Climate averages 1991–2020
Musanze weather
in March.
A warm, very wet month: the 5th warmest and the wettest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
March is a warm month in Musanze: daytime highs average 23.2°C and nights cool to about 15.5°C. By daytime temperature it is the 5th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 234 mm of rain on roughly 25 days, which makes March a very wet month (the wettest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 07 min on an average March day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Rutshuru (41 km away). In March its highs average 26.5°C, 3.3°C warmer than Musanze, with 221 mm of rain.
Among the 5 cities listed in Rwanda, Musanze ranks 5th of 5 for the warmest March highs and 5th of 5 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 5 cities is 24.5°C; Musanze is 1.3°C cooler than that mean.
From March to April, average highs fall by 0.9°C to 22.3°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 234 mm to 200 mm.
The annual picture
March 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, selected | 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
March in nearby cities
- Rutshuru in MarchDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 41 kmHigh 26.5°C · Low 15.6°C · 221 mm rain
- Muhanga in MarchRwanda · 59 kmHigh 23.4°C · Low 13.2°C · 121 mm rain
- Gitarama in MarchRwanda · 65 kmHigh 23.4°C · Low 12.6°C · 121 mm rain
- Kigali in MarchRwanda · 69 kmHigh 25.1°C · Low 14.7°C · 105 mm rain
- Nyagatare in MarchRwanda · 80 kmHigh 27.1°C · Low 16.4°C · 95 mm rain
- Rutoma in MarchUganda · 133 kmHigh 25.9°C · Low 17.0°C · 121 mm rain
- Bukavu in MarchDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 141 kmHigh 24.8°C · Low 16.3°C · 225 mm rain
- Mbarara in MarchUganda · 150 kmHigh 26.7°C · Low 16.9°C · 66 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.