Climate averages 1991–2020
Musanze weather
in July.
A warm, fairly dry month: the 4th warmest and the driest of the year. Meets the pleasant-weather rule
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
July is a warm month in Musanze: daytime highs average 23.3°C and nights cool to about 15.8°C. By daytime temperature it is the 4th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 19 mm of rain on roughly 4 days, which makes July a fairly dry month (the driest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 02 min on an average July day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Rutshuru (41 km away). In July its highs average 26.4°C, 3.1°C warmer than Musanze, with 55 mm of rain.
Among the 5 cities listed in Rwanda, Musanze ranks 4th of 5 for the warmest July highs and 5th of 5 for the driest July (rainfall, lowest first). The mean July high of those 5 cities is 24.5°C; Musanze is 1.2°C cooler than that mean.
From July to August, average highs rise by 0.4°C to 23.7°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 19 mm to 67 mm.
The annual picture
July 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, selected | 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
July in nearby cities
- Rutshuru in JulyDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 41 kmHigh 26.4°C · Low 15.3°C · 55 mm rain
- Muhanga in JulyRwanda · 59 kmHigh 23.4°C · Low 14.5°C · 6.5 mm rain
- Gitarama in JulyRwanda · 65 kmHigh 23.1°C · Low 12.9°C · 6.5 mm rain
- Kigali in JulyRwanda · 69 kmHigh 25.2°C · Low 15.1°C · 4.4 mm rain
- Nyagatare in JulyRwanda · 80 kmHigh 27.4°C · Low 16.0°C · 7.9 mm rain
- Rutoma in JulyUganda · 133 kmHigh 25.8°C · Low 16.7°C · 28 mm rain
- Bukavu in JulyDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 141 kmHigh 25.0°C · Low 15.4°C · 8.9 mm rain
- Mbarara in JulyUganda · 150 kmHigh 26.3°C · Low 15.9°C · 13 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.