Gitarama weather in May

In May, Gitarama sees average daytime highs of 23°C and overnight lows near 14°C, with 78 mm of rain across 17.2 wet days and about 11.9 hours of daylight. It is the 12th-warmest and 8th-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 23°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 8% of the time in May, and the air most often feels comfortable.

Daylight stretches from about 11 h 54 min at the start of May to 11 h 54 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, May is Gitarama's 5th-clearest and 6th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Gitarama's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 23°; 12th warmest
Overnight low: 14°; 11th coldest
Rainfall: 78 mm; 17.2 wet days
Daylight: 11 h 54 min; 6:00 AM – 5:54 PM
Cloud cover: 73%; 5th clearest
Wind: 5 km/h; 6th windiest
Solar energy: 4.71 kWh/m²
Travel score: 5.6; out of 10

Gitarama is city in Rwanda.

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

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Temperature in May

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 23°C through the month.

A typical May day in Gitarama reaches about 23°C in the afternoon and slips back to 14°C overnight — a 9°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, May runs on par with April and on par with June.

	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)	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23
Avg low (°C)	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14

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

Gitarama weather by month

How May compares with the rest of the year at a glance. May is the 12th-warmest and 8th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

Month	High / Low (°C)	Rainfall (mm)	Wet days	Daylight (hours)	Travel score
Jan	24° / 14°	134	20	12.1	5.2
Feb	24° / 14°	117	18.7	12.1	5.1
Mar	24° / 14°	121	20.9	12	5.0
Apr	23° / 14°	135	24.5	12	4.3
May	23° / 14°	78	17.2	11.9	5.6
Jun	23° / 14°	17	4.4	11.9	7.5
Jul	24° / 14°	7	1.7	11.9	8.1
Aug	25° / 14°	25	5.2	11.9	7.5
Sep	25° / 14°	54	10.6	12	6.5
Oct	24° / 14°	116	18.9	12	5.3
Nov	23° / 13°	123	21.5	12.1	4.7
Dec	23° / 13°	117	19.1	12.1	5.2

Cloud cover in May

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 8% of the time in May.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 19% of May, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 73%. Skies tend to open up 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 (%)	14	16	16	17	17	17	18	18	19	19	20	22	22	23	26	26	28	28	30	30	32	33	35	37	37	39	40	41	41	42	42
Cloudier (%)	86	84	84	83	83	83	82	82	81	81	80	78	78	77	74	74	72	72	70	70	68	67	65	63	63	61	60	59	59	58	58

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	14	86
2	16	84
3	16	84
4	17	83
5	17	83
6	17	83
7	18	82
8	18	82
9	19	81
10	19	81
11	20	80
12	22	78
13	22	78
14	23	77
15	26	74
16	26	74
17	28	72
18	28	72
19	30	70
20	30	70
21	32	68
22	33	67
23	35	65
24	37	63
25	37	63
26	39	61
27	40	60
28	41	59
29	41	59
30	42	58
31	42	58

Chance of precipitation in May

Any precipitation

Gitarama gets around 78 mm of rain over 17.2 wet days in May. The line is the day-by-day chance of measurable precipitation.

Day to day, the chance of measurable rain averages around 55% and peaks near 84% on the wettest days. The odds ease 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 (%)	84	83	82	81	80	79	78	76	74	72	69	66	64	61	58	55	52	49	46	44	41	39	36	34	32	30	29	27	26	25	24

	Rain chance (%)
1	84
2	83
3	82
4	81
5	80
6	79
7	78
8	76
9	74
10	72
11	69
12	66
13	64
14	61
15	58
16	55
17	52
18	49
19	46
20	44
21	41
22	39
23	36
24	34
25	32
26	30
27	29
28	27
29	26
30	25
31	24

Humidity in May

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

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

By dew point, May lands in the comfortable band about 68% 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 (%)	3	3	4	4	5	5	6	7	7	8	9	11	12	13	15	16	18	19	21	23	25	27	29	32	34	36	38	41	43	45	47
Comfortable (%)	73	73	73	73	72	73	72	72	73	73	74	73	73	74	73	73	72	72	71	70	69	68	66	64	63	61	60	57	55	54	52
Humid (%)	24	24	23	23	23	22	22	21	20	19	17	16	15	13	12	11	10	9	8	7	6	5	5	4	3	3	2	2	2	1	1

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)
1	3	73	24
2	3	73	24
3	4	73	23
4	4	73	23
5	5	72	23
6	5	73	22
7	6	72	22
8	7	72	21
9	7	73	20
10	8	73	19
11	9	74	17
12	11	73	16
13	12	73	15
14	13	74	13
15	15	73	12
16	16	73	11
17	18	72	10
18	19	72	9
19	21	71	8
20	23	70	7
21	25	69	6
22	27	68	5
23	29	66	5
24	32	64	4
25	34	63	3
26	36	61	3
27	38	60	2
28	41	57	2
29	43	55	2
30	45	54	1
31	47	52	1

Wind in May

Winds average 5 km/h in May.

Across May, daily wind ranges from about 5 km/h on the calmest days to 6 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)	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	6	6	6	6	6	6
Feels	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm

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

Sunrise & sunset in May

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 11 h 54 min at the start of May 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 May. Sunrise moves from 6:00 AM to 6:02 AM, and sunset from 5:56 PM to 5:55 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	11.9	11.9	11.9	11.9	11.9	11.9	11.9	11.9	11.9	11.9	11.9
Sunrise (AM)	6:00	6:00	6:00	6:00	6:00	6:00	6:00	6:00	6:00	6:00	6:00	6:00	6:00	6:00	6:00	6:00	6:00	6:00	6:00	6:00	6:00	6:00	6:01	6:01	6:01	6:01	6:01	6:01	6:01	6:02	6:02
Sunset (PM)	5:56	5:56	5:56	5:56	5:55	5:55	5:55	5:55	5:55	5:55	5:55	5:55	5:55	5:54	5:54	5:54	5:54	5:54	5:54	5:54	5:54	5:54	5:54	5:54	5:55	5:55	5:55	5:55	5:55	5:55	5:55

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	11.9	6:00	5:56
2	11.9	6:00	5:56
3	11.9	6:00	5:56
4	11.9	6:00	5:56
5	11.9	6:00	5:55
6	11.9	6:00	5:55
7	11.9	6:00	5:55
8	11.9	6:00	5:55
9	11.9	6:00	5:55
10	11.9	6:00	5:55
11	11.9	6:00	5:55
12	11.9	6:00	5:55
13	11.9	6:00	5:55
14	11.9	6:00	5:54
15	11.9	6:00	5:54
16	11.9	6:00	5:54
17	11.9	6:00	5:54
18	11.9	6:00	5:54
19	11.9	6:00	5:54
20	11.9	6:00	5:54
21	11.9	6:00	5:54
22	11.9	6:00	5:54
23	11.9	6:01	5:54
24	11.9	6:01	5:54
25	11.9	6:01	5:55
26	11.9	6:01	5:55
27	11.9	6:01	5:55
28	11.9	6:01	5:55
29	11.9	6:01	5:55
30	11.9	6:02	5:55
31	11.9	6:02	5:55

Solar energy in May

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in May, about 4.71 kWh/m² — the year's lowest.

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 4.71 kWh/m² to a high of 5.48 kWh/m² in February across the year — May's 4.71 kWh/m² sits near the bottom.

	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)	4.6	4.6	4.6	4.6	4.6	4.6	4.6	4.6	4.6	4.6	4.6	4.7	4.7	4.7	4.7	4.7	4.7	4.8	4.8	4.8	4.8	4.8	4.8	4.8	4.9	4.9	4.9	4.9	4.9	4.9	4.9
Level	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright

	Solar energy (kWh/m²)	Level
1	4.6	Bright
2	4.6	Bright
3	4.6	Bright
4	4.6	Bright
5	4.6	Bright
6	4.6	Bright
7	4.6	Bright
8	4.6	Bright
9	4.6	Bright
10	4.6	Bright
11	4.6	Bright
12	4.7	Bright
13	4.7	Bright
14	4.7	Bright
15	4.7	Bright
16	4.7	Bright
17	4.7	Bright
18	4.8	Bright
19	4.8	Bright
20	4.8	Bright
21	4.8	Bright
22	4.8	Bright
23	4.8	Bright
24	4.8	Bright
25	4.9	Bright
26	4.9	Bright
27	4.9	Bright
28	4.9	Bright
29	4.9	Bright
30	4.9	Bright
31	4.9	Bright

Planning a trip in May

Is May a good time to visit Gitarama?

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

5.6

Sightseeing

5th-best month of the year

4.3

Beach & pool

8th-best month of the year

May is a reasonable time to visit Gitarama for sightseeing.

What to pack for Gitarama in May

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

In May, Gitarama sees daytime highs around 23°C and nights near 14°C. Pack rain gear. Worth having: light clothes and sun protection. About 17 days see rain.

rain gearlight clothessun protection

UV index in Gitarama in May

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in May peaks around 12 (very high — sun protection essential). The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Gitarama peaks around March 17 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.

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
UV index (midday)	11	15	16	15	12	10	11	11	14	14	13	11
Level	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme

	UV index (midday)	Level
Jan	11	Extreme
Feb	15	Extreme
Mar	16	Extreme
Apr	15	Extreme
May	12	Extreme
Jun	10	Extreme
Jul	11	Extreme
Aug	11	Extreme
Sep	14	Extreme
Oct	14	Extreme
Nov	13	Extreme
Dec	11	Extreme

Air quality in Gitarama in May

GoodModeratePoorUnhealthyVery unhealthy

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

Air quality in Gitarama is worst in January — around 82 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)	82	80	73	66	66	75	67	72	72	68	72	77
Level	Unhealthy	Unhealthy	Unhealthy	Unhealthy	Unhealthy	Unhealthy	Unhealthy	Unhealthy	Unhealthy	Unhealthy	Unhealthy	Unhealthy

	PM2.5 (µg/m³)	Level
Jan	82	Unhealthy
Feb	80	Unhealthy
Mar	73	Unhealthy
Apr	66	Unhealthy
May	66	Unhealthy
Jun	75	Unhealthy
Jul	67	Unhealthy
Aug	72	Unhealthy
Sep	72	Unhealthy
Oct	68	Unhealthy
Nov	72	Unhealthy
Dec	77	Unhealthy

Location & terrain

Where is Gitarama?

Gitarama sits at 2.1°S, 29.8°E, 1,824 m above sea level, in Rwanda. The nearest listed city is Muhanga, 8.0 km away.

Topography around Gitarama

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Gitarama has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 247 m around an average of 1,834 m above sea level; within 16 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 775 m; within 80 km, extreme variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 3,145 m.

The land around Gitarama is covered by cropland (35%) and artificial surfaces (24%) within 3 km, cropland (41%) and grassland (39%) within 16 km, and cropland (36%), trees (25%) and grassland (21%) within 80 km.

3 km

247 m

cropland 35%

16 km

775 m

cropland 41%

80 km

3,145 m

cropland 36%

treesshrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaceswaterwetland

← April Gitarama year-round climate June →Best places to visit in May

May weather nearby: Muhanga 8.0 km · Ruhango 17 km · Mugina 21 km · Ngororero 28 km · Kamuhanda / Ruyenzi 28 km · Nyanza 31 km · Shyorongi 33 km · Kigali 36 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 Gitarama (-2.0744°, 29.7567°, elevation 1,824 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	23	14
2	23	14
3	23	14
4	23	14
5	23	14
6	23	14
7	23	14
8	23	14
9	23	14
10	23	14
11	23	14
12	23	14
13	23	14
14	23	14
15	23	14
16	23	14
17	23	14
18	23	14
19	23	14
20	23	14
21	23	14
22	23	14
23	23	14
24	23	14
25	23	14
26	23	14
27	23	14
28	23	14
29	23	14
30	23	14
31	23	14

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	14	86
2	16	84
3	16	84
4	17	83
5	17	83
6	17	83
7	18	82
8	18	82
9	19	81
10	19	81
11	20	80
12	22	78
13	22	78
14	23	77
15	26	74
16	26	74
17	28	72
18	28	72
19	30	70
20	30	70
21	32	68
22	33	67
23	35	65
24	37	63
25	37	63
26	39	61
27	40	60
28	41	59
29	41	59
30	42	58
31	42	58

	Rain chance (%)
1	84
2	83
3	82
4	81
5	80
6	79
7	78
8	76
9	74
10	72
11	69
12	66
13	64
14	61
15	58
16	55
17	52
18	49
19	46
20	44
21	41
22	39
23	36
24	34
25	32
26	30
27	29
28	27
29	26
30	25
31	24

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)
1	3	73	24
2	3	73	24
3	4	73	23
4	4	73	23
5	5	72	23
6	5	73	22
7	6	72	22
8	7	72	21
9	7	73	20
10	8	73	19
11	9	74	17
12	11	73	16
13	12	73	15
14	13	74	13
15	15	73	12
16	16	73	11
17	18	72	10
18	19	72	9
19	21	71	8
20	23	70	7
21	25	69	6
22	27	68	5
23	29	66	5
24	32	64	4
25	34	63	3
26	36	61	3
27	38	60	2
28	41	57	2
29	43	55	2
30	45	54	1
31	47	52	1

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	14	86
2	16	84
3	16	84
4	17	83
5	17	83
6	17	83
7	18	82
8	18	82
9	19	81
10	19	81
11	20	80
12	22	78
13	22	78
14	23	77
15	26	74
16	26	74
17	28	72
18	28	72
19	30	70
20	30	70
21	32	68
22	33	67
23	35	65
24	37	63
25	37	63
26	39	61
27	40	60
28	41	59
29	41	59
30	42	58
31	42	58

	Rain chance (%)
1	84
2	83
3	82
4	81
5	80
6	79
7	78
8	76
9	74
10	72
11	69
12	66
13	64
14	61
15	58
16	55
17	52
18	49
19	46
20	44
21	41
22	39
23	36
24	34
25	32
26	30
27	29
28	27
29	26
30	25
31	24

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)
1	3	73	24
2	3	73	24
3	4	73	23
4	4	73	23
5	5	72	23
6	5	73	22
7	6	72	22
8	7	72	21
9	7	73	20
10	8	73	19
11	9	74	17
12	11	73	16
13	12	73	15
14	13	74	13
15	15	73	12
16	16	73	11
17	18	72	10
18	19	72	9
19	21	71	8
20	23	70	7
21	25	69	6
22	27	68	5
23	29	66	5
24	32	64	4
25	34	63	3
26	36	61	3
27	38	60	2
28	41	57	2
29	43	55	2
30	45	54	1
31	47	52	1

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	14	86
2	16	84
3	16	84
4	17	83
5	17	83
6	17	83
7	18	82
8	18	82
9	19	81
10	19	81
11	20	80
12	22	78
13	22	78
14	23	77
15	26	74
16	26	74
17	28	72
18	28	72
19	30	70
20	30	70
21	32	68
22	33	67
23	35	65
24	37	63
25	37	63
26	39	61
27	40	60
28	41	59
29	41	59
30	42	58
31	42	58

	Rain chance (%)
1	84
2	83
3	82
4	81
5	80
6	79
7	78
8	76
9	74
10	72
11	69
12	66
13	64
14	61
15	58
16	55
17	52
18	49
19	46
20	44
21	41
22	39
23	36
24	34
25	32
26	30
27	29
28	27
29	26
30	25
31	24

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)
1	3	73	24
2	3	73	24
3	4	73	23
4	4	73	23
5	5	72	23
6	5	73	22
7	6	72	22
8	7	72	21
9	7	73	20
10	8	73	19
11	9	74	17
12	11	73	16
13	12	73	15
14	13	74	13
15	15	73	12
16	16	73	11
17	18	72	10
18	19	72	9
19	21	71	8
20	23	70	7
21	25	69	6
22	27	68	5
23	29	66	5
24	32	64	4
25	34	63	3
26	36	61	3
27	38	60	2
28	41	57	2
29	43	55	2
30	45	54	1
31	47	52	1