Climate averages 1991–2020
Rutshuru weather
in January.
A warm, wet month: the joint 6th warmest and the 3rd driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
January is a warm month in Rutshuru: daytime highs average 25.9°C and nights cool to about 15.3°C. By daytime temperature it is the joint 6th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 121 mm of rain on roughly 17 days, which makes January a wet month (the 3rd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 11 min on an average January day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Musanze (41 km away). In January its highs average 22.9°C, 3.0°C cooler than Rutshuru, with 186 mm of rain.
Among the 60 cities listed in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Rutshuru ranks joint 51st of 60 for the warmest January highs and 23rd of 60 for the driest January (rainfall, lowest first). The mean January high of those 60 cities is 28.8°C; Rutshuru is 2.9°C cooler than that mean.
From January to February, average highs rise by 1.1°C to 26.9°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 121 mm to 125 mm.
The annual picture
January 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, selected | 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 | 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
January in nearby cities
- Musanze in JanuaryRwanda · 41 kmHigh 22.9°C · Low 15.3°C · 186 mm rain
- Muhanga in JanuaryRwanda · 97 kmHigh 23.2°C · Low 12.7°C · 134 mm rain
- Nyagatare in JanuaryRwanda · 98 kmHigh 26.8°C · Low 16.0°C · 49 mm rain
- Gitarama in JanuaryRwanda · 105 kmHigh 23.2°C · Low 12.4°C · 134 mm rain
- Kigali in JanuaryRwanda · 109 kmHigh 25.0°C · Low 14.5°C · 77 mm rain
- Rutoma in JanuaryUganda · 125 kmHigh 25.4°C · Low 16.2°C · 80 mm rain
- Mbarara in JanuaryUganda · 148 kmHigh 26.3°C · Low 16.3°C · 35 mm rain
- Butembo in JanuaryDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 149 kmHigh 23.8°C · Low 14.2°C · 53 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.