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Climate guideThirty-year normals for Rwamagana
Rwamagana climate by month
Tropical savanna · AwBest May–Jul
Annual mean21°day and night
Seasonal swing1°warmest vs coolest
Precipitation944 mm220 wet days a year
1.95° S, 30.43° EElevation 1,537 mUTC+2 · Central Africa Time
When to goRwamagana · weather score
Best timeMay–Jul
October: high / low25° / 16°
iSummary
What the weather is like
Rwamagana has a tropical savanna climate (Köppen Aw): .
The warmest month is August, when afternoons average 26° and nights 17°. November is the coolest month, with highs of 24° 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 944 mm of precipitation falls in an average year. April is the wettest month (141 mm, 25 wet days) and July the driest (10 mm, 6 wet days). Cloud cover ranges from 37% in July to 58% in April.
Compared with Kigali, the capital, Rwamagana is 0.5° warmer on a August afternoon and receives less precipitation over the year.
Year in figures
- Hottest afternoons
- 26° · August
- Coldest nights
- 16° · 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 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° | 26° | 25° | 24° | 25° | 26° | 26° | 26° | 25° | 24° | 24° |
| Average low | 16° | 17° | 17° | 16° | 16° | 16° | 16° | 17° | 17° | 16° | 16° | 16° |
| Precipitation | 73 mm | 79 mm | 118 mm | 141 mm | 95 mm | 18 mm | 10 mm | 28 mm | 61 mm | 112 mm | 131 mm | 78 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 | 51% | 52% | 56% | 58% | 47% | 40% | 37% | 38% | 41% | 54% | 58% | 52% |
| 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 | 54 | 55 | 60 | 77 | 79 | 60 | 58 | 56 | 55 | 58 |
ivMonth by month
Rwamagana in every month
January58
25° / 16°
73 mm · 16.6 wet days
February54
26° / 17°
79 mm · 15.1 wet days
March54
26° / 17°
118 mm · 23.8 wet days
April55
25° / 16°
141 mm · 25.4 wet days
May60
24° / 16°
95 mm · 21.9 wet days
June77
25° / 16°
18 mm · 7.7 wet days
July79
26° / 16°
10 mm · 6.2 wet days
August60
26° / 17°
28 mm · 12.9 wet days
September58
26° / 17°
61 mm · 21.1 wet days
October56
25° / 16°
112 mm · 23.8 wet days
November55
24° / 16°
131 mm · 25.1 wet days
December58
24° / 16°
78 mm · 20.3 wet days