Climate averages 1991–2020
Kigali weather
in February.
A warm, moderately wet month: the joint 2nd warmest and the 6th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
February is a warm month in Kigali: daytime highs average 25.7°C and nights cool to about 14.8°C. By daytime temperature it is the joint 2nd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 79 mm of rain on roughly 15 days, which makes February a moderately wet month (the 6th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 10 min on an average February day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Gitarama (36 km away). In February its highs average 23.9°C, 1.8°C cooler than Kigali, with 119 mm of rain.
Among the 5 cities listed in Rwanda, Kigali ranks 2nd of 5 for the warmest February highs and 2nd of 5 for the driest February (rainfall, lowest first). The mean February high of those 5 cities is 24.9°C; Kigali is 0.8°C warmer than that mean.
From February to March, average highs fall by 0.6°C to 25.1°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 79 mm to 105 mm.
The annual picture
February 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, selected | 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 | 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
February in nearby cities
- Gitarama in FebruaryRwanda · 36 kmHigh 23.9°C · Low 12.6°C · 119 mm rain
- Muhanga in FebruaryRwanda · 40 kmHigh 23.7°C · Low 13.0°C · 119 mm rain
- Musanze in FebruaryRwanda · 69 kmHigh 23.5°C · Low 15.7°C · 168 mm rain
- Nyagatare in FebruaryRwanda · 78 kmHigh 27.8°C · Low 16.6°C · 51 mm rain
- Rutshuru in FebruaryDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 109 kmHigh 26.9°C · Low 15.7°C · 125 mm rain
- Bukavu in FebruaryDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 148 kmHigh 24.7°C · Low 16.2°C · 229 mm rain
- Rutoma in FebruaryUganda · 158 kmHigh 26.3°C · Low 16.9°C · 80 mm rain
- Mbarara in FebruaryUganda · 163 kmHigh 27.3°C · Low 16.9°C · 38 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.