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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 26 °C, nights 15 °C
180 h sunshine · 12.1 h daylight
96 mm rain · 74% humidity
Days 27 °C, nights 15 °C
166 h sunshine · 12.1 h daylight
101 mm rain · 72% humidity
Days 26 °C, nights 15 °C
166 h sunshine · 12.0 h daylight
154 mm rain · 76% humidity
Days 24 °C, nights 15 °C
160 h sunshine · 12.0 h daylight
178 mm rain · 82% humidity
Days 24 °C, nights 15 °C
192 h sunshine · 11.9 h daylight
139 mm rain · 82% humidity
Days 24 °C, nights 13 °C
213 h sunshine · 11.9 h daylight
50 mm rain · 74% humidity
Days 25 °C, nights 13 °C
233 h sunshine · 11.9 h daylight
31 mm rain · 66% humidity
Days 26 °C, nights 14 °C
197 h sunshine · 11.9 h daylight
56 mm rain · 65% humidity
Days 26 °C, nights 15 °C
179 h sunshine · 12.0 h daylight
88 mm rain · 68% humidity
Days 25 °C, nights 15 °C
169 h sunshine · 12.0 h daylight
129 mm rain · 74% humidity
Days 24 °C, nights 15 °C
153 h sunshine · 12.1 h daylight
160 mm rain · 79% humidity
Days 25 °C, nights 14 °C
168 h sunshine · 12.1 h daylight
109 mm rain · 77% humidity
Living in Kigali 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 26 °C, nights 15 °C
180 h sunshine · 12.1 h daylight
96 mm rain · 74% humidity
Days 27 °C, nights 15 °C
166 h sunshine · 12.1 h daylight
101 mm rain · 72% humidity
Days 26 °C, nights 15 °C
166 h sunshine · 12.0 h daylight
154 mm rain · 76% humidity
Days 24 °C, nights 15 °C
160 h sunshine · 12.0 h daylight
178 mm rain · 82% humidity
Days 24 °C, nights 15 °C
192 h sunshine · 11.9 h daylight
139 mm rain · 82% humidity
Days 24 °C, nights 13 °C
213 h sunshine · 11.9 h daylight
50 mm rain · 74% humidity
Days 25 °C, nights 13 °C
233 h sunshine · 11.9 h daylight
31 mm rain · 66% humidity
Days 26 °C, nights 14 °C
197 h sunshine · 11.9 h daylight
56 mm rain · 65% humidity
Days 26 °C, nights 15 °C
179 h sunshine · 12.0 h daylight
88 mm rain · 68% humidity
Days 25 °C, nights 15 °C
169 h sunshine · 12.0 h daylight
129 mm rain · 74% humidity
Days 24 °C, nights 15 °C
153 h sunshine · 12.1 h daylight
160 mm rain · 79% humidity
Days 25 °C, nights 14 °C
168 h sunshine · 12.1 h daylight
109 mm rain · 77% humidity
Living in Kigali 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)