Ngororero weather in August

In August, Ngororero sees average daytime highs of 23°C and overnight lows near 14°C, with 30 mm of rain across 5.8 wet days and about 11.9 hours of daylight. It is the 1st-warmest and 10th-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 23°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 14% of the time in August, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 11 h 54 min at the start of August to 12 hours by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, August is Ngororero's 2nd-clearest and 2nd-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Ngororero's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 23°; 1st warmest
Overnight low: 14°; 12th coldest
Rainfall: 30 mm; 5.8 wet days
Daylight: 11 h 54 min; 6:07 AM – 6:04 PM
Cloud cover: 67%; 2nd clearest
Wind: 6 km/h; 2nd windiest
Solar energy: 5.05 kWh/m²
Travel score: 7.3; out of 10

Ngororero is place in Western Province, Rwanda.

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

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Temperature in August

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 23°C through the month.

A typical August day in Ngororero reaches about 23°C in the afternoon and slips back to 14°C overnight — a 9°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 21°C and 25°C. Set against its neighbours, August runs on par with July and on par with September.

	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	31
Avg high (°C)	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23
Avg low (°C)	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	23	14
2	23	14
3	23	14
4	23	14
5	23	14
6	23	14
7	23	14
8	23	14
9	23	14
10	23	14
11	23	14
12	23	14
13	23	14
14	23	14
15	23	14
16	23	14
17	23	14
18	23	14
19	23	14
20	23	14
21	23	14
22	23	14
23	23	14
24	23	14
25	23	14
26	23	14
27	23	14
28	23	14
29	23	14
30	23	14
31	23	14

Ngororero weather by month

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

Month	High / Low (°C)	Rainfall (mm)	Wet days	Daylight (hours)	Travel score
Jan	23° / 13°	182	21.5	12.1	4.8
Feb	23° / 13°	153	19.8	12.1	4.8
Mar	23° / 13°	162	23.2	12	4.5
Apr	22° / 13°	147	25.2	12	4.0
May	22° / 14°	83	17.5	11.9	5.3
Jun	22° / 14°	20	4.5	11.9	7.2
Jul	22° / 14°	7	1.8	11.9	7.8
Aug	23° / 14°	30	5.8	11.9	7.3
Sep	23° / 13°	61	12.1	12	6.2
Oct	22° / 13°	124	20.5	12	4.9
Nov	22° / 13°	138	22.8	12.1	4.4
Dec	22° / 13°	156	21.2	12.1	4.8

Cloud cover in August

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 14% of the time in August.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 21% of August, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 65%.

	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	31
Clearer (%)	34	34	34	34	33	33	33	34	35	35	36	36	37	37	38	38	38	38	38	37	37	37	36	35	35	34	32	32	32	31	30
Cloudier (%)	66	66	66	66	67	67	67	66	65	65	64	64	63	63	62	62	62	62	62	63	63	63	64	65	65	66	68	68	68	69	70

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	34	66
2	34	66
3	34	66
4	34	66
5	33	67
6	33	67
7	33	67
8	34	66
9	35	65
10	35	65
11	36	64
12	36	64
13	37	63
14	37	63
15	38	62
16	38	62
17	38	62
18	38	62
19	38	62
20	37	63
21	37	63
22	37	63
23	36	64
24	35	65
25	35	65
26	34	66
27	32	68
28	32	68
29	32	68
30	31	69
31	30	70

Chance of precipitation in August

Any precipitation

Ngororero gets around 30 mm of rain over 5.8 wet days in August. The line is the day-by-day chance of measurable precipitation.

Day to day, the chance of measurable rain averages around 20% and peaks near 30% on the wettest days. The odds climb toward the end of the month.

	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	31
Rain chance (%)	10	10	11	11	12	12	13	14	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	20	21	22	22	23	23	24	24	25	25	26	27	28	29	29	30

	Rain chance (%)
1	10
2	10
3	11
4	11
5	12
6	12
7	13
8	14
9	14
10	15
11	16
12	17
13	18
14	19
15	20
16	20
17	21
18	22
19	22
20	23
21	23
22	24
23	24
24	25
25	25
26	26
27	27
28	28
29	29
30	29
31	30

Humidity in August

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

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

By dew point, August lands in the dry band about 89% 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	31
Dry (%)	94	94	94	94	94	94	93	93	93	92	92	91	91	90	90	90	89	89	88	88	88	87	87	86	86	85	85	84	83	82	81
Comfortable (%)	6	6	6	6	6	6	7	7	7	8	8	9	9	10	10	10	11	11	12	12	12	13	13	14	14	15	15	16	17	18	19

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	94	6
2	94	6
3	94	6
4	94	6
5	94	6
6	94	6
7	93	7
8	93	7
9	93	7
10	92	8
11	92	8
12	91	9
13	91	9
14	90	10
15	90	10
16	90	10
17	89	11
18	89	11
19	88	12
20	88	12
21	88	12
22	87	13
23	87	13
24	86	14
25	86	14
26	85	15
27	85	15
28	84	16
29	83	17
30	82	18
31	81	19

Wind in August

Winds average 6 km/h in August.

Across August, daily wind ranges from about 6 km/h on the calmest days to 6 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	31
Wind speed (km/h)	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6
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	Wind speed (km/h)	Feels
1	6	calm
2	6	calm
3	6	calm
4	6	calm
5	6	calm
6	6	calm
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28	6	calm
29	6	calm
30	6	calm
31	6	calm

Sunrise & sunset in August

DaylightNight

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

Days grow by about 6 minutes over August. Sunrise moves from 6:10 AM to 6:03 AM, and sunset from 6:05 PM to 6:00 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	31
Daylight (h)	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	11.9	11.9	11.9	11.9	11.9	11.9	11.9	11.9	11.9	11.9	12.0	12.0	12.0	12.0	12.0	12.0	12.0	12.0
Sunrise (AM)	6:10	6:10	6:10	6:10	6:10	6:09	6:09	6:09	6:09	6:09	6:09	6:08	6:08	6:08	6:08	6:07	6:07	6:07	6:07	6:06	6:06	6:06	6:05	6:05	6:05	6:04	6:04	6:04	6:03	6:03	6:03
Sunset (PM)	6:05	6:05	6:05	6:05	6:05	6:05	6:05	6:05	6:05	6:05	6:04	6:04	6:04	6:04	6:04	6:04	6:04	6:03	6:03	6:03	6:03	6:03	6:02	6:02	6:02	6:02	6:01	6:01	6:01	6:01	6:00

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	11.9	6:10	6:05
2	11.9	6:10	6:05
3	11.9	6:10	6:05
4	11.9	6:10	6:05
5	11.9	6:10	6:05
6	11.9	6:09	6:05
7	11.9	6:09	6:05
8	11.9	6:09	6:05
9	11.9	6:09	6:05
10	11.9	6:09	6:05
11	11.9	6:09	6:04
12	11.9	6:08	6:04
13	11.9	6:08	6:04
14	11.9	6:08	6:04
15	11.9	6:08	6:04
16	11.9	6:07	6:04
17	11.9	6:07	6:04
18	11.9	6:07	6:03
19	11.9	6:07	6:03
20	11.9	6:06	6:03
21	11.9	6:06	6:03
22	11.9	6:06	6:03
23	11.9	6:05	6:02
24	12.0	6:05	6:02
25	12.0	6:05	6:02
26	12.0	6:04	6:02
27	12.0	6:04	6:01
28	12.0	6:04	6:01
29	12.0	6:03	6:01
30	12.0	6:03	6:01
31	12.0	6:03	6:00

Solar energy in August

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in August, about 5.05 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 4.65 kWh/m² to a high of 5.34 kWh/m² in February across the year — August's 5.05 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	31
Solar energy (kWh/m²)	4.8	4.9	4.9	4.9	4.9	4.9	4.9	4.9	4.9	5.0	5.0	5.0	5.0	5.0	5.1	5.1	5.1	5.1	5.1	5.1	5.2	5.2	5.2	5.2	5.2	5.2	5.2	5.2	5.2	5.2	5.2
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	Bright

	Solar energy (kWh/m²)	Level
1	4.8	Bright
2	4.9	Bright
3	4.9	Bright
4	4.9	Bright
5	4.9	Bright
6	4.9	Bright
7	4.9	Bright
8	4.9	Bright
9	4.9	Bright
10	5.0	Bright
11	5.0	Bright
12	5.0	Bright
13	5.0	Bright
14	5.0	Bright
15	5.1	Bright
16	5.1	Bright
17	5.1	Bright
18	5.1	Bright
19	5.1	Bright
20	5.1	Bright
21	5.2	Bright
22	5.2	Bright
23	5.2	Bright
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
31	5.2	Bright

Planning a trip in August

Hazard calendar for Ngororero

In seasonPeak

None of Ngororero's seasonal hazards are active in August. The full-year calendar below shows when the rainy season, cyclone risk and dust haze do peak.

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

Rainy season

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Mar

Apr

May

Jun

Jul

Aug

Sep

Oct

Nov

Dec

Is August a good time to visit Ngororero?

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

7.3

Sightseeing

2nd-best month of the year

5.7

Beach & pool

1st-best month of the year

August is one of the better times to visit Ngororero for general sightseeing.

What to pack for Ngororero in August

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

In August, Ngororero sees daytime highs around 23°C and nights near 14°C. Worth packing: light clothes and sun protection. About 6 days see rain.

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UV index in Ngororero in August

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in August peaks around 11 (very high — sun protection essential). The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Ngororero 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.

	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 Ngororero in August

GoodModeratePoorUnhealthyVery unhealthy

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

Air quality in Ngororero is worst in January — around 99 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)	99	98	88	82	80	95	91	87	83	81	86	93
Level	Unhealthy	Unhealthy	Unhealthy	Unhealthy	Unhealthy	Unhealthy	Unhealthy	Unhealthy	Unhealthy	Unhealthy	Unhealthy	Unhealthy

	PM2.5 (µg/m³)	Level
Jan	99	Unhealthy
Feb	98	Unhealthy
Mar	88	Unhealthy
Apr	82	Unhealthy
May	80	Unhealthy
Jun	95	Unhealthy
Jul	91	Unhealthy
Aug	87	Unhealthy
Sep	83	Unhealthy
Oct	81	Unhealthy
Nov	86	Unhealthy
Dec	93	Unhealthy

Location & terrain

Where is Ngororero?

Ngororero sits at 1.9°S, 29.6°E, 1,654 m above sea level, in Rwanda. The nearest listed city is Muhanga, 20 km away.

Topography around Ngororero

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Ngororero has large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 685 m around an average of 1,757 m above sea level; within 16 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,309 m; within 80 km, extreme variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 3,368 m.

The land around Ngororero is covered by grassland (39%) and cropland (29%) within 3 km, grassland (35%), cropland (32%) and trees (20%) within 16 km, and cropland (31%), trees (27%) and grassland (23%) within 80 km.

3 km

685 m

grassland 39%

16 km

1,309 m

grassland 35%

80 km

3,368 m

cropland 31%

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← July Ngororero year-round climate September →Best places to visit in August

August weather nearby: Muhanga 20 km · Gitarama 28 km · Mukamira 31 km · Kora 35 km · Busogo 35 km · Mukingo 37 km · Gitesi 37 km · Shyorongi 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

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 Ngororero (-1.8628°, 29.6254°, elevation 1,654 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	23	14
2	23	14
3	23	14
4	23	14
5	23	14
6	23	14
7	23	14
8	23	14
9	23	14
10	23	14
11	23	14
12	23	14
13	23	14
14	23	14
15	23	14
16	23	14
17	23	14
18	23	14
19	23	14
20	23	14
21	23	14
22	23	14
23	23	14
24	23	14
25	23	14
26	23	14
27	23	14
28	23	14
29	23	14
30	23	14
31	23	14

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	34	66
2	34	66
3	34	66
4	34	66
5	33	67
6	33	67
7	33	67
8	34	66
9	35	65
10	35	65
11	36	64
12	36	64
13	37	63
14	37	63
15	38	62
16	38	62
17	38	62
18	38	62
19	38	62
20	37	63
21	37	63
22	37	63
23	36	64
24	35	65
25	35	65
26	34	66
27	32	68
28	32	68
29	32	68
30	31	69
31	30	70

	Rain chance (%)
1	10
2	10
3	11
4	11
5	12
6	12
7	13
8	14
9	14
10	15
11	16
12	17
13	18
14	19
15	20
16	20
17	21
18	22
19	22
20	23
21	23
22	24
23	24
24	25
25	25
26	26
27	27
28	28
29	29
30	29
31	30

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	94	6
2	94	6
3	94	6
4	94	6
5	94	6
6	94	6
7	93	7
8	93	7
9	93	7
10	92	8
11	92	8
12	91	9
13	91	9
14	90	10
15	90	10
16	90	10
17	89	11
18	89	11
19	88	12
20	88	12
21	88	12
22	87	13
23	87	13
24	86	14
25	86	14
26	85	15
27	85	15
28	84	16
29	83	17
30	82	18
31	81	19

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	23	14
2	23	14
3	23	14
4	23	14
5	23	14
6	23	14
7	23	14
8	23	14
9	23	14
10	23	14
11	23	14
12	23	14
13	23	14
14	23	14
15	23	14
16	23	14
17	23	14
18	23	14
19	23	14
20	23	14
21	23	14
22	23	14
23	23	14
24	23	14
25	23	14
26	23	14
27	23	14
28	23	14
29	23	14
30	23	14
31	23	14

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	34	66
2	34	66
3	34	66
4	34	66
5	33	67
6	33	67
7	33	67
8	34	66
9	35	65
10	35	65
11	36	64
12	36	64
13	37	63
14	37	63
15	38	62
16	38	62
17	38	62
18	38	62
19	38	62
20	37	63
21	37	63
22	37	63
23	36	64
24	35	65
25	35	65
26	34	66
27	32	68
28	32	68
29	32	68
30	31	69
31	30	70

	Rain chance (%)
1	10
2	10
3	11
4	11
5	12
6	12
7	13
8	14
9	14
10	15
11	16
12	17
13	18
14	19
15	20
16	20
17	21
18	22
19	22
20	23
21	23
22	24
23	24
24	25
25	25
26	26
27	27
28	28
29	29
30	29
31	30

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	94	6
2	94	6
3	94	6
4	94	6
5	94	6
6	94	6
7	93	7
8	93	7
9	93	7
10	92	8
11	92	8
12	91	9
13	91	9
14	90	10
15	90	10
16	90	10
17	89	11
18	89	11
19	88	12
20	88	12
21	88	12
22	87	13
23	87	13
24	86	14
25	86	14
26	85	15
27	85	15
28	84	16
29	83	17
30	82	18
31	81	19

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	23	14
2	23	14
3	23	14
4	23	14
5	23	14
6	23	14
7	23	14
8	23	14
9	23	14
10	23	14
11	23	14
12	23	14
13	23	14
14	23	14
15	23	14
16	23	14
17	23	14
18	23	14
19	23	14
20	23	14
21	23	14
22	23	14
23	23	14
24	23	14
25	23	14
26	23	14
27	23	14
28	23	14
29	23	14
30	23	14
31	23	14

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	34	66
2	34	66
3	34	66
4	34	66
5	33	67
6	33	67
7	33	67
8	34	66
9	35	65
10	35	65
11	36	64
12	36	64
13	37	63
14	37	63
15	38	62
16	38	62
17	38	62
18	38	62
19	38	62
20	37	63
21	37	63
22	37	63
23	36	64
24	35	65
25	35	65
26	34	66
27	32	68
28	32	68
29	32	68
30	31	69
31	30	70

	Rain chance (%)
1	10
2	10
3	11
4	11
5	12
6	12
7	13
8	14
9	14
10	15
11	16
12	17
13	18
14	19
15	20
16	20
17	21
18	22
19	22
20	23
21	23
22	24
23	24
24	25
25	25
26	26
27	27
28	28
29	29
30	29
31	30

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	94	6
2	94	6
3	94	6
4	94	6
5	94	6
6	94	6
7	93	7
8	93	7
9	93	7
10	92	8
11	92	8
12	91	9
13	91	9
14	90	10
15	90	10
16	90	10
17	89	11
18	89	11
19	88	12
20	88	12
21	88	12
22	87	13
23	87	13
24	86	14
25	86	14
26	85	15
27	85	15
28	84	16
29	83	17
30	82	18
31	81	19