Climate averages 1991–2020
Rutshuru weather
in May.
A warm, wet month: the joint 8th warmest and the 5th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
May is a warm month in Rutshuru: daytime highs average 25.6°C and nights cool to about 16.1°C. By daytime temperature it is the joint 8th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 139 mm of rain on roughly 15 days, which makes May a wet month (the 5th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 04 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Musanze (41 km away). In May its highs average 22.1°C, 3.5°C cooler than Rutshuru, with 118 mm of rain.
Among the 60 cities listed in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Rutshuru ranks 58th of 60 for the warmest May highs and 56th of 60 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 60 cities is 29.2°C; Rutshuru is 3.6°C cooler than that mean.
From May to June, average highs rise by 0.4°C to 26.0°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 139 mm to 85 mm.
The annual picture
May 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, selected | 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
May in nearby cities
- Musanze in MayRwanda · 41 kmHigh 22.1°C · Low 15.4°C · 118 mm rain
- Muhanga in MayRwanda · 97 kmHigh 22.2°C · Low 14.2°C · 78 mm rain
- Nyagatare in MayRwanda · 98 kmHigh 25.8°C · Low 16.2°C · 79 mm rain
- Gitarama in MayRwanda · 105 kmHigh 22.0°C · Low 12.9°C · 78 mm rain
- Kigali in MayRwanda · 109 kmHigh 23.9°C · Low 14.9°C · 83 mm rain
- Rutoma in MayUganda · 125 kmHigh 24.7°C · Low 16.7°C · 117 mm rain
- Mbarara in MayUganda · 148 kmHigh 25.2°C · Low 16.0°C · 65 mm rain
- Butembo in MayDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 149 kmHigh 23.3°C · Low 15.3°C · 142 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.