Africa · Eastern Africa
Rwanda
2 cities in the atlas · 2 airports with scheduled flights
Photo: Emmanuelkwizera · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
- Capital
- Kigali
- Currency
- RWF
- Rwandan Franc
- Local time
- Central Africa TimeUTC+02:00
- Calling code
- +250
- Driving
- On the right
- Plugs
- Type C, E and G
Facts
Rwanda in figures
From named datasets: GeoNames, CLDR, the World Bank and Wikidata. Each is credited at the foot of the page.
- Capital
- Kigali
- Currency
- Rwandan Franc RWFToday's indicative rate: RWF 1,000 ≈ USD 0.677Indicative, from the day's reference rates; a bank or card will charge its own.
- Languages
- Official: Kinyarwanda, English and FrenchSpoken: Kinyarwanda, English, French and Swahili
- Time zones
- Central Africa TimeUTC+02:00
- Calling code
- +250
- Driving
- On the right
- Plugs
- Type C, E and G230 V · 50 HzAs recorded in Wikidata.
- Emergency numbers
- 112fire and police912ambulanceAs recorded in Wikidata. Check them locally on arrival; they are not the only safety information you need.
- Population
- 14,569,341 (2025, World Bank)
- Area
- 26,338 km²
- Internet domain
- .rw
When to go
Climate across Rwanda
On these averages, Kigali has a mean high between 18°C and 32°C and under 150 mm of rain in May to October and December to February.
- Mild to warm and dry
- Mild to warm, humid or showery
- Hot
- Cool
- Wet
- Cold
On the map
Where Rwanda is
The dashed box is the extent of the country's main landmass, from Natural Earth; outlying islands fall outside it. The dots are the cities with pages of their own.
Land borders
Cities
Cities in Rwanda
All 2 places in the atlas: capitals, cities of 300,000 people or more, the places its airports serve, and the ones we have written guides to.
Smaller places with an airport · 1
Airports
Airports in Rwanda
Airports with scheduled flights and an IATA code, from OurAirports.
Visas and entry
Visas and entry
Entry rules depend on your passport and change often, so this page does not state them. Check the destination government's official immigration website, or ask our visa desk to check your case for you.
Plan it
Plan a trip to Rwanda
Tell us where in Rwanda, when and who is travelling, and a person puts the flights, the stays and the rest into one quote.