Climate averages 1991–2020
Rutshuru weather
in February.
A warm, wet month: the warmest and the 4th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
February is a warm month in Rutshuru: daytime highs average 26.9°C and nights cool to about 15.7°C. By daytime temperature it is the warmest month of the year.
Expect about 125 mm of rain on roughly 15 days, which makes February a wet month (the 4th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 09 min on an average February day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Musanze (41 km away). In February its highs average 23.5°C, 3.4°C cooler than Rutshuru, with 168 mm of rain.
Among the 60 cities listed in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Rutshuru ranks 50th of 60 for the warmest February highs and 28th of 60 for the driest February (rainfall, lowest first). The mean February high of those 60 cities is 29.4°C; Rutshuru is 2.4°C cooler than that mean.
From February to March, average highs fall by 0.4°C to 26.5°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 125 mm to 221 mm.
The annual picture
February 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, selected | 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 | 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
February in nearby cities
- Musanze in FebruaryRwanda · 41 kmHigh 23.5°C · Low 15.7°C · 168 mm rain
- Muhanga in FebruaryRwanda · 97 kmHigh 23.7°C · Low 13.0°C · 119 mm rain
- Nyagatare in FebruaryRwanda · 98 kmHigh 27.8°C · Low 16.6°C · 51 mm rain
- Gitarama in FebruaryRwanda · 105 kmHigh 23.9°C · Low 12.6°C · 119 mm rain
- Kigali in FebruaryRwanda · 109 kmHigh 25.7°C · Low 14.8°C · 79 mm rain
- Rutoma in FebruaryUganda · 125 kmHigh 26.3°C · Low 16.9°C · 80 mm rain
- Mbarara in FebruaryUganda · 148 kmHigh 27.3°C · Low 16.9°C · 38 mm rain
- Butembo in FebruaryDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 149 kmHigh 24.9°C · Low 14.7°C · 58 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.