Kigali weather by month
Kigali runs from about 19°C in December to 22°C in July, with November the wettest month at 198 mm.
warmest month
July
22°C
coolest month
December
19°C
wettest month
November
198 mm
worst air month
August
36 µg/m³
The whole year, month by month.
| Month | Avg temp | Rain | Sun | PM2.5 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 20°C | 135 mm | 301 h | 29 |
| February | 21°C | 66 mm | 315 h | 27 |
| March | 21°C | 57 mm | 342 h | 23 |
| April | 20°C | 101 mm | 296 h | 17 |
| May | 21°C | 40 mm | 349 h | 18 |
| June | 21°C | 1 mm | 334 h | 22 |
| July | 22°C | 6 mm | 346 h | 30 |
| August | 22°C | 6 mm | 337 h | 36 |
| September | 22°C | 57 mm | 325 h | 27 |
| October | 21°C | 107 mm | 329 h | 24 |
| November | 20°C | 198 mm | 319 h | 20 |
| December | 19°C | 119 mm | 331 h | 24 |
About 3,924 hours of sun a year. Roughly 92 rainy days a year.
These are long-run climate normals, not a forecast. A given year can sit well outside them. PM2.5 is a global model: near the coast it counts sea salt as fine particulate and reads high against ground stations, sometimes by a factor of two. Use the shape of the year, not the absolute number.
where these numbers come from
- · Temperature, rainfall and sunshine: ECMWF ERA5 reanalysis climate normals via Open-Meteo (CC BY 4.0), fetched once and stored.
- · PM2.5: Copernicus CAMS reanalysis, monthly means. Modelled, not station readings; near coasts CAMS counts sea salt as PM2.5 and reads high.
Last reviewed 2026-05-23. Full method, licences and the list of sources we rejected are on the methodology page.