Climate averages 1991–2020
Butembo weather
in May.
A warm, wet month: the 5th warmest and the 6th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
May is a warm month in Butembo: daytime highs average 23.3°C and nights cool to about 15.3°C. By daytime temperature it is the 5th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 142 mm of rain on roughly 18 days, which makes May a wet month (the 6th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 07 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Hyosha (67 km away). In May its highs average 26.5°C, 3.2°C warmer than Butembo, with 137 mm of rain.
Among the 60 cities listed in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Butembo ranks 60th of 60 for the warmest May highs and 57th of 60 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 60 cities is 29.2°C; Butembo is 5.9°C cooler than that mean.
From May to June, average highs fall by 0.5°C to 22.8°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 142 mm to 124 mm.
The annual picture
May 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, selected | 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
May in nearby cities
- Hyosha in MayDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 67 kmHigh 26.5°C · Low 17.5°C · 137 mm rain
- Ibanda in MayUganda · 137 kmHigh 25.2°C · Low 15.3°C · 143 mm rain
- Rutoma in MayUganda · 145 kmHigh 24.7°C · Low 16.7°C · 117 mm rain
- Rutshuru in MayDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 149 kmHigh 25.6°C · Low 16.1°C · 139 mm rain
- Mbarara in MayUganda · 172 kmHigh 25.2°C · Low 16.0°C · 65 mm rain
- Musanze in MayRwanda · 186 kmHigh 22.1°C · Low 15.4°C · 118 mm rain
- Bunia in MayDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 190 kmHigh 26.2°C · Low 18.2°C · 84 mm rain
- Nyagatare in MayRwanda · 197 kmHigh 25.8°C · Low 16.2°C · 79 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.