Ruhengeri
Elevation 1883 m1.49° S, 29.64° E
When to go?
Mean 18 °C, 19 rain days in the month (240 mm).
Against
- Often rainyrain on 6 days in 10
Mean 19 °C, 16 rain days in the month (219 mm).
Nothing against it.
Mean 19 °C, 22 rain days in the month (310 mm).
Against
- Often rainyrain on 7 days in 10
- Torrential rain14 mm per rain day
Mean 18 °C, 23 rain days in the month (273 mm).
Against
- Often rainyrain on 8 days in 10
Mean 18 °C, 16 rain days in the month (193 mm).
Nothing against it.
Mean 18 °C, 5 rain days in the month (68 mm).
Good for
- Ideal to visitTemperature and rain in the ideal range.
Mean 18 °C, 4 rain days in the month (46 mm).
Good for
- Ideal to visitTemperature and rain in the ideal range.
Mean 18 °C, 9 rain days in the month (143 mm).
Good for
- Ideal to visitTemperature and rain in the ideal range.
Mean 19 °C, 14 rain days in the month (177 mm).
Good for
- Ideal to visitTemperature and rain in the ideal range.
Mean 19 °C, 20 rain days in the month (253 mm).
Against
- Often rainyrain on 6 days in 10
Mean 18 °C, 22 rain days in the month (273 mm).
Against
- Often rainyrain on 7 days in 10
Mean 18 °C, 22 rain days in the month (287 mm).
Against
- Often rainyrain on 7 days in 10
The best months are June–September. Avoid March–April (often rainy, at times torrential rain), October–January (often rainy).
What is the climate like?
Temperature and rain
Monthly min and max temperature (°C)
Monthly min and max temperature (°C)
Temperatures brought to the town's elevation: +1.4 °C (cells at 2105 m).
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 +0.7 °C; in the last ten years by +0.9 °C. Warmest year: 2016 (+1.4 °C), coldest: 1971 (−0.6 °C).
February and January warmed the most (+1.0 and +0.8 °C), April the least (+0.4 °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: −4 % every ten years.