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Musanze in January

Warm and wet, as the days hold steady.

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years

January in Musanze is warm: highs near 76°F, lows near 57°F. Rain falls on about six days a week, and daylight holds at about 12 hours 12 minutes.January in Musanze is warm: highs near 24°C, lows near 14°C. Rain falls on about six days a week, and daylight holds at about 12 hours 12 minutes.

High
76°F24°Caverage
Low
57°F14°Caverage
Wet days
6a week · 79% of days
Daylight
12h 12mon average

Is January a good time to visit Musanze?

January sits outside Musanze's best months, which run from June to July. Expect warm days and rain on about six days a week.

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 January sits in the year

week by week

Temperature

Highs near 76°F in January, against 75°F to 77°F through the year.Highs near 24°C in January, against 24°C to 25°C through the year.

Chance of a wet day

79% of days in January, against 17% to 92% through the year.

Cloud cover

73% cover in January, against 57% to 79% through the year.

Daylight

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

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

Either side

  1. December75°24°low 56°low 13°6 wet days a weekRain on about six days a week.
  2. January76°24°low 57°low 14°6 wet days a weekRain on about six days a week.
  3. February77°25°low 57°low 14°5 wet days a weekRain on about five days a week.

Where Musanze sits, in January

Africa/Kigali
this place
typical high in January 40°F4°C95°F35°C
Sunrise, mid-January
6:04 AMsets 6:16 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 January, 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 January

high · low · wet days
See January 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.