Kibungo weather in May

In May, Kibungo sees average daytime highs of 26°C and overnight lows near 17°C, with 70 mm of rain across 12.2 wet days and about 11.9 hours of daylight. It is the 9th-warmest and 8th-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 11% of the time in May, and the air most often feels humid.

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 Kibungo's 5th-clearest and 6th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Kibungo's year-round climate.

Daytime high
26°
9th warmest
Overnight low
17°
7th coldest
Rainfall
70 mm
12.2 wet days
Daylight
11 h 54 min
5:57 AM – 5:51 PM
Cloud cover
71%
5th clearest
Wind
6 km/h
6th windiest
Solar energy
5.13 kWh/m²
Travel score
6.2
out of 10

Kibungo is town in the Republic of Rwanda.

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

Temperature in May

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

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

A typical May 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 24°C and 27°C. Set against its neighbours, May runs on par with April and about 1°C cooler than June.

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Kibungo weather by month

How May compares with the rest of the year at a glance. May is the 9th-warmest and 8th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan26° / 17°861612.15.5
Feb27° / 17°7614.212.15.5
Mar27° / 17°11319.9125.0
Apr26° / 17°14722.2124.5
May26° / 17°7012.211.96.2
Jun27° / 17°111.911.97.4
Jul27° / 17°30.611.97.6
Aug28° / 18°223.811.96.9
Sep28° / 18°4910.2126.2
Oct27° / 18°10517.5125.3
Nov26° / 17°13922.312.14.6
Dec26° / 17°11419.812.15.0

Cloud cover in May

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 11% of the time in May.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 20% of May, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 69%. Skies tend to open up as the month goes on.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
11981
22080
32080
42179
52179
62278
72377
82377
92377
102575
112575
122773
132872
142971
152971
163169
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183268
193466
203466
213664
223664
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243961
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264159
274258
284258
294258
304357
314258

Chance of precipitation in May

Any precipitation

Kibungo gets around 70 mm of rain over 12.2 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 39% and peaks near 68% on the wettest days. The odds ease toward the end of the month.

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Rain chance (%)
168
266
364
463
561
659
758
856
954
1052
1150
1248
1345
1443
1540
1638
1736
1834
1932
2030
2128
2226
2324
2422
2520
2619
2718
2816
2915
3014
3114

Humidity in May

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

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

By dew point, May lands in the humid band about 64% of days. It rarely turns muggy — the humid and sticky bands barely register.

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Dry (%)Comfortable (%)Humid (%)Muggy (%)
109865
2010855
3011845
4012835
5012835
6013825
7014815
8016804
9017794
10019774
11020764
12022744
13024724
14027703
15129673
16131653
17132643
18234613
19236602
20238582
21340552
22341542
23443521
24545501
25546481
26647461
27748440
28849430
291050410
301150390
311251370

Wind in May

Winds average 6 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.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
15calm
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136calm
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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 5:57 AM to 5:59 AM, and sunset from 5:53 PM to 5:52 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
111.95:575:53
211.95:575:53
311.95:575:52
411.95:575:52
511.95:575:52
611.95:575:52
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2711.95:585:51
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Solar energy in May

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in May, 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 — May's 5.13 kWh/m² sits near the bottom.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
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315.3Bright
Planning a trip in May

Is May a good time to visit Kibungo?

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

6.2
Sightseeing
4th-best month of the year
5.9
Beach & pool
5th-best month of the year

May is a reasonable time to visit Kibungo for sightseeing.

What to pack for Kibungo in May

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

In May, Kibungo sees daytime highs around 26°C and nights near 17°C. Worth packing: light clothes, rain gear and sun protection. About 12 days see rain.

light clothesrain gearsun protection

UV index in Kibungo 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 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.

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecExtremeMar 13UV 16Jun 18UV 10
UV index (midday)Level
Jan12Extreme
Feb16Extreme
Mar16Extreme
Apr15Extreme
May12Extreme
Jun10Extreme
Jul11Extreme
Aug11Extreme
Sep14Extreme
Oct14Extreme
Nov13Extreme
Dec11Extreme

Air quality in Kibungo 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 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).

0204060JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecPoorPoorJun 2256 µg/m³Apr 2237 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan51Poor
Feb48Poor
Mar43Poor
Apr37Poor
May38Poor
Jun56Unhealthy
Jul55Poor
Aug47Poor
Sep41Poor
Oct38Poor
Nov42Poor
Dec45Poor
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.

KayonzaRwamaganaNgaraNyamataNderaKabangaKigaliRulenge

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
16 km
574 m
80 km
1,086 m
treesshrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaceswaterwetland
May 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
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 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).