Climate averages 1991–2020
Nyagatare weather
in August.
A warm, fairly dry month: the 2nd 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 Nyagatare: daytime highs average 27.5°C and nights cool to about 16.4°C. By daytime temperature it is the 2nd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 36 mm of rain on roughly 7 days, which makes August a fairly dry month (the 3rd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 04 min on an average August day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Kigali (78 km away). In August its highs average 25.9°C, 1.7°C cooler than Nyagatare, with 24 mm of rain.
Among the 5 cities listed in Rwanda, Nyagatare ranks 1st of 5 for the warmest August highs and 4th of 5 for the driest August (rainfall, lowest first). The mean August high of those 5 cities is 25.1°C; Nyagatare is 2.5°C warmer than that mean.
From August to September, average highs fall by 0.5°C to 27.1°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 36 mm to 65 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
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 | 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, selected | 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
August in nearby cities
- Kigali in AugustRwanda · 78 kmHigh 25.9°C · Low 15.4°C · 24 mm rain
- Musanze in AugustRwanda · 80 kmHigh 23.7°C · Low 15.8°C · 67 mm rain
- Rutoma in AugustUganda · 81 kmHigh 25.7°C · Low 16.5°C · 89 mm rain
- Mbarara in AugustUganda · 85 kmHigh 26.1°C · Low 16.1°C · 46 mm rain
- Rutshuru in AugustDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 98 kmHigh 26.2°C · Low 15.5°C · 160 mm rain
- Muhanga in AugustRwanda · 106 kmHigh 24.1°C · Low 14.3°C · 25 mm rain
- Gitarama in AugustRwanda · 107 kmHigh 24.0°C · Low 13.4°C · 25 mm rain
- Ibanda in AugustUganda · 131 kmHigh 25.7°C · Low 15.9°C · 104 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.