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Climate guideThirty-year normals for Ruhango
Ruhango climate by month
Warm-summer Mediterranean · CsbBest Jun–Aug
Annual mean19°day and night
Seasonal swing1°warmest vs coolest
Precipitation1,007 mm226 wet days a year
2.22° S, 29.79° EElevation 1,703 mUTC+2 · Central Africa Time
When to goRuhango · weather score
Best timeJun–Aug
October: high / low24° / 13°
iSummary
What the weather is like
Ruhango has a warm-summer Mediterranean climate (Köppen Csb): dry, sunny summers and mild, wetter winters.
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 1,007 mm of precipitation falls in an average year. April is the wettest month (161 mm, 26 wet days) and July the driest (11 mm, 7 wet days). Cloud cover ranges from 37% in July to 64% in November.
Compared with Kigali, the capital, Ruhango 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 15 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 | 24° | 25° | 24° | 23° | 23° | 23° | 24° | 25° | 25° | 24° | 23° | 23° |
| Average low | 13° | 13° | 13° | 14° | 14° | 13° | 13° | 14° | 14° | 13° | 13° | 13° |
| Precipitation | 84 mm | 92 mm | 113 mm | 161 mm | 110 mm | 19 mm | 11 mm | 31 mm | 66 mm | 112 mm | 128 mm | 80 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 | 54% | 54% | 59% | 63% | 52% | 40% | 37% | 41% | 48% | 61% | 64% | 57% |
| Daylight | 12h 14 | 12h 11 | 12h 07 | 12h 04 | 12h 01 | 12h 00 | 12h 00 | 12h 02 | 12h 06 | 12h 09 | 12h 13 | 12h 15 |
| Month score | 57 | 57 | 55 | 53 | 58 | 74 | 82 | 66 | 60 | 54 | 53 | 56 |
ivMonth by month
Ruhango in every month
January57
24° / 13°
84 mm · 18.9 wet days
February57
25° / 13°
92 mm · 15.9 wet days
March55
24° / 13°
113 mm · 24.8 wet days
April53
23° / 14°
161 mm · 26 wet days
May58
23° / 14°
110 mm · 22.6 wet days
June74
23° / 13°
19 mm · 9.2 wet days
July82
24° / 13°
11 mm · 6.5 wet days
August66
25° / 14°
31 mm · 12.5 wet days
September60
25° / 14°
66 mm · 19.6 wet days
October54
24° / 13°
112 mm · 22.9 wet days
November53
23° / 13°
128 mm · 25.9 wet days
December56
23° / 13°
80 mm · 21.4 wet days