Climate averages 1991–2020
Gitarama weather
by month.
See how the year changes. September has the highest average daily maximum; July has the lowest average monthly rainfall.
Pleasant-weather months by our simple rule: JuneJulyAugust
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
Across the year Gitarama averages a daytime high of 23.1°C and a nighttime low of 12.6°C, with about 1,045 mm of rain on roughly 183 days. September is the warmest month (average high 24.2°C) and May the coolest (22.0°C). April is the wettest month with 135 mm; July is the driest with 6.5 mm.
Months with pleasant weather by a simple rule (average high between 18°C and 29°C, average low of at least 5°C and at most 8 rain days): June, July and August. This looks at temperature and rain only, not humidity, wind, sea temperature or crowds.
The annual picture
A year in Gitarama
Monthly rainfall
Average total · mmAverages from hourly ERA5 reanalysis data. Actual weather varies from year to year. How these numbers are calculated
Every month, side by side
Gitarama climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 23.2°C12.4°C | 12.4°C | 134 | 20.0 | 12.212 h |
| February | 23.9°C12.6°C | 12.6°C | 119 | 18.9 | 12.212 h |
| March | 23.4°C12.6°C | 12.6°C | 121 | 20.9 | 12.112 h |
| April | 22.2°C12.9°C | 12.9°C | 135 | 24.5 | 12.112 h |
| May | 22.0°C12.9°C | 12.9°C | 78 | 17.2 | 12.012 h |
| June | 22.4°C12.7°C | 12.7°C | 17 | 4.4 | 12.012 h |
| July | 23.1°C12.9°C | 12.9°C | 6.5 | 1.7 | 12.012 h |
| August | 24.0°C13.4°C | 13.4°C | 25 | 5.2 | 12.012 h |
| September | 24.2°C12.9°C | 12.9°C | 54 | 10.6 | 12.112 h |
| October | 23.2°C12.6°C | 12.6°C | 115 | 18.8 | 12.212 h |
| November | 22.4°C12.0°C | 12.0°C | 123 | 21.4 | 12.212 h |
| December | 22.6°C12.0°C | 12.0°C | 117 | 19.1 | 12.212 h |
Rainfall is the average of the 30 separate monthly totals. A rain day is a local calendar day with at least 1 mm of precipitation. Daylight is the calculated sunrise-to-sunset length, not measured sunshine.
Compare places
Nearby cities
- MuhangaRwanda · 8 kmHigh 23.2°C · Low 13.4°C · 1,045 mm rain a year
- KigaliRwanda · 36 kmHigh 24.9°C · Low 14.8°C · 916 mm rain a year
- MusanzeRwanda · 65 kmHigh 22.9°C · Low 15.4°C · 1,774 mm rain a year
- RutshuruDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 105 kmHigh 25.8°C · Low 15.4°C · 2,147 mm rain a year
- NyagatareRwanda · 107 kmHigh 26.6°C · Low 16.0°C · 835 mm rain a year
- BukavuDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 112 kmHigh 24.7°C · Low 16.1°C · 2,054 mm rain a year
- GitegaBurundi · 152 kmHigh 23.4°C · Low 14.9°C · 736 mm rain a year
- BujumburaBurundi · 152 kmHigh 26.9°C · Low 22.5°C · 760 mm rain a year
Read the numbers correctly
Climate, not a promise.
These patterns help compare months. They cannot tell you the weather on a specific day of your trip.
Sources, method and limitsWhat do the high and low temperatures mean?
We average the daily maximum and daily minimum for each calendar month over 1991–2020. They are not record extremes, a forecast range or temperatures at a fixed time of day.
How is a rain day counted?
A local calendar day (standard time, UTC+2, no daylight saving) with at least 1 mm of total precipitation counts as one rain day. We count these for each year and month, then average across 30 years. The average does not predict which days will be wet.
Where do the numbers come from?
ERA5-Land (temperature) and ERA5 (precipitation) reanalysis from the Copernicus Climate Change Service, read from the Open-Meteo open-data archive. Temperature comes from the 0.1° model cell at -2.10°, 29.80° (6 km from the city centre), adjusted down by 0.6°C for the difference between the city's elevation (1,824 m) and the cell's (1,729 m). Rain comes from the 0.25° cell at -2.00°, 29.75°. Muhanga lies in the same rainfall cell, so its rainfall figures are identical to these; temperatures differ because they come from smaller 0.1° cells. These are model estimates, not weather-station readings; coast, hills and city streets can differ.
Does this page show sunshine, humidity or sea temperature?
No. The data used here contain air temperature and precipitation only. Daylight hours are calculated from the city's latitude (sunrise to sunset), not measured sunshine.