Climate averages 1991–2020
Hyosha weather
in October.
A warm, wet month: the 11th warmest and the wettest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
October is a warm month in Hyosha: daytime highs average 25.1°C and nights cool to about 16.9°C. By daytime temperature it is the 11th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 170 mm of rain on roughly 24 days, which makes October a wet month (the wettest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 06 min on an average October day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Butembo (67 km away). In October its highs average 22.9°C, 2.1°C cooler than Hyosha, with 226 mm of rain.
Among the 60 cities listed in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Hyosha ranks 58th of 60 for the warmest October highs and 38th of 60 for the driest October (rainfall, lowest first). The mean October high of those 60 cities is 28.9°C; Hyosha is 3.8°C cooler than that mean.
From October to November, average highs rise by 0.2°C to 25.2°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 170 mm to 133 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
Hyosha climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 28.5°C17.1°C | 17.1°C | 35 | 8.1 | 12.112 h |
| February | 29.6°C17.7°C | 17.7°C | 41 | 8.0 | 12.112 h |
| March | 28.5°C17.8°C | 17.8°C | 95 | 16.0 | 12.112 h |
| April | 27.2°C17.7°C | 17.7°C | 119 | 18.9 | 12.112 h |
| May | 26.5°C17.5°C | 17.5°C | 137 | 19.5 | 12.112 h |
| June | 25.6°C17.2°C | 17.2°C | 122 | 18.8 | 12.212 h |
| July | 25.2°C16.8°C | 16.8°C | 121 | 19.2 | 12.212 h |
| August | 25.0°C16.8°C | 16.8°C | 162 | 22.0 | 12.112 h |
| September | 25.2°C16.8°C | 16.8°C | 151 | 20.9 | 12.112 h |
| October, selected | 25.1°C16.9°C | 16.9°C | 170 | 23.5 | 12.112 h |
| November | 25.2°C16.7°C | 16.7°C | 133 | 22.5 | 12.112 h |
| December | 26.8°C16.7°C | 16.7°C | 61 | 13.9 | 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
- Butembo in OctoberDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 67 kmHigh 22.9°C · Low 14.7°C · 226 mm rain
- Bunia in OctoberDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 126 kmHigh 25.5°C · Low 17.7°C · 158 mm rain
- Ibanda in OctoberUganda · 143 kmHigh 25.1°C · Low 15.6°C · 183 mm rain
- Rutoma in OctoberUganda · 170 kmHigh 24.8°C · Low 15.7°C · 163 mm rain
- Mbarara in OctoberUganda · 192 kmHigh 25.4°C · Low 15.7°C · 101 mm rain
- Mubende in OctoberUganda · 209 kmHigh 25.2°C · Low 16.4°C · 144 mm rain
- Rutshuru in OctoberDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 210 kmHigh 25.2°C · Low 15.1°C · 305 mm rain
- Hoima in OctoberUganda · 220 kmHigh 26.0°C · Low 18.3°C · 376 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 Hyosha) is explained once on the Hyosha year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.