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 Kanombe
Kanombe climate by month
Tropical savanna · AwBest May–Jul
Annual mean20°day and night
Seasonal swing1°warmest vs coolest
Precipitation1,007 mm220 wet days a year
1.97° S, 30.13° EElevation 1,484 mUTC+2 · Central Africa Time
When to goKanombe · weather score
Best timeMay–Jul
October: high / low26° / 16°
iSummary
What the weather is like
Kanombe 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 1,007 mm of precipitation falls in an average year. April is the wettest month (155 mm, 25 wet days) and July the driest (11 mm, 6 wet days). Cloud cover ranges from 36% in July to 56% in April.
Compared with Kigali, the capital, Kanombe 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 · 36% 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 | 26° | 26° | 26° | 25° | 25° | 25° | 26° | 26° | 26° | 26° | 25° | 25° |
| Average low | 15° | 16° | 16° | 16° | 16° | 16° | 16° | 16° | 16° | 16° | 15° | 15° |
| Precipitation | 76 mm | 87 mm | 115 mm | 155 mm | 100 mm | 19 mm | 11 mm | 31 mm | 69 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 | 48% | 50% | 54% | 56% | 46% | 38% | 36% | 38% | 41% | 52% | 54% | 48% |
| Daylight | 12h 13 | 12h 10 | 12h 07 | 12h 04 | 12h 02 | 12h 00 | 12h 01 | 12h 03 | 12h 06 | 12h 09 | 12h 12 | 12h 14 |
| Month score | 57 | 54 | 54 | 56 | 60 | 79 | 80 | 60 | 57 | 55 | 57 | 60 |
ivMonth by month
Kanombe in every month
January57
26° / 15°
76 mm · 16.6 wet days
February54
26° / 16°
87 mm · 15.1 wet days
March54
26° / 16°
115 mm · 23.8 wet days
April56
25° / 16°
155 mm · 25.4 wet days
May60
25° / 16°
100 mm · 21.9 wet days
June79
25° / 16°
19 mm · 7.7 wet days
July80
26° / 16°
11 mm · 6.2 wet days
August60
26° / 16°
31 mm · 12.9 wet days
September57
26° / 16°
69 mm · 21.1 wet days
October55
26° / 16°
126 mm · 23.8 wet days
November57
25° / 15°
142 mm · 25.1 wet days
December60
25° / 15°
76 mm · 20.3 wet days