Climate averages 1991–2020
Muhanga weather
in December.
A warm, wet month: the joint 8th warmest and the 7th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
December is a warm month in Muhanga: daytime highs average 22.7°C and nights cool to about 12.5°C. By daytime temperature it is the joint 8th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 117 mm of rain on roughly 19 days, which makes December a wet month (the 7th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 14 min on an average December day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Gitarama (8 km away). In December its highs average 22.6°C, about as warm as Muhanga, with 117 mm of rain.
Among the 5 cities listed in Rwanda, Muhanga ranks 3rd of 5 for the warmest December highs and joint 3rd of 5 for the driest December (rainfall, lowest first). The mean December high of those 5 cities is 23.6°C; Muhanga is 0.9°C cooler than that mean.
From December to January, average highs rise by 0.5°C to 23.2°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 117 mm to 134 mm.
The annual picture
December in context
Monthly rainfall
Average total · mmAverages from hourly ERA5 reanalysis data. Actual weather varies from year to year. How these numbers are calculated
Every month, side by side
Muhanga climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 23.2°C12.7°C | 12.7°C | 134 | 20.0 | 12.212 h |
| February | 23.7°C13.0°C | 13.0°C | 119 | 18.9 | 12.212 h |
| March | 23.4°C13.2°C | 13.2°C | 121 | 20.9 | 12.112 h |
| April | 22.4°C13.7°C | 13.7°C | 135 | 24.5 | 12.112 h |
| May | 22.2°C14.2°C | 14.2°C | 78 | 17.2 | 12.012 h |
| June | 22.7°C14.4°C | 14.4°C | 17 | 4.4 | 12.012 h |
| July | 23.4°C14.5°C | 14.5°C | 6.5 | 1.7 | 12.012 h |
| August | 24.1°C14.3°C | 14.3°C | 25 | 5.2 | 12.012 h |
| September | 24.2°C13.3°C | 13.3°C | 54 | 10.6 | 12.112 h |
| October | 23.3°C12.9°C | 12.9°C | 115 | 18.8 | 12.212 h |
| November | 22.5°C12.4°C | 12.4°C | 123 | 21.4 | 12.212 h |
| December, selected | 22.7°C12.5°C | 12.5°C | 117 | 19.1 | 12.212 h |
Rainfall is the average of the 30 separate monthly totals. A rain day is a local calendar day with at least 1 mm of precipitation. Daylight is the calculated sunrise-to-sunset length, not measured sunshine.
Compare places
December in nearby cities
- Gitarama in DecemberRwanda · 8 kmHigh 22.6°C · Low 12.0°C · 117 mm rain
- Kigali in DecemberRwanda · 40 kmHigh 24.4°C · Low 14.1°C · 92 mm rain
- Musanze in DecemberRwanda · 59 kmHigh 22.4°C · Low 15.0°C · 207 mm rain
- Rutshuru in DecemberDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 97 kmHigh 25.1°C · Low 15.0°C · 201 mm rain
- Nyagatare in DecemberRwanda · 106 kmHigh 25.7°C · Low 15.3°C · 79 mm rain
- Bukavu in DecemberDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 109 kmHigh 23.9°C · Low 16.0°C · 310 mm rain
- Bujumbura in DecemberBurundi · 156 kmHigh 26.5°C · Low 22.1°C · 156 mm rain
- Gitega in DecemberBurundi · 158 kmHigh 22.6°C · Low 14.4°C · 98 mm rain
Read the numbers correctly
Climate, not a promise.
These patterns help compare months. They cannot tell you the weather on a specific day of your trip.
Sources, method and limitsHow these numbers are made (what the highs, lows and rain days mean, the sources and the model cell used for Muhanga) is explained once on the Muhanga year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.
Gitarama lies in the same rainfall cell, so its rainfall figures are identical to these; temperatures differ because they come from smaller 0.1° cells.