Climate averages 1991–2020
Rutoma weather
in May.
A warm, wet month: the joint 10th warmest and the 8th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
May is a warm month in Rutoma: daytime highs average 24.7°C and nights cool to about 16.7°C. By daytime temperature it is the joint 10th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 117 mm of rain on roughly 20 days, which makes May a wet month (the 8th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 06 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Mbarara (30 km away). In May its highs average 25.2°C, about as warm as Rutoma, with 65 mm of rain.
Among the 21 cities listed in Uganda, Rutoma ranks 10th of 21 for the warmest May highs and 6th of 21 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 21 cities is 25.2°C; Rutoma is 0.4°C cooler than that mean.
From May to June, average highs rise by 0.4°C to 25.2°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 117 mm to 52 mm.
The annual picture
May 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, selected | 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
May in nearby cities
- Mbarara in MayUganda · 30 kmHigh 25.2°C · Low 16.0°C · 65 mm rain
- Ibanda in MayUganda · 50 kmHigh 25.2°C · Low 15.3°C · 143 mm rain
- Nyagatare in MayRwanda · 81 kmHigh 25.8°C · Low 16.2°C · 79 mm rain
- Rutshuru in MayDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 125 kmHigh 25.6°C · Low 16.1°C · 139 mm rain
- Musanze in MayRwanda · 133 kmHigh 22.1°C · Low 15.4°C · 118 mm rain
- Butembo in MayDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 145 kmHigh 23.3°C · Low 15.3°C · 142 mm rain
- Masaka in MayUganda · 152 kmHigh 23.9°C · Low 17.1°C · 112 mm rain
- Kigali in MayRwanda · 158 kmHigh 23.9°C · Low 14.9°C · 83 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.