Climate averages 1991–2020
Musanze weather
in June.
A warm, fairly dry month: the 8th warmest and the 2nd driest of the year. Meets the pleasant-weather rule
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
June is a warm month in Musanze: daytime highs average 22.6°C and nights cool to about 15.8°C. By daytime temperature it is the 8th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 39 mm of rain on roughly 7 days, which makes June a fairly dry month (the 2nd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 02 min on an average June day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Rutshuru (41 km away). In June its highs average 26.0°C, 3.4°C warmer than Musanze, with 85 mm of rain.
Among the 5 cities listed in Rwanda, Musanze ranks 4th of 5 for the warmest June highs and 5th of 5 for the driest June (rainfall, lowest first). The mean June high of those 5 cities is 23.7°C; Musanze is 1.1°C cooler than that mean.
From June to July, average highs rise by 0.7°C to 23.3°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 39 mm to 19 mm.
The annual picture
June 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, selected | 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
June in nearby cities
- Rutshuru in JuneDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 41 kmHigh 26.0°C · Low 15.5°C · 85 mm rain
- Muhanga in JuneRwanda · 59 kmHigh 22.7°C · Low 14.4°C · 17 mm rain
- Gitarama in JuneRwanda · 65 kmHigh 22.4°C · Low 12.7°C · 17 mm rain
- Kigali in JuneRwanda · 69 kmHigh 24.2°C · Low 14.9°C · 14 mm rain
- Nyagatare in JuneRwanda · 80 kmHigh 26.6°C · Low 16.0°C · 20 mm rain
- Rutoma in JuneUganda · 133 kmHigh 25.2°C · Low 16.9°C · 52 mm rain
- Bukavu in JuneDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 141 kmHigh 24.5°C · Low 15.5°C · 24 mm rain
- Mbarara in JuneUganda · 150 kmHigh 25.7°C · Low 16.0°C · 26 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.