Climate averages 1991–2020
Butembo weather
in December.
A warm, wet month: the joint 10th warmest and the 3rd driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
December is a warm month in Butembo: daytime highs average 22.8°C and nights cool to about 14.1°C. By daytime temperature it is the joint 10th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 105 mm of rain on roughly 15 days, which makes December a wet month (the 3rd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 07 min on an average December day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Hyosha (67 km away). In December its highs average 26.8°C, 3.9°C warmer than Butembo, with 61 mm of rain.
Among the 60 cities listed in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Butembo ranks 60th of 60 for the warmest December highs and 13th of 60 for the driest December (rainfall, lowest first). The mean December high of those 60 cities is 28.1°C; Butembo is 5.3°C cooler than that mean.
From December to January, average highs rise by 1.0°C to 23.8°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 105 mm to 53 mm.
The annual picture
December 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 | 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, selected | 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
December in nearby cities
- Hyosha in DecemberDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 67 kmHigh 26.8°C · Low 16.7°C · 61 mm rain
- Ibanda in DecemberUganda · 137 kmHigh 25.2°C · Low 15.5°C · 116 mm rain
- Rutoma in DecemberUganda · 145 kmHigh 24.7°C · Low 15.8°C · 116 mm rain
- Rutshuru in DecemberDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 149 kmHigh 25.1°C · Low 15.0°C · 201 mm rain
- Mbarara in DecemberUganda · 172 kmHigh 25.2°C · Low 15.6°C · 61 mm rain
- Musanze in DecemberRwanda · 186 kmHigh 22.4°C · Low 15.0°C · 207 mm rain
- Bunia in DecemberDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 190 kmHigh 26.1°C · Low 17.2°C · 65 mm rain
- Nyagatare in DecemberRwanda · 197 kmHigh 25.7°C · Low 15.3°C · 79 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.