Climate averages 1991–2020
Rutshuru weather
in August.
A warm, wet month: the 4th warmest and the 6th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
August is a warm month in Rutshuru: daytime highs average 26.2°C and nights cool to about 15.5°C. By daytime temperature it is the 4th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 160 mm of rain on roughly 12 days, which makes August a wet month (the 6th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 05 min on an average August day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Musanze (41 km away). In August its highs average 23.7°C, 2.5°C cooler than Rutshuru, with 67 mm of rain.
Among the 60 cities listed in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Rutshuru ranks 55th of 60 for the warmest August highs and joint 52nd of 60 for the driest August (rainfall, lowest first). The mean August high of those 60 cities is 29.7°C; Rutshuru is 3.4°C cooler than that mean.
From August to September, average highs fall by 0.3°C to 25.9°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 160 mm to 230 mm.
The annual picture
August 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 | 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, selected | 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
August in nearby cities
- Musanze in AugustRwanda · 41 kmHigh 23.7°C · Low 15.8°C · 67 mm rain
- Muhanga in AugustRwanda · 97 kmHigh 24.1°C · Low 14.3°C · 25 mm rain
- Nyagatare in AugustRwanda · 98 kmHigh 27.5°C · Low 16.4°C · 36 mm rain
- Gitarama in AugustRwanda · 105 kmHigh 24.0°C · Low 13.4°C · 25 mm rain
- Kigali in AugustRwanda · 109 kmHigh 25.9°C · Low 15.4°C · 24 mm rain
- Rutoma in AugustUganda · 125 kmHigh 25.7°C · Low 16.5°C · 89 mm rain
- Mbarara in AugustUganda · 148 kmHigh 26.1°C · Low 16.1°C · 46 mm rain
- Butembo in AugustDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 149 kmHigh 22.9°C · Low 14.5°C · 174 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.