Homa Bay

Homa Bay is a town of about 33,000 inhabitants on the southern shore of Lake Victoria, in Nyanza province in Kenya. Homa Bay is the capital of the district of the same name and a Roman Catholic bishopric.

30 km from Homa Bay is the entrance to the Ruma National Park.

Climate

The climate in Homa Bay is rather dry, interrupted by two rainy seasons per year. Between March and May falls prolonged rain, from September to November, there are always shorter rainfall. The average rainfall is then up to about 1180 millimeters. The average temperature in Homa Bay is between 26 and 28 degrees Celsius.

Infrastructure

In addition to a number of Primary Schools Homa Bay has ten secondary schools and six colleges. In addition to the state hospital, there is a run by the Roman Catholic Church clinic, a project managed by the Anglican Church Health Center and seven private hospitals.

Traffic

Eight kilometers south-east of Homa Bay is a airstrip.