Climate averages 1991–2020

Butembo weather
in June.

A warm, wet month: the joint 10th warmest and the 4th driest of the year.

Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.

Average high 22.8°C Daytime mean, June
Average low 14.7°C Night-time mean, June
Rainfall 124 mm 16 days with ≥1 mm
Daylight 12 h Sunrise to sunset, per day
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June is a warm month in Butembo: daytime highs average 22.8°C and nights cool to about 14.7°C. By daytime temperature it is the joint 10th warmest of the 12 months.

Expect about 124 mm of rain on roughly 16 days, which makes June a wet month (the 4th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 08 min on an average June day.

The nearest other city in this atlas is Hyosha (67 km away). In June its highs average 25.6°C, 2.8°C warmer than Butembo, with 122 mm of rain.

Among the 60 cities listed in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Butembo ranks 60th of 60 for the warmest June highs and 57th of 60 for the driest June (rainfall, lowest first). The mean June high of those 60 cities is 29.3°C; Butembo is 6.5°C cooler than that mean.

From June to July, average highs rise by 0.1°C to 22.9°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 124 mm to 134 mm.

The annual picture

June in context

30-year average
Average highAverage low°C
Average daily high and low temperatures by month The same values are available in the monthly table below. Lines show mean daily maxima and minima, not a forecast interval. 1015202530 JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec

Monthly rainfall

Average total · mm
Average monthly rainfall totalsEach bar is a mean monthly total over 1991–2020. Full numbers are in the table. JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec 2500

Averages 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

1991–2020
Monthly climate averages for Butembo, 1991–2020
MonthAverage highHigh / lowAverage lowRainfall mm/monthRain days ≥1 mm/dayDaylight hours/dayDay­light h/day
January 23.8°C14.2°C14.2°C538.312.112 h
February 24.9°C14.7°C14.7°C588.312.112 h
March 24.4°C15.0°C15.0°C15418.112.112 h
April 23.7°C15.4°C15.4°C18020.512.112 h
May 23.3°C15.3°C15.3°C14218.312.112 h
June, selected 22.8°C14.7°C14.7°C12416.012.112 h
July 22.9°C14.3°C14.3°C13417.412.112 h
August 22.9°C14.5°C14.5°C17421.012.112 h
September 23.2°C14.5°C14.5°C20622.312.112 h
October 22.9°C14.7°C14.7°C22623.712.112 h
November 22.7°C14.4°C14.4°C19623.112.112 h
December 22.8°C14.1°C14.1°C10515.412.112 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

June in nearby cities

Distance from Butembo

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 limits

How 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.