Climate averages 1991–2020
Butembo weather
in March.
A warm, wet month: the 2nd warmest and the 7th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
March is a warm month in Butembo: daytime highs average 24.4°C and nights cool to about 15.0°C. By daytime temperature it is the 2nd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 154 mm of rain on roughly 18 days, which makes March a wet month (the 7th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 07 min on an average March day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Hyosha (67 km away). In March its highs average 28.5°C, 4.0°C warmer than Butembo, with 95 mm of rain.
Among the 60 cities listed in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Butembo ranks 60th of 60 for the warmest March highs and joint 26th of 60 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 60 cities is 29.1°C; Butembo is 4.7°C cooler than that mean.
From March to April, average highs fall by 0.8°C to 23.7°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 154 mm to 180 mm.
The annual picture
March 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, selected | 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
March in nearby cities
- Hyosha in MarchDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 67 kmHigh 28.5°C · Low 17.8°C · 95 mm rain
- Ibanda in MarchUganda · 137 kmHigh 26.7°C · Low 16.4°C · 141 mm rain
- Rutoma in MarchUganda · 145 kmHigh 25.9°C · Low 17.0°C · 121 mm rain
- Rutshuru in MarchDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 149 kmHigh 26.5°C · Low 15.6°C · 221 mm rain
- Mbarara in MarchUganda · 172 kmHigh 26.7°C · Low 16.9°C · 66 mm rain
- Musanze in MarchRwanda · 186 kmHigh 23.2°C · Low 15.5°C · 234 mm rain
- Bunia in MarchDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 190 kmHigh 27.6°C · Low 18.5°C · 97 mm rain
- Nyagatare in MarchRwanda · 197 kmHigh 27.1°C · Low 16.4°C · 95 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.