Musanze climate

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Musanze is warmest in August, with average highs of 24 °C, and coldest in November, when nights average 15 °C. March is the wettest month (211 mm) and July the driest (17 mm). Figures are 1991–2020 climate normals.

Across a full year Musanze averages 1,637 mm of rain and 20 days above 25 °C.

Rwanda · population 153,368 · 1991–2020 normals

Temperature below 0 °C to above 30 °C Rain band height is that month’s share of the wettest month

Warmest month August 24 °C
Coldest month November 15 °C
Driest month July 17 mm
Wettest month March 211 mm
Least cloud July 62 % cloud
Hottest on record February 29 °C
Coldest on record July 9.6 °C

What to expectMusanze through the year

Musanze changes little through the year. Average daily highs stay between 22 and 24 °C, so no month stands out as a season in the way it would further from the equator.

Counted across a normal year, 20 days a year reach 25 °C. The warmest reading in the 1991–2020 record is 29 °C, in February.

Rain is strongly seasonal. March averages 211 mm against 17 mm in July — 13 times as much. Planning around the dry months matters more here than planning around temperature.

Month by month

Month	Avg high	Rainfall	Cloud
January	22.9 °C	169 mm	76 %
February	23.5 °C	151 mm	76 %
March	23.2 °C	211 mm	80 %
April	22.2 °C	183 mm	85 %
May	21.9 °C	121 mm	76 %
June	22.4 °C	37 mm	66 %
July	23.1 °C	17 mm	62 %
August	23.6 °C	61 mm	67 %
September	23.4 °C	106 mm	72 %
October	22.7 °C	193 mm	83 %
November	22.2 °C	206 mm	84 %
December	22.4 °C	183 mm	78 %

Temperature month by month

Month	Avg high	Avg low	Mean	Record high	Record low	Days above 25 °C
January	22.9 °C	15.0 °C	18.7 °C	28.0 °C	11.9 °C	2
February	23.5 °C	15.3 °C	19.2 °C	29.4 °C	11.8 °C	3
March	23.2 °C	15.1 °C	18.8 °C	26.8 °C	11.6 °C	2
April	22.2 °C	14.9 °C	18.2 °C	26.1 °C	11.9 °C	0
May	21.9 °C	15.1 °C	18.2 °C	25.1 °C	10.4 °C	0
June	22.4 °C	15.3 °C	18.6 °C	25.2 °C	11.2 °C	0
July	23.1 °C	15.3 °C	19.0 °C	26.7 °C	9.6 °C	2
August	23.6 °C	15.4 °C	19.3 °C	28.2 °C	10.6 °C	5
September	23.4 °C	15.1 °C	19.0 °C	27.9 °C	11.1 °C	3
October	22.7 °C	14.8 °C	18.5 °C	26.6 °C	11.8 °C	1
November	22.2 °C	14.5 °C	18.1 °C	25.4 °C	11.8 °C	0
December	22.4 °C	14.7 °C	18.3 °C	25.4 °C	11.7 °C	0

Rain, sun and wind month by month

Month	Rainfall	Wet days	Daylight	Cloud cover	Humidity	Wind
January	169 mm	19	12 h/day	76 %	78 %	9.8 km/h
February	151 mm	17	12 h/day	76 %	77 %	9.8 km/h
March	211 mm	23	12 h/day	80 %	81 %	9.3 km/h
April	183 mm	26	12 h/day	85 %	84 %	9.0 km/h
May	121 mm	18	12 h/day	76 %	81 %	10 km/h
June	37 mm	7	12 h/day	66 %	70 %	11 km/h
July	17 mm	4	12 h/day	62 %	62 %	12 km/h
August	61 mm	9	12 h/day	67 %	65 %	12 km/h
September	106 mm	15	12 h/day	72 %	72 %	12 km/h
October	193 mm	22	12 h/day	83 %	79 %	11 km/h
November	206 mm	25	12 h/day	84 %	82 %	9.8 km/h
December	183 mm	22	12 h/day	78 %	81 %	9.8 km/h

How Musanze compares

The same four figures for nearby destinations, so the numbers above have something to be read against. Summer high is the warmest month's average high; winter low is the coldest month's average low.

Destination	Summer high	Winter low	Rain per year	Days above 25 °C
Musanze	24 °C	15 °C	1,637 mm	20
Gisenyi · Rwanda	23 °C	18 °C	2,467 mm	9
Goma · Democratic Republic of the Congo	23 °C	17 °C	2,467 mm	4
Kigali · Rwanda	26 °C	14 °C	888 mm	175
Bukavu · Democratic Republic of the Congo	26 °C	16 °C	1,961 mm	109

Where Musanze ranks

Ranking	Position	Value
Places with the best weather in Africa in July	1st of 50	99/100
Places with the best weather in the world in July	1st of 50	99/100
The coolest places in Africa in October	31st of 50	23 °C
Places with the best weather in Africa in June	32nd of 50	95/100
Places with the best weather in Africa in August	39th of 50	92/100
The coolest places in Africa in May	40th of 50	22 °C

Planning a trip? See the best time to visit Musanze.

QuestionsCommon questions about Musanze’s climate

When is the best time to visit Musanze?

That depends on what you want, so the honest answer is a comparison rather than a single month. February, July, August sit closest to 20 °C on average, August is the warmest month and July the driest. The month-by-month table above has the full picture.

How hot does Musanze get?

In August, the warmest month, daily highs average 24 °C. The highest value in the 1991–2020 record is 29 °C.

How cold does it get in winter?

Nights average 15 °C in November, the coldest month. Freezing nights are not part of a normal year here.

Which month is wettest in Musanze?

March, averaging 211 mm over 23 days with rain. The driest month is July with 17 mm. The year as a whole averages 1,637 mm.

Are these figures a forecast?

No. They are 1991–2020 climate normals: the average of thirty years, which describes what a month is usually like in Musanze rather than what any particular week will bring. Individual years can differ substantially from the normal.

Data sources and method

ERA5 / ERA5-Land reanalysis — Copernicus Climate Change Service (C3S), ECMWF. Copernicus Licence
Open-Meteo — Open-Meteo.com. CC BY 4.0
NOAA OISST v2.1 — NOAA Physical Sciences Laboratory. Public domain
GeoNames — GeoNames.org. CC BY 4.0

Normal period: 1991–2020
Data point: -1.500°, 29.635° (the coordinates the reanalysis values are taken for)
Dataset version: era5-1991-2020-scores1.1
Last processed: 1 August 2026

Measured values come from ERA5 reanalysis and are reproduced unchanged. Calculated by us: monthly rankings, daylight hours, beach and comfort scores. Full formulas are on the methodology page.

Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026. Neither the European Commission nor ECMWF is responsible for any use that may be made of the Copernicus information or data it contains.