Climate averages 1991–2020
Rutoma weather
in April.
A warm, wet month: the 8th warmest and the 10th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
April is a warm month in Rutoma: daytime highs average 24.9°C and nights cool to about 16.7°C. By daytime temperature it is the 8th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 144 mm of rain on roughly 23 days, which makes April a wet month (the 10th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 06 min on an average April day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Mbarara (30 km away). In April its highs average 25.5°C, 0.6°C warmer than Rutoma, with 85 mm of rain.
Among the 21 cities listed in Uganda, Rutoma ranks 10th of 21 for the warmest April highs and 6th of 21 for the driest April (rainfall, lowest first). The mean April high of those 21 cities is 25.6°C; Rutoma is 0.7°C cooler than that mean.
From April to May, average highs fall by 0.2°C to 24.7°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 144 mm to 117 mm.
The annual picture
April 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
Rutoma climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 25.4°C16.2°C | 16.2°C | 80 | 14.0 | 12.112 h |
| February | 26.3°C16.9°C | 16.9°C | 80 | 12.6 | 12.112 h |
| March | 25.9°C17.0°C | 17.0°C | 121 | 18.2 | 12.112 h |
| April, selected | 24.9°C16.7°C | 16.7°C | 144 | 23.0 | 12.112 h |
| May | 24.7°C16.7°C | 16.7°C | 117 | 20.0 | 12.112 h |
| June | 25.2°C16.9°C | 16.9°C | 52 | 8.6 | 12.112 h |
| July | 25.8°C16.7°C | 16.7°C | 28 | 4.7 | 12.112 h |
| August | 25.7°C16.5°C | 16.5°C | 89 | 13.1 | 12.112 h |
| September | 25.5°C15.8°C | 15.8°C | 116 | 18.4 | 12.112 h |
| October | 24.8°C15.7°C | 15.7°C | 163 | 23.2 | 12.112 h |
| November | 24.3°C15.6°C | 15.6°C | 158 | 23.2 | 12.112 h |
| December | 24.7°C15.8°C | 15.8°C | 116 | 18.0 | 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
April in nearby cities
- Mbarara in AprilUganda · 30 kmHigh 25.5°C · Low 16.4°C · 85 mm rain
- Ibanda in AprilUganda · 50 kmHigh 25.5°C · Low 15.6°C · 172 mm rain
- Nyagatare in AprilRwanda · 81 kmHigh 25.9°C · Low 16.3°C · 123 mm rain
- Rutshuru in AprilDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 125 kmHigh 25.6°C · Low 15.9°C · 217 mm rain
- Musanze in AprilRwanda · 133 kmHigh 22.3°C · Low 15.1°C · 200 mm rain
- Butembo in AprilDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 145 kmHigh 23.7°C · Low 15.4°C · 180 mm rain
- Masaka in AprilUganda · 152 kmHigh 24.2°C · Low 17.5°C · 143 mm rain
- Kigali in AprilRwanda · 158 kmHigh 24.0°C · Low 15.0°C · 137 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 Rutoma) is explained once on the Rutoma year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.