Climate averages 1991–2020
Nyagatare weather
in March.
A warm, wet month: the joint 4th warmest and the 9th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
March is a warm month in Nyagatare: daytime highs average 27.1°C and nights cool to about 16.4°C. By daytime temperature it is the joint 4th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 95 mm of rain on roughly 17 days, which makes March a wet month (the 9th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 07 min on an average March day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Kigali (78 km away). In March its highs average 25.1°C, 2.0°C cooler than Nyagatare, with 105 mm of rain.
Among the 5 cities listed in Rwanda, Nyagatare ranks 1st of 5 for the warmest March highs and 1st of 5 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 5 cities is 24.5°C; Nyagatare is 2.6°C warmer than that mean.
From March to April, average highs fall by 1.2°C to 25.9°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 95 mm to 123 mm.
The annual picture
March 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, selected | 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
March in nearby cities
- Kigali in MarchRwanda · 78 kmHigh 25.1°C · Low 14.7°C · 105 mm rain
- Musanze in MarchRwanda · 80 kmHigh 23.2°C · Low 15.5°C · 234 mm rain
- Rutoma in MarchUganda · 81 kmHigh 25.9°C · Low 17.0°C · 121 mm rain
- Mbarara in MarchUganda · 85 kmHigh 26.7°C · Low 16.9°C · 66 mm rain
- Rutshuru in MarchDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 98 kmHigh 26.5°C · Low 15.6°C · 221 mm rain
- Muhanga in MarchRwanda · 106 kmHigh 23.4°C · Low 13.2°C · 121 mm rain
- Gitarama in MarchRwanda · 107 kmHigh 23.4°C · Low 12.6°C · 121 mm rain
- Ibanda in MarchUganda · 131 kmHigh 26.7°C · Low 16.4°C · 141 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.