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Climate guideThirty-year normals for Kimisagara

Kimisagara climate by month

Tropical savanna · AwBest Jun–Aug
Annual mean19°day and night
Seasonal swing1°warmest vs coolest
Precipitation1,037 mm220 wet days a year
1.95° S, 30.04° EElevation 1,651 mUTC+2 · Central Africa Time
When to goKimisagara · weather score
JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec55October
Best timeJun–Aug
October: high / low24° / 14°
iSummary

What the weather is like

Kimisagara has a tropical savanna climate (Köppen Aw): .

The warmest month is September, when afternoons average 25° and nights 14°. May is the coolest month, with highs of 23° and lows of 14°. The difference between the warmest and the coolest month is about 1°, a small seasonal swing typical of places tempered by the sea.

About 1,037 mm of precipitation falls in an average year. April is the wettest month (160 mm, 25 wet days) and July the driest (11 mm, 6 wet days). Cloud cover ranges from 37% in July to 61% in April.

Compared with Kigali, the capital, Kimisagara is 1.1° cooler on a September afternoon and receives less precipitation over the year.

Year in figures

Hottest afternoons
25° · September
Coldest nights
13° · December
Wettest month
April
Driest month
July
Clearest skies
July · 37% 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 columns

Temperature curve

Average high, low
15°20°25°JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec

Daylight

Hours between sunrise and sunset on the 15th of each month
121212JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
iiiData table

Climate normals month by month

Climate normals for Kimisagara by month
MonthJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Average high24°25°24°23°23°23°24°25°25°24°23°24°
Average low13°14°14°14°14°14°14°14°14°14°13°13°
Precipitation80 mm91 mm117 mm160 mm107 mm20 mm11 mm32 mm72 mm126 mm143 mm78 mm
Wet days (≥1 mm)16.615.123.825.421.97.76.212.921.123.825.120.3
Cloud cover52%54%58%61%51%40%37%41%46%58%60%54%
Daylight12h 1312h 1012h 0712h 0412h 0212h 0112h 0112h 0312h 0612h 0912h 1212h 14
Month score585755545878826560555457