Climate averages 1991–2020
Musanze weather
in January.
A warm, very wet month: the 6th warmest and the 7th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
January is a warm month in Musanze: daytime highs average 22.9°C and nights cool to about 15.3°C. By daytime temperature it is the 6th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 186 mm of rain on roughly 21 days, which makes January a very wet month (the 7th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 12 min on an average January day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Rutshuru (41 km away). In January its highs average 25.9°C, 3.0°C warmer than Musanze, with 121 mm of rain.
Among the 5 cities listed in Rwanda, Musanze ranks 5th of 5 for the warmest January highs and 5th of 5 for the driest January (rainfall, lowest first). The mean January high of those 5 cities is 24.2°C; Musanze is 1.3°C cooler than that mean.
From January to February, average highs rise by 0.6°C to 23.5°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 186 mm to 168 mm.
The annual picture
January 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, selected | 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 | 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
January in nearby cities
- Rutshuru in JanuaryDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 41 kmHigh 25.9°C · Low 15.3°C · 121 mm rain
- Muhanga in JanuaryRwanda · 59 kmHigh 23.2°C · Low 12.7°C · 134 mm rain
- Gitarama in JanuaryRwanda · 65 kmHigh 23.2°C · Low 12.4°C · 134 mm rain
- Kigali in JanuaryRwanda · 69 kmHigh 25.0°C · Low 14.5°C · 77 mm rain
- Nyagatare in JanuaryRwanda · 80 kmHigh 26.8°C · Low 16.0°C · 49 mm rain
- Rutoma in JanuaryUganda · 133 kmHigh 25.4°C · Low 16.2°C · 80 mm rain
- Bukavu in JanuaryDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 141 kmHigh 24.2°C · Low 16.1°C · 302 mm rain
- Mbarara in JanuaryUganda · 150 kmHigh 26.3°C · Low 16.3°C · 35 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.