Rangiro weather in September

In September, Rangiro sees average daytime highs of 23°C and overnight lows near 13°C, with 164 mm of rain across 13.9 wet days and about 12 hours of daylight. It is the 1st-warmest and 9th-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 5% of the time in September, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 12 hours at the start of September to 12 hours by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, September is Rangiro's 4th-clearest and 6th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Rangiro's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 23°; 1st warmest
Overnight low: 13°; 10th coldest
Rainfall: 164 mm; 13.9 wet days
Daylight: 12 hours; 5:58 AM – 5:57 PM
Cloud cover: 77%; 4th clearest
Wind: 5 km/h; 6th windiest
Solar energy: 5.61 kWh/m²
Travel score: 5.9; out of 10

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Temperature in September

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

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

A typical September day in Rangiro reaches about 23°C in the afternoon and slips back to 13°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, September runs on par with August and on par with October.

	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)	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)	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	23	13
2	23	13
3	23	13
4	23	13
5	23	13
6	23	13
7	23	13
8	23	13
9	23	13
10	23	13
11	23	13
12	23	13
13	23	13
14	23	13
15	23	13
16	23	13
17	23	13
18	23	13
19	23	13
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

Rangiro weather by month

How September compares with the rest of the year at a glance. September is the 1st-warmest and 9th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

Month	High / Low (°C)	Rainfall (mm)	Wet days	Daylight (hours)	Travel score
Jan	22° / 13°	344	27.2	12.1	3.9
Feb	22° / 13°	289	23.7	12.1	4.0
Mar	22° / 13°	457	27.7	12	3.8
Apr	22° / 14°	602	26.9	11.9	3.7
May	22° / 13°	274	19.1	11.9	5.1
Jun	22° / 12°	56	6.4	11.9	6.9
Jul	22° / 12°	18	2.4	11.9	7.6
Aug	23° / 13°	60	5.9	11.9	7.2
Sep	23° / 13°	164	13.9	12	5.9
Oct	22° / 14°	413	24.2	12.1	4.3
Nov	22° / 13°	528	27	12.1	3.7
Dec	22° / 13°	430	27.8	12.1	3.7

Cloud cover in September

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

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

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 14% of September, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 81%.

	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 (%)	26	25	24	24	24	23	23	21	21	21	20	20	19	19	18	18	18	17	17	17	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	14
Cloudier (%)	74	75	76	76	76	77	77	79	79	79	80	80	81	81	82	82	82	83	83	83	84	84	84	84	84	84	84	84	84	86

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	26	74
2	25	75
3	24	76
4	24	76
5	24	76
6	23	77
7	23	77
8	21	79
9	21	79
10	21	79
11	20	80
12	20	80
13	19	81
14	19	81
15	18	82
16	18	82
17	18	82
18	17	83
19	17	83
20	17	83
21	16	84
22	16	84
23	16	84
24	16	84
25	16	84
26	16	84
27	16	84
28	16	84
29	16	84
30	14	86

Chance of precipitation in September

Any precipitation

Rangiro gets around 164 mm of rain over 13.9 wet days in September. The line is the day-by-day chance of measurable precipitation.

Day to day, the chance of measurable rain averages around 47% and peaks near 63% 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
Rain chance (%)	34	35	37	38	39	40	41	41	42	43	43	44	44	44	45	45	45	46	46	47	49	50	52	54	55	57	58	60	62	63

	Rain chance (%)
1	34
2	35
3	37
4	38
5	39
6	40
7	41
8	41
9	42
10	43
11	43
12	44
13	44
14	44
15	45
16	45
17	45
18	46
19	46
20	47
21	49
22	50
23	52
24	54
25	55
26	57
27	58
28	60
29	62
30	63

Humidity in September

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

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

By dew point, September lands in the dry band about 66% 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 (%)	78	77	76	75	74	73	72	71	70	69	69	68	68	67	67	67	66	66	65	65	64	62	61	60	58	57	56	54	52	50
Comfortable (%)	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31	31	32	32	33	33	33	34	34	35	35	36	38	39	40	42	43	44	46	47	49
Humid (%)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)
1	78	22	0
2	77	23	0
3	76	24	0
4	75	25	0
5	74	26	0
6	73	27	0
7	72	28	0
8	71	29	0
9	70	30	0
10	69	31	0
11	69	31	0
12	68	32	0
13	68	32	0
14	67	33	0
15	67	33	0
16	67	33	0
17	66	34	0
18	66	34	0
19	65	35	0
20	65	35	0
21	64	36	0
22	62	38	0
23	61	39	0
24	60	40	0
25	58	42	0
26	57	43	0
27	56	44	0
28	54	46	0
29	52	47	1
30	50	49	1

Wind in September

Winds average 5 km/h in September.

Across September, 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.

	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)	6	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
1	6	calm
2	5	calm
3	5	calm
4	5	calm
5	5	calm
6	5	calm
7	5	calm
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16	5	calm
17	5	calm
18	5	calm
19	5	calm
20	5	calm
21	5	calm
22	5	calm
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24	5	calm
25	5	calm
26	5	calm
27	5	calm
28	5	calm
29	5	calm
30	5	calm

Sunrise & sunset in September

DaylightNight

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

Days grow by about 0 minutes over September. Sunrise moves from 6:04 AM to 5:52 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	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
Sunrise (AM)	6:04	6:04	6:04	6:03	6:03	6:02	6:02	6:02	6:01	6:01	6:00	6:00	5:59	5:59	5:59	5:58	5:58	5:57	5:57	5:56	5:56	5:55	5:55	5:55	5:54	5:54	5:53	5:53	5:53	5:52
Sunset (PM)	6:02	6:01	6:01	6:01	6:01	6:00	6:00	6:00	5:59	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	5:53	5:53

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	12.0	6:04	6:02
2	12.0	6:04	6:01
3	12.0	6:04	6:01
4	12.0	6:03	6:01
5	12.0	6:03	6:01
6	12.0	6:02	6:00
7	12.0	6:02	6:00
8	12.0	6:02	6:00
9	12.0	6:01	5:59
10	12.0	6:01	5:59
11	12.0	6:00	5:59
12	12.0	6:00	5:59
13	12.0	5:59	5:58
14	12.0	5:59	5:58
15	12.0	5:59	5:58
16	12.0	5:58	5:57
17	12.0	5:58	5:57
18	12.0	5:57	5:57
19	12.0	5:57	5:56
20	12.0	5:56	5:56
21	12.0	5:56	5:56
22	12.0	5:55	5:55
23	12.0	5:55	5:55
24	12.0	5:55	5:55
25	12.0	5:54	5:55
26	12.0	5:54	5:54
27	12.0	5:53	5:54
28	12.0	5:53	5:54
29	12.0	5:53	5:53
30	12.0	5:52	5:53

Solar energy in September

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in September, about 5.61 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 4.96 kWh/m² to a high of 5.65 kWh/m² in February across the year — September's 5.61 kWh/m² sits near the top of that range.

	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)	5.5	5.5	5.5	5.5	5.5	5.5	5.5	5.5	5.5	5.5	5.5	5.6	5.6	5.6	5.6	5.6	5.7	5.7	5.7	5.7	5.7	5.7	5.7	5.7	5.7	5.7	5.6	5.6	5.6	5.6
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	5.5	Bright
2	5.5	Bright
3	5.5	Bright
4	5.5	Bright
5	5.5	Bright
6	5.5	Bright
7	5.5	Bright
8	5.5	Bright
9	5.5	Bright
10	5.5	Bright
11	5.5	Bright
12	5.6	Bright
13	5.6	Bright
14	5.6	Bright
15	5.6	Bright
16	5.6	Bright
17	5.7	Bright
18	5.7	Bright
19	5.7	Bright
20	5.7	Bright
21	5.7	Bright
22	5.7	Bright
23	5.7	Bright
24	5.7	Bright
25	5.7	Bright
26	5.7	Bright
27	5.6	Bright
28	5.6	Bright
29	5.6	Bright
30	5.6	Bright

Planning a trip in September

Is September a good time to visit Rangiro?

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

5.9

Sightseeing

4th-best month of the year

4.5

Beach & pool

4th-best month of the year

September is a reasonable time to visit Rangiro for sightseeing.

What to pack for Rangiro in September

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

In September, Rangiro sees daytime highs around 23°C and nights near 13°C. Pack rain gear. Worth having: light clothes and sun protection. About 14 days see rain.

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UV index in Rangiro in September

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in September peaks around 14 (very high — sun protection essential). The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Rangiro peaks around March 20 at about 16 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near June 23 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	14	16	15	12	10	10	10	14	14	13	12
Level	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme

	UV index (midday)	Level
Jan	11	Extreme
Feb	14	Extreme
Mar	16	Extreme
Apr	15	Extreme
May	12	Extreme
Jun	10	Extreme
Jul	10	Extreme
Aug	10	Extreme
Sep	14	Extreme
Oct	14	Extreme
Nov	13	Extreme
Dec	12	Extreme

Air quality in Rangiro in September

GoodModeratePoorUnhealthyVery unhealthy

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

Air quality in Rangiro is worst in February — around 73 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)	72	73	65	59	61	71	69	73	70	65	65	69
Level	Unhealthy	Unhealthy	Unhealthy	Unhealthy	Unhealthy	Unhealthy	Unhealthy	Unhealthy	Unhealthy	Unhealthy	Unhealthy	Unhealthy

	PM2.5 (µg/m³)	Level
Jan	72	Unhealthy
Feb	73	Unhealthy
Mar	65	Unhealthy
Apr	59	Unhealthy
May	61	Unhealthy
Jun	71	Unhealthy
Jul	69	Unhealthy
Aug	73	Unhealthy
Sep	70	Unhealthy
Oct	65	Unhealthy
Nov	65	Unhealthy
Dec	69	Unhealthy

Location & terrain

Where is Rangiro?

Rangiro sits at 2.4°S, 29.2°E, 1,753 m above sea level, in Rwanda. The nearest listed city is Cyato, 4.0 km away.

Topography around Rangiro

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Rangiro has large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 636 m around an average of 1,767 m above sea level; within 16 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,483 m; within 80 km, extreme variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 2,665 m.

The land around Rangiro is covered by trees (60%) within 3 km, trees (59%) within 16 km, and grassland (37%) and trees (27%) within 80 km.

3 km

636 m

trees 60%

16 km

1,483 m

trees 59%

80 km

2,665 m

grassland 37%

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← August Rangiro year-round climate October →Best places to visit in September

September weather nearby: Cyato 4.0 km · Bushekeri 8.0 km · Kirambo 10 km · Kagano 10 km · Macuba 13 km · Karambi 13 km · Nyabitekeli 16 km · Kirimbi 16 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 Rangiro (-2.4045°, 29.1606°, elevation 1,753 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	13
2	23	13
3	23	13
4	23	13
5	23	13
6	23	13
7	23	13
8	23	13
9	23	13
10	23	13
11	23	13
12	23	13
13	23	13
14	23	13
15	23	13
16	23	13
17	23	13
18	23	13
19	23	13
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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	26	74
2	25	75
3	24	76
4	24	76
5	24	76
6	23	77
7	23	77
8	21	79
9	21	79
10	21	79
11	20	80
12	20	80
13	19	81
14	19	81
15	18	82
16	18	82
17	18	82
18	17	83
19	17	83
20	17	83
21	16	84
22	16	84
23	16	84
24	16	84
25	16	84
26	16	84
27	16	84
28	16	84
29	16	84
30	14	86

	Rain chance (%)
1	34
2	35
3	37
4	38
5	39
6	40
7	41
8	41
9	42
10	43
11	43
12	44
13	44
14	44
15	45
16	45
17	45
18	46
19	46
20	47
21	49
22	50
23	52
24	54
25	55
26	57
27	58
28	60
29	62
30	63

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)
1	78	22	0
2	77	23	0
3	76	24	0
4	75	25	0
5	74	26	0
6	73	27	0
7	72	28	0
8	71	29	0
9	70	30	0
10	69	31	0
11	69	31	0
12	68	32	0
13	68	32	0
14	67	33	0
15	67	33	0
16	67	33	0
17	66	34	0
18	66	34	0
19	65	35	0
20	65	35	0
21	64	36	0
22	62	38	0
23	61	39	0
24	60	40	0
25	58	42	0
26	57	43	0
27	56	44	0
28	54	46	0
29	52	47	1
30	50	49	1

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	23	13
2	23	13
3	23	13
4	23	13
5	23	13
6	23	13
7	23	13
8	23	13
9	23	13
10	23	13
11	23	13
12	23	13
13	23	13
14	23	13
15	23	13
16	23	13
17	23	13
18	23	13
19	23	13
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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	26	74
2	25	75
3	24	76
4	24	76
5	24	76
6	23	77
7	23	77
8	21	79
9	21	79
10	21	79
11	20	80
12	20	80
13	19	81
14	19	81
15	18	82
16	18	82
17	18	82
18	17	83
19	17	83
20	17	83
21	16	84
22	16	84
23	16	84
24	16	84
25	16	84
26	16	84
27	16	84
28	16	84
29	16	84
30	14	86

	Rain chance (%)
1	34
2	35
3	37
4	38
5	39
6	40
7	41
8	41
9	42
10	43
11	43
12	44
13	44
14	44
15	45
16	45
17	45
18	46
19	46
20	47
21	49
22	50
23	52
24	54
25	55
26	57
27	58
28	60
29	62
30	63

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)
1	78	22	0
2	77	23	0
3	76	24	0
4	75	25	0
5	74	26	0
6	73	27	0
7	72	28	0
8	71	29	0
9	70	30	0
10	69	31	0
11	69	31	0
12	68	32	0
13	68	32	0
14	67	33	0
15	67	33	0
16	67	33	0
17	66	34	0
18	66	34	0
19	65	35	0
20	65	35	0
21	64	36	0
22	62	38	0
23	61	39	0
24	60	40	0
25	58	42	0
26	57	43	0
27	56	44	0
28	54	46	0
29	52	47	1
30	50	49	1

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	23	13
2	23	13
3	23	13
4	23	13
5	23	13
6	23	13
7	23	13
8	23	13
9	23	13
10	23	13
11	23	13
12	23	13
13	23	13
14	23	13
15	23	13
16	23	13
17	23	13
18	23	13
19	23	13
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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	26	74
2	25	75
3	24	76
4	24	76
5	24	76
6	23	77
7	23	77
8	21	79
9	21	79
10	21	79
11	20	80
12	20	80
13	19	81
14	19	81
15	18	82
16	18	82
17	18	82
18	17	83
19	17	83
20	17	83
21	16	84
22	16	84
23	16	84
24	16	84
25	16	84
26	16	84
27	16	84
28	16	84
29	16	84
30	14	86

	Rain chance (%)
1	34
2	35
3	37
4	38
5	39
6	40
7	41
8	41
9	42
10	43
11	43
12	44
13	44
14	44
15	45
16	45
17	45
18	46
19	46
20	47
21	49
22	50
23	52
24	54
25	55
26	57
27	58
28	60
29	62
30	63

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)
1	78	22	0
2	77	23	0
3	76	24	0
4	75	25	0
5	74	26	0
6	73	27	0
7	72	28	0
8	71	29	0
9	70	30	0
10	69	31	0
11	69	31	0
12	68	32	0
13	68	32	0
14	67	33	0
15	67	33	0
16	67	33	0
17	66	34	0
18	66	34	0
19	65	35	0
20	65	35	0
21	64	36	0
22	62	38	0
23	61	39	0
24	60	40	0
25	58	42	0
26	57	43	0
27	56	44	0
28	54	46	0
29	52	47	1
30	50	49	1