Kibungo weather in April

In April, Kibungo sees average daytime highs of 26°C and overnight lows near 17°C, with 147 mm of rain across 22.2 wet days and about 12 hours of daylight. It is the 10th-warmest and 1st-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 26°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 5% of the time in April, and the air most often feels humid.

Daylight stretches from about 12 hours at the start of April to 11 h 54 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, April is Kibungo's 11th-clearest and 7th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Kibungo's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 26°; 10th warmest
Overnight low: 17°; 5th coldest
Rainfall: 147 mm; 22.2 wet days
Daylight: 12 hours; 5:59 AM – 5:57 PM
Cloud cover: 81%; 11th clearest
Wind: 5 km/h; 7th windiest
Solar energy: 5.13 kWh/m²
Travel score: 4.5; out of 10

Kibungo is town in the Republic of Rwanda.

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

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Temperature in April

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 26°C through the month.

A typical April day in Kibungo reaches about 26°C in the afternoon and slips back to 17°C overnight — a 9°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 23°C and 28°C. Set against its neighbours, April runs about 1°C cooler than March and on par with May.

	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
Avg high (°C)	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	25	25	25	25	25	25	25	25	25
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

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

Kibungo weather by month

How April compares with the rest of the year at a glance. April is the 10th-warmest and 1st-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

Month	High / Low (°C)	Rainfall (mm)	Wet days	Daylight (hours)	Travel score
Jan	26° / 17°	86	16	12.1	5.5
Feb	27° / 17°	76	14.2	12.1	5.5
Mar	27° / 17°	113	19.9	12	5.0
Apr	26° / 17°	147	22.2	12	4.5
May	26° / 17°	70	12.2	11.9	6.2
Jun	27° / 17°	11	1.9	11.9	7.4
Jul	27° / 17°	3	0.6	11.9	7.6
Aug	28° / 18°	22	3.8	11.9	6.9
Sep	28° / 18°	49	10.2	12	6.2
Oct	27° / 18°	105	17.5	12	5.3
Nov	26° / 17°	139	22.3	12.1	4.6
Dec	26° / 17°	114	19.8	12.1	5.0

Cloud cover in April

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 5% of the time in April.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 11% of April, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 84%.

	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
Clearer (%)	18	18	18	18	18	18	17	16	16	15	15	15	14	14	14	14	13	13	14	14	14	15	15	15	15	16	17	17	17	18
Cloudier (%)	82	82	82	82	82	82	83	84	84	85	85	85	86	86	86	86	87	87	86	86	86	85	85	85	85	84	83	83	83	82

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	18	82
2	18	82
3	18	82
4	18	82
5	18	82
6	18	82
7	17	83
8	16	84
9	16	84
10	15	85
11	15	85
12	15	85
13	14	86
14	14	86
15	14	86
16	14	86
17	13	87
18	13	87
19	14	86
20	14	86
21	14	86
22	15	85
23	15	85
24	15	85
25	15	85
26	16	84
27	17	83
28	17	83
29	17	83
30	18	82

Chance of precipitation in April

Any precipitation

Kibungo gets around 147 mm of rain over 22.2 wet days in April, the wettest month. The line is the day-by-day chance of measurable precipitation.

Day to day, the chance of measurable rain averages around 74% and peaks near 77% on the wettest days.

	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
Rain chance (%)	72	72	72	72	72	72	73	73	73	74	74	75	76	76	77	77	77	77	77	77	77	77	76	76	75	74	73	72	71	69

	Rain chance (%)
1	72
2	72
3	72
4	72
5	72
6	72
7	73
8	73
9	73
10	74
11	74
12	75
13	76
14	76
15	77
16	77
17	77
18	77
19	77
20	77
21	77
22	77
23	76
24	76
25	75
26	74
27	73
28	72
29	71
30	69

Humidity in April

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

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

By dew point, April lands in the humid band about 88% of days. Sticky, muggy-or-worse air turns up on roughly 6% of them.

	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
Comfortable (%)	5	5	5	5	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	7	7	7	7	8	8	9
Humid (%)	88	88	88	88	87	87	87	87	87	87	87	87	87	88	88	88	88	88	88	88	88	88	88	87	87	87	87	86	86	85
Muggy (%)	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6

	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)	Muggy (%)
1	5	88	7
2	5	88	7
3	5	88	7
4	5	88	7
5	6	87	7
6	6	87	7
7	6	87	7
8	6	87	7
9	6	87	7
10	6	87	7
11	6	87	7
12	6	87	7
13	6	87	7
14	6	88	6
15	6	88	6
16	6	88	6
17	6	88	6
18	6	88	6
19	6	88	6
20	6	88	6
21	6	88	6
22	6	88	6
23	6	88	6
24	7	87	6
25	7	87	6
26	7	87	6
27	7	87	6
28	8	86	6
29	8	86	6
30	9	85	6

Wind in April

Winds average 5 km/h in April.

Across April, daily wind ranges from about 5 km/h on the calmest days to 5 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
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	5	5	5	5	5
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	Wind speed (km/h)	Feels
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28	5	calm
29	5	calm
30	5	calm

Sunrise & sunset in April

DaylightNight

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

Days shrink by about 6 minutes over April. Sunrise moves from 6:03 AM to 5:57 AM, and sunset from 6:02 PM to 5:53 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
Daylight (h)	12.0	12.0	12.0	12.0	12.0	12.0	12.0	12.0	12.0	12.0	12.0	12.0	12.0	12.0	12.0	12.0	12.0	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)	6:03	6:03	6:03	6:02	6:02	6:02	6:01	6:01	6:01	6:01	6:01	6:00	6:00	6:00	6:00	5:59	5:59	5:59	5:59	5:59	5:59	5:58	5:58	5:58	5:58	5:58	5:58	5:58	5:57	5:57
Sunset (PM)	6:02	6:02	6:01	6:01	6:00	6:00	6:00	5:59	5:59	5:59	5:58	5:58	5:58	5:57	5:57	5:57	5:56	5:56	5:56	5:55	5:55	5:55	5:55	5:54	5:54	5:54	5:54	5:53	5:53	5:53

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	12.0	6:03	6:02
2	12.0	6:03	6:02
3	12.0	6:03	6:01
4	12.0	6:02	6:01
5	12.0	6:02	6:00
6	12.0	6:02	6:00
7	12.0	6:01	6:00
8	12.0	6:01	5:59
9	12.0	6:01	5:59
10	12.0	6:01	5:59
11	12.0	6:01	5:58
12	12.0	6:00	5:58
13	12.0	6:00	5:58
14	12.0	6:00	5:57
15	12.0	6:00	5:57
16	12.0	5:59	5:57
17	12.0	5:59	5:56
18	11.9	5:59	5:56
19	11.9	5:59	5:56
20	11.9	5:59	5:55
21	11.9	5:59	5:55
22	11.9	5:58	5:55
23	11.9	5:58	5:55
24	11.9	5:58	5:54
25	11.9	5:58	5:54
26	11.9	5:58	5:54
27	11.9	5:58	5:54
28	11.9	5:58	5:53
29	11.9	5:57	5:53
30	11.9	5:57	5:53

Solar energy in April

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in April, about 5.13 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 5.09 kWh/m² to a high of 5.92 kWh/m² in February across the year — April's 5.13 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
Solar energy (kWh/m²)	5.4	5.3	5.3	5.3	5.3	5.3	5.3	5.2	5.2	5.2	5.2	5.2	5.2	5.1	5.1	5.1	5.1	5.1	5.1	5.0	5.0	5.0	5.0	5.0	5.0	5.0	5.0	5.0	5.0	5.0
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

	Solar energy (kWh/m²)	Level
1	5.4	Bright
2	5.3	Bright
3	5.3	Bright
4	5.3	Bright
5	5.3	Bright
6	5.3	Bright
7	5.3	Bright
8	5.2	Bright
9	5.2	Bright
10	5.2	Bright
11	5.2	Bright
12	5.2	Bright
13	5.2	Bright
14	5.1	Bright
15	5.1	Bright
16	5.1	Bright
17	5.1	Bright
18	5.1	Bright
19	5.1	Bright
20	5.0	Bright
21	5.0	Bright
22	5.0	Bright
23	5.0	Bright
24	5.0	Bright
25	5.0	Bright
26	5.0	Bright
27	5.0	Bright
28	5.0	Bright
29	5.0	Bright
30	5.0	Bright

Planning a trip in April

Is April a good time to visit Kibungo?

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

4.5

Sightseeing

12th-best month of the year

4.3

Beach & pool

11th-best month of the year

April is a reasonable time to visit Kibungo for sightseeing.

What to pack for Kibungo in April

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

In April, Kibungo sees daytime highs around 26°C and nights near 17°C. Pack rain gear. Worth having: light clothes and sun protection. About 22 days see rain.

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UV index in Kibungo in April

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in April peaks around 15 (very high — sun protection essential). The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Kibungo peaks around March 13 at about 16 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near June 18 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)	12	16	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	12	Extreme
Feb	16	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 Kibungo in April

GoodModeratePoorUnhealthyVery unhealthy

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

Air quality in Kibungo is worst in June — around 56 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)	51	48	43	37	38	56	55	47	41	38	42	45
Level	Poor	Poor	Poor	Poor	Poor	Unhealthy	Poor	Poor	Poor	Poor	Poor	Poor

	PM2.5 (µg/m³)	Level
Jan	51	Poor
Feb	48	Poor
Mar	43	Poor
Apr	37	Poor
May	38	Poor
Jun	56	Unhealthy
Jul	55	Poor
Aug	47	Poor
Sep	41	Poor
Oct	38	Poor
Nov	42	Poor
Dec	45	Poor

Location & terrain

Where is Kibungo?

Kibungo sits at 2.2°S, 30.5°E, 1,607 m above sea level, in Rwanda. The nearest listed city is Kayonza, 23 km away.

Topography around Kibungo

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Kibungo has significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 288 m around an average of 1,556 m above sea level; within 16 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 574 m; within 80 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,086 m.

The land around Kibungo is covered by shrubs (50%), trees (20%) and cropland (20%) within 3 km, shrubs (31%), cropland (31%) and trees (25%) within 16 km, and grassland (32%) and cropland (28%) within 80 km.

3 km

288 m

shrubs 50%

16 km

574 m

shrubs 31%

80 km

1,086 m

grassland 32%

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← March Kibungo year-round climate May →Best places to visit in April

April weather nearby: Kayonza 23 km · Rwamagana 26 km · Ngara 41 km · Nyamata 44 km · Ndera 48 km · Kabanga 54 km · Kigali 59 km · Rulenge 63 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 Kibungo (-2.1597°, 30.5427°, elevation 1,607 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	26	17
2	26	17
3	26	17
4	26	17
5	26	17
6	26	17
7	26	17
8	26	17
9	26	17
10	26	17
11	26	17
12	26	17
13	26	17
14	26	17
15	26	17
16	26	17
17	26	17
18	26	17
19	26	17
20	26	17
21	26	17
22	25	17
23	25	17
24	25	17
25	25	17
26	25	17
27	25	17
28	25	17
29	25	17
30	25	17

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	18	82
2	18	82
3	18	82
4	18	82
5	18	82
6	18	82
7	17	83
8	16	84
9	16	84
10	15	85
11	15	85
12	15	85
13	14	86
14	14	86
15	14	86
16	14	86
17	13	87
18	13	87
19	14	86
20	14	86
21	14	86
22	15	85
23	15	85
24	15	85
25	15	85
26	16	84
27	17	83
28	17	83
29	17	83
30	18	82

	Rain chance (%)
1	72
2	72
3	72
4	72
5	72
6	72
7	73
8	73
9	73
10	74
11	74
12	75
13	76
14	76
15	77
16	77
17	77
18	77
19	77
20	77
21	77
22	77
23	76
24	76
25	75
26	74
27	73
28	72
29	71
30	69

	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)	Muggy (%)
1	5	88	7
2	5	88	7
3	5	88	7
4	5	88	7
5	6	87	7
6	6	87	7
7	6	87	7
8	6	87	7
9	6	87	7
10	6	87	7
11	6	87	7
12	6	87	7
13	6	87	7
14	6	88	6
15	6	88	6
16	6	88	6
17	6	88	6
18	6	88	6
19	6	88	6
20	6	88	6
21	6	88	6
22	6	88	6
23	6	88	6
24	7	87	6
25	7	87	6
26	7	87	6
27	7	87	6
28	8	86	6
29	8	86	6
30	9	85	6

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	18	82
2	18	82
3	18	82
4	18	82
5	18	82
6	18	82
7	17	83
8	16	84
9	16	84
10	15	85
11	15	85
12	15	85
13	14	86
14	14	86
15	14	86
16	14	86
17	13	87
18	13	87
19	14	86
20	14	86
21	14	86
22	15	85
23	15	85
24	15	85
25	15	85
26	16	84
27	17	83
28	17	83
29	17	83
30	18	82

	Rain chance (%)
1	72
2	72
3	72
4	72
5	72
6	72
7	73
8	73
9	73
10	74
11	74
12	75
13	76
14	76
15	77
16	77
17	77
18	77
19	77
20	77
21	77
22	77
23	76
24	76
25	75
26	74
27	73
28	72
29	71
30	69

	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)	Muggy (%)
1	5	88	7
2	5	88	7
3	5	88	7
4	5	88	7
5	6	87	7
6	6	87	7
7	6	87	7
8	6	87	7
9	6	87	7
10	6	87	7
11	6	87	7
12	6	87	7
13	6	87	7
14	6	88	6
15	6	88	6
16	6	88	6
17	6	88	6
18	6	88	6
19	6	88	6
20	6	88	6
21	6	88	6
22	6	88	6
23	6	88	6
24	7	87	6
25	7	87	6
26	7	87	6
27	7	87	6
28	8	86	6
29	8	86	6
30	9	85	6

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	18	82
2	18	82
3	18	82
4	18	82
5	18	82
6	18	82
7	17	83
8	16	84
9	16	84
10	15	85
11	15	85
12	15	85
13	14	86
14	14	86
15	14	86
16	14	86
17	13	87
18	13	87
19	14	86
20	14	86
21	14	86
22	15	85
23	15	85
24	15	85
25	15	85
26	16	84
27	17	83
28	17	83
29	17	83
30	18	82

	Rain chance (%)
1	72
2	72
3	72
4	72
5	72
6	72
7	73
8	73
9	73
10	74
11	74
12	75
13	76
14	76
15	77
16	77
17	77
18	77
19	77
20	77
21	77
22	77
23	76
24	76
25	75
26	74
27	73
28	72
29	71
30	69

	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)	Muggy (%)
1	5	88	7
2	5	88	7
3	5	88	7
4	5	88	7
5	6	87	7
6	6	87	7
7	6	87	7
8	6	87	7
9	6	87	7
10	6	87	7
11	6	87	7
12	6	87	7
13	6	87	7
14	6	88	6
15	6	88	6
16	6	88	6
17	6	88	6
18	6	88	6
19	6	88	6
20	6	88	6
21	6	88	6
22	6	88	6
23	6	88	6
24	7	87	6
25	7	87	6
26	7	87	6
27	7	87	6
28	8	86	6
29	8	86	6
30	9	85	6