Musanze weather in August

In August, Musanze sees average daytime highs of 22°C and overnight lows near 13°C, with 67 mm of rain across 10.3 wet days and about 12 hours of daylight. It is the 1st-warmest and 10th-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 22°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 10% of the time in August, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 11 h 54 min at the start of August to 12 hours by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, August is Musanze's 3rd-clearest and 2nd-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Musanze's year-round climate.

Daytime high
22°
1st warmest
Overnight low
13°
9th coldest
Rainfall
67 mm
10.3 wet days
Daylight
12 hours
6:07 AM – 6:04 PM
Cloud cover
72%
3rd clearest
Wind
6 km/h
2nd windiest
Solar energy
5.1 kWh/m²
Travel score
6.4
out of 10

Musanze is city.

Air quality: WHO Ambient Air Quality Database. Density & description: Wikidata (CC0), GeoNames.

Temperature in August

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 22°C through the month.

A typical August day in Musanze reaches about 22°C in the afternoon and slips back to 13°C overnight — a 9°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 20°C and 24°C. Set against its neighbours, August runs on par with July and on par with September.

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Avg high (°C)Avg low (°C)
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Musanze weather by month

How August compares with the rest of the year at a glance. August is the 1st-warmest and 10th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan22° / 13°18620.512.14.8
Feb22° / 13°16617.6125.0
Mar22° / 14°23424.9124.2
Apr21° / 14°20026.2123.8
May21° / 14°11818.811.95.0
Jun21° / 13°396.911.96.7
Jul22° / 13°193.711.97.3
Aug22° / 13°6710.3126.4
Sep22° / 13°11415.8125.5
Oct21° / 13°20123124.4
Nov21° / 13°22225.312.13.9
Dec21° / 13°20723.312.14.4

Cloud cover in August

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 10% of the time in August.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 17% of August, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 74%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
12476
22476
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72575
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112674
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312377

Chance of precipitation in August

Any precipitation

Musanze gets around 67 mm of rain over 10.3 wet days in August. The line is the day-by-day chance of measurable precipitation.

Day to day, the chance of measurable rain averages around 34% and peaks near 46% on the wettest days. The odds climb toward the end of the month.

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Rain chance (%)
122
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425
526
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728
829
930
1031
1132
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1534
1635
1735
1835
1936
2036
2136
2237
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2741
2842
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3045
3146

Humidity in August

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

Most of August feels dry — the stacked bands show each day's mix of comfort levels, read off the dew point.

By dew point, August lands in the dry band about 85% of days. It rarely turns muggy — the humid and sticky bands barely register.

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Dry (%)Comfortable (%)
1919
2919
3919
4919
5919
6919
79010
89010
99010
109010
118911
128911
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317525

Wind in August

Winds average 6 km/h in August.

Across August, daily wind ranges from about 6 km/h on the calmest days to 6 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
16calm
26calm
36calm
46calm
56calm
66calm
76calm
86calm
96calm
106calm
116calm
126calm
136calm
146calm
156calm
166calm
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Sunrise & sunset in August

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 11 h 54 min at the start of August to 12 hours by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days grow by about 6 minutes over August. Sunrise moves from 6:09 AM to 6:02 AM, and sunset from 6:06 PM to 6:01 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
111.96:096:06
211.96:096:06
311.96:096:05
411.96:096:05
511.96:096:05
611.96:096:05
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1511.96:076:04
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1812.06:076:04
1912.06:066:04
2012.06:066:03
2112.06:066:03
2212.06:056:03
2312.06:056:03
2412.06:056:02
2512.06:046:02
2612.06:046:02
2712.06:046:02
2812.06:036:01
2912.06:036:01
3012.06:036:01
3112.06:026:01

Solar energy in August

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in August, about 5.1 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 4.75 kWh/m² to a high of 5.43 kWh/m² in February across the year — August's 5.1 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
14.9Bright
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34.9Bright
45.0Bright
55.0Bright
65.0Bright
75.0Bright
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95.0Bright
105.0Bright
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Planning a trip in August

Is August a good time to visit Musanze?

Our two travel scores rate August for general sightseeing and for beach or pool weather — 0 (poor) to 10 (ideal).

6.4
Sightseeing
3rd-best month of the year
4.6
Beach & pool
2nd-best month of the year

August is a reasonable time to visit Musanze for sightseeing.

What to pack for Musanze in August

From August's temperature range, rain chance, sun and wind — what's worth putting in the bag.

In August, Musanze sees daytime highs around 22°C and nights near 13°C. Worth packing: light clothes, rain gear and sun protection. About 10 days see rain.

light clothesrain gearsun protection

UV index in Musanze in August

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in August peaks around 11 (very high — sun protection essential). The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Musanze peaks around March 17 at about 16 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near June 23 at about 11 (extreme).

The index reaches 3 or more — the level where the WHO recommends sun protection — every month of the year.

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecExtremeMar 17UV 16Jun 23UV 11
UV index (midday)Level
Jan12Extreme
Feb16Extreme
Mar17Extreme
Apr16Extreme
May13Extreme
Jun11Extreme
Jul11Extreme
Aug11Extreme
Sep14Extreme
Oct14Extreme
Nov13Extreme
Dec11Extreme

Air quality in Musanze in August

GoodModeratePoorUnhealthyVery unhealthy

Average fine-particle pollution (PM2.5) through the year — so you can see where August falls, not just the annual average.

Air quality in Musanze is worst in January — around 99 µg/m³ PM2.5 (unhealthy), and holds fairly steady the rest of the year.

Modeled monthly averages (CAMS reanalysis, 2015–2024).

0306090120JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecUnhealthyJan 2299 µg/m³May 1181 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan99Unhealthy
Feb98Unhealthy
Mar88Unhealthy
Apr82Unhealthy
May80Unhealthy
Jun95Unhealthy
Jul91Unhealthy
Aug87Unhealthy
Sep83Unhealthy
Oct81Unhealthy
Nov86Unhealthy
Dec93Unhealthy
Location & terrain

Where is Musanze?

Musanze sits at 1.5°S, 29.6°E, 1,849 m above sea level, in Rwanda. The nearest listed city is Mukingo, 10 km away.

MukamiraKoraKisoroNgororeroRutshuruRubanda

Topography around Musanze

How much the land rises and falls, and what covers it, within 3, 16 and 80 km of Musanze.

Within 3 km, the terrain around Musanze has significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 304 m around an average of 1,850 m above sea level; within 16 km, extreme variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 2,644 m; within 80 km, extreme variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 3,540 m.

The land around Musanze is covered by artificial surfaces (34%), trees (31%) and cropland (27%) within 3 km, trees (50%) and cropland (32%) within 16 km, and trees (36%), grassland (24%) and cropland (23%) within 80 km.

3 km
304 m
16 km
2,644 m
80 km
3,540 m
treesshrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaceswater
August weather nearby: Mukingo 10 km · Busogo 12 km · Mukamira 20 km · Kora 24 km · Kisoro 24 km · Ngororero 40 km · Rutshuru 41 km · Rubanda 42 km

Rwanda travel facts

Travel advisory
Level 3
Reconsider Travel
Power plugs
Type C / E / G
230 V · 50 Hz
Prices
≈ 27% of US
price level, 2025
GDP per capita
$1,124
2025
Happiness
3.3 / 10
World Happiness, 2021
Homicide rate
3.6
per 100k, 2020
Road deaths
29.4
per 100k/yr, 2019
Income group
Low
World Bank
English
Very low
EF EPI 417
Religion
Catholic 40%Pentecostal 21%Protestant 15%Adventist 12%

Sources: World Bank, US State Department, World Happiness Report, WHO/UNICEF, EF EPI, CIA World Factbook.

Data sources

Temperature, precipitation, cloud, humidity, wind and solar figures are a 1991–2020 climatology for Musanze (-1.4998°, 29.635°, elevation 1,849 m), computed from hourly ERA5 reanalysis — contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information. Sun figures are astronomical calculations, not observations. City data © GeoNames, CC BY 4.0. Map outlines from Natural Earth (public domain); interactive map © Google. UV index is derived from CAMS (Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service) clear-sky UV data — contains modified Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service information. Monthly air-quality (PM2.5) seasonality is from the CAMS EAC4 reanalysis (Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service), scaled to the WHO annual mean where available. Topography is sampled from the Copernicus DEM GLO-90 elevation model (© ESA/Airbus) and ESA WorldCover 2021 land cover (CC BY 4.0).