Climate averages 1991–2020
Rutshuru weather
in November.
A warm, very wet month: the coolest and the 11th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
November is a warm month in Rutshuru: daytime highs average 24.8°C and nights cool to about 14.9°C. By daytime temperature it is the coolest month of the year.
Expect about 287 mm of rain on roughly 23 days, which makes November a very wet month (the 11th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 10 min on an average November day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Musanze (41 km away). In November its highs average 22.3°C, 2.5°C cooler than Rutshuru, with 222 mm of rain.
Among the 60 cities listed in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Rutshuru ranks 58th of 60 for the warmest November highs and 59th of 60 for the driest November (rainfall, lowest first). The mean November high of those 60 cities is 28.1°C; Rutshuru is 3.3°C cooler than that mean.
From November to December, average highs rise by 0.3°C to 25.1°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 287 mm to 201 mm.
The annual picture
November 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 | 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, selected | 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
November in nearby cities
- Musanze in NovemberRwanda · 41 kmHigh 22.3°C · Low 14.9°C · 222 mm rain
- Muhanga in NovemberRwanda · 97 kmHigh 22.5°C · Low 12.4°C · 123 mm rain
- Nyagatare in NovemberRwanda · 98 kmHigh 25.5°C · Low 15.4°C · 121 mm rain
- Gitarama in NovemberRwanda · 105 kmHigh 22.4°C · Low 12.0°C · 123 mm rain
- Kigali in NovemberRwanda · 109 kmHigh 24.2°C · Low 14.1°C · 130 mm rain
- Rutoma in NovemberUganda · 125 kmHigh 24.3°C · Low 15.6°C · 158 mm rain
- Mbarara in NovemberUganda · 148 kmHigh 24.8°C · Low 15.5°C · 103 mm rain
- Butembo in NovemberDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 149 kmHigh 22.7°C · Low 14.4°C · 196 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.