Climate averages 1991–2020
Nyagatare weather
in January.
A warm, moderately wet month: the 6th warmest and the 4th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
January is a warm month in Nyagatare: daytime highs average 26.8°C and nights cool to about 16.0°C. By daytime temperature it is the 6th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 49 mm of rain on roughly 11 days, which makes January a moderately wet month (the 4th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 11 min on an average January day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Kigali (78 km away). In January its highs average 25.0°C, 1.7°C cooler than Nyagatare, with 77 mm of rain.
Among the 5 cities listed in Rwanda, Nyagatare ranks 1st of 5 for the warmest January highs and 1st of 5 for the driest January (rainfall, lowest first). The mean January high of those 5 cities is 24.2°C; Nyagatare is 2.5°C warmer than that mean.
From January to February, average highs rise by 1.0°C to 27.8°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 49 mm to 51 mm.
The annual picture
January 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, selected | 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 | 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
January in nearby cities
- Kigali in JanuaryRwanda · 78 kmHigh 25.0°C · Low 14.5°C · 77 mm rain
- Musanze in JanuaryRwanda · 80 kmHigh 22.9°C · Low 15.3°C · 186 mm rain
- Rutoma in JanuaryUganda · 81 kmHigh 25.4°C · Low 16.2°C · 80 mm rain
- Mbarara in JanuaryUganda · 85 kmHigh 26.3°C · Low 16.3°C · 35 mm rain
- Rutshuru in JanuaryDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 98 kmHigh 25.9°C · Low 15.3°C · 121 mm rain
- Muhanga in JanuaryRwanda · 106 kmHigh 23.2°C · Low 12.7°C · 134 mm rain
- Gitarama in JanuaryRwanda · 107 kmHigh 23.2°C · Low 12.4°C · 134 mm rain
- Ibanda in JanuaryUganda · 131 kmHigh 26.3°C · Low 15.9°C · 76 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.