This is the short version of Kigali climate: monthly averages, with the monthly detail underneath. The gap between Jun and Feb is 2.0 C here: 18.8 C against 20.8 C. No month dominates: the wettest is Apr at 5.93 mm/day, the driest Jul at 1.01 mm/day. Taken together that is roughly 1,291 mm of rain a year for the grid cell. Every run re-reads the source and only rewrites this page when a figure actually changed. Scroll for the month-by-month figures, or jump to a neighbouring location from the links below.
Annual mean temperature 19.8 C
Warmest month Feb (20.8 C)
Coldest month Jun (18.8 C)
Wettest month Apr (5.93 mm/day)
All-time record high 33.8 C
All-time record low 8.5 C
Annual precipitation 1,292 mm / year
Coordinates -1.95, 30.0588
Population 1,132,686
Average monthly temperature and rainfall in Kigali
Month
Mean temp (C)
Rain (mm/day)
Record high (C)
Record low (C)
Jan
20.3
3.11
33.1
12.7
Feb
20.8
3.60
32.8
12.3
Mar
20.2
4.95
33.8
12.6
Apr
19.5
5.93
31.9
12.6
May
19.2
4.47
28.7
10.0
Jun
18.8
1.66
30.1
9.5
Jul
19.0
1.01
30.7
8.5
Aug
20.1
1.81
31.1
8.8
Sep
20.5
2.94
30.9
10.2
Oct
20.1
4.15
31.0
11.3
Nov
19.4
5.32
29.2
12.2
Dec
19.7
3.52
31.2
12.0
What the Kigali climate table shows
Values are multi-decadal climatological averages for the -1.95, 30.0588 grid cell, not a single year. Rain is the daily mean, so a value of 2.00 mm/day is about 60 mm across a 30-day month. Averages smooth over extremes, so use them for planning rather than for what to pack for next Tuesday.
Frequently asked questions
Does Kigali get the same every year?
Close to it. Averaging decades smooths variation, so treat these as typical rather than guaranteed.