Other conditions at this reading
- Dew point
- 18.0°C
- Humidity
- 88%
- derived from the temperature and dew point
- Wind
- SSW 210°, 9 km/h
- Pressure
- 1022.0 hPa
- altimeter setting, QNH
- Visibility
- 9.7 km or more
Where Kigali Intl stands
Its highest placing today was 951st of 5,130, reached at 06:00 UTC.
- Best global heat placing in 44 days recorded: 230th of 9,581.
- Was the hottest reporting station in Rwanda on 44 of those 44 days.
Ranking as of 09:45 UTC.
☀️ How 20.0°C comparesA typical March afternoon in Beirut.Beirut, Lebanon, typically reaches 20.0°C in March, averaged over every March day its archive holds. Not a published climate normal: it is the mean of what we hold.Warmer right now than 75 of the 195 capital cities we can read.It is warmer here than in Algiers (19.0°C), San José (19.0°C) and Gibraltar (18.0°C) at this moment. Those are the warmest capitals still cooler than here, so every other one on the list is further behind.
The last 24 hours
Local timeThe record book, month by month
Highest and lowest ever recorded here · with the day it happenedJan
33.0°
Sun 29 Jan 2006
11.6°
Tue 9 Jan 1990
Feb
40.0°
Wed 23 Feb 2005
10.8°
Thu 9 Feb 1995
Mar
32.8°
Sat 1 Mar 2025
12.0°
Tue 9 Mar 1982
Apr
31.5°
Tue 1 Apr 2014
12.6°
Sat 24 Apr 1982
May
31.0°
Record high
30.3°C
Wed 7 Nov 2018
Record low
14.4°C
Tue 7 Nov 1989
Average high
26.8°C
all years on record
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Between its coldest night and its hottest day, this place has swung 35.4°C.
From our dataRecord high 40.0°C against record low 4.6°C. - 2
At 05:00 it was 18.0°C. By 10:30 it was 23.0°C. The night never stood a chance.
From our dataToday so far at this station, in local time.
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7.3°C short of the record for 7 November
Today’s high 23.0°C against 30.3°C in 2018. A reading that beats it is flagged here automatically, once a second cycle confirms it.
All-time record high
40.0°C
- Date
- Wednesday, 23 February 2005
- Time of day
- Not recorded. The daily archive stores the day, not the hour.
- Location
- Kigali Intl, Rwanda
- Position
- 1.97°S 30.14°E · 1493 m
The highest in available records since 1973. Source: GHCN-Daily, 1973 to 2026.
All-time record low
4.6°C
- Date
- Wednesday, 7 March 1984
- Time of day
- Not recorded. The daily archive stores the day, not the hour.
- Location
- Kigali Intl, Rwanda
- Position
- 1.97°S 30.14°E · 1493 m
The lowest in available records since 1973. Source: GHCN-Daily, 1973 to 2026.
By year, from our own record
2026
Highest 32.0°C, lowest 15.0°C, mean 22.5°C. 47 days recorded from 2,117 readings.
By month, from our own record
For the long record, see Kigali Intl’s average and record temperature for every month.
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Days | Readings |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| November 2026 | 29.0°C | 15.0°C | 21.2°C | 7 | 307 |
| October 2026 | 32.0°C | 16.0°C | 22.7°C | 31 | 1,435 |
| September 2026 | 31.0°C | 17.0°C | 22.8°C | 8 of 9 | 375 |
Means are of the readings we stored, weighted by how often this station reported, so they are not daily averages and not climate normals. Some days were recorded before we began counting observations and contribute their high and low but not the mean.
Highest and lowest we have recorded here
Highest
32.0°C
Mon 5 Oct 2026 at 16:00 local
Lowest
15.0°C
Wed 4 Nov 2026 at 05:30 local
These are not official records. They are the highest and lowest readings this site has stored for Kigali Intl since September 2026, across 47 days we hold a reading for. Official climatological records are adjudicated by national meteorological services and by the WMO.
Kigali Intl (HRYR) is a METAR weather station in Rwanda, 1,493 m above sea level, about 4 km from Ndera.
We have kept a daily record here since 22 September 2026, every one of the 47 days this site has existed. We have stored 2,117 observations across the 46 of those days for which we also recorded a count.
Recent temperature history
The same record at three widths, picking up where the last 24 hours above leaves off. Each period is summarised from the grain that suits it, so nothing here is one reading repeated thousands of times into the page.
Recent readings
Each reading as it arrived, newest first, with what our quality checks did with it. A reading we did not count is shown struck through with the reason.
| Time | Temp | Change | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| 20.0°C | 0.0°C | Counted | |
| 20.0°C | −3.0°C | Counted | |
| high | 23.0°C | 0.0°C | Counted |
| 23.0°C | +2.0°C |
In summary
Over the last week we have readings for 7 days here, running from 15.0°C to 29.0°C, a spread of 14.0°C.
It reports about every 30 minutes, and sent 46 readings in the last 24 hours.
Its best placing today was 951st hottest of the 5,130 stations reporting.
What stands out here
- Its best placing so far is 230th hottest of the 9,581 stations reporting worldwide.
Recent highlights
Fell to 15.0°C, the lowest we have recorded here, beating 16.0°C on Mon 2 Nov 2026.
Fell to 17.0°C, its lowest of October, beating 18.0°C on Sun 11 Oct 2026.
Recent days
A reading on every one of the last 30 days. Typically 48 readings a day.
| Day | High | At | Low | At |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-11-07 | 23.0°C | 08:30 UTC | 18.0°C | 03:00 UTC |
| 2026-11-06 | 27.0°C | 09:00 UTC | 18.0°C | 03:00 UTC |
| 2026-11-05 | 29.0°C | 12:00 UTC | 18.0°C | 03:00 UTC |
| 2026-11-04 | 28.0°C | 15:00 UTC |
Nearby, and the opposite
- Nearest stationKigali20.7°C2.6 km away, today's high
- The opposite of hereAmundsen-Scott South Pole Station−49.5°CAntarctica
| Station | Away | Height | High | Low | vs here |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| KigaliRwanda | 2.6 km | 20.7°C | 19.3°C | −2.3°C |
What we have stored, day by day
We have readings for every one of the 47 days since we started storing this station on 22 September 2026.
Tracking history
It has reported on every day since Tue 22 Sep 2026.
- First reading stored22.0°C on our first day here
- 100 readings storedfired late: 1 earlier day(s) carry no reading count
- 1,000 readings storedfired late: 1 earlier day(s) carry no reading count
- 30 days reporting without a gap
Where this station is
This station lies about 200 km south of the equator. It lies within the tropics.
Where Kigali Intl is
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1.97°S 30.14°E
Kigali Intl
Ground · satellite
Land surface temperature for 2026-11-06, from NASA GIBS. This is the temperature of the ground seen from orbit, not the air, and it is never ranked against air readings. Cloud hides the ground, so gaps are unread rather than guessed.
View more on Google Maps1.9690°S, 30.1400°E
Kigali Intl, answered from the data
How hot does it get in Kigali Intl?
The warmest month on record here is February, when the highest reading has reached 40.0°C (104.0°F) on Wednesday, 23 February 2005.
NOAA GHCN-Daily, highest reading recorded in each month
How cold does it get in Kigali Intl?
The coldest month on record here is July, when the lowest reading has fallen to 9.1°C (48.4°F) on Tuesday, 12 July 2016.
NOAA GHCN-Daily, lowest reading recorded in each month
What is the highest temperature ever recorded in Kigali Intl?
40.0°C (104.0°F) on Wednesday, 23 February 2005. That is the highest in the daily record we hold for this station, which runs since 1973. It is not an officially certified record unless a meteorological authority has recognised it.
NOAA GHCN-Daily
What is the lowest temperature ever recorded in Kigali Intl?
4.6°C (40.3°F) on Wednesday, 7 March 1984. That is the lowest in the daily record we hold, which runs since 1973.
NOAA GHCN-Daily
What is the temperature in Kigali Intl right now?
20.0°C (68.0°F), measured at 11:30 local on Saturday 7 November.
Live reading from the station, after our quality checks
Data sources for this page
Readings here arrive through NOAA METAR. METAR is the routine aerodrome weather report, issued for aviation, typically every 30 or 60 minutes and more often when conditions change. It updates far more frequently than a synoptic report, which is why these pages have a usable chart.
| Figure | Source | Type |
|---|---|---|
| Latest reading, today so far | NOAA Aviation Weather Center (METAR) and NOAA NWS WMO bulletins (SYNOP) | Measured, station |
| All-time, monthly and on-this-day records | NOAA NCEI Global Historical Climatology Network daily (GHCN-Daily), 1973 to 2026 at this site and its predecessors, and our own observations, 47 days | Measured, station |
| Nearby stations and distances | Computed from station positions in our own database | Calculated |
How these readings are checked
Every reading on this page has passed the checks below. A reading that fails any of them is stored as refused and can never be ranked, shown as a record, or counted in a daily high or low.
No reading from this station has been refused in the last 14 days.
- 01
Has a real position
A reading with no usable latitude and longitude is discarded. It cannot be ranked, mapped, or compared with its neighbours, and a temperature with no place is not an answer to which place is hottest.
- 02
Position is not a placeholder
Some feeds fill an unknown position with a stand-in value such as 99.99 degrees or an elevation of 9999 m. Those are not coordinates. They are caught separately from a missing position because a station placed at a fake point has no neighbours, so the neighbour check below can never see anything wrong with it.
- 03
The bulletin itself is current
SYNOP arrives as files that are only re-read when they change. A file that has stopped being updated is set aside whole, before any reading inside it is considered.
- 04
The reading is recent enough for its network
Different networks get different windows, because they report at different rates: 2 hours for METAR, which transmits continuously, and 9 hours for SYNOP, which reports at 00, 06, 12 and 18 UTC. A single rule would have discarded the entire synoptic network, including every station in Antarctica.
- 05
Inside the range of measured temperature