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Kigali in May

Warm and wet, as the days hold steady.

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years

May in Kigali is warm: highs near 79°F, lows near 60°F. Rain falls on about four days a week, less often as the month goes on, and daylight holds at about 12 hours 2 minutes.May in Kigali is warm: highs near 26°C, lows near 16°C. Rain falls on about four days a week, less often as the month goes on, and daylight holds at about 12 hours 2 minutes.

High
79°F26°Caverage
Low
60°F16°Caverage
Wet days
4a week · 53% of days
Daylight
12h 02mon average

Is May 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 May sits in the year

week by week

Temperature

Highs near 79°F in May, against 79°F to 83°F through the year.Highs near 26°C in May, against 26°C to 28°C through the year.

Chance of a wet day

53% of days in May, against 2% to 84% through the year.

Cloud cover

73% cover in May, against 58% to 80% through the year.

Daylight

12h 02m in May, against 12h 01m to 12h 14m through the year.

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

Either side

  1. April79°26°low 60°low 16°6 wet days a weekRain on about six days a week.
  2. May79°26°low 60°low 16°4 wet days a weekRain on about four days a week.
  3. June80°27°low 60°low 16°1 wet day a weekRain on about one day a week.

Where Kigali sits, in May

Africa/Kigali
this place
typical high in May 40°F4°C95°F35°C
Sunrise, mid-May
5:55 AMsets 5:56 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 May, 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 May

high · low · wet days
See May 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.