Climate averages 1991–2020
Butembo weather
in February.
A warm, moderately wet month: the warmest and the 2nd driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
February is a warm month in Butembo: daytime highs average 24.9°C and nights cool to about 14.7°C. By daytime temperature it is the warmest month of the year.
Expect about 58 mm of rain on roughly 8 days, which makes February a moderately wet month (the 2nd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 07 min on an average February day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Hyosha (67 km away). In February its highs average 29.6°C, 4.7°C warmer than Butembo, with 41 mm of rain.
Among the 60 cities listed in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Butembo ranks 58th of 60 for the warmest February highs and 6th of 60 for the driest February (rainfall, lowest first). The mean February high of those 60 cities is 29.4°C; Butembo is 4.5°C cooler than that mean.
From February to March, average highs fall by 0.5°C to 24.4°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 58 mm to 154 mm.
The annual picture
February 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, selected | 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 | 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
February in nearby cities
- Hyosha in FebruaryDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 67 kmHigh 29.6°C · Low 17.7°C · 41 mm rain
- Ibanda in FebruaryUganda · 137 kmHigh 27.4°C · Low 16.5°C · 80 mm rain
- Rutoma in FebruaryUganda · 145 kmHigh 26.3°C · Low 16.9°C · 80 mm rain
- Rutshuru in FebruaryDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 149 kmHigh 26.9°C · Low 15.7°C · 125 mm rain
- Mbarara in FebruaryUganda · 172 kmHigh 27.3°C · Low 16.9°C · 38 mm rain
- Musanze in FebruaryRwanda · 186 kmHigh 23.5°C · Low 15.7°C · 168 mm rain
- Bunia in FebruaryDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 190 kmHigh 28.4°C · Low 18.2°C · 44 mm rain
- Nyagatare in FebruaryRwanda · 197 kmHigh 27.8°C · Low 16.6°C · 51 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.