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Musanze in August

Warm and damp, as the days hold steady.

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years

August in Musanze is warm: highs near 77°F, lows near 56°F. Rain falls on about three days a week, more often as the month goes on, and daylight holds at about 12 hours 4 minutes.August in Musanze is warm: highs near 25°C, lows near 13°C. Rain falls on about three days a week, more often as the month goes on, and daylight holds at about 12 hours 4 minutes.

High
77°F25°Caverage
Low
56°F13°Caverage
Wet days
3a week · 37% of days
Daylight
12h 04mon average

Is August a good time to visit Musanze?

A good month, just outside Musanze's best months, which run from June to July.

How we judge it: every month is scored on how close its typical high comes to the range from 70°F to 80°F, how mild its nights are, and how rarely it rains. The best months are the run of months that scores best.How we judge it: every month is scored on how close its typical high comes to the range from 21°C to 27°C, how mild its nights are, and how rarely it rains. The best months are the run of months that scores best.

How August sits in the year

week by week

Temperature

Highs near 77°F in August, against 75°F to 77°F through the year.Highs near 25°C in August, against 24°C to 25°C through the year.

Chance of a wet day

37% of days in August, against 17% to 92% through the year.

Cloud cover

57% cover in August, against 57% to 79% through the year.

Daylight

12h 04m in August, against 12h 02m to 12h 12m through the year.

Week by week, lightly smoothed, with August shaded. The olive line marks the best months. Hover or tap a week for its figures.

Either side

  1. July76°24°low 56°low 13°1 wet day a weekRain on about one day a week.
  2. August77°25°low 56°low 13°3 wet days a weekRain on about three days a week.
  3. September77°25°low 56°low 13°4 wet days a weekRain on about four days a week.

Where Musanze sits, in August

Africa/Kigali
this place
typical high in August 40°F4°C95°F35°C
Sunrise, mid-August
6:05 AMsets 6:08 PM
Above the sea
1,850 mhigh country
Latitude
1.5°Ssouthern hemisphere
Nearest of ours
Kigali76 km south-east

The land around Musanze, shaded by its typical high in August, the planning map's own layer. Hover the map for the figure at that spot; tap it on a phone. Clock times are local, for the 15th.

Elsewhere in Rwanda in August

high · low · wet days
See August on the planning mapThe whole year in Musanze

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years (1995–2024), from the 11 km grid square nearest Musanze. Temperatures are adjusted against 66 weather stations: daytime highs read about 3.1°F cold in the source data and are raised to match, and both highs and lows are adjusted for the town's height (1,850 m) against the climate model's (2,263 m).Temperatures are adjusted against 66 weather stations: daytime highs read about 1.7°C cold in the source data and are raised to match, and both highs and lows are adjusted for the town's height (1,850 m) against the climate model's (2,263 m). Daylight is calculated from latitude. Charts are lightly smoothed week to week; the figures in the table are not. Source: Copernicus ERA5-Land reanalysis; cloud cover from NASA's MERRA-2 reanalysis, on a coarser grid of about 50 km. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026; neither the European Commission nor ECMWF is responsible for any use of it. These are averages, not a forecast.

Daylight is calculated from latitude. Charts are lightly smoothed week to week; the figures in the table are not.

Source: Copernicus ERA5-Land reanalysis; cloud cover from NASA's MERRA-2 reanalysis, on a coarser grid of about 50 km. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026; neither the European Commission nor ECMWF is responsible for any use of it. These are averages, not a forecast.