Climate averages 1991–2020
Nyagatare weather
in September.
A warm, moderately wet month: the joint 4th warmest and the 6th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
September is a warm month in Nyagatare: daytime highs average 27.1°C and nights cool to about 16.0°C. By daytime temperature it is the joint 4th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 65 mm of rain on roughly 12 days, which makes September a moderately wet month (the 6th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 06 min on an average September day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Kigali (78 km away). In September its highs average 25.7°C, 1.3°C cooler than Nyagatare, with 54 mm of rain.
Among the 5 cities listed in Rwanda, Nyagatare ranks 1st of 5 for the warmest September highs and 4th of 5 for the driest September (rainfall, lowest first). The mean September high of those 5 cities is 24.9°C; Nyagatare is 2.1°C warmer than that mean.
From September to October, average highs fall by 0.8°C to 26.3°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 65 mm to 108 mm.
The annual picture
September 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, selected | 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
September in nearby cities
- Kigali in SeptemberRwanda · 78 kmHigh 25.7°C · Low 15.0°C · 54 mm rain
- Musanze in SeptemberRwanda · 80 kmHigh 23.4°C · Low 15.5°C · 114 mm rain
- Rutoma in SeptemberUganda · 81 kmHigh 25.5°C · Low 15.8°C · 116 mm rain
- Mbarara in SeptemberUganda · 85 kmHigh 25.9°C · Low 15.7°C · 70 mm rain
- Rutshuru in SeptemberDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 98 kmHigh 25.9°C · Low 15.2°C · 230 mm rain
- Muhanga in SeptemberRwanda · 106 kmHigh 24.2°C · Low 13.3°C · 54 mm rain
- Gitarama in SeptemberRwanda · 107 kmHigh 24.2°C · Low 12.9°C · 54 mm rain
- Ibanda in SeptemberUganda · 131 kmHigh 25.6°C · Low 15.6°C · 132 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.