Climate averages 1991–2020
Rutshuru weather
in October.
A warm, very wet month: the 10th warmest and the wettest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
October is a warm month in Rutshuru: daytime highs average 25.2°C and nights cool to about 15.1°C. By daytime temperature it is the 10th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 305 mm of rain on roughly 22 days, which makes October a very wet month (the wettest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 08 min on an average October day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Musanze (41 km away). In October its highs average 22.8°C, 2.4°C cooler than Rutshuru, with 201 mm of rain.
Among the 60 cities listed in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Rutshuru ranks 57th of 60 for the warmest October highs and 60th of 60 for the driest October (rainfall, lowest first). The mean October high of those 60 cities is 28.9°C; Rutshuru is 3.7°C cooler than that mean.
From October to November, average highs fall by 0.4°C to 24.8°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 305 mm to 287 mm.
The annual picture
October 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, selected | 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
October in nearby cities
- Musanze in OctoberRwanda · 41 kmHigh 22.8°C · Low 15.1°C · 201 mm rain
- Muhanga in OctoberRwanda · 97 kmHigh 23.3°C · Low 12.9°C · 115 mm rain
- Nyagatare in OctoberRwanda · 98 kmHigh 26.3°C · Low 15.8°C · 108 mm rain
- Gitarama in OctoberRwanda · 105 kmHigh 23.2°C · Low 12.6°C · 115 mm rain
- Kigali in OctoberRwanda · 109 kmHigh 24.9°C · Low 14.7°C · 117 mm rain
- Rutoma in OctoberUganda · 125 kmHigh 24.8°C · Low 15.7°C · 163 mm rain
- Mbarara in OctoberUganda · 148 kmHigh 25.4°C · Low 15.7°C · 101 mm rain
- Butembo in OctoberDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 149 kmHigh 22.9°C · Low 14.7°C · 226 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.