Climate averages 1991–2020
Rutshuru weather
in April.
A warm, very wet month: the joint 8th warmest and the 8th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
April is a warm month in Rutshuru: daytime highs average 25.6°C and nights cool to about 15.9°C. By daytime temperature it is the joint 8th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 217 mm of rain on roughly 22 days, which makes April a very wet month (the 8th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 05 min on an average April day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Musanze (41 km away). In April its highs average 22.3°C, 3.3°C cooler than Rutshuru, with 200 mm of rain.
Among the 60 cities listed in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Rutshuru ranks joint 53rd of 60 for the warmest April highs and 60th of 60 for the driest April (rainfall, lowest first). The mean April high of those 60 cities is 28.7°C; Rutshuru is 3.1°C cooler than that mean.
From April to May, average highs stay level at 25.6°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 217 mm to 139 mm.
The annual picture
April 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
Rutshuru climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 25.9°C15.3°C | 15.3°C | 121 | 16.5 | 12.212 h |
| February | 26.9°C15.7°C | 15.7°C | 125 | 14.9 | 12.212 h |
| March | 26.5°C15.6°C | 15.6°C | 221 | 23.0 | 12.112 h |
| April, selected | 25.6°C15.9°C | 15.9°C | 217 | 21.6 | 12.112 h |
| May | 25.6°C16.1°C | 16.1°C | 139 | 14.9 | 12.112 h |
| June | 26.0°C15.5°C | 15.5°C | 85 | 7.4 | 12.112 h |
| July | 26.4°C15.3°C | 15.3°C | 55 | 5.2 | 12.112 h |
| August | 26.2°C15.5°C | 15.5°C | 160 | 12.4 | 12.112 h |
| September | 25.9°C15.2°C | 15.2°C | 230 | 16.5 | 12.112 h |
| October | 25.2°C15.1°C | 15.1°C | 305 | 22.0 | 12.112 h |
| November | 24.8°C14.9°C | 14.9°C | 287 | 23.4 | 12.212 h |
| December | 25.1°C15.0°C | 15.0°C | 201 | 20.9 | 12.212 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
April in nearby cities
- Musanze in AprilRwanda · 41 kmHigh 22.3°C · Low 15.1°C · 200 mm rain
- Muhanga in AprilRwanda · 97 kmHigh 22.4°C · Low 13.7°C · 135 mm rain
- Nyagatare in AprilRwanda · 98 kmHigh 25.9°C · Low 16.3°C · 123 mm rain
- Gitarama in AprilRwanda · 105 kmHigh 22.2°C · Low 12.9°C · 135 mm rain
- Kigali in AprilRwanda · 109 kmHigh 24.0°C · Low 15.0°C · 137 mm rain
- Rutoma in AprilUganda · 125 kmHigh 24.9°C · Low 16.7°C · 144 mm rain
- Mbarara in AprilUganda · 148 kmHigh 25.5°C · Low 16.4°C · 85 mm rain
- Butembo in AprilDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 149 kmHigh 23.7°C · Low 15.4°C · 180 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 Rutshuru) is explained once on the Rutshuru year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.