Shyorongi climate — normals and trends

Q: What is the climate of Shyorongi?

Shyorongi has a subtropical highland, dry winter climate (Köppen Cwb). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 18.5 °C and it receives 1,390 mm of precipitation per year.

Q: What is the hottest day ever recorded in Shyorongi?

The hottest day measured in Shyorongi between 1940 and 2025 was 23 February 2005, reaching 30.6 °C.

Q: What is the coldest day in Shyorongi?

The coldest day measured in Shyorongi between 1940 and 2025 was 1 July 1972, at 8.9 °C.

Q: Does it snow in Shyorongi?

Almost never: Shyorongi sees virtually no snow, with about 0 frost days per year.

Q: Has the climate of Shyorongi warmed?

Yes: Shyorongi warmed by +1.5 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.

Q: What is the wettest day in Shyorongi?

The wettest day measured in Shyorongi between 1940 and 2025 was 7 May 1962, with 61 mm of rain in 24 hours.

Q: What was the windiest day in Shyorongi?

The windiest day measured in Shyorongi between 1940 and 2025 was 8 August 1950, with winds reaching 19.8 km/h.

Q: What is the warmest month in Shyorongi?

The warmest month in Shyorongi is August (19.4 °C on average); the coldest is November (17.9 °C).

Q: How much does it rain in Shyorongi?

Shyorongi receives on average 1,390 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 202 rainy days.

Q: Is it sunny in Shyorongi?

Shyorongi gets on average 10.3 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,760 hours per year over 1940-2025.

Shyorongi (Rwanda) has a subtropical highland, dry winter climate (Cwb) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 18.5 °C and it receives 1,390 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 (19.4 °C on average) and the coldest is November (17.9 °C). Rainfall peaks in April.

Shyorongi averages 0 frost days, 0 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 202 rainy days per year.

Shyorongi 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 30.6 °C (on 23 February 2005) and the coldest 8.9 °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

ShyorongiNorthern Province

coords: -1.85°, 29.96°
period: 1940–2025 · 86 yrs

CwbSubtropical highland, dry winterWarmest monthAugustColdest monthNovemberWettest monthAprilDriest monthJuly

Mean daily temperature

18.5°C

Average daily high

23.6°C

Average daily low

14.0°C

Annual rainfall

1,390mm

Sunshine / day

10.3h

Mean relative humidity

74%

Average peak wind

10.2km/h

Seasonal range

1.5°C

Frost days (< 0 °C)

0 d/yr

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

0 d/yr

Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)

202 d/yr

Annual snowfall

0.0 cm

Average feels-like high

24.8 °C

Average feels-like low

14.2 °C

Average peak gust

30.1 km/h

Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)

0 d/yr

Solar radiation

18.7 MJ/m²

Has the climate changed?

One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025

+1.5 °C

since 1940

+0.2 °C per decade · r² = 0.55 · p = < 0.001

19402025

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

30.6 °C

23 February 2005

Coldest day

8.9 °C

1 July 1972

Wettest day

61 mm

7 May 1962

Windiest day

19.8 km/h

8 August 1950

Strongest gust

50.0 km/h

8 August 1950

Hottest feels-like

32.6 °C

20 February 1973

Coldest feels-like

7.3 °C

1 July 1972

Sunniest day

12.0 h

2 January 1940

Year	Hottest day	Coldest day	Annual mean	Rainfall	Hot days
2025	29.1 °C26 February 2025	12.7 °C13 December 2025	19.5 °C	1,213 mm	0
2024	28.9 °C14 September 2024	11.4 °C26 June 2024	20.4 °C	1,412 mm	0
2023	28.9 °C22 August 2023	12.5 °C3 February 2023	19.9 °C	1,491 mm	0
2022	28.0 °C12 January 2022	12.4 °C4 July 2022	19.4 °C	1,401 mm	0
2021	29.4 °C29 August 2021	12.9 °C28 February 2021	19.5 °C	1,142 mm	0
2020	29.3 °C17 August 2020	12.7 °C7 January 2020	19.8 °C	1,515 mm	0
2019	28.7 °C13 February 2019	12.1 °C24 February 2019	19.5 °C	1,374 mm	0
2018	27.3 °C16 June 2018	12.0 °C8 July 2018	19.1 °C	1,535 mm	0
2017	28.4 °C17 January 2017	12.3 °C2 March 2017	19.4 °C	1,156 mm	0
2016	29.5 °C18 February 2016	11.5 °C18 December 2016	19.9 °C	1,089 mm	0
2015	28.1 °C20 August 2015	11.8 °C13 July 2015	19.4 °C	1,130 mm	0
2014	27.2 °C30 March 2014	11.9 °C26 January 2014	19.0 °C	1,134 mm	0
2013	28.5 °C22 January 2013	11.8 °C17 November 2013	19.1 °C	1,300 mm	0
2012	29.9 °C9 February 2012	11.3 °C9 March 2012	18.8 °C	1,382 mm	0
2011	28.5 °C8 February 2011	11.9 °C14 August 2011	18.6 °C	1,455 mm	0
2010	29.3 °C24 August 2010	12.1 °C20 November 2010	19.4 °C	1,167 mm	0
2009	27.7 °C13 August 2009	11.2 °C7 July 2009	18.8 °C	1,303 mm	0
2008	28.2 °C23 December 2008	10.9 °C6 May 2008	18.5 °C	1,099 mm	0
2007	27.8 °C7 March 2007	11.5 °C12 December 2007	18.6 °C	1,089 mm	0
2006	28.3 °C25 January 2006	11.3 °C6 January 2006	18.8 °C	1,506 mm	0
2005	30.6 °C23 February 2005	10.3 °C27 July 2005	19.1 °C	1,077 mm	2
2004	27.4 °C10 October 2004	11.1 °C9 July 2004	18.9 °C	1,124 mm	0
2003	28.4 °C8 March 2003	11.2 °C29 August 2003	18.8 °C	917 mm	0
2002	29.6 °C1 October 2002	11.9 °C9 December 2002	18.8 °C	1,115 mm	0
2001	26.9 °C4 March 2001	10.9 °C3 August 2001	18.3 °C	1,199 mm	0
2000	28.2 °C5 September 2000	11.3 °C27 January 2000	18.5 °C	886 mm	0
1999	27.8 °C23 February 1999	11.0 °C7 July 1999	18.2 °C	944 mm	0
1998	28.2 °C16 August 1998	11.7 °C23 December 1998	19.0 °C	1,137 mm	0
1997	29.0 °C25 September 1997	11.1 °C5 March 1997	18.8 °C	1,323 mm	0
1996	26.8 °C3 August 1996	11.2 °C13 December 1996	18.4 °C	1,259 mm	0
1995	27.2 °C31 August 1995	11.4 °C12 January 1995	18.6 °C	1,167 mm	0
1994	27.5 °C2 September 1994	10.5 °C6 October 1994	18.4 °C	1,318 mm	0
1993	27.6 °C26 September 1993	11.9 °C30 March 1993	18.7 °C	999 mm	0
1992	26.7 °C12 March 1992	11.3 °C19 July 1992	18.5 °C	1,135 mm	0
1991	27.6 °C21 September 1991	11.8 °C3 January 1991	18.5 °C	1,424 mm	0
1990	26.6 °C10 January 1990	11.4 °C8 January 1990	18.8 °C	1,487 mm	0
1989	27.1 °C27 August 1989	10.5 °C18 February 1989	18.4 °C	1,443 mm	0
1988	26.9 °C2 March 1988	11.6 °C15 September 1988	18.6 °C	1,475 mm	0
1987	28.5 °C30 December 1987	11.9 °C1 December 1987	19.1 °C	1,575 mm	0
1986	27.8 °C23 August 1986	10.9 °C1 March 1986	18.5 °C	1,639 mm	0
1985	26.8 °C17 March 1985	11.3 °C6 December 1985	18.2 °C	1,657 mm	0
1984	26.7 °C21 February 1984	10.4 °C8 February 1984	18.0 °C	1,304 mm	0
1983	28.5 °C10 February 1983	10.7 °C30 November 1983	18.8 °C	1,286 mm	0
1982	28.1 °C8 September 1982	10.7 °C12 January 1982	18.5 °C	1,340 mm	0
1981	27.3 °C23 February 1981	11.2 °C24 November 1981	18.5 °C	1,632 mm	0
1980	26.9 °C24 February 1980	11.4 °C26 December 1980	18.4 °C	1,286 mm	0
1979	28.0 °C2 October 1979	11.0 °C4 March 1979	18.5 °C	1,411 mm	0
1978	27.9 °C7 February 1978	11.3 °C14 November 1978	18.3 °C	1,661 mm	0
1977	27.2 °C21 August 1977	10.9 °C21 June 1977	18.3 °C	1,619 mm	0
1976	26.4 °C15 October 1976	9.8 °C20 August 1976	17.6 °C	1,575 mm	0
1975	27.1 °C22 February 1975	10.1 °C30 July 1975	17.6 °C	1,787 mm	0
1974	27.2 °C22 August 1974	9.9 °C19 February 1974	17.6 °C	1,445 mm	0
1973	28.4 °C20 February 1973	10.5 °C29 June 1973	18.2 °C	1,304 mm	0
1972	27.7 °C23 September 1972	8.9 °C1 July 1972	17.7 °C	1,830 mm	0
1971	28.1 °C20 August 1971	9.9 °C1 March 1971	17.6 °C	1,711 mm	0
1970	27.4 °C8 October 1970	10.9 °C1 January 1970	18.2 °C	1,672 mm	0
1969	27.6 °C24 August 1969	10.3 °C23 June 1969	18.2 °C	1,379 mm	0
1968	27.1 °C15 January 1968	9.9 °C30 June 1968	18.0 °C	1,866 mm	0
1967	27.7 °C4 September 1967	9.2 °C5 October 1967	18.0 °C	1,535 mm	0
1966	26.7 °C16 August 1966	9.5 °C14 December 1966	17.9 °C	1,578 mm	0
1965	26.4 °C19 August 1965	9.8 °C19 January 1965	17.8 °C	1,564 mm	0
1964	27.3 °C11 March 1964	10.0 °C19 October 1964	17.6 °C	1,516 mm	0
1963	27.5 °C13 September 1963	10.7 °C25 January 1963	17.8 °C	1,794 mm	0
1962	26.2 °C2 February 1962	10.7 °C14 March 1962	17.5 °C	1,899 mm	0
1961	26.6 °C30 August 1961	9.8 °C11 January 1961	17.8 °C	1,795 mm	0
1960	27.1 °C30 December 1960	10.2 °C20 February 1960	18.2 °C	1,502 mm	0
1959	27.3 °C17 March 1959	10.4 °C24 June 1959	18.4 °C	1,749 mm	0
1958	29.4 °C11 September 1958	11.3 °C15 January 1958	18.7 °C	1,503 mm	0
1957	27.6 °C16 September 1957	11.1 °C1 November 1957	18.4 °C	1,895 mm	0
1956	25.7 °C23 September 1956	10.4 °C11 January 1956	17.6 °C	1,484 mm	0
1955	27.0 °C31 August 1955	10.2 °C15 June 1955	17.8 °C	1,560 mm	0
1954	26.5 °C7 September 1954	11.5 °C4 January 1954	18.2 °C	1,333 mm	0
1953	27.6 °C11 September 1953	10.3 °C6 July 1953	17.8 °C	2,239 mm	0
1952	28.1 °C30 August 1952	11.8 °C1 July 1952	18.2 °C	1,433 mm	0
1951	27.4 °C11 August 1951	11.1 °C13 July 1951	18.1 °C	1,834 mm	0
1950	26.9 °C14 September 1950	10.1 °C3 June 1950	17.9 °C	1,527 mm	0
1949	29.2 °C23 August 1949	10.9 °C20 January 1949	18.5 °C	1,264 mm	0
1948	26.7 °C31 August 1948	10.9 °C28 July 1948	18.0 °C	1,320 mm	0
1947	27.8 °C25 September 1947	10.7 °C15 December 1947	18.3 °C	1,356 mm	0
1946	28.6 °C25 February 1946	10.6 °C27 December 1946	18.3 °C	1,189 mm	0
1945	27.7 °C10 September 1945	10.0 °C9 December 1945	18.3 °C	935 mm	0
1944	30.1 °C21 September 1944	10.9 °C1 February 1944	18.5 °C	918 mm	1
1943	27.9 °C15 January 1943	9.7 °C9 June 1943	18.4 °C	728 mm	0
1942	28.3 °C9 February 1942	10.0 °C11 January 1942	18.4 °C	844 mm	0
1941	28.7 °C27 March 1941	10.2 °C24 December 1941	18.5 °C	1,393 mm	0
1940	27.6 °C21 August 1940	10.8 °C13 January 1940	17.9 °C	1,516 mm	0

Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.

A specific year

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Year

Across the whole year

Average daily high

24.1 °C

+0.5 °C

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

0 d/yr

Frost days (< 0 °C)

0 d/yr

Annual rainfall

1213 mm

-177 mm

Month by month

	High	vs. normal	Precipitation	vs. normal
Jan	24.8 °C	+1.1 °C	114 mm	-19 mm
Feb	25.7 °C	+1.6 °C	54 mm	-93 mm
Mar	24.7 °C	+1.0 °C	174 mm	-12 mm
Apr	23.7 °C	+0.6 °C	192 mm	+2 mm
May	23.0 °C	+0.3 °C	132 mm	+11 mm
Jun	23.3 °C	+0.2 °C	42 mm	+23 mm
Jul	23.9 °C	0.0 °C	3 mm	-3 mm
Aug	24.2 °C	-0.4 °C	46 mm	+17 mm
Sep	25.3 °C	+0.9 °C	37 mm	-41 mm
Oct	23.9 °C	+0.2 °C	207 mm	+62 mm
Nov	23.7 °C	+0.7 °C	96 mm	-86 mm
Dec	23.1 °C	-0.1 °C	117 mm	-38 mm

The year's extremes

Hottest day

29.1 °C

26 Feb 2025

Coldest day

12.7 °C

13 Dec 2025

Wettest day

25.2 mm

4 Oct 2025

Windiest day

15.8 km/h

9 Jul 2025

Strongest gust

40.0 km/h

9 Jul 2025

Hottest feels-like

30.6 °C

28 Feb 2025

Coldest feels-like

11.3 °C

31 Jul 2025

Sunniest day

12.0 h

2 Jan 2025

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Frequently asked questions

What is the climate of Shyorongi?

Shyorongi has a subtropical highland, dry winter climate (Köppen Cwb). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 18.5 °C and it receives 1,390 mm of precipitation per year.

What is the hottest day ever recorded in Shyorongi?

The hottest day measured in Shyorongi between 1940 and 2025 was 23 February 2005, reaching 30.6 °C.

What is the coldest day in Shyorongi?

The coldest day measured in Shyorongi between 1940 and 2025 was 1 July 1972, at 8.9 °C.

Does it snow in Shyorongi?

Almost never: Shyorongi sees virtually no snow, with about 0 frost days per year.

Has the climate of Shyorongi warmed?

Yes: Shyorongi warmed by +1.5 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.

What is the wettest day in Shyorongi?

The wettest day measured in Shyorongi between 1940 and 2025 was 7 May 1962, with 61 mm of rain in 24 hours.

What was the windiest day in Shyorongi?

The windiest day measured in Shyorongi between 1940 and 2025 was 8 August 1950, with winds reaching 19.8 km/h.

What is the warmest month in Shyorongi?

The warmest month in Shyorongi is August (19.4 °C on average); the coldest is November (17.9 °C).

How much does it rain in Shyorongi?

Shyorongi receives on average 1,390 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 202 rainy days.

Is it sunny in Shyorongi?

Shyorongi gets on average 10.3 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,760 hours per year over 1940-2025.

Are there tropical nights in Shyorongi?

Almost never: tropical nights (temperature staying above 20 °C) are virtually non-existent in Shyorongi.

What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Shyorongi?

In Shyorongi, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 32.6 °C on 20 February 1973, and the lowest was 7.3 °C on 1 July 1972.

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