Kigali Pollen Count
Kigali, Rwanda · Last updated Thursday, November 5, 2026
This page shows the most recent reading available for Kigali — from Thursday, November 5, 2026 (2 days ago) — not today's reading.
Pollen Overview
Today's overall pollen level and the dominant type (trees, weeds, grass, or mold).
Total Pollen Index
The combined pollen level across all types (0–100).
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Weeds Index
How active weeds pollen is today (0–100).
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Pollen Types
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5-Day Kigali Overall Pollen Forecast
Bars are colored by severity (Low/Moderate/High).
Pollen count Kigali residents check each morning
The Kigali pollen count today is 23 (Low). The main driver is Ragweed, with weed pollen at 22 today. Grass pollen is the highest single category in the split at 24 (Low), ahead of weed pollen at 22 and tree pollen at 18. Below, the plant detail and the multi-day outlook show whether today is the pattern or the exception. Pollen Atlas updated this count on Thursday, November 5, 2026.
A Low band on the Pollen Atlas index means the Total Pollen Index has stayed in the lower part of the 0–100 scale. Readings in this band are built from low individual category values rather than from one large spike, and the category split above matters more than the headline number: a low total can still contain one category, such as grass pollen, reading noticeably higher than the rest, which is why the split is printed on every Kigali page.
Fall is ragweed season across most of the United States: ragweed plants release pollen from late summer into autumn, and weed pollen is typically the last major outdoor pollen category to fade as the weather cools. That pattern is why an autumn total is so often weed-led even when the headline number is low — tree and grass pollen have usually receded by then, leaving weed pollen, and on damp days mold, to make up most of what the index records.
To see whether today’s pollen level holds, check the 5-day Kigali pollen forecast below — it is currently mixed, with Thursday the highest day in the window.
This is the pollen count Kigali residents check each morning, built from the day’s tree, grass, weed and mold readings.
What is the Kigali pollen count today?
The Kigali pollen count today is 23 out of 100 (Low) on the Pollen Atlas Total Pollen Index, driven mainly by Ragweed.
Short answer for anyone searching pollen count today Kigali: this page is updated every morning with the day’s modelled reading.
Kigali allergies today
Kigali allergies today are set by the same reading as the pollen count above: the Total Pollen Index is 23 (Low), driven mainly by Ragweed. When people ask about Kigali allergies, this is the number that answers them — one daily index built from today’s tree, grass, weed and mold readings for Kigali.
Allergies in Kigali follow the Rwanda calendar set out below — the chapters, the plants behind them, and the 5-day forecast on this page show whether today is typical for the season or an exception to it. If you are checking allergies today in Kigali before heading outdoors, the split at the top of this page is the part to read: it shows which pollen is doing the work today, not just how high the total sits.
Read the five-day table on this page as the Kigali allergy forecast: today reads 23 (Low), and the day-by-day outlook shows whether Kigali allergies are set to ease or build across the week — the days to plan outdoor time around are the ones where the index steps down, not just today.
In practice, the allergy count Kigali today records is this same combined reading — tree, grass, weed and mold in one index.
The Kigali allergy count today is 23 (Low) — the same Total Pollen Index as the pollen count above, in one combined reading.
Pollen count today Kigali: the 5-day forecast
| Day | Total Pollen Index | Band |
|---|---|---|
| Thursday, November 5 | 23 | Low |
| Friday, November 6 | 23 | Low |
| Saturday, November 7 | 10 | Low |
| Sunday, November 8 | 15 | Low |
| Monday, November 9 | 10 | Low |
Pollen Atlas forecasts Kigali’s pollen count to peak on Thursday at 23 (Low) over the next 5 days.
Pollen by type in Kigali
What is driving Kigali’s pollen today
The shape of today’s 23 (Low) is set by grass pollen at 24 (Low on its own scale) — about 38% of the four category readings added together, 2 points clear of the next category, weed pollen at 22. Grass-led totals tend to hold a level for days at a time rather than spike and clear, because grasses pollinate over an extended period. Grass pollen leading in November is a modelled reading, reported as modelled — no regional calendar is asserted for Rwanda, and the modelled value outranks any general seasonal expectation.
Plant-level detail is not in today’s feed for Kigali, so the drivers have to be read from the category split above — it shows how much of today’s total each category is actually carrying, and plant detail returns here automatically on any day the feed includes it.
Across the five-day window the Total Pollen Index runs from 10 to 23, never changing band. Today’s 23 sits 7 points above the window’s average of 16.2 — a moving window, worth reading day by day rather than from the average.
Plants affecting Kigali now
Detailed plant-by-plant readings for Kigali were not returned in today\u2019s source data, so this section summarises the pollen types the index above is built from instead of listing individual plants.
Tree pollen is one of the categories with a non-zero reading today, at 18 (Low).
Grass pollen is one of the categories with a non-zero reading today, at 24 (Low).
Weed pollen is one of the categories with a non-zero reading today, at 22 (Low).
In the Global pattern, the plants that shape this city’s year vary with its local climate and vegetation, and no single regional calendar is published for this area — named here as regional context only, not as today\u2019s measurements.
Plant detail returns here automatically on any day the source data includes it.
Every pollen type, with photos and seasons: the pollen directory.
Kigali pollen through the year
Three chapters make the Rwanda pollen year, and Kigali follows them in the Global order. The tree chapter: tree pollen seasons vary with local climate and vegetation, so this page reports the measured readings first and treats any calendar as background only. The grass chapter: grass pollen seasons vary with local climate and vegetation, and the measured value outranks any general seasonal expectation. The weed chapter: weed pollen seasons vary with local climate and vegetation, and no regional calendar is asserted for this area.
No Rwanda allergy season guide is published yet, so this page does not single out signature pollens for Kigali — the calendar above is the Global regional pattern, and the plant detail on this page names what today’s feed actually records.
November in Kigali is reported from its modelled readings, not from a regional calendar — no regional calendar is asserted for Rwanda, so the calendar alone explains little today, and the modelled split above carries the story. No Rwanda allergy season guide is published yet — this calendar follows the Global regional pattern. See Kigali pollen count rankings and Kigali on the pollen heatmap.
How to read this index
Pollen Atlas reports the Kigali pollen count on a Total Pollen Index from 0 to 100, built from separate tree, grass and weed readings. The total is a summary, not an average of the three: a single strong category can lift it, and three quiet categories can hold it down even in a month when Kigali, Rwanda pollen is usually more active. Index values are a modelled pollen risk index computed by Pollen Atlas from open weather, vegetation and phenology data, calibrated against CDC/NAB season data, with plant detail by the Google Pollen API. The index is a modelled 0–100 scale, not a measured count, and figures update through the day, so a morning and an evening visit to this page can legitimately show different numbers.
Kigali in today’s national picture
At 23 (Low), Kigali ranks joint 41692nd of the 90896 cities Pollen Atlas tracks today — in the middle of the national table. The highest reading in the country today is Serpa, Portugal at 53, and the lowest is Galiakberovo, Russia at 5. The whole table spans 48 points today — a wide-open day, when the top and bottom of the table are effectively in different seasons.
Around Kigali: Bukavu, Democratic Republic of the Congo (148 km away) reads 16 (Low); Mbarara, Uganda (163 km away) reads 13 (Low); Bujumbura, Burundi (177 km away) reads 30 (Low). Kigali reads 7 points higher than its nearest tracked neighbour today. Across the wider Global today, readings run from 5 in Almaty, Kazakhstan to 39 in Nacala, Mozambique.
Pollen totals are population numbers; symptoms are personal. The same reading can leave one Kigali resident untouched and floor another, depending on which pollens they are sensitised to. If this pattern finds you every season, allergists in Kigali, Rwanda can test whether tree, grass, weed or mold is the category that matters for you — the four readings at the top of this page are the starting point for that conversation.
Kigali in its local area
Kigali is in Nyarugenge District, Kigali, Rwanda. Its population is 1,132,686 (GeoNames).
Like every Pollen Atlas city page, the Kigali, Rwanda pollen count is refreshed each morning.
Nearby cities
- Bukavu pollen count (148 km away)
- Mbarara pollen count (163 km away)
- Bujumbura pollen count (177 km away)
- Uvira pollen count (191 km away)
- Butembo pollen count (248 km away)
- Geita pollen count (262 km away)
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Pollen indexes: a modelled pollen risk index computed by Pollen Atlas from open weather, vegetation and phenology data, calibrated against CDC/NAB season data. Plant detail: Google Pollen API. Index values are modelled, not measured counts. Sources: CDC/NAB; USA-NPN; GBIF (CC BY); ESA WorldCover (CC BY 4.0).