Ngororero climate — normals and trends
Ngororero (Rwanda) has a subtropical highland, dry winter climate (Cwb) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 17.2 °C and it receives 1,445 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 (18.0 °C on average) and the coldest is November (16.6 °C). Rainfall peaks in March.
Ngororero averages 0 frost days, 0 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 212 rainy days per year.
Ngororero has warmed by +1.5 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.18 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The hottest day of the period reached 29.0 °C (on 22 February 2005) and the coldest 7.6 °C (on 14 December 1966).
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
NgororeroWestern Province
- coords
- -1.86°, 29.63°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
17.2°C
Average daily high
22.0°C
Average daily low
12.9°C
Annual rainfall
1,445mm
Sunshine / day
9.9h
Mean relative humidity
74%
Average peak wind
10.8km/h
Seasonal range
1.4°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
0 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
0 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
212 d/yr
Annual snowfall
0.0 cm
Average feels-like high
22.5 °C
Average feels-like low
12.8 °C
Average peak gust
33.1 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
0 d/yr
Solar radiation
17.8 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+1.5 °C
since 1940
+0.2 °C per decade · r² = 0.58 · 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
29.0 °C
22 February 2005
Coldest day
7.6 °C
14 December 1966
Wettest day
103 mm
2 March 2020
Windiest day
20.4 km/h
20 August 1967
Strongest gust
73.8 km/h
30 August 1954
Hottest feels-like
30.1 °C
20 February 1973
Coldest feels-like
6.0 °C
14 December 1966
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 | 23.1 °C | +1.1 °C | 135 mm | -50 mm |
| Feb | 24.1 °C | +1.7 °C | 86 mm | -102 mm |
| Mar | 23.1 °C | +0.9 °C | 163 mm | -36 mm |
| Apr | 22.3 °C | +0.8 °C | 163 mm | -15 mm |
| May | 21.6 °C | +0.5 °C | 96 mm | -10 mm |
| Jun | 21.6 °C | +0.2 °C | 44 mm | +24 mm |
| Jul | 22.3 °C | +0.2 °C | 6 mm | -3 mm |
| Aug | 22.6 °C | -0.3 °C | 33 mm | +6 mm |
| Sep | 23.6 °C | +0.9 °C | 36 mm | -38 mm |
| Oct | 22.2 °C | +0.1 °C | 183 mm | +56 mm |
| Nov | 22.1 °C | +0.7 °C | 87 mm | -75 mm |
| Dec | 21.6 °C | 0.0 °C | 192 mm | +22 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Ngororero?
Ngororero has a subtropical highland, dry winter climate (Köppen Cwb). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 17.2 °C and it receives 1,445 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Ngororero?
The hottest day measured in Ngororero between 1940 and 2025 was 22 February 2005, reaching 29.0 °C.
What is the coldest day in Ngororero?
The coldest day measured in Ngororero between 1940 and 2025 was 14 December 1966, at 7.6 °C.
Does it snow in Ngororero?
Almost never: Ngororero sees virtually no snow, with about 0 frost days per year.
Has the climate of Ngororero warmed?
Yes: Ngororero warmed by +1.5 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Ngororero?
The wettest day measured in Ngororero between 1940 and 2025 was 2 March 2020, with 103 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Ngororero?
The windiest day measured in Ngororero between 1940 and 2025 was 20 August 1967, with winds reaching 20.4 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Ngororero?
The warmest month in Ngororero is August (18.0 °C on average); the coldest is November (16.6 °C).
How much does it rain in Ngororero?
Ngororero receives on average 1,445 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 212 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Ngororero?
Ngororero gets on average 9.9 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,614 hours per year over 1940-2025.
Are there tropical nights in Ngororero?
Almost never: tropical nights (temperature staying above 20 °C) are virtually non-existent in Ngororero.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Ngororero?
In Ngororero, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 30.1 °C on 20 February 1973, and the lowest was 6.0 °C on 14 December 1966.
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