Climate averages 1991–2020
Musanze weather
in February.
A warm, wet month: the 2nd warmest and the 6th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
February is a warm month in Musanze: daytime highs average 23.5°C and nights cool to about 15.7°C. By daytime temperature it is the 2nd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 168 mm of rain on roughly 18 days, which makes February a wet month (the 6th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 10 min on an average February day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Rutshuru (41 km away). In February its highs average 26.9°C, 3.4°C warmer than Musanze, with 125 mm of rain.
Among the 5 cities listed in Rwanda, Musanze ranks 5th of 5 for the warmest February highs and 5th of 5 for the driest February (rainfall, lowest first). The mean February high of those 5 cities is 24.9°C; Musanze is 1.4°C cooler than that mean.
From February to March, average highs fall by 0.3°C to 23.2°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 168 mm to 234 mm.
The annual picture
February 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, selected | 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 | 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
February in nearby cities
- Rutshuru in FebruaryDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 41 kmHigh 26.9°C · Low 15.7°C · 125 mm rain
- Muhanga in FebruaryRwanda · 59 kmHigh 23.7°C · Low 13.0°C · 119 mm rain
- Gitarama in FebruaryRwanda · 65 kmHigh 23.9°C · Low 12.6°C · 119 mm rain
- Kigali in FebruaryRwanda · 69 kmHigh 25.7°C · Low 14.8°C · 79 mm rain
- Nyagatare in FebruaryRwanda · 80 kmHigh 27.8°C · Low 16.6°C · 51 mm rain
- Rutoma in FebruaryUganda · 133 kmHigh 26.3°C · Low 16.9°C · 80 mm rain
- Bukavu in FebruaryDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 141 kmHigh 24.7°C · Low 16.2°C · 229 mm rain
- Mbarara in FebruaryUganda · 150 kmHigh 27.3°C · Low 16.9°C · 38 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.