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Kigali in November

Warm and wet, as the days hold steady.

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years

November in Kigali is warm: highs near 79°F, lows near 59°F. Rain falls on about five days a week, and daylight holds at about 12 hours 12 minutes.November in Kigali is warm: highs near 26°C, lows near 15°C. Rain falls on about five days a week, and daylight holds at about 12 hours 12 minutes.

High
79°F26°Caverage
Low
59°F15°Caverage
Wet days
5a week · 76% of days
Daylight
12h 12mon average

Is November a good time to visit Kigali?

November sits outside Kigali's best months, which run from June to July. Expect warm days and rain on about five days a week.

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 November sits in the year

week by week

Temperature

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

Chance of a wet day

76% of days in November, against 2% to 84% through the year.

Cloud cover

77% cover in November, against 58% to 80% through the year.

Daylight

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

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

Either side

  1. October81°27°low 60°low 16°4 wet days a weekRain on about four days a week.
  2. November79°26°low 59°low 15°5 wet days a weekRain on about five days a week.
  3. December80°27°low 58°low 14°5 wet days a weekRain on about five days a week.

Where Kigali sits, in November

Africa/Kigali
this place
typical high in November 40°F4°C95°F35°C
Sunrise, mid-November
5:38 AMsets 5:50 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 November, 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 November

high · low · wet days
See November 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.