Climate averages 1991–2020
Musanze weather
in August.
A warm, moderately wet month: the warmest and the 3rd driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
August is a warm month in Musanze: daytime highs average 23.7°C and nights cool to about 15.8°C. By daytime temperature it is the warmest month of the year.
Expect about 67 mm of rain on roughly 10 days, which makes August a moderately wet month (the 3rd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 04 min on an average August day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Rutshuru (41 km away). In August its highs average 26.2°C, 2.5°C warmer than Musanze, with 160 mm of rain.
Among the 5 cities listed in Rwanda, Musanze ranks 5th of 5 for the warmest August highs and 5th of 5 for the driest August (rainfall, lowest first). The mean August high of those 5 cities is 25.1°C; Musanze is 1.3°C cooler than that mean.
From August to September, average highs fall by 0.3°C to 23.4°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 67 mm to 114 mm.
The annual picture
August 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 | 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, selected | 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
August in nearby cities
- Rutshuru in AugustDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 41 kmHigh 26.2°C · Low 15.5°C · 160 mm rain
- Muhanga in AugustRwanda · 59 kmHigh 24.1°C · Low 14.3°C · 25 mm rain
- Gitarama in AugustRwanda · 65 kmHigh 24.0°C · Low 13.4°C · 25 mm rain
- Kigali in AugustRwanda · 69 kmHigh 25.9°C · Low 15.4°C · 24 mm rain
- Nyagatare in AugustRwanda · 80 kmHigh 27.5°C · Low 16.4°C · 36 mm rain
- Rutoma in AugustUganda · 133 kmHigh 25.7°C · Low 16.5°C · 89 mm rain
- Bukavu in AugustDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 141 kmHigh 25.9°C · Low 16.0°C · 26 mm rain
- Mbarara in AugustUganda · 150 kmHigh 26.1°C · Low 16.1°C · 46 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.