Climate guideThirty-year normals for Kigali
Kigali climate by month
Tropical savanna · AwBest Jun–Aug
Annual mean20°day and night
Seasonal swing1°warmest vs coolest
Precipitation1,077 mm220 wet days a year
1.95° S, 30.06° EElevation 1,542 mUTC+2 · Central Africa Time
When to goKigali · weather score
Best timeJun–Aug
October: high / low25° / 15°
iSummary
What the weather is like
Kigali has a tropical savanna climate (Köppen Aw): .
The warmest month is September, when afternoons average 26° and nights 15°. May is the coolest month, with highs of 24° and lows of 15°. The difference between the warmest and the coolest month is about 1°, a small seasonal swing typical of places tempered by the sea.
About 1,077 mm of precipitation falls in an average year. April is the wettest month (166 mm, 25 wet days) and July the driest (12 mm, 6 wet days). Cloud cover ranges from 33% in July to 53% in November.
Year in figures
- Hottest afternoons
- 26° · September
- Coldest nights
- 14° · 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 | 25° | 26° | 25° | 24° | 24° | 24° | 25° | 26° | 26° | 25° | 25° | 25° |
| Average low | 15° | 15° | 15° | 15° | 15° | 15° | 15° | 16° | 15° | 15° | 14° | 14° |
| Precipitation | 82 mm | 94 mm | 122 mm | 166 mm | 110 mm | 20 mm | 12 mm | 34 mm | 75 mm | 132 mm | 149 mm | 81 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 | 47% | 48% | 51% | 52% | 43% | 35% | 33% | 37% | 40% | 51% | 53% | 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 | 59 | 56 | 57 | 58 | 62 | 80 | 84 | 63 | 59 | 57 | 57 | 60 |
ivMonth by month
Kigali in every month
January59
25° / 15°
82 mm · 16.6 wet days
February56
26° / 15°
94 mm · 15.1 wet days
March57
25° / 15°
122 mm · 23.8 wet days
April58
24° / 15°
166 mm · 25.4 wet days
May62
24° / 15°
110 mm · 21.9 wet days
June80
24° / 15°
20 mm · 7.7 wet days
July84
25° / 15°
12 mm · 6.2 wet days
August63
26° / 16°
34 mm · 12.9 wet days
September59
26° / 15°
75 mm · 21.1 wet days
October57
25° / 15°
132 mm · 23.8 wet days
November57
25° / 14°
149 mm · 25.1 wet days
December60
25° / 14°
81 mm · 20.3 wet days