Climate averages 1991–2020
Nyagatare weather
in April.
A warm, wet month: the 9th warmest and the wettest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
April is a warm month in Nyagatare: daytime highs average 25.9°C and nights cool to about 16.3°C. By daytime temperature it is the 9th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 123 mm of rain on roughly 21 days, which makes April a wet month (the wettest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 05 min on an average April day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Kigali (78 km away). In April its highs average 24.0°C, 1.8°C cooler than Nyagatare, with 137 mm of rain.
Among the 5 cities listed in Rwanda, Nyagatare ranks 1st of 5 for the warmest April highs and 1st of 5 for the driest April (rainfall, lowest first). The mean April high of those 5 cities is 23.4°C; Nyagatare is 2.5°C warmer than that mean.
From April to May, average highs fall by 0.1°C to 25.8°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 123 mm to 79 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
Nyagatare climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 26.8°C16.0°C | 16.0°C | 49 | 10.7 | 12.212 h |
| February | 27.8°C16.6°C | 16.6°C | 51 | 9.9 | 12.212 h |
| March | 27.1°C16.4°C | 16.4°C | 95 | 16.5 | 12.112 h |
| April, selected | 25.9°C16.3°C | 16.3°C | 123 | 21.2 | 12.112 h |
| May | 25.8°C16.2°C | 16.2°C | 79 | 15.1 | 12.112 h |
| June | 26.6°C16.0°C | 16.0°C | 20 | 4.1 | 12.012 h |
| July | 27.4°C16.0°C | 16.0°C | 7.9 | 1.5 | 12.112 h |
| August | 27.5°C16.4°C | 16.4°C | 36 | 6.5 | 12.112 h |
| September | 27.1°C16.0°C | 16.0°C | 65 | 12.3 | 12.112 h |
| October | 26.3°C15.8°C | 15.8°C | 108 | 19.5 | 12.112 h |
| November | 25.5°C15.4°C | 15.4°C | 121 | 21.2 | 12.212 h |
| December | 25.7°C15.3°C | 15.3°C | 79 | 16.1 | 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
April in nearby cities
- Kigali in AprilRwanda · 78 kmHigh 24.0°C · Low 15.0°C · 137 mm rain
- Musanze in AprilRwanda · 80 kmHigh 22.3°C · Low 15.1°C · 200 mm rain
- Rutoma in AprilUganda · 81 kmHigh 24.9°C · Low 16.7°C · 144 mm rain
- Mbarara in AprilUganda · 85 kmHigh 25.5°C · Low 16.4°C · 85 mm rain
- Rutshuru in AprilDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 98 kmHigh 25.6°C · Low 15.9°C · 217 mm rain
- Muhanga in AprilRwanda · 106 kmHigh 22.4°C · Low 13.7°C · 135 mm rain
- Gitarama in AprilRwanda · 107 kmHigh 22.2°C · Low 12.9°C · 135 mm rain
- Ibanda in AprilUganda · 131 kmHigh 25.5°C · Low 15.6°C · 172 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 Nyagatare) is explained once on the Nyagatare year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.