Climate and average weather in Bugarama

In Bugarama, the weather is warm, showery, and partly cloudy and remarkably steady, with daytime highs holding near warm levels all year. The wettest stretch peaks around April.

Best: mid May to late September

Over the course of the year, the temperature in Bugarama typically varies from 15°C to 27°C, and is rarely below 14°C or above 30°C. September is the hottest month of the year, while July is the coldest.

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

Hottest
Sep
27°
Coldest
Jul
15°
Wettest
Apr
59 mm
Driest
Jul
2 mm
Rain / yr
378 mm
104 wet days
Daylight
11.8–12.2 h
shortest–longest
Elevation
975 m
2.7°S
Clearest
Jul
48% cloud

Bugarama 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 mid May to late September.

Temperature through the year

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

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

Temperatures in Bugarama stay fairly even through the year, without a distinct hot or cool season. The warmest month is September, with an average high of 27°C and low of 17°C; the coolest is July, with an average low of 15°C and high of 26°C.

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

10°15°20°25°30°JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg high (°C)Avg low (°C)
Jan2616
Feb2716
Mar2717
Apr2616
May2616
Jun2616
Jul2615
Aug2616
Sep2717
Oct2717
Nov2616
Dec2616

Average hourly temperature in Bugarama

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 September afternoons, near 27°C, and coldest before dawn in July, near 15°C.

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

Bugarama 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
Jan26° / 16°5115.112.15.6
Feb27° / 16°4012.212.15.7
Mar27° / 17°4512.8125.8
Apr26° / 16°5914.411.95.6
May26° / 16°276.611.97.1
Jun26° / 16°41.111.88.1
Jul26° / 15°20.511.98.4
Aug26° / 16°41.111.98.0
Sep27° / 17°123.5127.2
Oct27° / 17°359.812.16.2
Nov26° / 16°4512.412.15.8
Dec26° / 16°5414.412.25.7

Chance of rain

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

Bugarama gets about 378 mm of precipitation a year. On a typical day the chance of rain is some rain, but that rises and falls sharply with the seasons.

The wetter season lasts 7.1 months, from around Oct 9 to May 11, peaking in April at about 51% chance on a given day. The drier stretch runs the rest of the year, bottoming out around Jul 10.

April is the wettest month by volume, with 59 mm over about 14 wet days; July is the driest, with 2 mm.

0%10%20%30%40%50%60%JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecwetterdrierwettermostly drysome rainoften wetvery wetApr 7 · 51%Jul 10 · 1%
Rain on a day (%)Rain days
Jan4915
Feb4312
Mar4213
Apr4714
May217
Jun41
Jul21
Aug41
Sep124
Oct3110
Nov4112
Dec4614

Monthly rainfall

Over a full year, Bugarama collects about 378 mm of rain across 104 wet days — roughly 32 mm in an average month.

It doesn’t fall evenly. April is the wettest month with 59 mm, while July is the driest at just 2 mm. The three wettest months alone bring about 43% of the year’s total.

0255075JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec514045592742412354554
Rainfall (mm)Rain days
Jan5115
Feb4012
Mar4513
Apr5914
May277
Jun41
Jul21
Aug41
Sep124
Oct3510
Nov4512
Dec5414

Clouds and sunshine

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

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

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

The clearer part of the year begins around May 10 and lasts for 4.6 months, ending around September 27. The clearest month is July, when the sky is clear, mostly clear, or partly cloudy 66% of the time on average.

The cloudier part of the year begins around September 28 and lasts for 7.4 months, ending around May 9. The cloudiest month is November, when it is overcast or mostly cloudy 92% 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%JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecJul 12 · 69%Nov 14 · 7%clearmostly clearpartly cloudymostly cloudyovercastcloudierclearercloudier
Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
Jan1684
Feb1981
Mar1981
Apr1585
May3862
Jun5644
Jul6634
Aug5842
Sep4060
Oct1684
Nov892
Dec1387

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, Bugarama barely changes through the year: days stay near 12 h 12 min of light in every season.

12 AM4 AM8 AM12 PM4 PM8 PM12 AMJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
Jan12.16:096:17
Feb12.16:166:21
Mar12.06:136:14
Apr11.96:066:02
May11.96:045:57
Jun11.86:096:00
Jul11.96:146:05
Aug11.96:116:05
Sep12.05:595:58
Oct12.15:475:51
Nov12.15:465:53
Dec12.25:556:05

Sunny days

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

Bugarama averages about 5 sunny days a month — counting the days the sky stays clear or mostly clear — with a clear seasonal swing between 0 and 14 days.

The sunnier stretch runs 4.4 months, from around May 13 to Sep 23. The sunniest month is July, with roughly 13 sunny days (mixed).

The greyest month is November, down near 0 sunny days — about 96% fewer than the July peak.

05101520JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecgreyersunniergreyergloomymixedbrightJul 1214 daysNov 80 days
Sunny daysSky
Jan1Gloomy
Feb2Gloomy
Mar2Gloomy
Apr1Gloomy
May6Gloomy
Jun10Mixed
Jul13Mixed
Aug12Mixed
Sep6Gloomy
Oct1Gloomy
Nov0Gloomy
Dec1Gloomy

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 Bugarama, the air stays dry or comfortable essentially all year. Even in April, the muggiest month, it feels humid or worse only about 8% of the time — humidity is not something you need to plan around here.

0%10%20%30%40%50%60%70%80%90%100%JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecJun 26 · 100%Apr 25 · 91%humidcomfortabledryhumidcomfortablehumid
Dry (%)Comfortable (%)Humid (%)
Jan49465
Feb55405
Mar49483
Apr33608
May44534
Jun81190
Jul9640
Aug9730
Sep9370
Oct75250
Nov59401
Dec52454

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 Bugarama is steady company: average speeds sit near 5 km/hcalm — in every month of the year, with no meaningful windy or calm season.

0510JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDeccalmMay 24 · 6 km/hJan 10 · 4 km/h
Wind speed (km/h)Feels
Jan4calm
Feb4calm
Mar4calm
Apr5calm
May6calm
Jun6calm
Jul6calm
Aug6calm
Sep6calm
Oct5calm
Nov5calm
Dec4calm

Best time to visit Bugarama

TravelBeach/poolTemperatureCloudsPrecipitation

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

Around mid September, Bugarama 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 Bugarama for general outdoor tourist activities is from mid May to late September, with a peak score in the second week of July.

0246810JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecbest timetravel scoretemperaturecloudsprecipitationJul 11 · 8.5

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
Jan5.6good
Feb5.8good
Mar5.8good
Apr5.7good
May7.1good
Jun8.1ideal
Jul8.4ideal
Aug8.0ideal
Sep7.2good
Oct6.2good
Nov5.8good
Dec5.7good

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 Bugarama for hot-weather activities is from mid May to mid October, with a peak score in the third week of August.

024681012JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecbest timebeach/pool scoretemperaturecloudsprecipitationAug 17 · 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 Bugarama, 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.

Bugarama packs about the same all year — highs hold near 27°C. Across the year the things worth having are light clothes and sun protection.

Light clothing
Warm layer
Winter coat
Rain gear
Sun protection
Windbreaker

In September, Bugarama sees daytime highs around 27°C and nights near 17°C. Pack light clothes. Worth having: sun protection. About 4 days see rain.

UV index (midday) in Bugarama 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 Bugarama peaks around March 20 at about 16 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near June 23 at about 10 (extreme).

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

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecExtremeMar 20UV 16Jun 23UV 10
UV index (midday)Level
Jan13Extreme
Feb14Extreme
Mar16Extreme
Apr15Extreme
May12Extreme
Jun10Very high
Jul10Extreme
Aug10Extreme
Sep14Extreme
Oct14Extreme
Nov13Extreme
Dec12Extreme

Average hourly UV index in Bugarama

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 7 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)
Jan86.5
Feb86.5
Mar8.57
Apr8.56.5
May86
Jun7.55
Jul7.55
Aug7.55
Sep86.5
Oct86.5
Nov86
Dec86

Air quality in Bugarama 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 Bugarama is worst in August — around 72 µg/m³ PM2.5 (unhealthy), and holds fairly steady the rest of the year.

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

020406080JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecUnhealthyPoorUnhealthyPoorAug 2171 µg/m³Apr 1950 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan58Unhealthy
Feb58Unhealthy
Mar54Poor
Apr49Poor
May52Poor
Jun61Unhealthy
Jul60Unhealthy
Aug72Unhealthy
Sep69Unhealthy
Oct58Unhealthy
Nov52Poor
Dec53Poor
Almanac & agriculture

Growing season

Chance of a frost-free dayFrost-free year round

Bugarama 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. Bugarama banks about 4,072 degree days a year, and the running total — which growers use to time plantings and predict maturity — climbs fastest around September.

01,0002,0003,0004,000JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Growing degree days (°C·days)
Jan348
Feb324
Mar356
Apr328
May337
Jun320
Jul324
Aug345
Sep356
Oct358
Nov332
Dec343

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.

Bugarama receives about 5.2 kWh/m² a day of solar energy — bright — and it stays remarkably steady, holding between 4.9 and 5.7 kWh/m² all year. For solar panels, output here is a flat line, not a seasonal wave.

01234567JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecdimmoderatebrightintenseMar 75.7 kWhNov 164.9 kWh
Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
Jan5.3Bright
Feb5.5Bright
Mar5.6Bright
Apr5.2Bright
May5.1Bright
Jun5.0Bright
Jul5.0Bright
Aug5.3Bright
Sep5.6Bright
Oct5.2Bright
Nov5.0Bright
Dec5.0Bright

Where is Bugarama?

Bugarama sits at 2.7°S, 29.0°E, 975 m above sea level, in Rwanda. The nearest listed city is Karengera, 20 km away.

KarengeraCibitokeRusiziBushengeBukavuBushekeriShangiKabare

Topography around Bugarama

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Bugarama has significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 428 m around an average of 1,023 m above sea level; within 16 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,310 m; within 80 km, extreme variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 2,681 m.

The land around Bugarama is covered by cropland (48%) and grassland (30%) within 3 km, grassland (45%), trees (22%) and cropland (22%) within 16 km, and trees (37%) and grassland (37%) within 80 km.

3 km
428 m
16 km
1,310 m
80 km
2,681 m
treesshrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaceswater
Nearby: Karengera 20 km · Cibitoke 25 km · Rusizi 26 km · Bushenge 28 km · Bukavu 29 km · Bushekeri 32 km · Shangi 32 km · Kabare 32 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 Bugarama (-2.6924°, 29.0077°, elevation 975 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).