Climate averages 1991–2020
Musanze weather
in April.
A warm, very wet month: the joint 10th warmest and the 8th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
April is a warm month in Musanze: daytime highs average 22.3°C and nights cool to about 15.1°C. By daytime temperature it is the joint 10th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 200 mm of rain on roughly 26 days, which makes April a very wet month (the 8th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 05 min on an average April day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Rutshuru (41 km away). In April its highs average 25.6°C, 3.3°C warmer than Musanze, with 217 mm of rain.
Among the 5 cities listed in Rwanda, Musanze ranks 4th of 5 for the warmest April highs and 5th of 5 for the driest April (rainfall, lowest first). The mean April high of those 5 cities is 23.4°C; Musanze is 1.1°C cooler than that mean.
From April to May, average highs fall by 0.2°C to 22.1°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 200 mm to 118 mm.
The annual picture
April 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
Musanze climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 22.9°C15.3°C | 15.3°C | 186 | 20.5 | 12.212 h |
| February | 23.5°C15.7°C | 15.7°C | 168 | 17.8 | 12.212 h |
| March | 23.2°C15.5°C | 15.5°C | 234 | 24.8 | 12.112 h |
| April, selected | 22.3°C15.1°C | 15.1°C | 200 | 26.2 | 12.112 h |
| May | 22.1°C15.4°C | 15.4°C | 118 | 18.7 | 12.012 h |
| June | 22.6°C15.8°C | 15.8°C | 39 | 6.9 | 12.012 h |
| July | 23.3°C15.8°C | 15.8°C | 19 | 3.7 | 12.012 h |
| August | 23.7°C15.8°C | 15.8°C | 67 | 10.2 | 12.112 h |
| September | 23.4°C15.5°C | 15.5°C | 114 | 15.8 | 12.112 h |
| October | 22.8°C15.1°C | 15.1°C | 201 | 23.0 | 12.112 h |
| November | 22.3°C14.9°C | 14.9°C | 222 | 25.3 | 12.212 h |
| December | 22.4°C15.0°C | 15.0°C | 207 | 23.3 | 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
April in nearby cities
- Rutshuru in AprilDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 41 kmHigh 25.6°C · Low 15.9°C · 217 mm rain
- Muhanga in AprilRwanda · 59 kmHigh 22.4°C · Low 13.7°C · 135 mm rain
- Gitarama in AprilRwanda · 65 kmHigh 22.2°C · Low 12.9°C · 135 mm rain
- Kigali in AprilRwanda · 69 kmHigh 24.0°C · Low 15.0°C · 137 mm rain
- Nyagatare in AprilRwanda · 80 kmHigh 25.9°C · Low 16.3°C · 123 mm rain
- Rutoma in AprilUganda · 133 kmHigh 24.9°C · Low 16.7°C · 144 mm rain
- Bukavu in AprilDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 141 kmHigh 24.3°C · Low 16.2°C · 202 mm rain
- Mbarara in AprilUganda · 150 kmHigh 25.5°C · Low 16.4°C · 85 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 Musanze) is explained once on the Musanze year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.