Climate averages 1991–2020
Butembo weather
in July.
A warm, wet month: the joint 7th warmest and the 5th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
July is a warm month in Butembo: daytime highs average 22.9°C and nights cool to about 14.3°C. By daytime temperature it is the joint 7th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 134 mm of rain on roughly 17 days, which makes July a wet month (the 5th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 08 min on an average July day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Hyosha (67 km away). In July its highs average 25.2°C, 2.4°C warmer than Butembo, with 121 mm of rain.
Among the 60 cities listed in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Butembo ranks 60th of 60 for the warmest July highs and 57th of 60 for the driest July (rainfall, lowest first). The mean July high of those 60 cities is 29.5°C; Butembo is 6.6°C cooler than that mean.
From July to August, average highs stay level at 22.9°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 134 mm to 174 mm.
The annual picture
July 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, selected | 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
July in nearby cities
- Hyosha in JulyDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 67 kmHigh 25.2°C · Low 16.8°C · 121 mm rain
- Ibanda in JulyUganda · 137 kmHigh 25.9°C · Low 15.7°C · 38 mm rain
- Rutoma in JulyUganda · 145 kmHigh 25.8°C · Low 16.7°C · 28 mm rain
- Rutshuru in JulyDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 149 kmHigh 26.4°C · Low 15.3°C · 55 mm rain
- Mbarara in JulyUganda · 172 kmHigh 26.3°C · Low 15.9°C · 13 mm rain
- Musanze in JulyRwanda · 186 kmHigh 23.3°C · Low 15.8°C · 19 mm rain
- Bunia in JulyDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 190 kmHigh 25.7°C · Low 17.3°C · 80 mm rain
- Nyagatare in JulyRwanda · 197 kmHigh 27.4°C · Low 16.0°C · 7.9 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.