Climate averages 1991–2020
Kigali weather
in August.
A warm, fairly dry month: the warmest and the 3rd driest of the year. Meets the pleasant-weather rule
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
August is a warm month in Kigali: daytime highs average 25.9°C and nights cool to about 15.4°C. By daytime temperature it is the warmest month of the year.
Expect about 24 mm of rain on roughly 4 days, which makes August a fairly dry month (the 3rd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 03 min on an average August day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Gitarama (36 km away). In August its highs average 24.0°C, 1.9°C cooler than Kigali, with 25 mm of rain.
Among the 5 cities listed in Rwanda, Kigali ranks 2nd of 5 for the warmest August highs and 1st of 5 for the driest August (rainfall, lowest first). The mean August high of those 5 cities is 25.1°C; Kigali is 0.8°C warmer than that mean.
From August to September, average highs fall by 0.1°C to 25.7°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 24 mm to 54 mm.
The annual picture
August 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 | 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, selected | 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
August in nearby cities
- Gitarama in AugustRwanda · 36 kmHigh 24.0°C · Low 13.4°C · 25 mm rain
- Muhanga in AugustRwanda · 40 kmHigh 24.1°C · Low 14.3°C · 25 mm rain
- Musanze in AugustRwanda · 69 kmHigh 23.7°C · Low 15.8°C · 67 mm rain
- Nyagatare in AugustRwanda · 78 kmHigh 27.5°C · Low 16.4°C · 36 mm rain
- Rutshuru in AugustDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 109 kmHigh 26.2°C · Low 15.5°C · 160 mm rain
- Bukavu in AugustDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 148 kmHigh 25.9°C · Low 16.0°C · 26 mm rain
- Rutoma in AugustUganda · 158 kmHigh 25.7°C · Low 16.5°C · 89 mm rain
- Mbarara in AugustUganda · 163 kmHigh 26.1°C · Low 16.1°C · 46 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.