Butare Weather in May
Butare in May
The short of it: Butare in May averages a high of 24 °C (76 °F) and a low of 15 °C (59 °F), with 87 mm (3.4 in) of rain and about 12 h 0 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 87 mm · daylight 12 h 0 min
✦✦✦ Fair for a visit · best months: June & July
Thirty years of records give Butare an average May high of 24°, a low of 15° and some 87 mm of rain. Much like April: highs about 24°, nights near 15°. Easy travelling weather. Wet spells are common — about 87 mm, the 8th wettest month.
The sun is up for about 12 h 0 min in mid-May.
For the traveller: pack light clothes and a jacket for the evening, and an oilskin besides. The Almanac rates May 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 May. Gikongoro, 24 km to the NW, is 2° cooler by day.
May in Butare, by the numbers
- Warmth rank
- 10th warmest of 12
- Rain rank
- 8th wettest of 12
- Versus April
- about the same, 86 mm less rain
- Versus June
- 1° colder
- Day–night spread
- 9°
- Snow season
- seldom any
- Daylight, mid-month
- 12 h 0 min
- Average wind
- 7 km/h
Neighbouring Towns
May averages · distance by the crow’s flight| Town | Distance | High | Low | Rain |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| GikongoroSouthern Province | 24 km NW | 22° | 13° | 116 mm |
| NzegaSouthern Province | 24 km WNW | 22° | 13° | 116 mm |
| NyanzaSouthern Province | 27 km N | 24° | 15° | 100 mm |
| NgoziNgozi | 36 km SSE | 24° | 15° | 74 mm |
| KayanzaKayanza | 38 km SSW | 24° | 14° | 90 mm |
| KirundoKirundo | 40 km E | 26° | 16° | 82 mm |
| RuhangoSouthern Province | 42 km N | 25° | 15° | 101 mm |
| RuhuhaEastern Province | 48 km NE | 26° | 16° | 86 mm |