Rangiro climate — normals and trends
Rangiro has a subtropical highland, dry winter climate, averaging 16.8 °C annually with 3,879 mm of rain per year.
Climate normals · ERA5
RangiroWestern Province
- coords
- -2.40°, 29.16°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
The normals for this period
The average of every indicator across the whole window: temperature, water, sky, wind and notable days.
Mean daily temperature
16.8°C
Average daily high
21.7°C
Average daily low
12.8°C
Annual rainfall
3,879mm
Sunshine / day
10.3h
Mean relative humidity
77%
Average peak wind
8.6km/h
Seasonal range
1.0°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
0 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
0 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
243 d/yr
Annual snowfall
0.0 cm
Average feels-like high
23.4 °C
Average feels-like low
12.5 °C
Average peak gust
30.4 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
0 d/yr
Solar radiation
18.6 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
What the yearly averages say about warming here, and whether the slope is statistically solid.
+1.5 °C
since 1940
+0.2 °C per decade · r² = 0.62 · 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).
Climate month by month
How an average year unfolds: when it rains, when it turns hot, when the sun is out.
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
The most extreme days ever measured here, then the year-by-year detail.
Hottest day
29.0 °C
25 September 1997
Coldest day
6.9 °C
30 July 1975
Wettest day
240 mm
18 April 2016
Windiest day
23.1 km/h
22 October 2018
Strongest gust
57.2 km/h
22 October 2018
Hottest feels-like
32.4 °C
7 April 1969
Coldest feels-like
4.1 °C
6 July 1953
Sunniest day
12.0 h
2 January 1940
Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.
A specific year
Pick a year and compare it with the normal: warmer, drier, more extreme?
Across the whole year
Month by month
| High | vs. normal | Precipitation | vs. normal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 22.2 °C | +1.0 °C | 271 mm | -87 mm |
| Feb | 23.1 °C | +1.4 °C | 182 mm | -165 mm |
| Mar | 22.4 °C | +0.6 °C | 442 mm | -69 mm |
| Apr | 22.4 °C | +0.9 °C | 1062 mm | +426 mm |
| May | 21.8 °C | +0.4 °C | 241 mm | -88 mm |
| Jun | 21.8 °C | +0.3 °C | 98 mm | +41 mm |
| Jul | 21.7 °C | -0.2 °C | 38 mm | +20 mm |
| Aug | 21.8 °C | -0.8 °C | 56 mm | +1 mm |
| Sep | 22.9 °C | +0.3 °C | 151 mm | -43 mm |
| Oct | 22.0 °C | +0.1 °C | 514 mm | +89 mm |
| Nov | 22.3 °C | +1.2 °C | 608 mm | +102 mm |
| Dec | 21.4 °C | +0.4 °C | 340 mm | -105 mm |
The year's extremes
What was the weather like that day?
The weather actually measured on a given date, anywhere in the covered window.
Climate at a glance
What these normals say about the place, in a few sentences, and the notions needed to read them.
Rangiro (Rwanda) has a subtropical highland, dry winter climate (Cwb) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 16.8 °C and it receives 3,879 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 September (17.4 °C on average) and the coldest is June (16.4 °C). Rainfall peaks in April.
Rangiro averages 0 frost days, 0 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 243 rainy days per year.
Rangiro has warmed by +1.5 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.17 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The hottest day of the period reached 29.0 °C (on 25 September 1997) and the coldest 6.9 °C (on 30 July 1975).
Data from ERA5 reanalysis (Copernicus Climate Change Service), redistributed under a CC-BY 4.0 licence. Normals are recomputed whenever the archive is updated.
Compare Rangiro with another city
Pick a second city: its normals will be set against these, indicator by indicator.
Nearby cities
The climate around Rangiro
Other cities — Rwanda
Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Rangiro?
Rangiro has a subtropical highland, dry winter climate (Köppen Cwb). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 16.8 °C and it receives 3,879 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Rangiro?
The hottest day measured in Rangiro between 1940 and 2025 was 25 September 1997, reaching 29.0 °C.
What is the coldest day in Rangiro?
The coldest day measured in Rangiro between 1940 and 2025 was 30 July 1975, at 6.9 °C.
Does it snow in Rangiro?
Almost never: Rangiro sees virtually no snow, with about 0 frost days per year.
Has the climate of Rangiro warmed?
Yes: Rangiro warmed by +1.5 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Rangiro?
The wettest day measured in Rangiro between 1940 and 2025 was 18 April 2016, with 240 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Rangiro?
The windiest day measured in Rangiro between 1940 and 2025 was 22 October 2018, with winds reaching 23.1 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Rangiro?
The warmest month in Rangiro is September (17.4 °C on average); the coldest is June (16.4 °C).
How much does it rain in Rangiro?
Rangiro receives on average 3,879 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 243 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Rangiro?
Rangiro gets on average 10.3 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,760 hours per year over 1940-2025.
Are there tropical nights in Rangiro?
Almost never: tropical nights (temperature staying above 20 °C) are virtually non-existent in Rangiro.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Rangiro?
In Rangiro, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 32.4 °C on 7 April 1969, and the lowest was 4.1 °C on 6 July 1953.
These forecasts and records come from our own weather API. Developer documentation →