Climate averages 1991–2020
Nyagatare weather
in May.
A warm, moderately wet month: the 10th warmest and the joint 7th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
May is a warm month in Nyagatare: daytime highs average 25.8°C and nights cool to about 16.2°C. By daytime temperature it is the 10th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 79 mm of rain on roughly 15 days, which makes May a moderately wet month (the joint 7th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 04 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Kigali (78 km away). In May its highs average 23.9°C, 1.9°C cooler than Nyagatare, with 83 mm of rain.
Among the 5 cities listed in Rwanda, Nyagatare ranks 1st of 5 for the warmest May highs and 3rd of 5 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 5 cities is 23.2°C; Nyagatare is 2.6°C warmer than that mean.
From May to June, average highs rise by 0.8°C to 26.6°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 79 mm to 20 mm.
The annual picture
May 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, selected | 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
May in nearby cities
- Kigali in MayRwanda · 78 kmHigh 23.9°C · Low 14.9°C · 83 mm rain
- Musanze in MayRwanda · 80 kmHigh 22.1°C · Low 15.4°C · 118 mm rain
- Rutoma in MayUganda · 81 kmHigh 24.7°C · Low 16.7°C · 117 mm rain
- Mbarara in MayUganda · 85 kmHigh 25.2°C · Low 16.0°C · 65 mm rain
- Rutshuru in MayDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 98 kmHigh 25.6°C · Low 16.1°C · 139 mm rain
- Muhanga in MayRwanda · 106 kmHigh 22.2°C · Low 14.2°C · 78 mm rain
- Gitarama in MayRwanda · 107 kmHigh 22.0°C · Low 12.9°C · 78 mm rain
- Ibanda in MayUganda · 131 kmHigh 25.2°C · Low 15.3°C · 143 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.