Climate averages 1991–2020
Nyagatare weather
in December.
A warm, moderately wet month: the 11th warmest and the joint 7th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
December is a warm month in Nyagatare: daytime highs average 25.7°C and nights cool to about 15.3°C. By daytime temperature it is the 11th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 79 mm of rain on roughly 16 days, which makes December a moderately wet month (the joint 7th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 12 min on an average December day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Kigali (78 km away). In December its highs average 24.4°C, 1.3°C cooler than Nyagatare, with 92 mm of rain.
Among the 5 cities listed in Rwanda, Nyagatare ranks 1st of 5 for the warmest December highs and 1st of 5 for the driest December (rainfall, lowest first). The mean December high of those 5 cities is 23.6°C; Nyagatare is 2.1°C warmer than that mean.
From December to January, average highs rise by 1.0°C to 26.8°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 79 mm to 49 mm.
The annual picture
December 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 | 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, selected | 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
December in nearby cities
- Kigali in DecemberRwanda · 78 kmHigh 24.4°C · Low 14.1°C · 92 mm rain
- Musanze in DecemberRwanda · 80 kmHigh 22.4°C · Low 15.0°C · 207 mm rain
- Rutoma in DecemberUganda · 81 kmHigh 24.7°C · Low 15.8°C · 116 mm rain
- Mbarara in DecemberUganda · 85 kmHigh 25.2°C · Low 15.6°C · 61 mm rain
- Rutshuru in DecemberDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 98 kmHigh 25.1°C · Low 15.0°C · 201 mm rain
- Muhanga in DecemberRwanda · 106 kmHigh 22.7°C · Low 12.5°C · 117 mm rain
- Gitarama in DecemberRwanda · 107 kmHigh 22.6°C · Low 12.0°C · 117 mm rain
- Ibanda in DecemberUganda · 131 kmHigh 25.2°C · Low 15.5°C · 116 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.