Shyorongi weather in January

In January, Shyorongi sees average daytime highs of 24°C and overnight lows near 14°C, with 123 mm of rain across 17.1 wet days and about 12.1 hours of daylight. It is the 4th-warmest and 6th-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 24°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 6% of the time in January, and the air most often feels comfortable.

Daylight stretches from about 12 h 06 min at the start of January to 12 h 06 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, January is Shyorongi's 7th-clearest and 8th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Shyorongi's year-round climate.

Daytime high
24°
4th warmest
Overnight low
14°
3rd coldest
Rainfall
123 mm
17.1 wet days
Daylight
12 h 06 min
6:07 AM – 6:12 PM
Cloud cover
76%
7th clearest
Wind
5 km/h
8th windiest
Solar energy
5.44 kWh/m²
Travel score
5.6
out of 10

Shyorongi is town and Sector in Northern Province, Rwanda.

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

Temperature in January

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 24°C through the month.

A typical January day in Shyorongi reaches about 24°C in the afternoon and slips back to 14°C overnight — a 10°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 22°C and 26°C. Set against its neighbours, January runs on par with December and on par with February.

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Avg high (°C)Avg low (°C)
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Shyorongi weather by month

How January compares with the rest of the year at a glance. January is the 4th-warmest and 6th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan24° / 14°12317.112.15.6
Feb25° / 14°1181612.15.4
Mar24° / 14°15423.4124.7
Apr23° / 15°15825.8124.1
May23° / 15°9417.211.95.6
Jun23° / 15°183.311.97.6
Jul24° / 14°6111.98.1
Aug25° / 15°325.211.97.3
Sep25° / 15°7011.7126.3
Oct24° / 15°14219.9125.2
Nov23° / 14°16223.712.14.4
Dec24° / 14°13420.212.15.2

Cloud cover in January

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 6% of the time in January.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 15% of January, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 79%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
12278
22278
32179
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62179
72179
82080
91981
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Chance of precipitation in January

Any precipitation

Shyorongi gets around 123 mm of rain over 17.1 wet days in January. The line is the day-by-day chance of measurable precipitation.

Day to day, the chance of measurable rain averages around 56% and peaks near 58% on the wettest days.

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Rain chance (%)
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257
357
457
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1857
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2851
2951
3051
3151

Humidity in January

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

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

By dew point, January lands in the comfortable band about 74% of days. It rarely turns muggy — the humid and sticky bands barely register.

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Dry (%)Comfortable (%)Humid (%)
177617
277617
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31176815

Wind in January

Winds average 5 km/h in January.

Across January, 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.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
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Sunrise & sunset in January

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 12 h 06 min at the start of January 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 January. Sunrise moves from 6:00 AM to 6:11 AM, and sunset from 6:06 PM to 6:16 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
112.16:006:06
212.16:016:07
312.16:016:07
412.16:026:08
512.16:026:08
612.16:026:09
712.16:036:09
812.16:036:09
912.16:046:10
1012.16:046:10
1112.16:056:11
1212.16:056:11
1312.16:056:11
1412.16:066:12
1512.16:066:12
1612.16:076:12
1712.16:076:13
1812.16:076:13
1912.16:086:13
2012.16:086:14
2112.16:086:14
2212.16:096:14
2312.16:096:14
2412.16:096:15
2512.16:106:15
2612.16:106:15
2712.16:106:15
2812.16:106:15
2912.16:116:16
3012.16:116:16
3112.16:116:16

Solar energy in January

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in January, about 5.44 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 4.83 kWh/m² to a high of 5.67 kWh/m² in February across the year — January's 5.44 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
15.3Bright
25.3Bright
35.3Bright
45.3Bright
55.3Bright
65.3Bright
75.3Bright
85.3Bright
95.3Bright
105.3Bright
115.3Bright
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315.6Bright
Planning a trip in January

Is January a good time to visit Shyorongi?

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

5.6
Sightseeing
5th-best month of the year
4.8
Beach & pool
5th-best month of the year

January is a reasonable time to visit Shyorongi for sightseeing.

What to pack for Shyorongi in January

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

In January, Shyorongi sees daytime highs around 24°C and nights near 14°C. Pack rain gear. Worth having: light clothes and sun protection. About 17 days see rain.

rain gearlight clothessun protection

UV index in Shyorongi in January

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in January 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 Shyorongi 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

Air quality in Shyorongi in January

GoodModeratePoorUnhealthyVery unhealthy

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

Air quality in Shyorongi 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).

0306090120JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecUnhealthyJan 2299 µg/m³May 1181 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan99Unhealthy
Feb98Unhealthy
Mar88Unhealthy
Apr82Unhealthy
May80Unhealthy
Jun95Unhealthy
Jul91Unhealthy
Aug87Unhealthy
Sep83Unhealthy
Oct81Unhealthy
Nov86Unhealthy
Dec93Unhealthy
Location & terrain

Where is Shyorongi?

Shyorongi sits at 1.9°S, 30.0°E, 1,937 m above sea level, in Rwanda. The nearest listed city is Kamuhanda / Ruyenzi, 13 km away.

KigaliNderaMuginaByumbaGitaramaMuhangaNgororero

Topography around Shyorongi

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Shyorongi has large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 690 m around an average of 1,724 m above sea level; within 16 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 923 m; within 80 km, extreme variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 3,181 m.

The land around Shyorongi is covered by grassland (40%) and cropland (27%) within 3 km, grassland (31%), cropland (29%) and trees (22%) within 16 km, and cropland (42%), trees (23%) and grassland (21%) within 80 km.

3 km
690 m
16 km
923 m
80 km
3,181 m
treesshrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaceswaterwetland
January weather nearby: Kamuhanda / Ruyenzi 13 km · Kigali 15 km · Ndera 25 km · Mugina 28 km · Byumba 33 km · Gitarama 33 km · Muhanga 34 km · Ngororero 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
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 Shyorongi (-1.8544°, 29.9624°, elevation 1,937 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).