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Climate guideThirty-year normals for Kacyiru
Kacyiru climate by month
Tropical savanna · AwBest May–Jul
Annual mean20°day and night
Seasonal swing1°warmest vs coolest
Precipitation1,018 mm220 wet days a year
1.93° S, 30.08° EElevation 1,418 mUTC+2 · Central Africa Time
When to goKacyiru · weather score
Best timeMay–Jul
October: high / low26° / 15°
iSummary
What the weather is like
Kacyiru has a tropical savanna climate (Köppen Aw): .
The warmest month is August, when afternoons average 26° and nights 16°. May is the coolest month, with highs of 25° and lows of 16°. The difference between the warmest and the coolest month is about 1°, a small seasonal swing typical of places tempered by the sea.
About 1,018 mm of precipitation falls in an average year. April is the wettest month (156 mm, 25 wet days) and July the driest (11 mm, 6 wet days). Cloud cover ranges from 33% in July to 52% in April.
Compared with Kigali, the capital, Kacyiru is 0.5° warmer on a August afternoon and receives less precipitation over the year.
Year in figures
- Hottest afternoons
- 26° · August
- Coldest nights
- 15° · December
- Wettest month
- April
- Driest month
- July
- Clearest skies
- July · 33% cloud
- Longest day
- 12 h 14 min
- Shortest day
- 12 h 01 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 | 26° | 26° | 26° | 25° | 25° | 25° | 26° | 26° | 26° | 26° | 25° | 25° |
| Average low | 15° | 15° | 15° | 16° | 16° | 15° | 15° | 16° | 16° | 15° | 15° | 15° |
| Precipitation | 77 mm | 89 mm | 115 mm | 156 mm | 104 mm | 19 mm | 11 mm | 32 mm | 71 mm | 126 mm | 142 mm | 76 mm |
| Wet days (≥1 mm) | 16.6 | 15.1 | 23.8 | 25.4 | 21.9 | 7.7 | 6.2 | 12.9 | 21.1 | 23.8 | 25.1 | 20.3 |
| Cloud cover | 46% | 48% | 51% | 52% | 43% | 35% | 33% | 36% | 40% | 50% | 52% | 47% |
| Daylight | 12h 13 | 12h 10 | 12h 07 | 12h 04 | 12h 02 | 12h 01 | 12h 01 | 12h 03 | 12h 06 | 12h 09 | 12h 12 | 12h 14 |
| Month score | 58 | 54 | 55 | 58 | 62 | 80 | 82 | 61 | 57 | 56 | 58 | 59 |
ivMonth by month
Kacyiru in every month
January58
26° / 15°
77 mm · 16.6 wet days
February54
26° / 15°
89 mm · 15.1 wet days
March55
26° / 15°
115 mm · 23.8 wet days
April58
25° / 16°
156 mm · 25.4 wet days
May62
25° / 16°
104 mm · 21.9 wet days
June80
25° / 15°
19 mm · 7.7 wet days
July82
26° / 15°
11 mm · 6.2 wet days
August61
26° / 16°
32 mm · 12.9 wet days
September57
26° / 16°
71 mm · 21.1 wet days
October56
26° / 15°
126 mm · 23.8 wet days
November58
25° / 15°
142 mm · 25.1 wet days
December59
25° / 15°
76 mm · 20.3 wet days