Climate averages 1991–2020
Rutoma weather
in October.
A warm, wet month: the 9th warmest and the wettest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
October is a warm month in Rutoma: daytime highs average 24.8°C and nights cool to about 15.7°C. By daytime temperature it is the 9th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 163 mm of rain on roughly 23 days, which makes October a wet month (the wettest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 07 min on an average October day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Mbarara (30 km away). In October its highs average 25.4°C, 0.5°C warmer than Rutoma, with 101 mm of rain.
Among the 21 cities listed in Uganda, Rutoma ranks joint 12th of 21 for the warmest October highs and 12th of 21 for the driest October (rainfall, lowest first). The mean October high of those 21 cities is 25.4°C; Rutoma is 0.6°C cooler than that mean.
From October to November, average highs fall by 0.5°C to 24.3°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 163 mm to 158 mm.
The annual picture
October 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, selected | 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
October in nearby cities
- Mbarara in OctoberUganda · 30 kmHigh 25.4°C · Low 15.7°C · 101 mm rain
- Ibanda in OctoberUganda · 50 kmHigh 25.1°C · Low 15.6°C · 183 mm rain
- Nyagatare in OctoberRwanda · 81 kmHigh 26.3°C · Low 15.8°C · 108 mm rain
- Rutshuru in OctoberDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 125 kmHigh 25.2°C · Low 15.1°C · 305 mm rain
- Musanze in OctoberRwanda · 133 kmHigh 22.8°C · Low 15.1°C · 201 mm rain
- Butembo in OctoberDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 145 kmHigh 22.9°C · Low 14.7°C · 226 mm rain
- Masaka in OctoberUganda · 152 kmHigh 24.6°C · Low 17.1°C · 125 mm rain
- Kigali in OctoberRwanda · 158 kmHigh 24.9°C · Low 14.7°C · 117 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.