Kigali weather in November

In November, Kigali sees average daytime highs of 25°C and overnight lows near 15°C, with 130 mm of rain across 22.6 wet days and about 12.1 hours of daylight. It is the 10th-warmest and 2nd-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 25°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 3% of the time in November, and the air most often feels comfortable.

Daylight stretches from about 12 h 06 min at the start of November to 12 h 06 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, November is Kigali's 11th-clearest and 7th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Kigali's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 25°; 10th warmest
Overnight low: 15°; 2nd coldest
Rainfall: 130 mm; 22.6 wet days
Daylight: 12 h 06 min; 5:42 AM – 5:48 PM
Cloud cover: 81%; 11th clearest
Wind: 5 km/h; 7th windiest
Solar energy: 5.19 kWh/m²
Travel score: 4.6; out of 10

Kigali is province-level city, capital and largest city of Rwanda.

Density: 1,552/km²; people per km²
Founded: 1907

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

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Temperature in November

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 25°C through the month.

A typical November day in Kigali reaches about 25°C in the afternoon and slips back to 15°C overnight — a 10°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 23°C and 26°C. Set against its neighbours, November runs about 1°C cooler than October and on par with December.

	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)	25	25	25	25	25	25	25	25	25	25	25	25	25	25	25	25	25	25	25	25	25	25	25	25	25	25	25	25	25	25
Avg low (°C)	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15

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

Kigali weather by month

How November compares with the rest of the year at a glance. November is the 10th-warmest and 2nd-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

Month	High / Low (°C)	Rainfall (mm)	Wet days	Daylight (hours)	Travel score
Jan	26° / 15°	77	15.4	12.1	5.7
Feb	26° / 15°	77	14.6	12.1	5.5
Mar	26° / 15°	105	21	12	4.9
Apr	25° / 15°	137	24	12	4.4
May	25° / 15°	83	15.9	11.9	5.9
Jun	25° / 15°	14	2.7	11.9	7.7
Jul	26° / 15°	4	0.8	11.9	8.0
Aug	26° / 16°	24	4	11.9	7.3
Sep	26° / 15°	54	10.3	12	6.3
Oct	26° / 15°	117	18.6	12	5.2
Nov	25° / 15°	130	22.6	12.1	4.6
Dec	25° / 15°	92	18.2	12.1	5.4

Cloud cover in November

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 3% of the time in November.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 10% of November, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 87%.

	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 (%)	14	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	11	11	11	11	11	12	12	12	12	12	12	13	14	14	14	14	15	15	15	16	16	17
Cloudier (%)	86	87	87	87	88	88	88	88	89	89	89	89	89	88	88	88	88	88	88	87	86	86	86	86	85	85	85	84	84	83

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	14	86
2	13	87
3	13	87
4	13	87
5	12	88
6	12	88
7	12	88
8	12	88
9	11	89
10	11	89
11	11	89
12	11	89
13	11	89
14	12	88
15	12	88
16	12	88
17	12	88
18	12	88
19	12	88
20	13	87
21	14	86
22	14	86
23	14	86
24	14	86
25	15	85
26	15	85
27	15	85
28	16	84
29	16	84
30	17	83

Chance of precipitation in November

Any precipitation

Kigali gets around 130 mm of rain over 22.6 wet days in November. The line is the day-by-day chance of measurable precipitation.

Day to day, the chance of measurable rain averages around 75% 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 (%)	74	75	76	77	77	77	77	77	77	77	77	77	76	76	75	75	74	74	74	73	73	73	73	73	73	73	74	73	73	73

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

Humidity in November

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

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

By dew point, November lands in the comfortable band about 62% 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
Dry (%)	2	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Comfortable (%)	64	64	64	64	64	63	63	63	62	62	61	61	62	61	61	61	61	61	61	61	61	61	61	61	61	62	62	62	63	63
Humid (%)	34	34	34	35	35	36	36	36	37	37	38	38	38	39	39	39	39	39	39	39	39	39	39	39	39	38	38	38	37	37

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)
1	2	64	34
2	2	64	34
3	2	64	34
4	1	64	35
5	1	64	35
6	1	63	36
7	1	63	36
8	1	63	36
9	1	62	37
10	1	62	37
11	1	61	38
12	1	61	38
13	0	62	38
14	0	61	39
15	0	61	39
16	0	61	39
17	0	61	39
18	0	61	39
19	0	61	39
20	0	61	39
21	0	61	39
22	0	61	39
23	0	61	39
24	0	61	39
25	0	61	39
26	0	62	38
27	0	62	38
28	0	62	38
29	0	63	37
30	0	63	37

Wind in November

Winds average 5 km/h in November.

Across November, 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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27	5	calm
28	5	calm
29	5	calm
30	5	calm

Sunrise & sunset in November

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 12 h 06 min at the start of November to 12 h 06 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days grow by about 0 minutes over November. Sunrise moves from 5:41 AM to 5:46 AM, and sunset from 5:45 PM to 5:52 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)	12.1	12.1	12.1	12.1	12.1	12.1	12.1	12.1	12.1	12.1	12.1	12.1	12.1	12.1	12.1	12.1	12.1	12.1	12.1	12.1	12.1	12.1	12.1	12.1	12.1	12.1	12.1	12.1	12.1	12.1
Sunrise (AM)	5:41	5:41	5:41	5:41	5:41	5:41	5:41	5:41	5:41	5:42	5:42	5:42	5:42	5:42	5:42	5:42	5:43	5:43	5:43	5:43	5:43	5:44	5:44	5:44	5:44	5:45	5:45	5:45	5:46	5:46
Sunset (PM)	5:45	5:45	5:46	5:46	5:46	5:46	5:46	5:46	5:46	5:46	5:47	5:47	5:47	5:47	5:47	5:48	5:48	5:48	5:49	5:49	5:49	5:49	5:50	5:50	5:50	5:51	5:51	5:51	5:52	5:52

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	12.1	5:41	5:45
2	12.1	5:41	5:45
3	12.1	5:41	5:46
4	12.1	5:41	5:46
5	12.1	5:41	5:46
6	12.1	5:41	5:46
7	12.1	5:41	5:46
8	12.1	5:41	5:46
9	12.1	5:41	5:46
10	12.1	5:42	5:46
11	12.1	5:42	5:47
12	12.1	5:42	5:47
13	12.1	5:42	5:47
14	12.1	5:42	5:47
15	12.1	5:42	5:47
16	12.1	5:42	5:48
17	12.1	5:43	5:48
18	12.1	5:43	5:48
19	12.1	5:43	5:49
20	12.1	5:43	5:49
21	12.1	5:43	5:49
22	12.1	5:44	5:49
23	12.1	5:44	5:50
24	12.1	5:44	5:50
25	12.1	5:44	5:50
26	12.1	5:45	5:51
27	12.1	5:45	5:51
28	12.1	5:45	5:51
29	12.1	5:46	5:52
30	12.1	5:46	5:52

Solar energy in November

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in November, about 5.19 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 4.88 kWh/m² to a high of 5.76 kWh/m² in February across the year — November's 5.19 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

	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)	5.2	5.2	5.2	5.2	5.2	5.2	5.2	5.2	5.2	5.2	5.2	5.2	5.2	5.2	5.2	5.2	5.2	5.2	5.2	5.2	5.2	5.2	5.2	5.2	5.2	5.2	5.2	5.2	5.2	5.2
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	Solar energy (kWh/m²)	Level
1	5.2	Bright
2	5.2	Bright
3	5.2	Bright
4	5.2	Bright
5	5.2	Bright
6	5.2	Bright
7	5.2	Bright
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9	5.2	Bright
10	5.2	Bright
11	5.2	Bright
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15	5.2	Bright
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24	5.2	Bright
25	5.2	Bright
26	5.2	Bright
27	5.2	Bright
28	5.2	Bright
29	5.2	Bright
30	5.2	Bright

Planning a trip in November

Is November a good time to visit Kigali?

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

4.6

Sightseeing

11th-best month of the year

4.1

Beach & pool

11th-best month of the year

November is a reasonable time to visit Kigali for sightseeing.

What to pack for Kigali in November

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

In November, Kigali sees daytime highs around 25°C and nights near 15°C. Pack rain gear. Worth having: light clothes and sun protection. About 23 days see rain.

rain gearlight clothessun protection

UV index in Kigali in November

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in November peaks around 13 (very high — sun protection essential). The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Kigali peaks around March 16 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 Kigali in November

GoodModeratePoorUnhealthyVery unhealthy

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

Air quality in Kigali 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 Kigali?

Kigali sits at 1.9°S, 30.1°E, 1,542 m above sea level, in Rwanda. The nearest listed city is Kamuhanda / Ruyenzi, 8.0 km away.

Topography around Kigali

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Kigali has significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 491 m around an average of 1,481 m above sea level; within 16 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 734 m; within 80 km, extreme variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 2,788 m.

The land around Kigali is covered by artificial surfaces (67%) and trees (24%) within 3 km, cropland (27%), trees (24%) and artificial surfaces (21%) within 16 km, and cropland (41%), grassland (22%) and trees (21%) within 80 km.

3 km

491 m

artificial surfaces 67%

16 km

734 m

cropland 27%

80 km

2,788 m

cropland 41%

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← October Kigali year-round climate December →Best places to visit in November

November weather nearby: Kamuhanda / Ruyenzi 8.0 km · Ndera 12 km · Shyorongi 15 km · Mugina 22 km · Nyamata 30 km · Gitarama 36 km · Muhanga 40 km · Byumba 42 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 Kigali (-1.95°, 30.0588°, elevation 1,542 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	25	15
2	25	15
3	25	15
4	25	15
5	25	15
6	25	15
7	25	15
8	25	15
9	25	15
10	25	15
11	25	15
12	25	15
13	25	15
14	25	15
15	25	15
16	25	15
17	25	15
18	25	15
19	25	15
20	25	15
21	25	15
22	25	15
23	25	15
24	25	15
25	25	15
26	25	15
27	25	15
28	25	15
29	25	15
30	25	15

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	14	86
2	13	87
3	13	87
4	13	87
5	12	88
6	12	88
7	12	88
8	12	88
9	11	89
10	11	89
11	11	89
12	11	89
13	11	89
14	12	88
15	12	88
16	12	88
17	12	88
18	12	88
19	12	88
20	13	87
21	14	86
22	14	86
23	14	86
24	14	86
25	15	85
26	15	85
27	15	85
28	16	84
29	16	84
30	17	83

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

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)
1	2	64	34
2	2	64	34
3	2	64	34
4	1	64	35
5	1	64	35
6	1	63	36
7	1	63	36
8	1	63	36
9	1	62	37
10	1	62	37
11	1	61	38
12	1	61	38
13	0	62	38
14	0	61	39
15	0	61	39
16	0	61	39
17	0	61	39
18	0	61	39
19	0	61	39
20	0	61	39
21	0	61	39
22	0	61	39
23	0	61	39
24	0	61	39
25	0	61	39
26	0	62	38
27	0	62	38
28	0	62	38
29	0	63	37
30	0	63	37

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	14	86
2	13	87
3	13	87
4	13	87
5	12	88
6	12	88
7	12	88
8	12	88
9	11	89
10	11	89
11	11	89
12	11	89
13	11	89
14	12	88
15	12	88
16	12	88
17	12	88
18	12	88
19	12	88
20	13	87
21	14	86
22	14	86
23	14	86
24	14	86
25	15	85
26	15	85
27	15	85
28	16	84
29	16	84
30	17	83

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

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)
1	2	64	34
2	2	64	34
3	2	64	34
4	1	64	35
5	1	64	35
6	1	63	36
7	1	63	36
8	1	63	36
9	1	62	37
10	1	62	37
11	1	61	38
12	1	61	38
13	0	62	38
14	0	61	39
15	0	61	39
16	0	61	39
17	0	61	39
18	0	61	39
19	0	61	39
20	0	61	39
21	0	61	39
22	0	61	39
23	0	61	39
24	0	61	39
25	0	61	39
26	0	62	38
27	0	62	38
28	0	62	38
29	0	63	37
30	0	63	37

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	14	86
2	13	87
3	13	87
4	13	87
5	12	88
6	12	88
7	12	88
8	12	88
9	11	89
10	11	89
11	11	89
12	11	89
13	11	89
14	12	88
15	12	88
16	12	88
17	12	88
18	12	88
19	12	88
20	13	87
21	14	86
22	14	86
23	14	86
24	14	86
25	15	85
26	15	85
27	15	85
28	16	84
29	16	84
30	17	83

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

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)
1	2	64	34
2	2	64	34
3	2	64	34
4	1	64	35
5	1	64	35
6	1	63	36
7	1	63	36
8	1	63	36
9	1	62	37
10	1	62	37
11	1	61	38
12	1	61	38
13	0	62	38
14	0	61	39
15	0	61	39
16	0	61	39
17	0	61	39
18	0	61	39
19	0	61	39
20	0	61	39
21	0	61	39
22	0	61	39
23	0	61	39
24	0	61	39
25	0	61	39
26	0	62	38
27	0	62	38
28	0	62	38
29	0	63	37
30	0	63	37