Climate averages 1991–2020
Rutoma weather
in November.
A warm, wet month: the coolest and the 11th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
November is a warm month in Rutoma: daytime highs average 24.3°C and nights cool to about 15.6°C. By daytime temperature it is the coolest month of the year.
Expect about 158 mm of rain on roughly 23 days, which makes November a wet month (the 11th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 09 min on an average November day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Mbarara (30 km away). In November its highs average 24.8°C, about as warm as Rutoma, with 103 mm of rain.
Among the 21 cities listed in Uganda, Rutoma ranks 15th of 21 for the warmest November highs and 9th of 21 for the driest November (rainfall, lowest first). The mean November high of those 21 cities is 25.2°C; Rutoma is 0.9°C cooler than that mean.
From November to December, average highs rise by 0.3°C to 24.7°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 158 mm to 116 mm.
The annual picture
November 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 | 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, selected | 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
November in nearby cities
- Mbarara in NovemberUganda · 30 kmHigh 24.8°C · Low 15.5°C · 103 mm rain
- Ibanda in NovemberUganda · 50 kmHigh 24.6°C · Low 15.4°C · 175 mm rain
- Nyagatare in NovemberRwanda · 81 kmHigh 25.5°C · Low 15.4°C · 121 mm rain
- Rutshuru in NovemberDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 125 kmHigh 24.8°C · Low 14.9°C · 287 mm rain
- Musanze in NovemberRwanda · 133 kmHigh 22.3°C · Low 14.9°C · 222 mm rain
- Butembo in NovemberDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 145 kmHigh 22.7°C · Low 14.4°C · 196 mm rain
- Masaka in NovemberUganda · 152 kmHigh 24.1°C · Low 16.9°C · 133 mm rain
- Kigali in NovemberRwanda · 158 kmHigh 24.2°C · Low 14.1°C · 130 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.