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Kigali vs Breckenridge

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Comparing Kigali change · Breckenridge change

Bottom line

Kigali is the warmer of the two — about 35°F on the annual average; Kigali is the wetter, with 17 in more rain a year, and Breckenridge the sunnier.

Warmer Kigali 35°F on the year

Wetter Kigali 17 in more a year

Sunnier Breckenridge 16 pp less cloud

Colder winters Breckenridge 54°F colder nights

How the seasons compare

The differences between Kigali and Breckenridge, in everyday terms.

Summers

Kigali has much hotter summers

Kigali: Warm
Breckenridge: Mild

Winters

Kigali has far milder winters

Kigali: Stays warm
Breckenridge: Bitterly cold

Rain & snow

Kigali is wetter

Kigali: Wet
Breckenridge: Moderate rainfall

Sky

Breckenridge is sunnier

Kigali: Often grey
Breckenridge: Partly cloudy

Month-by-month charts

Temperature

Kigali is the warmer of the two — about 35°F on the annual average.

Precipitation

Kigali is the wetter — about 17 in more across the year.

Clear skies

Breckenridge has the clearer skies — the higher line.

Exact monthly numbers

Tap a metric to open its full table. Desktop shows all twelve months; on a phone each metric splits into Jan–Jun and Jul–Dec.

Avg high (°F) Kigali runs higher most of the year

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Kigali	80	82	80	77	76	77	79	80	81	79	77	78
Breckenridge	29	32	39	45	54	64	70	67	60	48	37	28
Difference	-51	-50	-41	-32	-22	-13	-9	-14	-21	-31	-40	-50

Jan – Jun	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun
Kigali	80	82	80	77	76	77
Breckenridge	29	32	39	45	54	64
Difference	-51	-50	-41	-32	-22	-13

Jul – Dec	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Kigali	79	80	81	79	77	78
Breckenridge	70	67	60	48	37	28
Difference	-9	-14	-21	-31	-40	-50

Avg low (°F) Kigali runs higher most of the year

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Kigali	59	60	60	60	59	57	56	58	60	60	59	59
Breckenridge	3	5	10	17	25	33	38	37	31	22	11	3
Difference	-56	-55	-50	-43	-34	-24	-17	-21	-29	-38	-48	-56

Jan – Jun	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun
Kigali	59	60	60	60	59	57
Breckenridge	3	5	10	17	25	33
Difference	-56	-55	-50	-43	-34	-24

Jul – Dec	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Kigali	56	58	60	60	59	59
Breckenridge	38	37	31	22	11	3
Difference	-17	-21	-29	-38	-48	-56

Precipitation (in) Kigali runs higher most of the year

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Kigali	4.1	4.2	5.5	6.5	4	0.8	0.2	1.3	2.8	5.6	6.3	4.8
Breckenridge	3	2.9	3.1	3.6	2.5	1.2	1.8	2.2	1.6	2	2.6	2.5
Difference	-1.1	-1.3	-2.4	-2.9	-1.6	+0.4	+1.5	+0.9	-1.2	-3.6	-3.7	-2.3

Jan – Jun	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun
Kigali	4.1	4.2	5.5	6.5	4	0.8
Breckenridge	3	2.9	3.1	3.6	2.5	1.2
Difference	-1.1	-1.3	-2.4	-2.9	-1.6	+0.4

Jul – Dec	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Kigali	0.2	1.3	2.8	5.6	6.3	4.8
Breckenridge	1.8	2.2	1.6	2	2.6	2.5
Difference	+1.5	+0.9	-1.2	-3.6	-3.7	-2.3

Snowfall (in) Breckenridge runs higher most of the year

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Kigali	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Breckenridge	44	40.9	43.5	46.1	20.2	2.7	0.2	0.1	4.2	21.5	33.6	36.6
Difference	+44	+40.9	+43.5	+46.1	+20.2	+2.7	+0.2	+0.1	+4.2	+21.5	+33.6	+36.6

Jan – Jun	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun
Kigali	0	0	0	0	0	0
Breckenridge	44	40.9	43.5	46.1	20.2	2.7
Difference	+44	+40.9	+43.5	+46.1	+20.2	+2.7

Jul – Dec	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Kigali	0	0	0	0	0	0
Breckenridge	0.2	0.1	4.2	21.5	33.6	36.6
Difference	+0.2	+0.1	+4.2	+21.5	+33.6	+36.6

Cloud cover (%) Kigali runs higher most of the year

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Kigali	75	77	81	83	75	61	57	67	74	81	82	77
Breckenridge	58	64	64	69	66	50	55	58	48	51	55	59
Difference	-17	-13	-17	-14	-9	-11	-2	-9	-26	-30	-28	-19

Jan – Jun	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun
Kigali	75	77	81	83	75	61
Breckenridge	58	64	64	69	66	50
Difference	-17	-13	-17	-14	-9	-11

Jul – Dec	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Kigali	57	67	74	81	82	77
Breckenridge	55	58	48	51	55	59
Difference	-2	-9	-26	-30	-28	-19

Relative humidity (%) Varies through the year

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Kigali	72	70	75	81	80	72	64	62	65	72	77	76
Breckenridge	92	94	90	77	66	54	56	60	57	63	77	89
Difference	+20	+24	+15	-4	-14	-18	-7	-2	-8	-9	—	+13

Jan – Jun	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun
Kigali	72	70	75	81	80	72
Breckenridge	92	94	90	77	66	54
Difference	+20	+24	+15	-4	-14	-18

Jul – Dec	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Kigali	64	62	65	72	77	76
Breckenridge	56	60	57	63	77	89
Difference	-7	-2	-8	-9	—	+13

How both climates are changing

Both cities are warming. Each city has its own warming trend; see its trends page for the year-by-year detail. Kigali trends → · Breckenridge trends →

Methodology & sources

Kigali

Temperature & precipitation — modelled for this location from ERA5-Land reanalysis, a ~9 km global grid, because no long-record weather station is close enough to use.

Cloud, humidity, wind & sunshine — modelled estimates from NASA POWER, NASA's satellite-and-reanalysis climatology. This is the standard global source for atmospheric variables, which are not measured at most weather stations.

Breckenridge

Temperature & precipitation — 1991–2020 normals computed from 29 years of daily observations at Copper Mountain, a weather station, about 11 km from the city centre. The underlying daily records come from NOAA's global station network.

How we build these numbers →

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