Climate averages 1991–2020
Musanze weather
in December.
A warm, very wet month: the 9th warmest and the 10th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
December is a warm month in Musanze: daytime highs average 22.4°C and nights cool to about 15.0°C. By daytime temperature it is the 9th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 207 mm of rain on roughly 23 days, which makes December a very wet month (the 10th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 12 min on an average December day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Rutshuru (41 km away). In December its highs average 25.1°C, 2.6°C warmer than Musanze, with 201 mm of rain.
Among the 5 cities listed in Rwanda, Musanze ranks 5th of 5 for the warmest December highs and 5th of 5 for the driest December (rainfall, lowest first). The mean December high of those 5 cities is 23.6°C; Musanze is 1.1°C cooler than that mean.
From December to January, average highs rise by 0.4°C to 22.9°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 207 mm to 186 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
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 | 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, selected | 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
December in nearby cities
- Rutshuru in DecemberDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 41 kmHigh 25.1°C · Low 15.0°C · 201 mm rain
- Muhanga in DecemberRwanda · 59 kmHigh 22.7°C · Low 12.5°C · 117 mm rain
- Gitarama in DecemberRwanda · 65 kmHigh 22.6°C · Low 12.0°C · 117 mm rain
- Kigali in DecemberRwanda · 69 kmHigh 24.4°C · Low 14.1°C · 92 mm rain
- Nyagatare in DecemberRwanda · 80 kmHigh 25.7°C · Low 15.3°C · 79 mm rain
- Rutoma in DecemberUganda · 133 kmHigh 24.7°C · Low 15.8°C · 116 mm rain
- Bukavu in DecemberDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 141 kmHigh 23.9°C · Low 16.0°C · 310 mm rain
- Mbarara in DecemberUganda · 150 kmHigh 25.2°C · Low 15.6°C · 61 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.