Climate averages 1991–2020
Butembo weather
in January.
A warm, moderately wet month: the 3rd warmest and the driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
January is a warm month in Butembo: daytime highs average 23.8°C and nights cool to about 14.2°C. By daytime temperature it is the 3rd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 53 mm of rain on roughly 8 days, which makes January a moderately wet month (the driest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 07 min on an average January day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Hyosha (67 km away). In January its highs average 28.5°C, 4.6°C warmer than Butembo, with 35 mm of rain.
Among the 60 cities listed in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Butembo ranks 59th of 60 for the warmest January highs and 11th of 60 for the driest January (rainfall, lowest first). The mean January high of those 60 cities is 28.8°C; Butembo is 4.9°C cooler than that mean.
From January to February, average highs rise by 1.0°C to 24.9°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 53 mm to 58 mm.
The annual picture
January 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, selected | 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 | 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
January in nearby cities
- Hyosha in JanuaryDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 67 kmHigh 28.5°C · Low 17.1°C · 35 mm rain
- Ibanda in JanuaryUganda · 137 kmHigh 26.3°C · Low 15.9°C · 76 mm rain
- Rutoma in JanuaryUganda · 145 kmHigh 25.4°C · Low 16.2°C · 80 mm rain
- Rutshuru in JanuaryDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 149 kmHigh 25.9°C · Low 15.3°C · 121 mm rain
- Mbarara in JanuaryUganda · 172 kmHigh 26.3°C · Low 16.3°C · 35 mm rain
- Musanze in JanuaryRwanda · 186 kmHigh 22.9°C · Low 15.3°C · 186 mm rain
- Bunia in JanuaryDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 190 kmHigh 27.4°C · Low 17.5°C · 34 mm rain
- Nyagatare in JanuaryRwanda · 197 kmHigh 26.8°C · Low 16.0°C · 49 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.