Climate averages 1991–2020

Weather in Rwanda.

ClimaNote covers 5 cities in Rwanda, starting with Kigali, Musanze and Nyagatare. Open a city for charts and a table of all 12 months.

Across these cities the yearly average high ranges from 22.9°C in Musanze to 26.6°C in Nyagatare, and yearly rainfall from 835 mm in Nyagatare to 1,774 mm in Musanze. The hottest city-month is February in Nyagatare, with an average high of 27.8°C, and the coolest is May in Gitarama, at 22.0°C. By single month, the most rain falls in March in Musanze, with 234 mm, and the least in July in Kigali, with 4.4 mm.

August is the warmest month in 2 cities, September in 2 and February in 1; May is the coolest in 4 cities and November in 1. April is the wettest month in 4 cities and March in 1; July is the driest in every city. None of these cities has a month with an average high below 2.0°C, a month with under 1 mm of rain or a month with more than 300 mm of rain.