Climate and average weather in Ogembo

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

Best: late May to mid October

Over the course of the year, the temperature in Ogembo typically varies from 14°C to 27°C, and is rarely below 13°C or above 30°C. February is the hottest month of the year, while June is the coldest.

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

Hottest
Feb
27°
Coldest
Jun
15°
Wettest
Apr
278 mm
Driest
Jul
51 mm
Rain / yr
1827 mm
206 wet days
Daylight
12.0–12.0 h
shortest–longest
Elevation
1,612 m
0.8°S
Clearest
Feb
62% cloud

Ogembo 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 late May to mid October.

Temperature through the year

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

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

Temperatures in Ogembo stay fairly even through the year, without a distinct hot or cool season. The warmest month is February, with an average high of 27°C and low of 15°C; the coolest is June, with an average low of 15°C and high of 25°C.

Days typically run about 11°C warmer than nights year-round.

10°15°20°25°30°JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg high (°C)Avg low (°C)
Jan2615
Feb2715
Mar2716
Apr2616
May2516
Jun2515
Jul2514
Aug2515
Sep2615
Oct2615
Nov2515
Dec2515

Average hourly temperature in Ogembo

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 27°C, and coldest before dawn in June, near 15°C.

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

Ogembo 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
Jan26° / 15°15116.7125.6
Feb27° / 15°9812.9125.8
Mar27° / 16°18918.9125.1
Apr26° / 16°27823.4124.4
May25° / 16°17719.7125.2
Jun25° / 15°8713.6126.1
Jul25° / 14°5110.7126.6
Aug25° / 15°7813.3126.1
Sep26° / 15°9314.2125.9
Oct26° / 15°14917.5125.2
Nov25° / 15°26023.4124.4
Dec25° / 15°21621.2125.0

Chance of rain

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

Ogembo gets about 1827 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 2.3 months, from around Mar 13 to May 21, peaking in April at about 80% chance on a given day. The drier stretch runs the rest of the year, bottoming out around Jul 10.

April is the wettest month by volume, with 278 mm over about 23 wet days; July is the driest, with 51 mm.

0%10%20%30%40%50%60%70%80%90%JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecdrierwetterdriermostly drysome rainoften wetvery wetApr 22 · 80%Jul 10 · 32%
Rain on a day (%)Rain days
Jan5317
Feb4713
Mar6119
Apr7823
May6420
Jun4514
Jul3511
Aug4413
Sep4714
Oct5718
Nov7623
Dec6821

Monthly rainfall

Over a full year, Ogembo collects about 1827 mm of rain across 206 wet days — roughly 152 mm in an average month.

It doesn’t fall evenly. April is the wettest month with 278 mm, while July is the driest at just 51 mm. The three wettest months alone bring about 41% of the year’s total.

050100150200250300JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec1519818927817787517893149260216
Rainfall (mm)Rain days
Jan15117
Feb9813
Mar18919
Apr27823
May17720
Jun8714
Jul5111
Aug7813
Sep9314
Oct14918
Nov26023
Dec21621

Clouds and sunshine

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

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

In Ogembo, 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 13 and lasts for 3.3 months, ending around March 23. The clearest month is February, when the sky is clear, mostly clear, or partly cloudy 46% of the time on average.

The cloudier part of the year begins around September 29 and lasts for 2.5 months, ending around December 12. The cloudiest month is November, when it is overcast or mostly cloudy 83% 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 28 · 46%Nov 7 · 13%mostly clearpartly cloudymostly cloudyovercastclearercloudier
Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
Jan4357
Feb4654
Mar3961
Apr1882
May3268
Jun3763
Jul3862
Aug3862
Sep4060
Oct2179
Nov1783
Dec3565

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, Ogembo 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)
Jan12.06:496:52
Feb12.06:556:56
Mar12.06:516:51
Apr12.06:426:41
May12.06:386:36
Jun12.06:436:40
Jul12.06:486:45
Aug12.06:466:44
Sep12.06:366:35
Oct12.06:266:27
Nov12.06:256:27
Dec12.06:366:39

Sunny days

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

Ogembo averages about 4 sunny days a month — counting the days the sky stays clear or mostly clear — with a clear seasonal swing between 1 and 8 days.

The sunnier stretch runs 3.5 months, from around Dec 11 to Mar 27. The sunniest month is January, with roughly 7 sunny days (gloomy).

The greyest month is November, down near 1 sunny days — about 80% fewer than the January peak.

0510JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecsunniergreyergloomymixedJan 308 daysNov 111 days
Sunny daysSky
Jan7Gloomy
Feb6Gloomy
Mar5Gloomy
Apr2Gloomy
May4Gloomy
Jun4Gloomy
Jul3Gloomy
Aug3Gloomy
Sep4Gloomy
Oct2Gloomy
Nov1Gloomy
Dec4Gloomy

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.

In Ogembo, how humid it feels changes dramatically over the year.

The more humid part of the year lasts 3.3 months, from around February 18 to May 29. The muggiest month is April, when the air feels humid, muggy or worse about 70% of the time.

The most comfortable stretch runs from around May 30 to October 26, and July is the most comfortable month — the air is dry or comfortable 96% of the time.

0%10%20%30%40%50%60%70%80%90%100%JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecJul 13 · 97%Apr 25 · 27%humidcomfortabledryhumidcomfortablehumid
Dry (%)Comfortable (%)Humid (%)
Jan124939
Feb194833
Mar123850
Apr32770
May44452
Jun175923
Jul37594
Aug38565
Sep39529
Oct235424
Nov54649
Dec64450

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

0510JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDeccalmAug 9 · 6 km/hDec 4 · 5 km/h
Wind speed (km/h)Feels
Jan5calm
Feb6calm
Mar6calm
Apr6calm
May6calm
Jun6calm
Jul6calm
Aug6calm
Sep6calm
Oct6calm
Nov5calm
Dec5calm

Best time to visit Ogembo

TravelBeach/poolTemperatureCloudsPrecipitation

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

Around early October, Ogembo 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 Ogembo for general outdoor tourist activities run from late May to mid October and again from late December to mid March, with a peak score in the second week of July.

0246810JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecbest timebest timetravel scoretemperaturecloudsprecipitationJul 10 · 6.7

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
Jan5.6good
Feb5.8good
Mar5.1fair
Apr4.4fair
May5.2fair
Jun6.1good
Jul6.6good
Aug6.1good
Sep5.9good
Oct5.2fair
Nov4.5fair
Dec5.0fair

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 Ogembo for hot-weather activities run from mid May to late October and again from late December to late March, with a peak score in the first week of February.

024681012JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecbest timebest timebeach/pool scoretemperaturecloudsprecipitationFeb 5 · 6.1

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 Ogembo, 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.

Ogembo packs about the same all year — highs hold near 27°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, Ogembo sees daytime highs around 27°C and nights near 15°C. Pack light clothes, rain gear and sun protection. About 13 days see rain.

UV index (midday) in Ogembo 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 Ogembo 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 (extreme).

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

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecExtremeMar 16UV 16Jun 18UV 10
UV index (midday)Level
Jan15Extreme
Feb15Extreme
Mar16Extreme
Apr15Extreme
May12Extreme
Jun10Extreme
Jul11Extreme
Aug11Extreme
Sep14Extreme
Oct14Extreme
Nov13Extreme
Dec12Extreme

Average hourly UV index in Ogembo

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 8.5 hours a day reach index 3 (protection recommended), and 7 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)
Jan8.56.5
Feb8.56.5
Mar8.57
Apr8.56.5
May7.55.5
Jun7.55.5
Jul7.55.5
Aug86
Sep86
Oct86.5
Nov86
Dec86

Air quality in Ogembo 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 Ogembo is worst in June — around 60 µg/m³ PM2.5 (unhealthy), and holds fairly steady the rest of the year.

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

020406080JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecPoorUnhealthyPoorJun 2360 µg/m³Mar 1344 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan50Poor
Feb45Poor
Mar44Poor
Apr47Poor
May52Poor
Jun60Unhealthy
Jul60Unhealthy
Aug54Poor
Sep50Poor
Oct49Poor
Nov51Poor
Dec50Poor
Almanac & agriculture

Growing season

Chance of a frost-free dayFrost-free year round

Ogembo 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. Ogembo banks about 3,781 degree days a year, and the running total — which growers use to time plantings and predict maturity — climbs fastest around March.

01,0002,0003,0004,000JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Growing degree days (°C·days)
Jan321
Feb311
Mar345
Apr321
May323
Jun294
Jul295
Aug308
Sep314
Oct333
Nov305
Dec312

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.

Ogembo receives about 6.0 kWh/m² a day of solar energy — bright — and it stays remarkably steady, holding between 5.4 and 6.6 kWh/m² all year. For solar panels, output here is a flat line, not a seasonal wave.

012345678JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecdimmoderatebrightintenseFeb 286.6 kWhJun 225.4 kWh
Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
Jan6.2Intense
Feb6.6Intense
Mar6.5Intense
Apr5.9Bright
May5.7Bright
Jun5.4Bright
Jul5.4Bright
Aug5.7Bright
Sep6.3Intense
Oct6.1Intense
Nov5.8Bright
Dec5.9Bright

Where is Ogembo?

Ogembo sits at 0.8°S, 34.7°E, 1,612 m above sea level, in Kenya. The nearest listed city is Thomas Magena home, 4.0 km away.

Topography around Ogembo

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Ogembo has significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 257 m around an average of 1,641 m above sea level; within 16 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 706 m; within 80 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,217 m.

The land around Ogembo is covered by trees (72%) and shrubs (21%) within 3 km, trees (69%) and shrubs (20%) within 16 km, and grassland (30%), trees (25%) and shrubs (20%) within 80 km.

3 km
257 m
16 km
706 m
80 km
1,217 m
treesshrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaceswater
Nearby: Thomas Magena home 4.0 km · Kisii 14 km · Rongo 15 km · Awendo 25 km · Oyugis 32 km · Nyamira 35 km · Migori 40 km · Homa Bay 43 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 Ogembo (-0.8012°, 34.7258°, elevation 1,612 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).