Climate averages 1991–2020
Rutshuru weather
in December.
A warm, very wet month: the 11th warmest and the 7th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
December is a warm month in Rutshuru: daytime highs average 25.1°C and nights cool to about 15.0°C. By daytime temperature it is the 11th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 201 mm of rain on roughly 21 days, which makes December a very wet month (the 7th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 11 min on an average December day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Musanze (41 km away). In December its highs average 22.4°C, 2.6°C cooler than Rutshuru, with 207 mm of rain.
Among the 60 cities listed in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Rutshuru ranks 56th of 60 for the warmest December highs and joint 42nd of 60 for the driest December (rainfall, lowest first). The mean December high of those 60 cities is 28.1°C; Rutshuru is 3.0°C cooler than that mean.
From December to January, average highs rise by 0.8°C to 25.9°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 201 mm to 121 mm.
The annual picture
December 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 | 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, selected | 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
December in nearby cities
- Musanze in DecemberRwanda · 41 kmHigh 22.4°C · Low 15.0°C · 207 mm rain
- Muhanga in DecemberRwanda · 97 kmHigh 22.7°C · Low 12.5°C · 117 mm rain
- Nyagatare in DecemberRwanda · 98 kmHigh 25.7°C · Low 15.3°C · 79 mm rain
- Gitarama in DecemberRwanda · 105 kmHigh 22.6°C · Low 12.0°C · 117 mm rain
- Kigali in DecemberRwanda · 109 kmHigh 24.4°C · Low 14.1°C · 92 mm rain
- Rutoma in DecemberUganda · 125 kmHigh 24.7°C · Low 15.8°C · 116 mm rain
- Mbarara in DecemberUganda · 148 kmHigh 25.2°C · Low 15.6°C · 61 mm rain
- Butembo in DecemberDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 149 kmHigh 22.8°C · Low 14.1°C · 105 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.