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Kigali in August

Warm and mostly dry, as the days hold steady.

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years

August in Kigali is warm: highs near 83°F, lows near 61°F. Rain falls on about one day a week, more often as the month goes on, and daylight holds at about 12 hours 3 minutes.August in Kigali is warm: highs near 28°C, lows near 16°C. Rain falls on about one day a week, more often as the month goes on, and daylight holds at about 12 hours 3 minutes.

High
83°F28°Caverage
Low
61°F16°Caverage
Wet days
1a week · 13% of days
Daylight
12h 03mon average

Is August a good time to visit Kigali?

A good month, just outside Kigali'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 83°F in August, against 79°F to 83°F through the year.Highs near 28°C in August, against 26°C to 28°C through the year.

Chance of a wet day

13% of days in August, against 2% to 84% through the year.

Cloud cover

59% cover in August, against 58% to 80% through the year.

Daylight

12h 03m in August, against 12h 01m to 12h 14m 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. July82°28°low 60°low 16°no wet daysRain on fewer than one day a week.
  2. August83°28°low 61°low 16°1 wet day a weekRain on about one day a week.
  3. September83°28°low 60°low 16°3 wet days a weekRain on about three days a week.

Where Kigali sits, in August

Africa/Kigali
this place
typical high in August 40°F4°C95°F35°C
Sunrise, mid-August
6:03 AMsets 6:06 PM
Above the sea
1,510 mhigh country
Latitude
2.0°Ssouthern hemisphere
Nearest of ours
Musanze76 km north-west

The land around Kigali, 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 Kigali

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years (1995–2024), from the 11 km grid square nearest Kigali. 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 (1,510 m) against the climate model's (1,442 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 (1,510 m) against the climate model's (1,442 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.