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Akagera in August

Hot and mostly dry, as the days hold steady.

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years

August in Akagera is hot: highs near 86°F, lows near 64°F. Rain falls on about two days a week, more often as the month goes on, and daylight holds at about 12 hours 4 minutes.August in Akagera is hot: highs near 30°C, lows near 18°C. Rain falls on about two days a week, more often as the month goes on, and daylight holds at about 12 hours 4 minutes.

High
86°F30°Caverage
Low
64°F18°Caverage
Wet days
2a week · 22% of days
Daylight
12h 04mon average

Is August a good time to visit Akagera?

A good month, just outside Akagera's best months, which run from June to July.

How we judge it: every month is scored on how close its typical high comes to the range from 70°F to 80°F, how mild its nights are, and how rarely it rains. The best months are the run of months that scores best.How we judge it: every month is scored on how close its typical high comes to the range from 21°C to 27°C, how mild its nights are, and how rarely it rains. The best months are the run of months that scores best.

How August sits in the year

week by week

Temperature

Highs near 86°F in August, against 82°F to 86°F through the year.Highs near 30°C in August, against 28°C to 30°C through the year.

Chance of a wet day

22% of days in August, against 4% to 75% through the year.

Cloud cover

55% cover in August, against 55% to 78% through the year.

Daylight

12h 04m in August, against 12h 02m to 12h 12m through the year.

Week by week, lightly smoothed, with August shaded. The olive line marks the best months. Hover or tap a week for its figures.

Either side

  1. July85°29°low 63°low 17°no wet daysRain on fewer than one day a week.
  2. August86°30°low 64°low 18°2 wet days a weekRain on about two days a week.
  3. September85°29°low 64°low 18°3 wet days a weekRain on about three days a week.

Where Akagera sits, in August

Africa/Kigali
this place
typical high in August 40°F4°C95°F35°C
Sunrise, mid-August
6:00 AMsets 6:04 PM
Above the sea
1,290 mupland
Latitude
1.5°Ssouthern hemisphere
Nearest of ours
Kigali80 km south-west

The land around Akagera, shaded by its typical high in August, the planning map's own layer. Hover the map for the figure at that spot; tap it on a phone. Clock times are local, for the 15th.

Elsewhere in Rwanda in August

high · low · wet days
See August on the planning mapThe whole year in Akagera

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years (1995–2024), from the 11 km grid square nearest Akagera. Temperatures are adjusted against 66 weather stations: daytime highs read about 3.1°F cold in the source data and are raised to match, and both highs and lows are adjusted for the town's height (1,290 m) against the climate model's (1,367 m).Temperatures are adjusted against 66 weather stations: daytime highs read about 1.7°C cold in the source data and are raised to match, and both highs and lows are adjusted for the town's height (1,290 m) against the climate model's (1,367 m). Daylight is calculated from latitude. Charts are lightly smoothed week to week; the figures in the table are not. Source: Copernicus ERA5-Land reanalysis; cloud cover from NASA's MERRA-2 reanalysis, on a coarser grid of about 50 km. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026; neither the European Commission nor ECMWF is responsible for any use of it. These are averages, not a forecast.

Daylight is calculated from latitude. Charts are lightly smoothed week to week; the figures in the table are not.

Source: Copernicus ERA5-Land reanalysis; cloud cover from NASA's MERRA-2 reanalysis, on a coarser grid of about 50 km. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026; neither the European Commission nor ECMWF is responsible for any use of it. These are averages, not a forecast.