Climate averages 1991–2020
Rutoma weather
in September.
A warm, wet month: the 5th warmest and the joint 6th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
September is a warm month in Rutoma: daytime highs average 25.5°C and nights cool to about 15.8°C. By daytime temperature it is the 5th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 116 mm of rain on roughly 18 days, which makes September a wet month (the joint 6th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 06 min on an average September day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Mbarara (30 km away). In September its highs average 25.9°C, about as warm as Rutoma, with 70 mm of rain.
Among the 21 cities listed in Uganda, Rutoma ranks joint 10th of 21 for the warmest September highs and 7th of 21 for the driest September (rainfall, lowest first). The mean September high of those 21 cities is 25.7°C; Rutoma is 0.2°C cooler than that mean.
From September to October, average highs fall by 0.6°C to 24.8°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 116 mm to 163 mm.
The annual picture
September 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, selected | 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
September in nearby cities
- Mbarara in SeptemberUganda · 30 kmHigh 25.9°C · Low 15.7°C · 70 mm rain
- Ibanda in SeptemberUganda · 50 kmHigh 25.6°C · Low 15.6°C · 132 mm rain
- Nyagatare in SeptemberRwanda · 81 kmHigh 27.1°C · Low 16.0°C · 65 mm rain
- Rutshuru in SeptemberDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 125 kmHigh 25.9°C · Low 15.2°C · 230 mm rain
- Musanze in SeptemberRwanda · 133 kmHigh 23.4°C · Low 15.5°C · 114 mm rain
- Butembo in SeptemberDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 145 kmHigh 23.2°C · Low 14.5°C · 206 mm rain
- Masaka in SeptemberUganda · 152 kmHigh 24.8°C · Low 16.7°C · 103 mm rain
- Kigali in SeptemberRwanda · 158 kmHigh 25.7°C · Low 15.0°C · 54 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.