Kigali weather by month & the best time to visit

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The best time to visit Kigali is July — its sunniest month (Sunshine Score 86/100), with June and August close behind. Kigali averages about 2,191 hours of sunshine a year. Daytime highs around 26°C / 79°F and roughly 31 mm of rain in July.

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Sun hours / year

2,191

Sunniest month

July

Peak score

86/100

Rain / year

1,291 mm

Midday UV at peak

10 (very high)

Population

1.1M

Elevation

1,488 m

When is the best time to visit Kigali?

For sunshine, the best time to visit Kigali is July, then June and August. The dullest month is March (64/100, 153 mm of rain). The full month-by-month picture is in the table below.

How sunny is Kigali?

Kigali gets a moderate 2,191 hours of sunshine a year. July (86/100) is noticeably better than March (64). It is the sunnier of the two destinations tracked in Rwanda. The year's 1,291 mm of rain spreads fairly evenly across the months, with no pronounced dry season.

Sunshine Score by month

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Nearby places for sunshine

• Entebbe Uganda · 340 km · best in Jul · 2,497 h sun/yr
• Nairobi Kenya · 758 km · best in Jul · 2,913 h sun/yr
• Arusha Tanzania · 787 km · best in Jul · 2,565 h sun/yr
• Mombasa Kenya · 1,075 km · best in Aug · 2,799 h sun/yr
• Lubumbashi Congo - Kinshasa · 1,108 km · best in May · 2,978 h sun/yr
• Zanzibar Tanzania · 1,113 km · best in Jul · 2,836 h sun/yr

Nearest destinations

• Kirundo Burundi · 64 km · 2,315 h sun/yr · best in Jul
• Kisoro Uganda · 89 km · 2,038 h sun/yr · best in Jul
• Goma Congo - Kinshasa · 106 km · 2,038 h sun/yr · best in Jul
• Kamembe Rwanda · 147 km · 2,044 h sun/yr · best in Jul
• Kihihi Uganda · 148 km · 2,249 h sun/yr · best in Jun

Head-to-head

How Kigali compares month by month: Kigali vs Nairobi · Kigali vs Lubumbashi · Kigali vs Arusha · Kigali vs Entebbe · all comparisons