Climate averages 1991–2020
Rutoma weather
in February.
A warm, moderately wet month: the warmest and the joint 3rd driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
February is a warm month in Rutoma: daytime highs average 26.3°C and nights cool to about 16.9°C. By daytime temperature it is the warmest month of the year.
Expect about 80 mm of rain on roughly 13 days, which makes February a moderately wet month (the joint 3rd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 08 min on an average February day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Mbarara (30 km away). In February its highs average 27.3°C, 1.0°C warmer than Rutoma, with 38 mm of rain.
Among the 21 cities listed in Uganda, Rutoma ranks joint 15th of 21 for the warmest February highs and joint 11th of 21 for the driest February (rainfall, lowest first). The mean February high of those 21 cities is 27.9°C; Rutoma is 1.7°C cooler than that mean.
From February to March, average highs fall by 0.4°C to 25.9°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 80 mm to 121 mm.
The annual picture
February 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, selected | 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 | 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
February in nearby cities
- Mbarara in FebruaryUganda · 30 kmHigh 27.3°C · Low 16.9°C · 38 mm rain
- Ibanda in FebruaryUganda · 50 kmHigh 27.4°C · Low 16.5°C · 80 mm rain
- Nyagatare in FebruaryRwanda · 81 kmHigh 27.8°C · Low 16.6°C · 51 mm rain
- Rutshuru in FebruaryDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 125 kmHigh 26.9°C · Low 15.7°C · 125 mm rain
- Musanze in FebruaryRwanda · 133 kmHigh 23.5°C · Low 15.7°C · 168 mm rain
- Butembo in FebruaryDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 145 kmHigh 24.9°C · Low 14.7°C · 58 mm rain
- Masaka in FebruaryUganda · 152 kmHigh 26.3°C · Low 17.7°C · 78 mm rain
- Kigali in FebruaryRwanda · 158 kmHigh 25.7°C · Low 14.8°C · 79 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.