Kigali
Elevation 1567 m1.95° S, 30.12° E
When to go?
Mean 20 °C, 14 rain days in the month (90 mm).
Nothing against it.
Mean 20 °C, 13 rain days in the month (89 mm).
Nothing against it.
Mean 20 °C, 18 rain days in the month (121 mm).
Against
- Often rainyrain on 6 days in 10
Mean 20 °C, 21 rain days in the month (157 mm).
Against
- Often rainyrain on 7 days in 10
Mean 20 °C, 13 rain days in the month (95 mm).
Nothing against it.
Mean 20 °C, 2 rain days in the month (16 mm).
The least hot month of the year.
Mean 20 °C, 1 rain day in the month (7 mm).
The least hot month of the year.
Mean 21 °C, 4 rain days in the month (36 mm).
Nothing against it.
Mean 21 °C, 9 rain days in the month (64 mm).
Nothing against it.
Mean 21 °C, 16 rain days in the month (117 mm).
Nothing against it.
Mean 20 °C, 20 rain days in the month (137 mm).
Against
- Often rainyrain on 7 days in 10
Mean 20 °C, 17 rain days in the month (111 mm).
Nothing against it.
No ideal month: the best months are June–July, the least hot. Nothing against December–February, May, August–October either. Avoid March–April (often rainy), November (often rainy).
What is the climate like?
Temperature and rain
Monthly min and max temperature (°C)
Monthly min and max temperature (°C)
How much it rains
Rain days and how much water
Rain days and how much water
Bars: length = rain days, thickness = mm on a rain day, area = the month's rain. 3 mm a day7 mm a day15 mm a day
Colour = the month's rain: 103060100160250400mm
Daylight hours
Daylight and sky: sunrise, sunset and cloud cover
daylight under a clear sky (average share)daylight under cloud
daylight under a clear sky (average share)daylight under cloud
Times on the 15th of each month, in local time: daylight saving where and when it applies, standard time in the other months.
Effect of climate change
Today's climate (1996–2025) compared with 1961–1990:
In short
Year by year
Temperature of each year
Against 1961–1990 the mean temperature of today (1996–2025) has changed by +0.9 °C; in the last ten years by +1.1 °C. Warmest year: 2024 (+1.9 °C), coldest: 1975 (−0.7 °C).
February and January warmed the most (+1.2 and +1.0 °C), April the least (+0.5 °C).
Warming stripes: after an idea by Ed Hawkins (University of Reading), showyourstripes.info, CC BY 4.0.
Rain of each year (% against 1961–1990)
more rain than in 1961–1990less rain
Rain in a year: −5 % every ten years.