Climate averages 1991–2020
Butembo weather
in April.
A warm, very wet month: the 4th warmest and the 9th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
April is a warm month in Butembo: daytime highs average 23.7°C and nights cool to about 15.4°C. By daytime temperature it is the 4th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 180 mm of rain on roughly 21 days, which makes April a very wet month (the 9th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 07 min on an average April day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Hyosha (67 km away). In April its highs average 27.2°C, 3.5°C warmer than Butembo, with 119 mm of rain.
Among the 60 cities listed in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Butembo ranks 60th of 60 for the warmest April highs and joint 50th of 60 for the driest April (rainfall, lowest first). The mean April high of those 60 cities is 28.7°C; Butembo is 5.1°C cooler than that mean.
From April to May, average highs fall by 0.3°C to 23.3°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 180 mm to 142 mm.
The annual picture
April 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
Butembo climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 23.8°C14.2°C | 14.2°C | 53 | 8.3 | 12.112 h |
| February | 24.9°C14.7°C | 14.7°C | 58 | 8.3 | 12.112 h |
| March | 24.4°C15.0°C | 15.0°C | 154 | 18.1 | 12.112 h |
| April, selected | 23.7°C15.4°C | 15.4°C | 180 | 20.5 | 12.112 h |
| May | 23.3°C15.3°C | 15.3°C | 142 | 18.3 | 12.112 h |
| June | 22.8°C14.7°C | 14.7°C | 124 | 16.0 | 12.112 h |
| July | 22.9°C14.3°C | 14.3°C | 134 | 17.4 | 12.112 h |
| August | 22.9°C14.5°C | 14.5°C | 174 | 21.0 | 12.112 h |
| September | 23.2°C14.5°C | 14.5°C | 206 | 22.3 | 12.112 h |
| October | 22.9°C14.7°C | 14.7°C | 226 | 23.7 | 12.112 h |
| November | 22.7°C14.4°C | 14.4°C | 196 | 23.1 | 12.112 h |
| December | 22.8°C14.1°C | 14.1°C | 105 | 15.4 | 12.112 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
April in nearby cities
- Hyosha in AprilDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 67 kmHigh 27.2°C · Low 17.7°C · 119 mm rain
- Ibanda in AprilUganda · 137 kmHigh 25.5°C · Low 15.6°C · 172 mm rain
- Rutoma in AprilUganda · 145 kmHigh 24.9°C · Low 16.7°C · 144 mm rain
- Rutshuru in AprilDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 149 kmHigh 25.6°C · Low 15.9°C · 217 mm rain
- Mbarara in AprilUganda · 172 kmHigh 25.5°C · Low 16.4°C · 85 mm rain
- Musanze in AprilRwanda · 186 kmHigh 22.3°C · Low 15.1°C · 200 mm rain
- Bunia in AprilDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 190 kmHigh 26.3°C · Low 18.4°C · 105 mm rain
- Nyagatare in AprilRwanda · 197 kmHigh 25.9°C · Low 16.3°C · 123 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 Butembo) is explained once on the Butembo year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.