Country: Rwanda
Latitude:2.4098 S
Longitude:29.7321 E
Nearby Cities:Kigali, Goma, Butare, Gitarama, Gisenyi, Muyinga

Climate Stripes

Mean Rate of Change ( °C / Century )

Since: 1760 1810 1860 1910 1960 1990
Current Location - - 0.83
± 0.17
0.88
± 0.13
1.89
± 0.23
2.14
± 0.99
Rwanda - - 0.83
± 0.17
0.88
± 0.13
1.87
± 0.23
2.17
± 0.98
Burundi - - - 0.89
± 0.13
1.90
± 0.24
1.99
± 0.90
Tanzania - - - 0.97
± 0.13
1.98
± 0.27
1.98
± 0.77
Congo (Democratic Republic of the) - - 0.87
± 0.16
0.81
± 0.14
1.70
± 0.23
1.50
± 0.89
Eastern Africa - - - 0.97
± 0.15
1.93
± 0.20
1.83
± 0.65
Middle Africa - - 0.88
± 0.18
0.77
± 0.17
1.73
± 0.25
1.78
± 0.79
Africa - - 0.83
± 0.20
0.92
± 0.12
1.99
± 0.21
2.49
± 0.45
Southern Hemisphere - - 0.81
± 0.24
0.94
± 0.32
1.34
± 0.38
1.15
± 0.38
Global Land 0.43
± 0.18
0.79
± 0.13
0.91
± 0.08
1.11
± 0.03
2.16
± 0.11
2.78
± 0.13

Temperature Record Months and Years

Seasonal Changes

Local Climate Variabiity

Difference from Global Land Average ( °C, 95% range )

Smoothing Monthly Annual Five-year Ten-year Twenty-year
± 0.90 ± 0.47 ± 0.27 ± 0.21 ± 0.17

Correlation to Global Land Average (R value)

Smoothing Monthly Annual Five-year Ten-year Twenty-year
0.67 0.86 0.95 0.97 0.98

Variability in Monthly Means ( °C, 95% range )

Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun
± 1.01 ± 1.04 ± 0.90 ± 0.77 ± 0.67 ± 0.73
Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
± 0.72 ± 0.67 ± 0.76 ± 0.71 ± 0.70 ± 0.88

History of Temperature Stations

Evolution of Climate Extremes

Mean of Daily High Temperature

Mean of Daily Low Temperature

Change in Diurnal Range