Climate averages 1991–2020
Rutoma weather
in July.
A warm, fairly dry month: the 3rd warmest and the driest of the year. Meets the pleasant-weather rule
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
July is a warm month in Rutoma: daytime highs average 25.8°C and nights cool to about 16.7°C. By daytime temperature it is the 3rd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 28 mm of rain on roughly 5 days, which makes July a fairly dry month (the driest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 05 min on an average July day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Mbarara (30 km away). In July its highs average 26.3°C, 0.5°C warmer than Rutoma, with 13 mm of rain.
Among the 21 cities listed in Uganda, Rutoma ranks 9th of 21 for the warmest July highs and 2nd of 21 for the driest July (rainfall, lowest first). The mean July high of those 21 cities is 25.0°C; Rutoma is 0.7°C warmer than that mean.
From July to August, average highs stay level at 25.7°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 28 mm to 89 mm.
The annual picture
July 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 | 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, selected | 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
July in nearby cities
- Mbarara in JulyUganda · 30 kmHigh 26.3°C · Low 15.9°C · 13 mm rain
- Ibanda in JulyUganda · 50 kmHigh 25.9°C · Low 15.7°C · 38 mm rain
- Nyagatare in JulyRwanda · 81 kmHigh 27.4°C · Low 16.0°C · 7.9 mm rain
- Rutshuru in JulyDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 125 kmHigh 26.4°C · Low 15.3°C · 55 mm rain
- Musanze in JulyRwanda · 133 kmHigh 23.3°C · Low 15.8°C · 19 mm rain
- Butembo in JulyDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 145 kmHigh 22.9°C · Low 14.3°C · 134 mm rain
- Masaka in JulyUganda · 152 kmHigh 24.3°C · Low 16.4°C · 39 mm rain
- Kigali in JulyRwanda · 158 kmHigh 25.2°C · Low 15.1°C · 4.4 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.