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Kigali vs Tusayan

Aw Tropical savanna (dry winter)Csb Warm-summer Mediterranean

Comparing Kigali change · Tusayan change

Bottom line

Kigali is the warmer of the two — about 22°F on the annual average; Kigali is the wetter, with 33 in more rain a year, and Tusayan the sunnier.

Warmer Kigali 22°F on the year

Wetter Kigali 33 in more a year

Sunnier Tusayan 33 pp less cloud

Colder winters Tusayan 44°F colder nights

How the seasons compare

The differences between Kigali and Tusayan, in everyday terms.

Summers

Tusayan has hotter summers

Kigali: Warm
Tusayan: Warm

Winters

Kigali has far milder winters

Kigali: Stays warm
Tusayan: Very cold

Rain & snow

Kigali is much wetter

Kigali: Wet
Tusayan: Fairly dry

Sky

Tusayan is far sunnier

Kigali: Often grey
Tusayan: Fairly sunny

Month-by-month charts

Temperature

Kigali is the warmer of the two — about 22°F on the annual average.

Precipitation

Kigali is the wetter — about 33 in more across the year.

Clear skies

Tusayan has the clearer skies — the higher line.

Exact monthly numbers

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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
Tusayan	45	47	55	61	71	83	86	83	77	66	54	44
Difference	-35	-35	-25	-16	-5	+6	+7	+3	-4	-14	-23	-34

Jan – Jun	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun
Kigali	80	82	80	77	76	77
Tusayan	45	47	55	61	71	83
Difference	-35	-35	-25	-16	-5	+6

Jul – Dec	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Kigali	79	80	81	79	77	78
Tusayan	86	83	77	66	54	44
Difference	+7	+3	-4	-14	-23	-34

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
Tusayan	14	16	21	25	31	38	49	48	40	29	20	13
Difference	-45	-44	-39	-35	-28	-19	-7	-10	-20	-31	-39	-46

Jan – Jun	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun
Kigali	59	60	60	60	59	57
Tusayan	14	16	21	25	31	38
Difference	-45	-44	-39	-35	-28	-19

Jul – Dec	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Kigali	56	58	60	60	59	59
Tusayan	49	48	40	29	20	13
Difference	-7	-10	-20	-31	-39	-46

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
Tusayan	1.1	1	1	0.7	0.6	0.4	1.9	2.1	1.3	1.3	0.7	0.8
Difference	-3	-3.2	-4.4	-5.8	-3.4	-0.4	+1.7	+0.8	-1.5	-4.3	-5.6	-4

Jan – Jun	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun
Kigali	4.1	4.2	5.5	6.5	4	0.8
Tusayan	1.1	1	1	0.7	0.6	0.4
Difference	-3	-3.2	-4.4	-5.8	-3.4	-0.4

Jul – Dec	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Kigali	0.2	1.3	2.8	5.6	6.3	4.8
Tusayan	1.9	2.1	1.3	1.3	0.7	0.8
Difference	+1.7	+0.8	-1.5	-4.3	-5.6	-4

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
Tusayan	48	49	46	41	37	27	50	46	32	32	37	48
Difference	-27	-28	-36	-42	-38	-34	-7	-20	-42	-49	-45	-29

Jan – Jun	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun
Kigali	75	77	81	83	75	61
Tusayan	48	49	46	41	37	27
Difference	-27	-28	-36	-42	-38	-34

Jul – Dec	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Kigali	57	67	74	81	82	77
Tusayan	50	46	32	32	37	48
Difference	-7	-20	-42	-49	-45	-29

Relative humidity (%) Kigali runs higher most of 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
Tusayan	61	57	49	41	35	25	37	43	40	42	50	60
Difference	-11	-13	-26	-40	-45	-47	-27	-19	-25	-29	-27	-16

Jan – Jun	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun
Kigali	72	70	75	81	80	72
Tusayan	61	57	49	41	35	25
Difference	-11	-13	-26	-40	-45	-47

Jul – Dec	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Kigali	64	62	65	72	77	76
Tusayan	37	43	40	42	50	60
Difference	-27	-19	-25	-29	-27	-16

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 → · Tusayan 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.

Tusayan

Temperature & precipitation — 1991–2020 normals computed from 24 years of daily observations at Grand Canyon NP AP, a weather station, about 4 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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