Climate averages 1991–2020
Kigali weather
in April.
A warm, wet month: the 11th warmest and the wettest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
April is a warm month in Kigali: daytime highs average 24.0°C and nights cool to about 15.0°C. By daytime temperature it is the 11th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 137 mm of rain on roughly 24 days, which makes April a wet month (the wettest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 04 min on an average April day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Gitarama (36 km away). In April its highs average 22.2°C, 1.8°C cooler than Kigali, with 135 mm of rain.
Among the 5 cities listed in Rwanda, Kigali ranks 2nd of 5 for the warmest April highs and 4th of 5 for the driest April (rainfall, lowest first). The mean April high of those 5 cities is 23.4°C; Kigali is 0.7°C warmer than that mean.
From April to May, average highs fall by 0.2°C to 23.9°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 137 mm to 83 mm.
The annual picture
April in context
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
Kigali climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 25.0°C14.5°C | 14.5°C | 77 | 15.4 | 12.212 h |
| February | 25.7°C14.8°C | 14.8°C | 79 | 14.7 | 12.212 h |
| March | 25.1°C14.7°C | 14.7°C | 105 | 21.0 | 12.112 h |
| April, selected | 24.0°C15.0°C | 15.0°C | 137 | 24.0 | 12.112 h |
| May | 23.9°C14.9°C | 14.9°C | 83 | 15.9 | 12.012 h |
| June | 24.2°C14.9°C | 14.9°C | 14 | 2.7 | 12.012 h |
| July | 25.2°C15.1°C | 15.1°C | 4.4 | 0.8 | 12.012 h |
| August | 25.9°C15.4°C | 15.4°C | 24 | 4.0 | 12.112 h |
| September | 25.7°C15.0°C | 15.0°C | 54 | 10.3 | 12.112 h |
| October | 24.9°C14.7°C | 14.7°C | 117 | 18.6 | 12.212 h |
| November | 24.2°C14.1°C | 14.1°C | 130 | 22.5 | 12.212 h |
| December | 24.4°C14.1°C | 14.1°C | 92 | 18.2 | 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
April in nearby cities
- Gitarama in AprilRwanda · 36 kmHigh 22.2°C · Low 12.9°C · 135 mm rain
- Muhanga in AprilRwanda · 40 kmHigh 22.4°C · Low 13.7°C · 135 mm rain
- Musanze in AprilRwanda · 69 kmHigh 22.3°C · Low 15.1°C · 200 mm rain
- Nyagatare in AprilRwanda · 78 kmHigh 25.9°C · Low 16.3°C · 123 mm rain
- Rutshuru in AprilDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 109 kmHigh 25.6°C · Low 15.9°C · 217 mm rain
- Bukavu in AprilDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 148 kmHigh 24.3°C · Low 16.2°C · 202 mm rain
- Rutoma in AprilUganda · 158 kmHigh 24.9°C · Low 16.7°C · 144 mm rain
- Mbarara in AprilUganda · 163 kmHigh 25.5°C · Low 16.4°C · 85 mm rain
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 limitsHow these numbers are made (what the highs, lows and rain days mean, the sources and the model cell used for Kigali) is explained once on the Kigali year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.