around sunrise and sunset.

UV falls off far faster than brightness as the sun drops, so even in March the burn window is concentrated in the middle of the day: about 8 hours a day reach index 3 (protection recommended), and 6.5 hours reach 6 or more. Mornings and late afternoons stay comparatively gentle year round.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec12 AM2 AM4 AM6 AM8 AM10 AM12 PM2 PM4 PM6 PM8 PM10 PM12 AM
UV ≥ 3 (h/day)UV ≥ 6 (h/day)
Jan86.5
Feb8.56.5
Mar86.5
Apr86.5
May7.55.5
Jun7.55
Jul7.55.5
Aug85.5
Sep86
Oct86.5
Nov86
Dec7.55.5

Air quality in Bondo by month

GoodModeratePoorUnhealthyVery unhealthy

Average fine-particle pollution (PM2.5) through the year — so you can see which months the air is worst, not just the yearly average.

Air quality in Bondo is worst in June — around 78 µg/m³ PM2.5 (unhealthy), and holds fairly steady the rest of the year.

Modeled monthly averages (CAMS reanalysis, 2015–2024).

020406080JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecUnhealthyJun 2177 µg/m³Apr 967 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan74Unhealthy
Feb68Unhealthy
Mar67Unhealthy
Apr67Unhealthy
May69Unhealthy
Jun78Unhealthy
Jul76Unhealthy
Aug74Unhealthy
Sep71Unhealthy
Oct73Unhealthy
Nov77Unhealthy
Dec76Unhealthy
Almanac & agriculture

Growing season

Chance of a frost-free dayFrost-free year round

Bondo is frost-free year round — even the coldest nights rarely reach freezing, so there is no start or end to the growing season.

0%25%50%75%100%JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecfrost-free year round
Frost-free chance (%)Frost nights
Jan1000
Feb1000
Mar1000
Apr1000
May1000
Jun1000
Jul1000
Aug1000
Sep1000
Oct1000
Nov1000
Dec1000

Growing degree days

Degree days (base 10°C)Frost-free shaded

Growing degree days tally heat above 10°C: each day adds however many degrees its average temperature runs over that threshold, and cold days add nothing. Bondo banks about 4,758 degree days a year, and the running total — which growers use to time plantings and predict maturity — climbs fastest around February.

01,0002,0003,0004,0005,000JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Growing degree days (°C·days)
Jan415
Feb393
Mar425
Apr391
May399
Jun378
Jul383
Aug394
Sep394
Oct404
Nov382
Dec400

Solar energy

Average daily shortwave solar energy reaching the ground, banded into brightness zones so the number means something at a glance.

Solar energy is how much sunlight actually reaches the ground each day, measured in kilowatt-hours per square metre (kWh/m²) — the combined effect of how long the sun is up, how high it climbs, and how much cloud gets in the way. It's the raw fuel a solar panel has to work with: for scale, 1 kWh/m² a day is dim and wintry, while 7+ is desert-bright.

Bondo receives about 6.1 kWh/m² a day of solar energy — intense — and it stays remarkably steady, holding between 5.4 and 6.7 kWh/m² all year. For solar panels, output here is a flat line, not a seasonal wave.

012345678JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecdimmoderatebrightintenseFeb 206.7 kWhJun 255.4 kWh
Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
Jan6.4Intense
Feb6.7Intense
Mar6.5Intense
Apr5.9Bright
May5.8Bright
Jun5.5Bright
Jul5.5Bright
Aug5.9Bright
Sep6.4Intense
Oct6.2Intense
Nov5.9Bright
Dec6.1Intense

Where is Bondo?

Bondo sits at 0.1°S, 34.3°E, 1,272 m above sea level, in Kenya. The nearest listed city is Siaya, 18 km away.

Topography around Bondo

How much the land rises and falls, and what covers it, within 3, 16 and 80 km of Bondo.

Within 3 km, the terrain around Bondo has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 80 m around an average of 1,256 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 247 m; within 80 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,167 m.

The land around Bondo is covered by shrubs (42%) and grassland (29%) within 3 km, shrubs (46%) and grassland (31%) within 16 km, and water (34%) and shrubs (28%) within 80 km.

3 km
80 m
16 km
247 m
80 km
1,167 m
treesshrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaceswaterwetland
Nearby: Siaya 18 km · Khwisero 46 km · Awendo 47 km · Homa Bay 52 km · Mumias 54 km · Mbale 54 km · Kisumu 54 km · Lugulu 55 km

Kenya travel facts

Travel advisory
Level 2
Exercise Increased Caution
Power plugs
Type G
240 V · 50 Hz
Prices
≈ 34% of US
price level, 2025
GDP per capita
$2,363
2025
Happiness
4.7 / 10
World Happiness, 2025
Homicide rate
4.9
per 100k, 2022
Road deaths
28.3
per 100k/yr, 2019
Income group
Lower middle
World Bank
English
High
EF EPI 593
Religion
Christian 86%Muslim 11%other 2%none 2%

Sources: World Bank, US State Department, World Happiness Report, WHO/UNICEF, EF EPI, CIA World Factbook.

Data sources

Temperature, precipitation, cloud, humidity, wind and solar figures are a 1991–2020 climatology for Bondo (-0.0962°, 34.2732°, elevation 1,272 m), computed from hourly ERA5 reanalysis — contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information. Sun figures are astronomical calculations, not observations. City data © GeoNames, CC BY 4.0. Map outlines from Natural Earth (public domain); interactive map © Google. UV index is derived from CAMS (Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service) clear-sky UV data — contains modified Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service information. Monthly air-quality (PM2.5) seasonality is from the CAMS EAC4 reanalysis (Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service), scaled to the WHO annual mean where available. Topography is sampled from the Copernicus DEM GLO-90 elevation model (© ESA/Airbus) and ESA WorldCover 2021 land cover (CC BY 4.0).