Climate averages 1991–2020
Rutshuru weather
in March.
A warm, very wet month: the 2nd warmest and the 9th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
March is a warm month in Rutshuru: daytime highs average 26.5°C and nights cool to about 15.6°C. By daytime temperature it is the 2nd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 221 mm of rain on roughly 23 days, which makes March a very wet month (the 9th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 07 min on an average March day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Musanze (41 km away). In March its highs average 23.2°C, 3.3°C cooler than Rutshuru, with 234 mm of rain.
Among the 60 cities listed in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Rutshuru ranks 52nd of 60 for the warmest March highs and 58th of 60 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 60 cities is 29.1°C; Rutshuru is 2.6°C cooler than that mean.
From March to April, average highs fall by 0.8°C to 25.6°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 221 mm to 217 mm.
The annual picture
March 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, selected | 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
March in nearby cities
- Musanze in MarchRwanda · 41 kmHigh 23.2°C · Low 15.5°C · 234 mm rain
- Muhanga in MarchRwanda · 97 kmHigh 23.4°C · Low 13.2°C · 121 mm rain
- Nyagatare in MarchRwanda · 98 kmHigh 27.1°C · Low 16.4°C · 95 mm rain
- Gitarama in MarchRwanda · 105 kmHigh 23.4°C · Low 12.6°C · 121 mm rain
- Kigali in MarchRwanda · 109 kmHigh 25.1°C · Low 14.7°C · 105 mm rain
- Rutoma in MarchUganda · 125 kmHigh 25.9°C · Low 17.0°C · 121 mm rain
- Mbarara in MarchUganda · 148 kmHigh 26.7°C · Low 16.9°C · 66 mm rain
- Butembo in MarchDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 149 kmHigh 24.4°C · Low 15.0°C · 154 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.