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CityCompass
Best time to be here: June to August. Every month below carries its climate normals and a comfort score you can tune to your own tolerances.
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Days 25 °C, nights 17 °C
166 h sunshine · 12.1 h daylight
127 mm rain · 79% humidity
Days 26 °C, nights 17 °C
155 h sunshine · 12.1 h daylight
126 mm rain · 76% humidity
Days 26 °C, nights 17 °C
161 h sunshine · 12.0 h daylight
206 mm rain · 79% humidity
Days 25 °C, nights 17 °C
154 h sunshine · 12.0 h daylight
183 mm rain · 83% humidity
Days 25 °C, nights 17 °C
175 h sunshine · 11.9 h daylight
142 mm rain · 84% humidity
Days 25 °C, nights 16 °C
188 h sunshine · 11.9 h daylight
74 mm rain · 78% humidity
Days 25 °C, nights 16 °C
205 h sunshine · 11.9 h daylight
45 mm rain · 72% humidity
Days 25 °C, nights 17 °C
182 h sunshine · 11.9 h daylight
92 mm rain · 71% humidity
Days 26 °C, nights 17 °C
171 h sunshine · 12.0 h daylight
139 mm rain · 75% humidity
Days 25 °C, nights 17 °C
160 h sunshine · 12.0 h daylight
190 mm rain · 80% humidity
Days 25 °C, nights 17 °C
147 h sunshine · 12.1 h daylight
218 mm rain · 83% humidity
Days 25 °C, nights 17 °C
159 h sunshine · 12.1 h daylight
154 mm rain · 82% humidity
Living in Gisenyi means living under Rwanda's tax and legal system. The essentials, from our country research:
Would Rwanda actually work for your taxes?
It runs regimes like KIFC New Resident Expert Personal Income Tax Exemption (5-year foreign-source holiday), and whether they fit depends on your income, assets and citizenship, not on averages.
Each month scores 0 to 10 from four weighted components: temperature (35%), sunshine (25%), humidity (20%) and rain (20%), with an extra penalty when heat and humidity combine. Personal tolerances reshape the score: your heat limit compares to how afternoons feel (heat index), your cold limit to typical nights. Data: NASA POWER climatology 2001-2020 with elevation corrections, daylight computed from latitude.
City data: GeoNames (CC BY 4.0) · Climate normals: NASA POWER (2001-2020) · Live weather: MET Norway (CC BY 4.0)
CityCompass
Best time to be here: June to August. Every month below carries its climate normals and a comfort score you can tune to your own tolerances.
Dots are the other cities we cover here. Click one to switch.
Days 25 °C, nights 17 °C
166 h sunshine · 12.1 h daylight
127 mm rain · 79% humidity
Days 26 °C, nights 17 °C
155 h sunshine · 12.1 h daylight
126 mm rain · 76% humidity
Days 26 °C, nights 17 °C
161 h sunshine · 12.0 h daylight
206 mm rain · 79% humidity
Days 25 °C, nights 17 °C
154 h sunshine · 12.0 h daylight
183 mm rain · 83% humidity
Days 25 °C, nights 17 °C
175 h sunshine · 11.9 h daylight
142 mm rain · 84% humidity
Days 25 °C, nights 16 °C
188 h sunshine · 11.9 h daylight
74 mm rain · 78% humidity
Days 25 °C, nights 16 °C
205 h sunshine · 11.9 h daylight
45 mm rain · 72% humidity
Days 25 °C, nights 17 °C
182 h sunshine · 11.9 h daylight
92 mm rain · 71% humidity
Days 26 °C, nights 17 °C
171 h sunshine · 12.0 h daylight
139 mm rain · 75% humidity
Days 25 °C, nights 17 °C
160 h sunshine · 12.0 h daylight
190 mm rain · 80% humidity
Days 25 °C, nights 17 °C
147 h sunshine · 12.1 h daylight
218 mm rain · 83% humidity
Days 25 °C, nights 17 °C
159 h sunshine · 12.1 h daylight
154 mm rain · 82% humidity
Living in Gisenyi means living under Rwanda's tax and legal system. The essentials, from our country research:
Would Rwanda actually work for your taxes?
It runs regimes like KIFC New Resident Expert Personal Income Tax Exemption (5-year foreign-source holiday), and whether they fit depends on your income, assets and citizenship, not on averages.
Each month scores 0 to 10 from four weighted components: temperature (35%), sunshine (25%), humidity (20%) and rain (20%), with an extra penalty when heat and humidity combine. Personal tolerances reshape the score: your heat limit compares to how afternoons feel (heat index), your cold limit to typical nights. Data: NASA POWER climatology 2001-2020 with elevation corrections, daylight computed from latitude.
City data: GeoNames (CC BY 4.0) · Climate normals: NASA POWER (2001-2020) · Live weather: MET Norway (CC BY 4.0)