Musanze
City in Rwanda: population, location, elevation, climate and landmarks.
Ruhengeri: Unknown, CC BY-SA 2.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
Overview
Musanze is a city in Rwanda, in Northern Province. About 153,368 people live in the city proper, making it the 3rd largest city of Rwanda in our atlas.
It lies at 1.50° S, 29.63° E, about 1,849 m (6,066 ft) above sea level, and keeps time on the Africa/Kigali time zone. It sits inside the tropics.
Location
Red dot: Musanze. Green dots: other major cities of Rwanda. Map data: Natural Earth.
Climate
Musanze has a temperate oceanic climate (Köppen Cfb). The warmest month is usually Feb, with average highs near 22°C (72°F); the coolest nights come in Jul at about 12°C (54°F). Around 1,694 mm (67 in) of rain and snow falls in a typical year, most of it in Nov.
Bars: average daily high and low (°C) for each month; blue columns and figures: average precipitation (mm). Gridded 2001-2025 averages from NASA POWER, so mountain and coastal spots can differ from local station records.
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- Gisenyi · 48 km
- Muhanga · 59 km
- Gitarama · 65 km
- Kigali · 69 km
- Kibuye · 70 km
- Nyagatare · 80 km
- Rwamagana · 102 km
- Butare · 122 km
- Population, coordinates, elevation, time zone: GeoNames 201521 (CC BY 4.0)
- Wikidata Q246145 (CC0)
- Climate: NASA POWER 2001-2025 climatology
Text written by Geographical Effect from these sources.
- Ruhengeri: Unknown, CC BY-SA 2.0 (Wikimedia Commons)