Climate averages 1991–2020
Musanze weather
in November.
A warm, very wet month: the joint 10th warmest and the 11th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
November is a warm month in Musanze: daytime highs average 22.3°C and nights cool to about 14.9°C. By daytime temperature it is the joint 10th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 222 mm of rain on roughly 25 days, which makes November a very wet month (the 11th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 11 min on an average November day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Rutshuru (41 km away). In November its highs average 24.8°C, 2.5°C warmer than Musanze, with 287 mm of rain.
Among the 5 cities listed in Rwanda, Musanze ranks 5th of 5 for the warmest November highs and 5th of 5 for the driest November (rainfall, lowest first). The mean November high of those 5 cities is 23.4°C; Musanze is 1.1°C cooler than that mean.
From November to December, average highs rise by 0.1°C to 22.4°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 222 mm to 207 mm.
The annual picture
November 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 | 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, selected | 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
November in nearby cities
- Rutshuru in NovemberDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 41 kmHigh 24.8°C · Low 14.9°C · 287 mm rain
- Muhanga in NovemberRwanda · 59 kmHigh 22.5°C · Low 12.4°C · 123 mm rain
- Gitarama in NovemberRwanda · 65 kmHigh 22.4°C · Low 12.0°C · 123 mm rain
- Kigali in NovemberRwanda · 69 kmHigh 24.2°C · Low 14.1°C · 130 mm rain
- Nyagatare in NovemberRwanda · 80 kmHigh 25.5°C · Low 15.4°C · 121 mm rain
- Rutoma in NovemberUganda · 133 kmHigh 24.3°C · Low 15.6°C · 158 mm rain
- Bukavu in NovemberDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 141 kmHigh 24.0°C · Low 16.2°C · 310 mm rain
- Mbarara in NovemberUganda · 150 kmHigh 24.8°C · Low 15.5°C · 103 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.