Mugina climate — normals and trends
Mugina (Rwanda) has a tropical savanna climate (Aw) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 19.6 °C and it receives 1,060 mm of precipitation per year.
These figures are normals computed over 86 complete calendar years, from 1940 to 2025, using ERA5 reanalysis data from the Copernicus programme.
The warmest month is August (20.7 °C on average) and the coldest is November (18.9 °C). Rainfall peaks in April.
Mugina averages 0 frost days, 1 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 186 rainy days per year.
Mugina has warmed by +1.6 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.18 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The hottest day of the period reached 32.6 °C (on 23 February 2005) and the coldest 8.4 °C (on 1 July 1972).
Data from ERA5 reanalysis (Copernicus Climate Change Service), redistributed under a CC-BY 4.0 licence. Normals are recomputed whenever the archive is updated.
Climate normals · ERA5
MuginaSouthern Province
- coords
- -2.11°, 29.94°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
19.6°C
Average daily high
25.0°C
Average daily low
14.7°C
Annual rainfall
1,060mm
Sunshine / day
10.4h
Mean relative humidity
72%
Average peak wind
10.3km/h
Seasonal range
1.8°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
0 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
1 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
186 d/yr
Annual snowfall
0.0 cm
Average feels-like high
26.3 °C
Average feels-like low
15.0 °C
Average peak gust
29.1 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
0 d/yr
Solar radiation
18.9 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+1.6 °C
since 1940
+0.2 °C per decade · r² = 0.53 · p = < 0.001
Trend fitted by linear regression (ordinary least squares) on annual means. A trend is shown only when it is statistically significant (p < 0.05).
A climograph overlays rainfall (bars) and temperature (line): the standard reading in climatology, where you can see at a glance whether the warm season is also the dry one.
Records for the period
Hottest day
32.6 °C
23 February 2005
Coldest day
8.4 °C
1 July 1972
Wettest day
76 mm
19 April 2020
Windiest day
20.6 km/h
5 October 2014
Strongest gust
50.8 km/h
17 October 2005
Hottest feels-like
33.6 °C
20 February 1973
Coldest feels-like
6.8 °C
1 July 1972
Sunniest day
12.0 h
2 January 1940
Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.
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Across the whole year
Month by month
| High | vs. normal | Precipitation | vs. normal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 26.0 °C | +1.0 °C | 84 mm | -5 mm |
| Feb | 27.2 °C | +1.7 °C | 25 mm | -74 mm |
| Mar | 26.2 °C | +1.1 °C | 127 mm | -3 mm |
| Apr | 25.0 °C | +0.7 °C | 179 mm | +18 mm |
| May | 24.4 °C | +0.4 °C | 114 mm | +6 mm |
| Jun | 24.8 °C | +0.3 °C | 22 mm | +8 mm |
| Jul | 25.6 °C | +0.2 °C | 1 mm | -3 mm |
| Aug | 25.8 °C | -0.4 °C | 34 mm | +13 mm |
| Sep | 27.1 °C | +1.1 °C | 24 mm | -38 mm |
| Oct | 25.5 °C | +0.2 °C | 173 mm | +54 mm |
| Nov | 25.0 °C | +0.7 °C | 71 mm | -74 mm |
| Dec | 24.5 °C | +0.1 °C | 84 mm | -24 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Mugina?
Mugina has a tropical savanna climate (Köppen Aw). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 19.6 °C and it receives 1,060 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Mugina?
The hottest day measured in Mugina between 1940 and 2025 was 23 February 2005, reaching 32.6 °C.
What is the coldest day in Mugina?
The coldest day measured in Mugina between 1940 and 2025 was 1 July 1972, at 8.4 °C.
Does it snow in Mugina?
Almost never: Mugina sees virtually no snow, with about 0 frost days per year.
Has the climate of Mugina warmed?
Yes: Mugina warmed by +1.6 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Mugina?
The wettest day measured in Mugina between 1940 and 2025 was 19 April 2020, with 76 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Mugina?
The windiest day measured in Mugina between 1940 and 2025 was 5 October 2014, with winds reaching 20.6 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Mugina?
The warmest month in Mugina is August (20.7 °C on average); the coldest is November (18.9 °C).
How much does it rain in Mugina?
Mugina receives on average 1,060 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 186 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Mugina?
Mugina gets on average 10.4 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,796 hours per year over 1940-2025.
Are there tropical nights in Mugina?
Almost never: tropical nights (temperature staying above 20 °C) are virtually non-existent in Mugina.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Mugina?
In Mugina, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 33.6 °C on 20 February 1973, and the lowest was 6.8 °C on 1 July 1972.
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