Climate averages 1991–2020
Butembo weather
in August.
A warm, wet month: the joint 7th warmest and the 8th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
August is a warm month in Butembo: daytime highs average 22.9°C and nights cool to about 14.5°C. By daytime temperature it is the joint 7th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 174 mm of rain on roughly 21 days, which makes August a wet month (the 8th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 07 min on an average August day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Hyosha (67 km away). In August its highs average 25.0°C, 2.1°C warmer than Butembo, with 162 mm of rain.
Among the 60 cities listed in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Butembo ranks 60th of 60 for the warmest August highs and 58th of 60 for the driest August (rainfall, lowest first). The mean August high of those 60 cities is 29.7°C; Butembo is 6.7°C cooler than that mean.
From August to September, average highs rise by 0.3°C to 23.2°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 174 mm to 206 mm.
The annual picture
August 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 | 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, selected | 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
August in nearby cities
- Hyosha in AugustDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 67 kmHigh 25.0°C · Low 16.8°C · 162 mm rain
- Ibanda in AugustUganda · 137 kmHigh 25.7°C · Low 15.9°C · 104 mm rain
- Rutoma in AugustUganda · 145 kmHigh 25.7°C · Low 16.5°C · 89 mm rain
- Rutshuru in AugustDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 149 kmHigh 26.2°C · Low 15.5°C · 160 mm rain
- Mbarara in AugustUganda · 172 kmHigh 26.1°C · Low 16.1°C · 46 mm rain
- Musanze in AugustRwanda · 186 kmHigh 23.7°C · Low 15.8°C · 67 mm rain
- Bunia in AugustDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 190 kmHigh 25.7°C · Low 17.3°C · 109 mm rain
- Nyagatare in AugustRwanda · 197 kmHigh 27.5°C · Low 16.4°C · 36 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.