Gisenyi weather in August

In August, Gisenyi sees average daytime highs of 20°C and overnight lows near 17°C, with 72 mm of rain across 13.5 wet days and about 11.9 hours of daylight. It is the 7th-warmest and 11th-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 20°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 17% of the time in August, and the air most often feels comfortable.

Daylight stretches from about 11 h 54 min at the start of August to 12 hours by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, August is Gisenyi's 2nd-clearest and 2nd-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Gisenyi's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 20°; 7th warmest
Overnight low: 17°; 6th coldest
Rainfall: 72 mm; 13.5 wet days
Daylight: 11 h 54 min; 6:09 AM – 6:05 PM
Cloud cover: 65%; 2nd clearest
Wind: 7 km/h; 2nd windiest
Solar energy: 5.08 kWh/m²
Travel score: 5.7; out of 10

Gisenyi is city in Rubavu district, Western Province, Rwanda.

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

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Temperature in August

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 20°C through the month.

A typical August day in Gisenyi reaches about 20°C in the afternoon and slips back to 17°C overnight — a 3°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 19°C and 21°C. Set against its neighbours, August runs on par with July and on par with September.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Avg high (°C)	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20
Avg low (°C)	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	20	17
2	20	17
3	20	17
4	20	17
5	20	17
6	20	17
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8	20	17
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22	20	17
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24	20	17
25	20	17
26	20	17
27	20	17
28	20	17
29	20	17
30	20	17
31	20	17

Gisenyi weather by month

How August compares with the rest of the year at a glance. August is the 7th-warmest and 11th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

Month	High / Low (°C)	Rainfall (mm)	Wet days	Daylight (hours)	Travel score
Jan	21° / 17°	231	26.2	12.1	3.9
Feb	21° / 17°	221	23.7	12.1	3.9
Mar	21° / 17°	335	29.4	12	3.5
Apr	21° / 17°	257	27	12	3.6
May	21° / 18°	155	21.8	11.9	4.6
Jun	20° / 17°	78	14.2	11.9	5.6
Jul	20° / 17°	31	7.9	11.9	6.6
Aug	20° / 17°	72	13.5	11.9	5.7
Sep	21° / 17°	173	22.9	12	4.3
Oct	20° / 17°	331	28.9	12	3.5
Nov	20° / 17°	372	29.3	12.1	3.3
Dec	20° / 17°	319	29.2	12.1	3.5

Cloud cover in August

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 17% of the time in August.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 23% of August, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 60%. Skies tend to cloud over as the month goes on.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Clearer (%)	44	43	44	43	43	43	41	41	41	41	41	42	43	43	43	42	43	42	41	41	41	40	38	38	37	37	34	34	33	33	31
Cloudier (%)	56	57	56	57	57	57	59	59	59	59	59	58	57	57	57	58	57	58	59	59	59	60	62	62	63	63	66	66	67	67	69

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	44	56
2	43	57
3	44	56
4	43	57
5	43	57
6	43	57
7	41	59
8	41	59
9	41	59
10	41	59
11	41	59
12	42	58
13	43	57
14	43	57
15	43	57
16	42	58
17	43	57
18	42	58
19	41	59
20	41	59
21	41	59
22	40	60
23	38	62
24	38	62
25	37	63
26	37	63
27	34	66
28	34	66
29	33	67
30	33	67
31	31	69

Chance of precipitation in August

Any precipitation

Gisenyi gets around 72 mm of rain over 13.5 wet days in August. The line is the day-by-day chance of measurable precipitation.

Day to day, the chance of measurable rain averages around 44% and peaks near 57% on the wettest days. The odds climb toward the end of the month.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Rain chance (%)	33	34	34	35	36	36	37	38	40	41	42	43	44	45	46	46	46	47	47	47	48	48	49	49	50	50	51	52	53	55	57

	Rain chance (%)
1	33
2	34
3	34
4	35
5	36
6	36
7	37
8	38
9	40
10	41
11	42
12	43
13	44
14	45
15	46
16	46
17	46
18	47
19	47
20	47
21	48
22	48
23	49
24	49
25	50
26	50
27	51
28	52
29	53
30	55
31	57

Humidity in August

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

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

By dew point, August lands in the comfortable band about 70% of days. It rarely turns muggy — the humid and sticky bands barely register.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Dry (%)	34	33	32	32	31	30	30	30	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	30	30	30	30	30	30	29	29	28	27	27	26	25	24	22	21
Comfortable (%)	66	67	68	68	69	70	70	70	71	71	70	70	70	70	70	69	69	69	69	69	69	70	70	71	72	72	73	74	75	77	78
Humid (%)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)
1	34	66	0
2	33	67	0
3	32	68	0
4	32	68	0
5	31	69	0
6	30	70	0
7	30	70	0
8	30	70	0
9	29	71	0
10	29	71	0
11	29	70	1
12	29	70	1
13	29	70	1
14	29	70	1
15	29	70	1
16	30	69	1
17	30	69	1
18	30	69	1
19	30	69	1
20	30	69	1
21	30	69	1
22	29	70	1
23	29	70	1
24	28	71	1
25	27	72	1
26	27	72	1
27	26	73	1
28	25	74	1
29	24	75	1
30	22	77	1
31	21	78	1

Wind in August

Winds average 7 km/h in August.

Across August, daily wind ranges from about 7 km/h on the calmest days to 8 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Wind speed (km/h)	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7
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	Wind speed (km/h)	Feels
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Sunrise & sunset in August

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Daylight runs from about 11 h 54 min at the start of August to 12 hours by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days grow by about 6 minutes over August. Sunrise moves from 6:11 AM to 6:04 AM, and sunset from 6:07 PM to 6:02 PM.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Daylight (h)	11.9	11.9	11.9	11.9	11.9	11.9	11.9	11.9	11.9	11.9	11.9	11.9	11.9	11.9	11.9	11.9	11.9	11.9	11.9	11.9	12.0	12.0	12.0	12.0	12.0	12.0	12.0	12.0	12.0	12.0	12.0
Sunrise (AM)	6:11	6:11	6:11	6:11	6:11	6:11	6:11	6:10	6:10	6:10	6:10	6:10	6:09	6:09	6:09	6:09	6:08	6:08	6:08	6:08	6:07	6:07	6:07	6:06	6:06	6:06	6:05	6:05	6:05	6:04	6:04
Sunset (PM)	6:07	6:07	6:07	6:07	6:07	6:07	6:06	6:06	6:06	6:06	6:06	6:06	6:06	6:06	6:06	6:05	6:05	6:05	6:05	6:05	6:04	6:04	6:04	6:04	6:04	6:03	6:03	6:03	6:03	6:02	6:02

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	11.9	6:11	6:07
2	11.9	6:11	6:07
3	11.9	6:11	6:07
4	11.9	6:11	6:07
5	11.9	6:11	6:07
6	11.9	6:11	6:07
7	11.9	6:11	6:06
8	11.9	6:10	6:06
9	11.9	6:10	6:06
10	11.9	6:10	6:06
11	11.9	6:10	6:06
12	11.9	6:10	6:06
13	11.9	6:09	6:06
14	11.9	6:09	6:06
15	11.9	6:09	6:06
16	11.9	6:09	6:05
17	11.9	6:08	6:05
18	11.9	6:08	6:05
19	11.9	6:08	6:05
20	11.9	6:08	6:05
21	12.0	6:07	6:04
22	12.0	6:07	6:04
23	12.0	6:07	6:04
24	12.0	6:06	6:04
25	12.0	6:06	6:04
26	12.0	6:06	6:03
27	12.0	6:05	6:03
28	12.0	6:05	6:03
29	12.0	6:05	6:03
30	12.0	6:04	6:02
31	12.0	6:04	6:02

Solar energy in August

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in August, about 5.08 kWh/m² — the sunniest month for solar.

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 4.5 kWh/m² to a high of 5.08 kWh/m² in August across the year — August's 5.08 kWh/m² sits near the top of that range.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Solar energy (kWh/m²)	4.9	4.9	4.9	4.9	5.0	5.0	5.0	5.0	5.0	5.0	5.0	5.0	5.1	5.1	5.1	5.1	5.1	5.1	5.1	5.2	5.2	5.2	5.2	5.2	5.2	5.1	5.1	5.1	5.1	5.1	5.1
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	Solar energy (kWh/m²)	Level
1	4.9	Bright
2	4.9	Bright
3	4.9	Bright
4	4.9	Bright
5	5.0	Bright
6	5.0	Bright
7	5.0	Bright
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9	5.0	Bright
10	5.0	Bright
11	5.0	Bright
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20	5.2	Bright
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22	5.2	Bright
23	5.2	Bright
24	5.2	Bright
25	5.2	Bright
26	5.1	Bright
27	5.1	Bright
28	5.1	Bright
29	5.1	Bright
30	5.1	Bright
31	5.1	Bright

Planning a trip in August

Is August a good time to visit Gisenyi?

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

5.7

Sightseeing

2nd-best month of the year

3.2

Beach & pool

2nd-best month of the year

August is a reasonable time to visit Gisenyi for sightseeing.

What to pack for Gisenyi in August

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

In August, Gisenyi sees daytime highs around 20°C and nights near 17°C. Worth packing: rain gear and sun protection. About 14 days see rain.

rain gearsun protection

UV index in Gisenyi in August

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in August peaks around 10 (very high — sun protection essential). The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Gisenyi peaks around March 21 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.

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
UV index (midday)	11	14	16	16	12	10	10	10	14	13	12	10
Level	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme

	UV index (midday)	Level
Jan	11	Extreme
Feb	14	Extreme
Mar	16	Extreme
Apr	16	Extreme
May	12	Extreme
Jun	10	Extreme
Jul	10	Extreme
Aug	10	Extreme
Sep	14	Extreme
Oct	13	Extreme
Nov	12	Extreme
Dec	10	Extreme

Air quality in Gisenyi in August

GoodModeratePoorUnhealthyVery unhealthy

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

Air quality in Gisenyi is worst in July — around 106 µg/m³ PM2.5 (unhealthy), and holds fairly steady the rest of the year.

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

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
PM2.5 (µg/m³)	92	96	82	77	80	100	106	100	89	82	83	88
Level	Unhealthy	Unhealthy	Unhealthy	Unhealthy	Unhealthy	Unhealthy	Unhealthy	Unhealthy	Unhealthy	Unhealthy	Unhealthy	Unhealthy

	PM2.5 (µg/m³)	Level
Jan	92	Unhealthy
Feb	96	Unhealthy
Mar	82	Unhealthy
Apr	77	Unhealthy
May	80	Unhealthy
Jun	100	Unhealthy
Jul	106	Unhealthy
Aug	100	Unhealthy
Sep	89	Unhealthy
Oct	82	Unhealthy
Nov	83	Unhealthy
Dec	88	Unhealthy

Location & terrain

Where is Gisenyi?

Gisenyi sits at 1.7°S, 29.3°E, 1,461 m above sea level, in Rwanda. The nearest listed city is Goma, 4.0 km away.

Topography around Gisenyi

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Gisenyi has significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 377 m around an average of 1,524 m above sea level; within 16 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,450 m; within 80 km, extreme variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 3,494 m.

The land around Gisenyi is covered by water (37%) and artificial surfaces (32%) within 3 km, water (37%) and trees (22%) within 16 km, and trees (39%) and grassland (25%) within 80 km.

3 km

377 m

water 37%

16 km

1,450 m

water 37%

80 km

3,494 m

trees 39%

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← July Gisenyi year-round climate September →Best places to visit in August

August weather nearby: Goma 4.0 km · Kora 23 km · Sake 28 km · Mukamira 29 km · Busogo 36 km · Mukingo 38 km · Kibuye 41 km · Ngororero 45 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

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 Gisenyi (-1.7028°, 29.2564°, elevation 1,461 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).

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	20	17
2	20	17
3	20	17
4	20	17
5	20	17
6	20	17
7	20	17
8	20	17
9	20	17
10	20	17
11	20	17
12	20	17
13	20	17
14	20	17
15	20	17
16	20	17
17	20	17
18	20	17
19	20	17
20	20	17
21	20	17
22	20	17
23	20	17
24	20	17
25	20	17
26	20	17
27	20	17
28	20	17
29	20	17
30	20	17
31	20	17

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	44	56
2	43	57
3	44	56
4	43	57
5	43	57
6	43	57
7	41	59
8	41	59
9	41	59
10	41	59
11	41	59
12	42	58
13	43	57
14	43	57
15	43	57
16	42	58
17	43	57
18	42	58
19	41	59
20	41	59
21	41	59
22	40	60
23	38	62
24	38	62
25	37	63
26	37	63
27	34	66
28	34	66
29	33	67
30	33	67
31	31	69

	Rain chance (%)
1	33
2	34
3	34
4	35
5	36
6	36
7	37
8	38
9	40
10	41
11	42
12	43
13	44
14	45
15	46
16	46
17	46
18	47
19	47
20	47
21	48
22	48
23	49
24	49
25	50
26	50
27	51
28	52
29	53
30	55
31	57

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)
1	34	66	0
2	33	67	0
3	32	68	0
4	32	68	0
5	31	69	0
6	30	70	0
7	30	70	0
8	30	70	0
9	29	71	0
10	29	71	0
11	29	70	1
12	29	70	1
13	29	70	1
14	29	70	1
15	29	70	1
16	30	69	1
17	30	69	1
18	30	69	1
19	30	69	1
20	30	69	1
21	30	69	1
22	29	70	1
23	29	70	1
24	28	71	1
25	27	72	1
26	27	72	1
27	26	73	1
28	25	74	1
29	24	75	1
30	22	77	1
31	21	78	1

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	20	17
2	20	17
3	20	17
4	20	17
5	20	17
6	20	17
7	20	17
8	20	17
9	20	17
10	20	17
11	20	17
12	20	17
13	20	17
14	20	17
15	20	17
16	20	17
17	20	17
18	20	17
19	20	17
20	20	17
21	20	17
22	20	17
23	20	17
24	20	17
25	20	17
26	20	17
27	20	17
28	20	17
29	20	17
30	20	17
31	20	17

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	44	56
2	43	57
3	44	56
4	43	57
5	43	57
6	43	57
7	41	59
8	41	59
9	41	59
10	41	59
11	41	59
12	42	58
13	43	57
14	43	57
15	43	57
16	42	58
17	43	57
18	42	58
19	41	59
20	41	59
21	41	59
22	40	60
23	38	62
24	38	62
25	37	63
26	37	63
27	34	66
28	34	66
29	33	67
30	33	67
31	31	69

	Rain chance (%)
1	33
2	34
3	34
4	35
5	36
6	36
7	37
8	38
9	40
10	41
11	42
12	43
13	44
14	45
15	46
16	46
17	46
18	47
19	47
20	47
21	48
22	48
23	49
24	49
25	50
26	50
27	51
28	52
29	53
30	55
31	57

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)
1	34	66	0
2	33	67	0
3	32	68	0
4	32	68	0
5	31	69	0
6	30	70	0
7	30	70	0
8	30	70	0
9	29	71	0
10	29	71	0
11	29	70	1
12	29	70	1
13	29	70	1
14	29	70	1
15	29	70	1
16	30	69	1
17	30	69	1
18	30	69	1
19	30	69	1
20	30	69	1
21	30	69	1
22	29	70	1
23	29	70	1
24	28	71	1
25	27	72	1
26	27	72	1
27	26	73	1
28	25	74	1
29	24	75	1
30	22	77	1
31	21	78	1

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	20	17
2	20	17
3	20	17
4	20	17
5	20	17
6	20	17
7	20	17
8	20	17
9	20	17
10	20	17
11	20	17
12	20	17
13	20	17
14	20	17
15	20	17
16	20	17
17	20	17
18	20	17
19	20	17
20	20	17
21	20	17
22	20	17
23	20	17
24	20	17
25	20	17
26	20	17
27	20	17
28	20	17
29	20	17
30	20	17
31	20	17

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	44	56
2	43	57
3	44	56
4	43	57
5	43	57
6	43	57
7	41	59
8	41	59
9	41	59
10	41	59
11	41	59
12	42	58
13	43	57
14	43	57
15	43	57
16	42	58
17	43	57
18	42	58
19	41	59
20	41	59
21	41	59
22	40	60
23	38	62
24	38	62
25	37	63
26	37	63
27	34	66
28	34	66
29	33	67
30	33	67
31	31	69

	Rain chance (%)
1	33
2	34
3	34
4	35
5	36
6	36
7	37
8	38
9	40
10	41
11	42
12	43
13	44
14	45
15	46
16	46
17	46
18	47
19	47
20	47
21	48
22	48
23	49
24	49
25	50
26	50
27	51
28	52
29	53
30	55
31	57

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)
1	34	66	0
2	33	67	0
3	32	68	0
4	32	68	0
5	31	69	0
6	30	70	0
7	30	70	0
8	30	70	0
9	29	71	0
10	29	71	0
11	29	70	1
12	29	70	1
13	29	70	1
14	29	70	1
15	29	70	1
16	30	69	1
17	30	69	1
18	30	69	1
19	30	69	1
20	30	69	1
21	30	69	1
22	29	70	1
23	29	70	1
24	28	71	1
25	27	72	1
26	27	72	1
27	26	73	1
28	25	74	1
29	24	75	1
30	22	77	1
31	21	78	1