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Akagera in January

Warm and damp, as the days hold steady.

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years

January in Akagera is warm: highs near 83°F, lows near 64°F. Rain falls on about three days a week, and daylight holds at about 12 hours 12 minutes.January in Akagera is warm: highs near 28°C, lows near 18°C. Rain falls on about three days a week, and daylight holds at about 12 hours 12 minutes.

High
83°F28°Caverage
Low
64°F18°Caverage
Wet days
3a week · 44% of days
Daylight
12h 12mon average

Is January 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 January sits in the year

week by week

Temperature

Highs near 83°F in January, against 82°F to 86°F through the year.Highs near 28°C in January, against 28°C to 30°C through the year.

Chance of a wet day

44% of days in January, against 4% to 75% through the year.

Cloud cover

72% cover in January, against 55% to 78% through the year.

Daylight

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

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

Either side

  1. December82°28°low 63°low 17°4 wet days a weekRain on about four days a week.
  2. January83°28°low 64°low 18°3 wet days a weekRain on about three days a week.
  3. February85°29°low 65°low 18°3 wet days a weekRain on about three days a week.

Where Akagera sits, in January

Africa/Kigali
this place
typical high in January 40°F4°C95°F35°C
Sunrise, mid-January
6:00 AMsets 6:12 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 January, 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 January

high · low · wet days
See January 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.