Butare Weather in August
Butare in August
The short of it: Butare in August averages a high of 27 °C (81 °F) and a low of 14 °C (58 °F), with 36 mm (1.4 in) of rain and about 12 h 2 min of daylight. Rated 5 of 5 for a visit; the best months are June and July. Source: TerraClimate climate normals, 1991–2020.
Average high 27° · low 14° · rain 36 mm · daylight 12 h 2 min
✦✦✦✦✦ Recommended for a visit · best months: June & July
August in Butare brings afternoons near 27° and nights around 14°, with about 36 mm of rain over the month. No month in Butare runs warmer: highs about 27°. Rain is modest, about 36 mm, the 10th wettest month.
The sun is up for about 12 h 2 min in mid-August.
For the traveller: pack light clothes and a jacket for the evening. The Almanac rates August 5 of 5 for a visit; the finest months here are June and July.
Against its neighbours, Butare runs warmer than most and about as wet in August. Gikongoro, 24 km to the NW, is 2° cooler by day.
August in Butare, by the numbers
- Warmth rank
- 1st warmest of 12
- Rain rank
- 10th wettest of 12
- Versus July
- 1° warmer, 28 mm more rain
- Versus September
- about the same
- Day–night spread
- 13°
- Snow season
- seldom any
- Daylight, mid-month
- 12 h 2 min
- Average wind
- 7 km/h
Neighbouring Towns
August averages · distance by the crow’s flight| Town | Distance | High | Low | Rain |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| GikongoroSouthern Province | 24 km NW | 25° | 13° | 37 mm |
| NzegaSouthern Province | 24 km WNW | 25° | 13° | 37 mm |
| NyanzaSouthern Province | 27 km N | 27° | 14° | 36 mm |
| NgoziNgozi | 36 km SSE | 27° | 14° | 22 mm |
| KayanzaKayanza | 38 km SSW | 26° | 14° | 24 mm |
| KirundoKirundo | 40 km E | 28° | 15° | 20 mm |
| RuhangoSouthern Province | 42 km N | 27° | 14° | 40 mm |
| RuhuhaEastern Province | 48 km NE | 28° | 15° | 23 mm |