Climate averages 1991–2020
Rutshuru weather
in September.
A warm, very wet month: the joint 6th warmest and the 10th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
September is a warm month in Rutshuru: daytime highs average 25.9°C and nights cool to about 15.2°C. By daytime temperature it is the joint 6th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 230 mm of rain on roughly 17 days, which makes September a very wet month (the 10th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 06 min on an average September day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Musanze (41 km away). In September its highs average 23.4°C, 2.4°C cooler than Rutshuru, with 114 mm of rain.
Among the 60 cities listed in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Rutshuru ranks joint 56th of 60 for the warmest September highs and 60th of 60 for the driest September (rainfall, lowest first). The mean September high of those 60 cities is 29.6°C; Rutshuru is 3.7°C cooler than that mean.
From September to October, average highs fall by 0.7°C to 25.2°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 230 mm to 305 mm.
The annual picture
September 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, selected | 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
September in nearby cities
- Musanze in SeptemberRwanda · 41 kmHigh 23.4°C · Low 15.5°C · 114 mm rain
- Muhanga in SeptemberRwanda · 97 kmHigh 24.2°C · Low 13.3°C · 54 mm rain
- Nyagatare in SeptemberRwanda · 98 kmHigh 27.1°C · Low 16.0°C · 65 mm rain
- Gitarama in SeptemberRwanda · 105 kmHigh 24.2°C · Low 12.9°C · 54 mm rain
- Kigali in SeptemberRwanda · 109 kmHigh 25.7°C · Low 15.0°C · 54 mm rain
- Rutoma in SeptemberUganda · 125 kmHigh 25.5°C · Low 15.8°C · 116 mm rain
- Mbarara in SeptemberUganda · 148 kmHigh 25.9°C · Low 15.7°C · 70 mm rain
- Butembo in SeptemberDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 149 kmHigh 23.2°C · Low 14.5°C · 206 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.