Climate and average weather in Ndera

In Ndera, the weather is warm, wet, and partly cloudy and remarkably steady, with daytime highs holding near warm levels all year. The wettest stretch peaks around April.

Best: late May to mid September

Over the course of the year, the temperature in Ndera typically varies from 16°C to 27°C, and is rarely below 15°C or above 29°C. August is the hottest month of the year, while April is the coldest.

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

Hottest
Aug
27°
Coldest
Apr
17°
Wettest
Apr
121 mm
Driest
Jul
3 mm
Rain / yr
838 mm
162 wet days
Daylight
11.9–12.1 h
shortest–longest
Elevation
1,448 m
1.9°S
Clearest
Jul
65% cloud

Ndera 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 Ndera, from 1991–2020 of climate data. The shaded bands show the range most days fall in — 10th to 90th percentile.

Temperatures in Ndera stay fairly even through the year, without a distinct hot or cool season. The warmest month is August, with an average high of 27°C and low of 17°C; the coolest is April, with an average low of 17°C and high of 25°C.

Days typically run about 9°C warmer than nights year-round.

10°15°20°25°30°JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg high (°C)Avg low (°C)
Jan2617
Feb2717
Mar2617
Apr2517
May2517
Jun2617
Jul2717
Aug2717
Sep2717
Oct2617
Nov2516
Dec2616

Average hourly temperature in Ndera

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 August afternoons, near 27°C, and coldest before dawn in April, near 17°C.

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

Ndera 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
Jan26° / 17°7515.212.15.6
Feb27° / 17°7514.712.15.4
Mar26° / 17°9820.1125.0
Apr25° / 17°12122.5124.5
May25° / 17°6913.911.96.0
Jun26° / 17°122.311.97.6
Jul27° / 17°30.711.97.7
Aug27° / 17°223.811.97.1
Sep27° / 17°5110.2126.2
Oct26° / 17°10418.2125.2
Nov25° / 16°11922.212.14.6
Dec26° / 16°9018.112.15.3

Chance of rain

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

Ndera gets about 838 mm of precipitation a year. On a typical day the chance of rain is often wet, but that rises and falls sharply with the seasons.

The wetter season lasts 7.6 months, from around Sep 29 to May 16, peaking in April at about 78% chance on a given day. The drier stretch runs the rest of the year, bottoming out around Jul 12.

April is the wettest month by volume, with 121 mm over about 23 wet days; July is the driest, with 3 mm.

0%10%20%30%40%50%60%70%80%90%JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecwetterdrierwettermostly drysome rainoften wetvery wetApr 17 · 78%Jul 12 · 2%
Rain on a day (%)Rain days
Jan5015
Feb5215
Mar6420
Apr7523
May4414
Jun82
Jul31
Aug134
Sep3410
Oct5818
Nov7322
Dec5818

Monthly rainfall

Over a full year, Ndera collects about 838 mm of rain across 162 wet days — roughly 70 mm in an average month.

It doesn’t fall evenly. April is the wettest month with 121 mm, while July is the driest at just 3 mm. The three wettest months alone bring about 41% of the year’s total.

0255075100125150JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec75759812169123225110411990
Rainfall (mm)Rain days
Jan7515
Feb7515
Mar9820
Apr12123
May6914
Jun122
Jul31
Aug224
Sep5110
Oct10418
Nov11922
Dec9018

Clouds and sunshine

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

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

In Ndera, 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 13 and lasts for 4.8 months, ending around October 4. The clearest month is July, when the sky is clear, mostly clear, or partly cloudy 37% of the time on average.

The cloudier part of the year begins around October 5 and lasts for 3.7 months, ending around January 26. The cloudiest month is November, when it is overcast or mostly cloudy 85% 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%JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecMay 31 · 41%Nov 10 · 13%mostly clearpartly cloudymostly cloudyovercastcloudierclearercloudier
Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
Jan2476
Feb2674
Mar2377
Apr1585
May3070
Jun3466
Jul3763
Aug3565
Sep3565
Oct2179
Nov1585
Dec2377

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, Ndera 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)
Jan12.16:066:12
Feb12.16:126:16
Mar12.06:096:09
Apr12.06:015:58
May11.95:585:53
Jun11.96:035:56
Jul11.96:086:02
Aug11.96:056:01
Sep12.05:545:53
Oct12.05:435:46
Nov12.15:425:47
Dec12.15:525:59

Sunny days

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

Ndera averages about 3 sunny days a month — counting the days the sky stays clear or mostly clear — with a clear seasonal swing between 1 and 6 days.

The sunnier stretch runs 4.6 months, from around May 17 to Oct 4. The sunniest month is July, with roughly 5 sunny days (gloomy).

The greyest month is April, down near 1 sunny days — about 78% fewer than the July peak.

0510JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecgreyersunniergreyergloomymixedJul 96 daysApr 221 days
Sunny daysSky
Jan3Gloomy
Feb3Gloomy
Mar3Gloomy
Apr1Gloomy
May3Gloomy
Jun4Gloomy
Jul5Gloomy
Aug5Gloomy
Sep4Gloomy
Oct2Gloomy
Nov1Gloomy
Dec2Gloomy

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 Ndera, how humid it feels changes dramatically over the year.

The more humid part of the year lasts 7.1 months, from around October 17 to May 21. The muggiest month is April, when the air feels humid, muggy or worse about 93% of the time.

The most comfortable stretch runs from around May 22 to October 16, and July is the most comfortable month — the air is dry or comfortable 98% of the time.

0%10%20%30%40%50%60%70%80%90%100%JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecJul 14 · 99%Apr 14 · 7%humidcomfortabledryhumidcomfortablehumid
Dry (%)Comfortable (%)Humid (%)Muggy (%)
Jan228701
Feb426691
Mar114832
Apr07903
May333631
Jun4046140
Jul821520
Aug593380
Sep2154250
Oct441550
Nov016840
Dec021790

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

0510JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDeccalmSep 16 · 6 km/hJan 10 · 5 km/h
Wind speed (km/h)Feels
Jan5calm
Feb5calm
Mar5calm
Apr5calm
May5calm
Jun6calm
Jul6calm
Aug6calm
Sep6calm
Oct6calm
Nov5calm
Dec5calm

Best time to visit Ndera

TravelBeach/poolTemperatureCloudsPrecipitation

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

Around early September, Ndera 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 Ndera 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 9 · 7.8

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
Jan5.6good
Feb5.4fair
Mar5.0fair
Apr4.6fair
May6.0good
Jun7.6ideal
Jul7.7ideal
Aug7.1good
Sep6.2good
Oct5.2fair
Nov4.6fair
Dec5.3fair

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 Ndera 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 16 · 7.7

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 Ndera, 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.

Ndera packs about the same all year — highs hold near 27°C. Across the year the things worth having are light clothes, sun protection and rain gear.

Light clothing
Warm layer
Winter coat
Rain gear
Sun protection
Windbreaker

In August, Ndera sees daytime highs around 27°C and nights near 17°C. Pack light clothes. Worth having: sun protection. About 4 days see rain.

UV index (midday) in Ndera 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 Ndera 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.

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

Average hourly UV index in Ndera

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 6.5 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)
Jan7.55.5
Feb8.57
Mar8.56.5
Apr8.56.5
May86
Jun7.55.5
Jul7.55.5
Aug7.55.5
Sep86
Oct8.56.5
Nov86
Dec7.55.5

Air quality in Ndera 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 Ndera 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).

0306090JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecUnhealthyJan 1981 µg/m³May 966 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan82Unhealthy
Feb80Unhealthy
Mar73Unhealthy
Apr66Unhealthy
May66Unhealthy
Jun75Unhealthy
Jul67Unhealthy
Aug72Unhealthy
Sep72Unhealthy
Oct68Unhealthy
Nov72Unhealthy
Dec77Unhealthy
Almanac & agriculture

Growing season

Chance of a frost-free dayFrost-free year round

Ndera 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. Ndera banks about 4,165 degree days a year, and the running total — which growers use to time plantings and predict maturity — climbs fastest around August.

01,0002,0003,0004,000JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Growing degree days (°C·days)
Jan354
Feb330
Mar355
Apr328
May341
Jun337
Jul359
Aug379
Sep362
Oct355
Nov325
Dec340

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.

Ndera receives about 5.4 kWh/m² a day of solar energy — bright — and it stays remarkably steady, holding between 4.9 and 5.9 kWh/m² all year. For solar panels, output here is a flat line, not a seasonal wave.

01234567JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecdimmoderatebrightintenseFeb 255.9 kWhMay 14.9 kWh
Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
Jan5.6Bright
Feb5.9Bright
Mar5.7Bright
Apr5.1Bright
May5.0Bright
Jun5.0Bright
Jul5.2Bright
Aug5.3Bright
Sep5.6Bright
Oct5.5Bright
Nov5.3Bright
Dec5.4Bright

Where is Ndera?

Ndera sits at 1.9°S, 30.2°E, 1,448 m above sea level, in Rwanda. The nearest listed city is Kigali, 12 km away.

Kamuhanda / RuyenziShyorongiNyamataRwamaganaMuginaKayonzaByumba

Topography around Ndera

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Ndera has significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 294 m around an average of 1,433 m above sea level; within 16 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 556 m; within 80 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,548 m.

The land around Ndera is covered by artificial surfaces (35%) and cropland (27%) within 3 km, cropland (32%), trees (22%) and artificial surfaces (20%) within 16 km, and cropland (40%) and grassland (22%) within 80 km.

3 km
294 m
16 km
556 m
80 km
1,548 m
treesshrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrainwaterwetland
Nearby: Kigali 12 km · Kamuhanda / Ruyenzi 21 km · Shyorongi 25 km · Nyamata 28 km · Rwamagana 29 km · Mugina 31 km · Kayonza 39 km · Byumba 43 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 Ndera (-1.9495°, 30.1697°, elevation 1,448 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).