Climate averages 1991–2020
Kigali weather
in November.
A warm, wet month: the joint 9th warmest and the 11th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
November is a warm month in Kigali: daytime highs average 24.2°C and nights cool to about 14.1°C. By daytime temperature it is the joint 9th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 130 mm of rain on roughly 23 days, which makes November a wet month (the 11th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 12 min on an average November day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Gitarama (36 km away). In November its highs average 22.4°C, 1.8°C cooler than Kigali, with 123 mm of rain.
Among the 5 cities listed in Rwanda, Kigali ranks 2nd of 5 for the warmest November highs and 4th of 5 for the driest November (rainfall, lowest first). The mean November high of those 5 cities is 23.4°C; Kigali is 0.8°C warmer than that mean.
From November to December, average highs rise by 0.2°C to 24.4°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 130 mm to 92 mm.
The annual picture
November 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 | 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, selected | 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
November in nearby cities
- Gitarama in NovemberRwanda · 36 kmHigh 22.4°C · Low 12.0°C · 123 mm rain
- Muhanga in NovemberRwanda · 40 kmHigh 22.5°C · Low 12.4°C · 123 mm rain
- Musanze in NovemberRwanda · 69 kmHigh 22.3°C · Low 14.9°C · 222 mm rain
- Nyagatare in NovemberRwanda · 78 kmHigh 25.5°C · Low 15.4°C · 121 mm rain
- Rutshuru in NovemberDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 109 kmHigh 24.8°C · Low 14.9°C · 287 mm rain
- Bukavu in NovemberDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 148 kmHigh 24.0°C · Low 16.2°C · 310 mm rain
- Rutoma in NovemberUganda · 158 kmHigh 24.3°C · Low 15.6°C · 158 mm rain
- Mbarara in NovemberUganda · 163 kmHigh 24.8°C · Low 15.5°C · 103 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.