Butare Weather in April
Butare in April
The short of it: Butare in April averages a high of 24 °C (75 °F) and a low of 15 °C (59 °F), with 173 mm (6.8 in) of rain and about 12 h 3 min of daylight. Rated 3 of 5 for a visit; the best months are June and July. Source: TerraClimate climate normals, 1991–2020.
Average high 24° · low 15° · rain 173 mm · daylight 12 h 3 min
✦✦✦ Fair for a visit · best months: June & July
Thirty years of records give Butare an average April high of 24°, a low of 15° and some 173 mm of rain. Butare's coldest stretch of the year, 24° by day and 15° by night. It is the wettest month of the year here, about 173 mm.
The sun is up for about 12 h 3 min in mid-April.
For the traveller: pack light clothes and a jacket for the evening, and an oilskin besides. The Almanac rates April 3 of 5 for a visit; the finest months here are June and July.
Against its neighbours, Butare runs warmer than most and drier than most in April. Gikongoro, 24 km to the NW, is 2° cooler by day.
April in Butare, by the numbers
- Warmth rank
- 11th warmest of 12
- Rain rank
- 1st wettest of 12
- Versus March
- 1° colder, 60 mm more rain
- Versus May
- about the same
- Day–night spread
- 9°
- Snow season
- seldom any
- Daylight, mid-month
- 12 h 3 min
- Average wind
- 7 km/h
Neighbouring Towns
April averages · distance by the crow’s flight| Town | Distance | High | Low | Rain |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| GikongoroSouthern Province | 24 km NW | 23° | 13° | 178 mm |
| NzegaSouthern Province | 24 km WNW | 23° | 13° | 178 mm |
| NyanzaSouthern Province | 27 km N | 24° | 15° | 159 mm |
| NgoziNgozi | 36 km SSE | 24° | 14° | 161 mm |
| KayanzaKayanza | 38 km SSW | 23° | 14° | 175 mm |
| KirundoKirundo | 40 km E | 25° | 16° | 150 mm |
| RuhangoSouthern Province | 42 km N | 24° | 15° | 159 mm |
| RuhuhaEastern Province | 48 km NE | 26° | 16° | 145 mm |