Gikongoro weather in July

In July, Gikongoro sees average daytime highs of 22°C and overnight lows near 12°C, with 10 mm of rain across 1.8 wet days and about 11.9 hours of daylight. It is the 4th-warmest and 12th-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 22°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 11% of the time in July, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 11 h 54 min at the start of July to 11 h 54 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, July is Gikongoro's 1st-clearest and 1st-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Gikongoro's year-round climate.

Daytime high
22°
4th warmest
Overnight low
12°
1st coldest
Rainfall
10 mm
1.8 wet days
Daylight
11 h 54 min
6:11 AM – 6:03 PM
Cloud cover
68%
1st clearest
Wind
7 km/h
1st windiest
Solar energy
4.93 kWh/m²
Travel score
7.7
out of 10

Gikongoro is city in Rwanda.

Air quality: WHO Ambient Air Quality Database. Density & description: Wikidata (CC0), GeoNames.

Temperature in July

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 22°C through the month.

A typical July day in Gikongoro reaches about 22°C in the afternoon and slips back to 12°C overnight — a 10°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 21°C and 24°C. Set against its neighbours, July runs on par with June and about 1°C cooler than August.

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Avg high (°C)Avg low (°C)
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Gikongoro weather by month

How July compares with the rest of the year at a glance. July is the 4th-warmest and 12th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan22° / 13°19421.812.14.7
Feb23° / 13°16819.512.14.8
Mar22° / 13°18723.4124.5
Apr22° / 13°19925.811.93.9
May22° / 13°9916.811.95.4
Jun22° / 12°294.611.97.1
Jul22° / 12°101.811.97.7
Aug23° / 13°314.311.97.4
Sep23° / 13°6410.2126.5
Oct22° / 13°14520.512.14.9
Nov22° / 13°1772412.14.1
Dec22° / 13°1842212.14.6

Cloud cover in July

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 11% of the time in July, the clearest month of the year.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 20% of July, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 69%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
13367
23466
33565
43565
53763
63763
73862
83763
93763
103664
113664
123664
133565
143466
153268
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202971
212872
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232773
242575
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282377
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302377
312377

Chance of precipitation in July

Any precipitation

Gikongoro gets around 10 mm of rain over 1.8 wet days in July, the driest month. The line is the day-by-day chance of measurable precipitation.

Day to day, the chance of measurable rain averages around 6% and peaks near 10% on the wettest days.

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Rain chance (%)
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279
2810
2910
3010
3110

Humidity in July

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

Most of July feels dry — the stacked bands show each day's mix of comfort levels, read off the dew point.

By dew point, July lands in the dry band about 97% of days. It rarely turns muggy — the humid and sticky bands barely register.

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Dry (%)Comfortable (%)
1955
2964
3964
4973
5973
6982
7982
8982
9982
10991
11991
12991
13982
14982
15982
16982
17982
18982
19982
20973
21973
22973
23973
24964
25964
26964
27964
28955
29955
30955
31955

Wind in July

Winds average 7 km/h in July, the windiest month of the year.

Across July, daily wind ranges from about 6 km/h on the calmest days to 7 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
17calm
27calm
37calm
47calm
57calm
67calm
77calm
87calm
97calm
107calm
117calm
127calm
137calm
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Sunrise & sunset in July

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 11 h 54 min at the start of July to 11 h 54 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days grow by about 0 minutes over July. Sunrise moves from 6:09 AM to 6:11 AM, and sunset from 6:01 PM to 6:05 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
111.96:096:01
211.96:096:01
311.96:106:01
411.96:106:01
511.96:106:02
611.96:106:02
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Solar energy in July

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in July, about 4.93 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 4.84 kWh/m² to a high of 5.7 kWh/m² in February across the year — July's 4.93 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
14.9Bright
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44.9Bright
55.0Bright
65.0Bright
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95.0Bright
105.0Bright
115.0Bright
125.0Bright
135.0Bright
144.9Bright
154.9Bright
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Planning a trip in July

Hazard calendar for Gikongoro

In seasonPeak

None of Gikongoro's seasonal hazards are active in July. The full-year calendar below shows when the rainy season, cyclone risk and dust haze do peak.

Gikongoro's rainy season runs October–May, when most of the year's rain falls.

Rainy season
Jan
Feb
Mar
Apr
May
Jun
Jul
Aug
Sep
Oct
Nov
Dec

Is July a good time to visit Gikongoro?

Our two travel scores rate July for general sightseeing and for beach or pool weather — 0 (poor) to 10 (ideal).

7.7
Sightseeing
1st-best month of the year
5.6
Beach & pool
2nd-best month of the year

July is one of the better times to visit Gikongoro for general sightseeing.

What to pack for Gikongoro in July

From July's temperature range, rain chance, sun and wind — what's worth putting in the bag.

In July, Gikongoro sees daytime highs around 22°C and nights near 12°C. Worth packing: light clothes and sun protection.

light clothessun protection

UV index in Gikongoro in July

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in July peaks around 11 (very high — sun protection essential). The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Gikongoro peaks around March 18 at about 16 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near June 21 at about 10 (extreme).

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

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecExtremeMar 18UV 16Jun 21UV 10
UV index (midday)Level
Jan11Extreme
Feb15Extreme
Mar17Extreme
Apr16Extreme
May13Extreme
Jun10Extreme
Jul11Extreme
Aug11Extreme
Sep14Extreme
Oct14Extreme
Nov13Extreme
Dec11Extreme

Air quality in Gikongoro in July

GoodModeratePoorUnhealthyVery unhealthy

Average fine-particle pollution (PM2.5) through the year — so you can see where July falls, not just the annual average.

Air quality in Gikongoro is worst in February — around 73 µg/m³ PM2.5 (unhealthy), and holds fairly steady the rest of the year.

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

020406080JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecUnhealthyFeb 1073 µg/m³Apr 2059 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan72Unhealthy
Feb73Unhealthy
Mar65Unhealthy
Apr59Unhealthy
May61Unhealthy
Jun71Unhealthy
Jul69Unhealthy
Aug73Unhealthy
Sep70Unhealthy
Oct65Unhealthy
Nov65Unhealthy
Dec69Unhealthy
Location & terrain

Where is Gikongoro?

Gikongoro sits at 2.5°S, 29.6°E, 1,881 m above sea level, in Rwanda. The nearest listed city is Nzega, 3.0 km away.

NyanzaButareRuhangoMahembeKarambiCyatoGitesi

Topography around Gikongoro

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Gikongoro has significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 581 m around an average of 1,859 m above sea level; within 16 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,007 m; within 80 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 2,145 m.

The land around Gikongoro is covered by grassland (38%) and cropland (32%) within 3 km, grassland (39%), cropland (33%) and trees (23%) within 16 km, and cropland (31%), grassland (29%) and trees (25%) within 80 km.

3 km
581 m
16 km
1,007 m
80 km
2,145 m
treesshrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaceswater
July weather nearby: Nzega 3.0 km · Nyanza 23 km · Butare 24 km · Ruhango 36 km · Mahembe 40 km · Karambi 40 km · Cyato 43 km · Gitesi 43 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 Gikongoro (-2.464°, 29.5739°, elevation 1,881 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).