According to Lifeguin’s travel calendar, the best time to visit Rwanda is May to June and December to February. Plan 7–10 days.
Best months for Rwanda
- Best months
- May to June and December to February
- How long to stay
- 7–10 days
- Continent
- Africa
What Rwanda is best for
Track mountain gorillas in Volcanoes National Park, hike Nyungwe's canopy, and visit Kigali's historic memorial.
- Prices
- € · cheaper than in Slovakia
Weather in Rwanda by month
Monthly averages around Kigali; the mountains and other regions can differ a lot.
| Month | Average temperature | Rain |
|---|---|---|
| January best | about 20 °C | some rain (93 mm) |
| February best | about 21 °C | a lot of rain (108 mm) |
| March | about 20 °C | a lot of rain (150 mm) |
| April | about 20 °C | a lot of rain (177 mm) |
| May best | about 19 °C | a lot of rain (135 mm) |
| June best | about 19 °C | some rain (51 mm) |
| July | about 19 °C | some rain (30 mm) |
| August | about 20 °C | some rain (54 mm) |
| September | about 20 °C | some rain (87 mm) |
| October | about 20 °C | a lot of rain (126 mm) |
| November | about 19 °C | a lot of rain (159 mm) |
| December best | about 20 °C | a lot of rain (105 mm) |
Sources: what a place is best for — our own travel guides and, for places we have not written about yet, research done with the help of AI (Google Gemini); weather — NASA POWER climate averages; prices — World Bank price levels (CC BY 4.0).
Good to know about Rwanda
- Capital
- Kigali
- Languages
- Kinyarwanda, English and French
- Currency
- Rwandan Franc (RWF)
- Time
- UTC+2
- Plugs
- Type C, E, G · 230 V
- Driving
- On the right
- Calling code
- +250
Sources: Wikidata, Unicode CLDR and the IANA time zone database.
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