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Travel guide > Africa > Climate and weather of Rwanda
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Rwanda has an equatorial climate with two rainy seasons and two dry seasons.
Temperatures are mild throughout the year (23° during the daytime and 18° at night on the plateau and 16° during the daytime in the mountains). Rains range from 700 mm per year in the east to 2 500 mm per year in the west.
First rainy season (March to May) and second rainy season (September to November)
Temperatures are stable (23° on the plateau, 16° in the mountains). Heavy showers fall almost every day (hey are more intense in the west than in the east).
First dry season (December to February) and second dry season (June,to August)
Temperatures are constant (23° on the plateau, 16° in the mountains) except in the northeast where they reach 30° in July and August. Rainfall is moderate.
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The climate of Rwanda is pleasant during the following months :
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Average temperatures and rainfall
 Kigali (Capital of Rwanda)
| Temp |
January |
February |
March |
April |
May |
June |
max |
24° |
24° |
24° |
23° |
24° |
24° |
min |
19° |
19° |
19° |
19° |
19° |
19° |
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July |
August |
September |
October |
November |
December |
max |
25° |
26° |
26° |
24° |
23° |
24° |
min |
19° |
20° |
19° |
19° |
19° |
19° |
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| Rain |
January |
February |
March |
April |
May |
June |
mm |
70 |
100 |
100 |
180 |
90 |
20 |
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| Rain |
July |
August |
September |
October |
November |
December |
mm |
10 |
30 |
80 |
100 |
130 |
100 |
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Weather data (temperatures and precipitation) for Rwanda are derived from monthly averages established over the last twenty years.
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Rwanda, a country located in Eastern Africa, is bordered by Burundi to the south, by the Democratic Republic of the Congo to the west, by Uganda to the north and by Tanzania to the east.
Capital: Kigali
Area: 26 000 km²
Population: 12 500 000 inhabitants
Languages: Kinyarwanda, French, English
Currency: Rwandan franc
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