Climate averages 1991–2020
Rutshuru weather
in July.
A warm, moderately wet month: the 3rd warmest and the driest of the year. Meets the pleasant-weather rule
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
July is a warm month in Rutshuru: daytime highs average 26.4°C and nights cool to about 15.3°C. By daytime temperature it is the 3rd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 55 mm of rain on roughly 5 days, which makes July a moderately wet month (the driest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 03 min on an average July day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Musanze (41 km away). In July its highs average 23.3°C, 3.1°C cooler than Rutshuru, with 19 mm of rain.
Among the 60 cities listed in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Rutshuru ranks 49th of 60 for the warmest July highs and 44th of 60 for the driest July (rainfall, lowest first). The mean July high of those 60 cities is 29.5°C; Rutshuru is 3.0°C cooler than that mean.
From July to August, average highs fall by 0.2°C to 26.2°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 55 mm to 160 mm.
The annual picture
July 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, selected | 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
July in nearby cities
- Musanze in JulyRwanda · 41 kmHigh 23.3°C · Low 15.8°C · 19 mm rain
- Muhanga in JulyRwanda · 97 kmHigh 23.4°C · Low 14.5°C · 6.5 mm rain
- Nyagatare in JulyRwanda · 98 kmHigh 27.4°C · Low 16.0°C · 7.9 mm rain
- Gitarama in JulyRwanda · 105 kmHigh 23.1°C · Low 12.9°C · 6.5 mm rain
- Kigali in JulyRwanda · 109 kmHigh 25.2°C · Low 15.1°C · 4.4 mm rain
- Rutoma in JulyUganda · 125 kmHigh 25.8°C · Low 16.7°C · 28 mm rain
- Mbarara in JulyUganda · 148 kmHigh 26.3°C · Low 15.9°C · 13 mm rain
- Butembo in JulyDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 149 kmHigh 22.9°C · Low 14.3°C · 134 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.