Satellite: Sentinel-2 cloudless 2016 by EOX IT Services GmbH · CC BY 4.0 · Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data 2016
Climate guideThirty-year normals for Gitarama
Gitarama climate by month
Warm-summer Mediterranean · CsbBest Jun–Aug
Annual mean18°day and night
Seasonal swing1°warmest vs coolest
Precipitation1,176 mm226 wet days a year
2.07° S, 29.76° EElevation 1,824 mUTC+2 · Central Africa Time
When to goGitarama · weather score
Best timeJun–Aug
October: high / low23° / 13°
iSummary
What the weather is like
Gitarama has a warm-summer Mediterranean climate (Köppen Csb): dry, sunny summers and mild, wetter winters.
The warmest month is September, when afternoons average 24° and nights 13°. May is the coolest month, with highs of 22° and lows of 13°. The difference between the warmest and the coolest month is about 1°, a small seasonal swing typical of places tempered by the sea.
About 1,176 mm of precipitation falls in an average year. April is the wettest month (171 mm, 26 wet days) and July the driest (15 mm, 7 wet days). Cloud cover ranges from 38% in July to 67% in November.
Compared with Kigali, the capital, Gitarama is 2.1° cooler on a September afternoon and receives more precipitation over the year.
Year in figures
- Hottest afternoons
- 24° · September
- Coldest nights
- 12° · December
- Wettest month
- April
- Driest month
- July
- Clearest skies
- July · 38% cloud
- Longest day
- 12 h 14 min
- Shortest day
- 12 h 00 min
iiCharts
Twelve months at a glance
Temperature and precipitation
Daily high/low range bars, monthly precipitation columnsTemperature curve
Average high, lowDaylight
Hours between sunrise and sunset on the 15th of each monthiiiData table
Climate normals month by month
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Average high | 23° | 24° | 23° | 22° | 22° | 22° | 23° | 24° | 24° | 23° | 22° | 23° |
| Average low | 12° | 13° | 13° | 13° | 13° | 12° | 13° | 13° | 13° | 13° | 12° | 12° |
| Precipitation | 110 mm | 118 mm | 130 mm | 171 mm | 122 mm | 24 mm | 15 mm | 38 mm | 81 mm | 132 mm | 142 mm | 93 mm |
| Wet days (≥1 mm) | 18.9 | 15.9 | 24.8 | 26 | 22.6 | 9.2 | 6.5 | 12.5 | 19.6 | 22.9 | 25.9 | 21.4 |
| Cloud cover | 57% | 58% | 62% | 66% | 55% | 42% | 38% | 42% | 50% | 65% | 67% | 59% |
| Daylight | 12h 14 | 12h 11 | 12h 07 | 12h 04 | 12h 01 | 12h 00 | 12h 01 | 12h 03 | 12h 06 | 12h 09 | 12h 13 | 12h 14 |
| Month score | 56 | 55 | 54 | 52 | 57 | 73 | 81 | 66 | 59 | 52 | 52 | 55 |
ivMonth by month
Gitarama in every month
January56
23° / 12°
110 mm · 18.9 wet days
February55
24° / 13°
118 mm · 15.9 wet days
March54
23° / 13°
130 mm · 24.8 wet days
April52
22° / 13°
171 mm · 26 wet days
May57
22° / 13°
122 mm · 22.6 wet days
June73
22° / 12°
24 mm · 9.2 wet days
July81
23° / 13°
15 mm · 6.5 wet days
August66
24° / 13°
38 mm · 12.5 wet days
September59
24° / 13°
81 mm · 19.6 wet days
October52
23° / 13°
132 mm · 22.9 wet days
November52
22° / 12°
142 mm · 25.9 wet days
December55
23° / 12°
93 mm · 21.4 wet days