Climate and average weather in Gitesi

In Gitesi, 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 January.

Best: late May to mid September

Over the course of the year, the temperature in Gitesi typically varies from 13°C to 23°C, and is rarely below 12°C or above 25°C. September is the hottest month of the year, while November is the coldest.

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

Hottest
Sep
23°
Coldest
Nov
13°
Wettest
Jan
285 mm
Driest
Jul
17 mm
Rain / yr
1900 mm
206 wet days
Daylight
11.9–12.1 h
shortest–longest
Elevation
1,869 m
2.1°S
Clearest
Jul
68% cloud

Gitesi 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 mid September.

Temperature through the year

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

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

Temperatures in Gitesi stay fairly even through the year, without a distinct hot or cool season. The warmest month is September, with an average high of 23°C and low of 14°C; the coolest is November, with an average low of 13°C and high of 22°C.

Days typically run about 8°C warmer than nights year-round.

10°15°20°25°JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg high (°C)Avg low (°C)
Jan2213
Feb2214
Mar2214
Apr2214
May2214
Jun2214
Jul2214
Aug2314
Sep2314
Oct2213
Nov2213
Dec2213

Average hourly temperature in Gitesi

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 23°C, and coldest before dawn in November, near 13°C.

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

Gitesi 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
Jan22° / 13°28522.212.14.6
Feb22° / 14°24420.712.14.6
Mar22° / 14°22023124.5
Apr22° / 14°18825.3124.0
May22° / 14°10518.411.95.1
Jun22° / 14°38611.96.9
Jul22° / 14°173.411.97.4
Aug23° / 14°547.311.96.8
Sep23° / 14°10313.7125.9
Oct22° / 13°20422.1124.6
Nov22° / 13°21223.212.14.2
Dec22° / 13°2312112.14.7

Chance of rain

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

Gitesi gets about 1900 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 7.6 months, from around Sep 29 to May 17, peaking in April at about 85% chance on a given day. The drier stretch runs the rest of the year, bottoming out around Jul 10.

January is the wettest month by volume, with 285 mm over about 22 wet days; July is the driest, with 17 mm.

0%10%20%30%40%50%60%70%80%90%100%JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecwetterdrierwettermostly drysome rainoften wetvery wetApr 23 · 85%Jul 10 · 8%
Rain on a day (%)Rain days
Jan7122
Feb7421
Mar7523
Apr8425
May5918
Jun216
Jul113
Aug257
Sep4614
Oct7022
Nov7723
Dec6821

Monthly rainfall

Over a full year, Gitesi collects about 1900 mm of rain across 206 wet days — roughly 158 mm in an average month.

It doesn’t fall evenly. January is the wettest month with 285 mm, while July is the driest at just 17 mm. The three wettest months alone bring about 40% of the year’s total.

050100150200250300350JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec285244220188105381754103204212231
Rainfall (mm)Rain days
Jan28522
Feb24421
Mar22023
Apr18825
May10518
Jun386
Jul173
Aug547
Sep10314
Oct20422
Nov21223
Dec23121

Clouds and sunshine

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

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

In Gitesi, 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 15 and lasts for 4.6 months, ending around September 30. The clearest month is July, when the sky is clear, mostly clear, or partly cloudy 31% of the time on average.

The cloudier part of the year begins around October 1 and lasts for 4.0 months, ending around January 30. The cloudiest month is November, when it is overcast or mostly cloudy 94% 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 9 · 35%Nov 12 · 6%mostly clearpartly cloudymostly cloudyovercastcloudierclearercloudier
Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
Jan1387
Feb1684
Mar1684
Apr892
May1981
Jun2971
Jul3169
Aug2773
Sep2179
Oct1090
Nov694
Dec1288

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, Gitesi 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)
Jan12.16:086:15
Feb12.16:156:19
Mar12.06:126:12
Apr12.06:046:01
May11.96:025:56
Jun11.96:065:59
Jul11.96:116:05
Aug11.96:096:04
Sep12.05:575:56
Oct12.05:465:49
Nov12.15:455:51
Dec12.15:556:02

Sunny days

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

Gitesi averages about 1 sunny days a month — counting the days the sky stays clear or mostly clear — with a clear seasonal swing between 0 and 4 days.

The sunnier stretch runs 4.3 months, from around May 19 to Sep 26. The sunniest month is July, with roughly 3 sunny days (gloomy).

The greyest month is November, down near 0 sunny days — about 90% fewer than the July peak.

0510JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecgreyersunniergreyergloomymixedJul 94 daysNov 150 days
Sunny daysSky
Jan1Gloomy
Feb1Gloomy
Mar1Gloomy
Apr1Gloomy
May1Gloomy
Jun3Gloomy
Jul3Gloomy
Aug3Gloomy
Sep2Gloomy
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 Gitesi, the air stays dry or comfortable essentially all year. Even in April, the muggiest month, it feels humid or worse only about 5% of the time — humidity is not something you need to plan around here.

0%10%20%30%40%50%60%70%80%90%100%JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDeccomfortabledry
Dry (%)Comfortable (%)Humid (%)
Jan21772
Feb19783
Mar12852
Apr6895
May29683
Jun74260
Jul9280
Aug79210
Sep58420
Oct30700
Nov19810
Dec24751

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

0510JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDeccalmMay 21 · 6 km/hJan 1 · 4 km/h
Wind speed (km/h)Feels
Jan4calm
Feb4calm
Mar5calm
Apr5calm
May6calm
Jun5calm
Jul5calm
Aug5calm
Sep5calm
Oct5calm
Nov5calm
Dec4calm

Hazard calendar for Gitesi

In seasonPeak

When the seasonal hazards worth planning around — the rainy season, tropical-cyclone risk and dust haze — are active through the year.

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

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

Best time to visit Gitesi

TravelBeach/poolTemperatureCloudsPrecipitation

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

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

0246810JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecbest timetravel scoretemperaturecloudsprecipitationJul 11 · 7.5

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
Jan4.6fair
Feb4.6fair
Mar4.5fair
Apr4.0fair
May5.2fair
Jun6.9good
Jul7.4good
Aug6.8good
Sep5.8good
Oct4.6fair
Nov4.2fair
Dec4.7fair

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 Gitesi for hot-weather activities is from late May to late September, with a peak score in the third week of July.

024681012JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecbest timebeach/pool scoretemperaturecloudsprecipitationJul 15 · 5.2

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 Gitesi, 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.

Gitesi packs about the same all year — highs hold near 23°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 September, Gitesi sees daytime highs around 23°C and nights near 14°C. Pack rain gear. Worth having: light clothes and sun protection. About 14 days see rain.

UV index (midday) in Gitesi 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 Gitesi 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.

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecExtremeMar 17UV 16Jun 19UV 10
UV index (midday)Level
Jan11Extreme
Feb15Extreme
Mar16Extreme
Apr15Extreme
May12Extreme
Jun10Extreme
Jul11Extreme
Aug11Extreme
Sep14Extreme
Oct14Extreme
Nov13Extreme
Dec11Extreme

Average hourly UV index in Gitesi

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)
Jan85.5
Feb8.56.5
Mar8.57
Apr8.56.5
May86
Jun7.55.5
Jul7.55.5
Aug7.55.5
Sep86.5
Oct86.5
Nov86
Dec85.5

Air quality in Gitesi 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 Gitesi 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
Almanac & agriculture

Growing season

Chance of a frost-free dayFrost-free year round

Gitesi 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. Gitesi banks about 2,846 degree days a year, and the running total — which growers use to time plantings and predict maturity — climbs fastest around August.

01,0002,0003,000JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Growing degree days (°C·days)
Jan237
Feb222
Mar244
Apr232
May243
Jun235
Jul243
Aug256
Sep245
Oct238
Nov220
Dec231

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.

Gitesi receives about 4.9 kWh/m² a day of solar energy — bright — and it stays remarkably steady, holding between 4.5 and 5.3 kWh/m² all year. For solar panels, output here is a flat line, not a seasonal wave.

0123456JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecdimmoderatebrightMar 75.3 kWhMay 44.5 kWh
Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
Jan5.0Bright
Feb5.3Bright
Mar5.3Bright
Apr4.8Bright
May4.6Bright
Jun4.7Bright
Jul4.8Bright
Aug5.0Bright
Sep5.2Bright
Oct4.9Bright
Nov4.8Bright
Dec4.8Bright

Where is Gitesi?

Gitesi sits at 2.1°S, 29.4°E, 1,869 m above sea level, in Rwanda. The nearest listed city is Kibuye, 8.0 km away.

MahembeGihomboKirimbiKarambiMacubaMuhangaKirambo

Topography around Gitesi

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Gitesi has large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 862 m around an average of 1,840 m above sea level; within 16 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,120 m; within 80 km, extreme variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 3,546 m.

The land around Gitesi is covered by grassland (39%) and cropland (30%) within 3 km, grassland (30%) and cropland (29%) within 16 km, and trees (27%), grassland (27%) and cropland (27%) within 80 km.

3 km
862 m
16 km
1,120 m
80 km
3,546 m
treesshrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaceswater
Nearby: Kibuye 8.0 km · Mahembe 18 km · Gihombo 22 km · Kirimbi 28 km · Karambi 29 km · Macuba 31 km · Muhanga 35 km · Kirambo 37 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 Gitesi (-2.1139°, 29.4022°, elevation 1,869 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).