Climate averages 1991–2020
Nyagatare weather
in February.
A warm, moderately wet month: the warmest and the 5th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
February is a warm month in Nyagatare: daytime highs average 27.8°C and nights cool to about 16.6°C. By daytime temperature it is the warmest month of the year.
Expect about 51 mm of rain on roughly 10 days, which makes February a moderately wet month (the 5th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 09 min on an average February day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Kigali (78 km away). In February its highs average 25.7°C, 2.1°C cooler than Nyagatare, with 79 mm of rain.
Among the 5 cities listed in Rwanda, Nyagatare ranks 1st of 5 for the warmest February highs and 1st of 5 for the driest February (rainfall, lowest first). The mean February high of those 5 cities is 24.9°C; Nyagatare is 2.8°C warmer than that mean.
From February to March, average highs fall by 0.7°C to 27.1°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 51 mm to 95 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
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, selected | 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 | 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
February in nearby cities
- Kigali in FebruaryRwanda · 78 kmHigh 25.7°C · Low 14.8°C · 79 mm rain
- Musanze in FebruaryRwanda · 80 kmHigh 23.5°C · Low 15.7°C · 168 mm rain
- Rutoma in FebruaryUganda · 81 kmHigh 26.3°C · Low 16.9°C · 80 mm rain
- Mbarara in FebruaryUganda · 85 kmHigh 27.3°C · Low 16.9°C · 38 mm rain
- Rutshuru in FebruaryDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 98 kmHigh 26.9°C · Low 15.7°C · 125 mm rain
- Muhanga in FebruaryRwanda · 106 kmHigh 23.7°C · Low 13.0°C · 119 mm rain
- Gitarama in FebruaryRwanda · 107 kmHigh 23.9°C · Low 12.6°C · 119 mm rain
- Ibanda in FebruaryUganda · 131 kmHigh 27.4°C · Low 16.5°C · 80 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.