Climate averages 1991–2020
Musanze weather
in May.
A warm, wet month: the coolest and the 5th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
May is a warm month in Musanze: daytime highs average 22.1°C and nights cool to about 15.4°C. By daytime temperature it is the coolest month of the year.
Expect about 118 mm of rain on roughly 19 days, which makes May a wet month (the 5th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 03 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Rutshuru (41 km away). In May its highs average 25.6°C, 3.5°C warmer than Musanze, with 139 mm of rain.
Among the 5 cities listed in Rwanda, Musanze ranks 4th of 5 for the warmest May highs and 5th of 5 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 5 cities is 23.2°C; Musanze is 1.1°C cooler than that mean.
From May to June, average highs rise by 0.5°C to 22.6°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 118 mm to 39 mm.
The annual picture
May 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, selected | 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
May in nearby cities
- Rutshuru in MayDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 41 kmHigh 25.6°C · Low 16.1°C · 139 mm rain
- Muhanga in MayRwanda · 59 kmHigh 22.2°C · Low 14.2°C · 78 mm rain
- Gitarama in MayRwanda · 65 kmHigh 22.0°C · Low 12.9°C · 78 mm rain
- Kigali in MayRwanda · 69 kmHigh 23.9°C · Low 14.9°C · 83 mm rain
- Nyagatare in MayRwanda · 80 kmHigh 25.8°C · Low 16.2°C · 79 mm rain
- Rutoma in MayUganda · 133 kmHigh 24.7°C · Low 16.7°C · 117 mm rain
- Bukavu in MayDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 141 kmHigh 24.3°C · Low 16.0°C · 93 mm rain
- Mbarara in MayUganda · 150 kmHigh 25.2°C · Low 16.0°C · 65 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.