Climate and average weather in Bugaragara

In Bugaragara, the weather is warm, wet, and mostly cloudy and remarkably steady, with daytime highs holding near warm levels all year. The wettest stretch peaks around November.

Best: late May to late August

Over the course of the year, the temperature in Bugaragara typically varies from 16°C to 28°C, and is rarely below 14°C or above 30°C. February is the hottest month of the year, while November is the coldest.

Based on the travel score, the best time of year to visit Bugaragara for warm-weather activities is from late May to late August.

Hottest
Feb
28°
Coldest
Nov
16°
Wettest
Nov
121 mm
Driest
Jul
5 mm
Rain / yr
776 mm
165 wet days
Daylight
11.9–12.1 h
shortest–longest
Elevation
1,388 m
1.3°S
Clearest
Jul
65% cloud

Bugaragara weather by month, at a glance

The whole year in one picture — sky, rain, humidity, temperature and travel score. Click any band to jump to its full chart.

Each stripe is one measure across the whole year, stacked so a single day reads top to bottom. The sky band runs overcast grey on top down to clear blue at the base — more blue means sunnier — followed by the rainfall curve, the humidity band, a temperature strip that tints each stretch of the year by how warm its average high is, and the travel-score line at the foot. Scan straight down any date to read that day across every measure at once; the score climbs highest around late May to late August.

Temperature through the year

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Daily average highs and lows in Bugaragara, from 1991–2020 of climate data. The shaded bands show the range most days fall in — 10th to 90th percentile.

Temperatures in Bugaragara stay fairly even through the year, without a distinct hot or cool season. The warmest month is February, with an average high of 28°C and low of 17°C; the coolest is November, with an average low of 16°C and high of 26°C.

Days typically run about 10°C warmer than nights year-round.

10°15°20°25°30°35°JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg high (°C)Avg low (°C)
Jan2717
Feb2817
Mar2717
Apr2617
May2617
Jun2716
Jul2716
Aug2817
Sep2716
Oct2716
Nov2616
Dec2616

Average hourly temperature in Bugaragara

A compact picture of the whole year, hour by hour: each column is a day, each row an hour, and the color is the modeled average temperature. Darker overlays mark night, lighter ones the civil-twilight hours around sunrise and sunset.

Read left to right for the day of the year and top to bottom for the hour of the day; the color is the modeled temperature, cool blues through to hot reds on the same scale as the other charts. A vertical slice is a single day's swing — coolest just before dawn, warmest in the mid-afternoon — while a horizontal slice follows one hour across the seasons. The darker overlay marks night and the lighter one the twilight around sunrise and sunset. Colors run warmest on February afternoons, near 28°C, and coldest before dawn in November, near 16°C.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec12 AM2 AM4 AM6 AM8 AM10 AM12 PM2 PM4 PM6 PM8 PM10 PM12 AM

Bugaragara weather by month

Every month at a glance. Click a month for its detailed page.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan27° / 17°5011.812.16.0
Feb28° / 17°5411.6125.8
Mar27° / 17°8618.2125.1
Apr26° / 17°10821124.6
May26° / 17°6614.911.95.8
Jun27° / 16°164.111.97.2
Jul27° / 16°51.311.97.5
Aug28° / 17°307126.6
Sep27° / 16°5914.3125.6
Oct27° / 16°9820.2124.9
Nov26° / 16°12122.612.14.5
Dec26° / 16°8417.512.15.4

Chance of rain

How likely it is to rain on a typical day, and how that shifts across the wetter and drier seasons.

Bugaragara gets about 776 mm of precipitation a year. On a typical day the chance of rain is very wet, but that rises and falls sharply with the seasons.

The wetter season lasts 3.4 months, from around Sep 12 to Dec 24, peaking in November at about 76% chance on a given day. The drier stretch runs the rest of the year, bottoming out around Jul 13.

November is the wettest month by volume, with 121 mm over about 23 wet days; July is the driest, with 5 mm.

0%10%20%30%40%50%60%70%80%90%JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecdrierwettermostly drysome rainoften wetvery wetNov 12 · 76%Jul 13 · 3%
Rain on a day (%)Rain days
Jan3912
Feb4112
Mar5818
Apr7121
May4715
Jun144
Jul51
Aug237
Sep4714
Oct6520
Nov7523
Dec5518

Monthly rainfall

Over a full year, Bugaragara collects about 776 mm of rain across 165 wet days — roughly 65 mm in an average month.

It doesn’t fall evenly. November is the wettest month with 121 mm, while July is the driest at just 5 mm. The three wettest months alone bring about 42% of the year’s total.

0255075100125150JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec5054861086616530599812184
Rainfall (mm)Rain days
Jan5012
Feb5412
Mar8618
Apr10821
May6615
Jun164
Jul51
Aug307
Sep5914
Oct9820
Nov12123
Dec8418

Clouds and sunshine

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

How often the daytime sky is clear, partly cloudy or overcast.

In Bugaragara, the average share of the sky covered by clouds shows moderate seasonal variation over the course of the year.

The clearer part of the year begins around May 13 and lasts for 4.7 months, ending around October 2. The clearest month is July, when the sky is clear, mostly clear, or partly cloudy 40% of the time on average.

The cloudier part of the year begins around February 11 and lasts for 3.0 months, ending around May 12. The cloudiest month is April, when it is overcast or mostly cloudy 84% of the time.

0%100%10%90%20%80%30%70%40%60%50%50%60%40%70%30%80%20%90%10%100%0%JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecMay 30 · 44%Apr 13 · 15%mostly clearpartly cloudymostly cloudyovercastcloudierclearercloudier
Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
Jan2872
Feb2971
Mar2575
Apr1684
May3367
Jun3862
Jul4060
Aug3862
Sep3763
Oct2476
Nov1882
Dec2872

Daylight, sunrise and sunset

DaylightNight

Hours of daylight through the year, with sunrise and sunset times.

The gold band is daylight — sunrise runs along its lower edge, sunset along the upper — so it widens toward summer and pinches toward winter, with night the dark area above and below. Close to the equator, Bugaragara barely changes through the year: days stay near 12 h 06 min of light in every season.

12 AM4 AM8 AM12 PM4 PM8 PM12 AMJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
Jan12.16:066:10
Feb12.06:126:14
Mar12.06:086:08
Apr12.05:595:58
May11.95:565:53
Jun11.96:015:56
Jul11.96:066:02
Aug12.06:046:01
Sep12.05:535:52
Oct12.05:435:44
Nov12.15:425:45
Dec12.15:525:57

Sunny days

How many genuinely sunny days each month brings — days the sky stays clear or mostly clear — banded into plain-language zones.

Bugaragara averages about 3 sunny days a month — counting the days the sky stays clear or mostly clear — with a clear seasonal swing between 1 and 7 days.

The sunnier stretch runs 4.7 months, from around May 12 to Oct 2. The sunniest month is May, with roughly 4 sunny days (gloomy).

The greyest month is April, down near 1 sunny days — about 67% fewer than the May peak.

0510JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecgreyersunniergreyergloomymixedMay 317 daysApr 211 days
Sunny daysSky
Jan3Gloomy
Feb3Gloomy
Mar3Gloomy
Apr1Gloomy
May4Gloomy
Jun5Gloomy
Jul5Gloomy
Aug5Gloomy
Sep4Gloomy
Oct2Gloomy
Nov1Gloomy
Dec2Gloomy

Humidity comfort

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

Share of days at each humidity comfort level, based on the dew point — the measure that tracks how muggy it actually feels.

Humidity comfort is graded by the dew point — the temperature at which the air would be fully saturated — because it tracks how muggy it actually feels far better than relative humidity does. A low dew point feels dry and crisp; a high one feels sticky and oppressive no matter the reading on a humidity gauge.

In Bugaragara, how humid it feels changes dramatically over the year.

The more humid part of the year lasts 3.1 months, from around February 22 to May 25. The muggiest month is April, when the air feels humid, muggy or worse about 93% of the time.

The most comfortable stretch runs from around May 26 to October 5, and July is the most comfortable month — the air is dry or comfortable 96% of the time.

0%10%20%30%40%50%60%70%80%90%100%JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecJul 14 · 98%Apr 19 · 6%humidcomfortabledryhumidcomfortablehumid
Dry (%)Comfortable (%)Humid (%)Muggy (%)
Jan441551
Feb741511
Mar122761
Apr07912
May225720
Jun3146220
Jul663040
Aug3846170
Sep1150390
Oct133660
Nov011890
Dec023770

Wind

Average wind speed through the year, banded into plain-language speed zones so a number reads as 'breezy' or 'calm' without knowing the scale.

This is the average sustained wind speed at the standard 10 metres above open ground — the steady flow a weather station reports, not the sharper gusts that come and go, which can run half again as fast. It's the number that says whether a place is generally breezy or calm.

Wind in Bugaragara is steady company: average speeds sit near 6 km/hcalm — in every month of the year, with no meaningful windy or calm season.

0510JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDeccalmJul 7 · 6 km/hDec 4 · 4 km/h
Wind speed (km/h)Feels
Jan5calm
Feb5calm
Mar5calm
Apr6calm
May6calm
Jun6calm
Jul6calm
Aug6calm
Sep6calm
Oct5calm
Nov5calm
Dec5calm

Best time to visit Bugaragara

TravelBeach/poolTemperatureCloudsPrecipitation

To characterize how pleasant the weather is in Bugaragara throughout the year, we compute two travel scores — one for general sightseeing, one for beach and pool weather.

Around late August, Bugaragara is still near the tail of its best-weather window — great conditions with the peak-season crowds already thinning.

Inferred from the travel-score curve; month-by-month visitor numbers are a planned addition.

The travel score favors clear, rainless days with daytime highs between 18°C and 28°C. Based on this score, the best time of year to visit Bugaragara for general outdoor tourist activities is from late May to late August, with a peak score in the second week of July.

0246810JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecbest timetravel scoretemperaturecloudsprecipitationJul 12 · 7.6

The travel score (filled area), and its constituents: the temperature score (red line), the cloud cover score (blue line), and the precipitation score (green line).

Travel score (0–10)Rating
Jan6.0good
Feb5.8good
Mar5.1fair
Apr4.6fair
May5.8good
Jun7.1good
Jul7.4good
Aug6.6good
Sep5.6good
Oct4.9fair
Nov4.5fair
Dec5.4fair

The beach/pool score favors clear, rainless days with daytime highs between 24°C and 34°C. Based on this score, the best time of year to visit Bugaragara for hot-weather activities is from late May to early September, with a peak score in the third week of July.

024681012JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecbest timebeach/pool scoretemperaturecloudsprecipitationJul 15 · 7.9

The beach/pool score (filled area), and its constituents: the temperature score (red line), the cloud cover score (blue line), and the precipitation score (green line).

What to pack for Bugaragara, by month

EssentialRecommendedOptional

Month by month, what's worth putting in the bag — from the temperature range, rain chance, sun and wind. Tap a month for a quick packing note.

Bugaragara packs about the same all year — highs hold near 28°C. Across the year the things worth having are light clothes, rain gear and sun protection.

Light clothing
Warm layer
Winter coat
Rain gear
Sun protection
Windbreaker

In February, Bugaragara sees daytime highs around 28°C and nights near 17°C. Pack light clothes. Worth having: rain gear and sun protection. About 12 days see rain.

UV index (midday) in Bugaragara by month

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV index through the year, shaded by the WHO exposure levels — how much sun protection each month calls for.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Bugaragara peaks around March 14 at about 16 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near June 19 at about 10 (extreme).

The index reaches 3 or more — the level where the WHO recommends sun protection — every month of the year.

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecExtremeMar 14UV 16Jun 19UV 10
UV index (midday)Level
Jan12Extreme
Feb16Extreme
Mar16Extreme
Apr15Extreme
May12Extreme
Jun10Extreme
Jul11Extreme
Aug11Extreme
Sep14Extreme
Oct14Extreme
Nov12Extreme
Dec11Extreme

Average hourly UV index in Bugaragara

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Modeled clear-sky UV for every hour of every day — when in the day sun protection actually matters.

The whole year hour by hour: each column is a day, each row an hour, and the color is the modeled clear-sky UV index — the midday peak scaled down as the sun sits lower in the sky. Darker overlays mark night, lighter ones the civil-twilight hours around sunrise and sunset.

UV falls off far faster than brightness as the sun drops, so even in March the burn window is concentrated in the middle of the day: about 8.5 hours a day reach index 3 (protection recommended), and 6.5 hours reach 6 or more. Mornings and late afternoons stay comparatively gentle year round.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec12 AM2 AM4 AM6 AM8 AM10 AM12 PM2 PM4 PM6 PM8 PM10 PM12 AM
UV ≥ 3 (h/day)UV ≥ 6 (h/day)
Jan86
Feb8.57
Mar8.56.5
Apr8.56.5
May86
Jun7.55.5
Jul7.55.5
Aug7.55.5
Sep86
Oct86.5
Nov86
Dec7.55.5

Air quality in Bugaragara by month

GoodModeratePoorUnhealthyVery unhealthy

Average fine-particle pollution (PM2.5) through the year — so you can see which months the air is worst, not just the yearly average.

Air quality in Bugaragara is worst in January — around 57 µg/m³ PM2.5 (unhealthy), and holds fairly steady the rest of the year.

Modeled monthly averages (CAMS reanalysis, 2015–2024).

0204060JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecPoorJan 1956 µg/m³May 1040 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan57Unhealthy
Feb53Poor
Mar47Poor
Apr41Poor
May40Poor
Jun50Poor
Jul49Poor
Aug51Poor
Sep45Poor
Oct43Poor
Nov46Poor
Dec50Poor
Almanac & agriculture

Growing season

Chance of a frost-free dayFrost-free year round

Bugaragara is frost-free year round — even the coldest nights rarely reach freezing, so there is no start or end to the growing season.

0%25%50%75%100%JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecfrost-free year round
Frost-free chance (%)Frost nights
Jan1000
Feb1000
Mar1000
Apr1000
May1000
Jun1000
Jul1000
Aug1000
Sep1000
Oct1000
Nov1000
Dec1000

Growing degree days

Degree days (base 10°C)Frost-free shaded

Growing degree days tally heat above 10°C: each day adds however many degrees its average temperature runs over that threshold, and cold days add nothing. Bugaragara banks about 4,249 degree days a year, and the running total — which growers use to time plantings and predict maturity — climbs fastest around February.

01,0002,0003,0004,000JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Growing degree days (°C·days)
Jan365
Feb345
Mar372
Apr345
May356
Jun348
Jul363
Aug375
Sep355
Oct353
Nov328
Dec345

Solar energy

Average daily shortwave solar energy reaching the ground, banded into brightness zones so the number means something at a glance.

Solar energy is how much sunlight actually reaches the ground each day, measured in kilowatt-hours per square metre (kWh/m²) — the combined effect of how long the sun is up, how high it climbs, and how much cloud gets in the way. It's the raw fuel a solar panel has to work with: for scale, 1 kWh/m² a day is dim and wintry, while 7+ is desert-bright.

Bugaragara receives about 5.4 kWh/m² a day of solar energy — bright — and it stays remarkably steady, holding between 5.0 and 5.9 kWh/m² all year. For solar panels, output here is a flat line, not a seasonal wave.

01234567JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecdimmoderatebrightintenseMar 55.9 kWhJun 215.0 kWh
Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
Jan5.6Bright
Feb5.8Bright
Mar5.8Bright
Apr5.4Bright
May5.3Bright
Jun5.1Bright
Jul5.2Bright
Aug5.4Bright
Sep5.7Bright
Oct5.5Bright
Nov5.3Bright
Dec5.4Bright

Where is Bugaragara?

Bugaragara sits at 1.3°S, 30.4°E, 1,388 m above sea level, in Rwanda. The nearest listed city is Umutara, 9.0 km away.

MabareIryangoKabaleByumba

Topography around Bugaragara

How much the land rises and falls, and what covers it, within 3, 16 and 80 km of Bugaragara.

Within 3 km, the terrain around Bugaragara has significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 310 m around an average of 1,422 m above sea level; within 16 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 401 m; within 80 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 2,290 m.

The land around Bugaragara is covered by cropland (70%) and grassland (22%) within 3 km, cropland (47%) and grassland (45%) within 16 km, and grassland (34%), trees (27%) and cropland (20%) within 80 km.

3 km
310 m
16 km
401 m
80 km
2,290 m
treesshrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaceswaterwetland
Nearby: Umutara 9.0 km · Nyagatare 9.0 km · Mabare 37 km · Iryango 42 km · Nyachera 44 km · Kabale 47 km · Ntungamo 49 km · Byumba 49 km

Rwanda travel facts

Travel advisory
Level 3
Reconsider Travel
Power plugs
Type C / E / G
230 V · 50 Hz
Prices
≈ 27% of US
price level, 2025
GDP per capita
$1,124
2025
Happiness
3.3 / 10
World Happiness, 2021
Homicide rate
3.6
per 100k, 2020
Road deaths
29.4
per 100k/yr, 2019
Income group
Low
World Bank
English
Very low
EF EPI 417
Religion
Catholic 40%Pentecostal 21%Protestant 15%Adventist 12%

Sources: World Bank, US State Department, World Happiness Report, WHO/UNICEF, EF EPI, CIA World Factbook.

Data sources

Temperature, precipitation, cloud, humidity, wind and solar figures are a 1991–2020 climatology for Bugaragara (-1.2929°, 30.4077°, elevation 1,388 m), computed from hourly ERA5 reanalysis — contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information. Sun figures are astronomical calculations, not observations. City data © GeoNames, CC BY 4.0. Map outlines from Natural Earth (public domain); interactive map © Google. UV index is derived from CAMS (Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service) clear-sky UV data — contains modified Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service information. Monthly air-quality (PM2.5) seasonality is from the CAMS EAC4 reanalysis (Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service), scaled to the WHO annual mean where available. Topography is sampled from the Copernicus DEM GLO-90 elevation model (© ESA/Airbus) and ESA WorldCover 2021 land cover (CC BY 4.0).