Climate averages 1991–2020
Butembo weather
in October.
A warm, very wet month: the joint 7th warmest and the wettest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
October is a warm month in Butembo: daytime highs average 22.9°C and nights cool to about 14.7°C. By daytime temperature it is the joint 7th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 226 mm of rain on roughly 24 days, which makes October a very wet month (the wettest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 07 min on an average October day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Hyosha (67 km away). In October its highs average 25.1°C, 2.1°C warmer than Butembo, with 170 mm of rain.
Among the 60 cities listed in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Butembo ranks 60th of 60 for the warmest October highs and 56th of 60 for the driest October (rainfall, lowest first). The mean October high of those 60 cities is 28.9°C; Butembo is 5.9°C cooler than that mean.
From October to November, average highs fall by 0.2°C to 22.7°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 226 mm to 196 mm.
The annual picture
October 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 | 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, selected | 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
October in nearby cities
- Hyosha in OctoberDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 67 kmHigh 25.1°C · Low 16.9°C · 170 mm rain
- Ibanda in OctoberUganda · 137 kmHigh 25.1°C · Low 15.6°C · 183 mm rain
- Rutoma in OctoberUganda · 145 kmHigh 24.8°C · Low 15.7°C · 163 mm rain
- Rutshuru in OctoberDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 149 kmHigh 25.2°C · Low 15.1°C · 305 mm rain
- Mbarara in OctoberUganda · 172 kmHigh 25.4°C · Low 15.7°C · 101 mm rain
- Musanze in OctoberRwanda · 186 kmHigh 22.8°C · Low 15.1°C · 201 mm rain
- Bunia in OctoberDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 190 kmHigh 25.5°C · Low 17.7°C · 158 mm rain
- Nyagatare in OctoberRwanda · 197 kmHigh 26.3°C · Low 15.8°C · 108 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.