Climate averages 1991–2020
Butembo weather
in September.
A warm, very wet month: the 6th warmest and the 11th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
September is a warm month in Butembo: daytime highs average 23.2°C and nights cool to about 14.5°C. By daytime temperature it is the 6th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 206 mm of rain on roughly 22 days, which makes September a very wet month (the 11th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 07 min on an average September day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Hyosha (67 km away). In September its highs average 25.2°C, 2.0°C warmer than Butembo, with 151 mm of rain.
Among the 60 cities listed in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Butembo ranks 60th of 60 for the warmest September highs and 58th of 60 for the driest September (rainfall, lowest first). The mean September high of those 60 cities is 29.6°C; Butembo is 6.4°C cooler than that mean.
From September to October, average highs fall by 0.3°C to 22.9°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 206 mm to 226 mm.
The annual picture
September 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, selected | 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
September in nearby cities
- Hyosha in SeptemberDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 67 kmHigh 25.2°C · Low 16.8°C · 151 mm rain
- Ibanda in SeptemberUganda · 137 kmHigh 25.6°C · Low 15.6°C · 132 mm rain
- Rutoma in SeptemberUganda · 145 kmHigh 25.5°C · Low 15.8°C · 116 mm rain
- Rutshuru in SeptemberDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 149 kmHigh 25.9°C · Low 15.2°C · 230 mm rain
- Mbarara in SeptemberUganda · 172 kmHigh 25.9°C · Low 15.7°C · 70 mm rain
- Musanze in SeptemberRwanda · 186 kmHigh 23.4°C · Low 15.5°C · 114 mm rain
- Bunia in SeptemberDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 190 kmHigh 26.0°C · Low 17.5°C · 129 mm rain
- Nyagatare in SeptemberRwanda · 197 kmHigh 27.1°C · Low 16.0°C · 65 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.