Climatch

Butare vs Fort Portal Climate

85%match

Butare and Fort Portal are a 85% climate match. Compared with Butare, Fort Portal has the same nighttime lows and twice the the dry season rain.

Butare gets 41 in (1038 mm) of rain a year and Fort Portal 51 in (1297 mm). Butare's warmest month is August, at 81°F (27°C); Fort Portal's is February, at 82°F (28°C).

Fort Portal is in the Northern Hemisphere, so its seasons are flipped: Butare's July is most like Fort Portal's January.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecJFMAMJJASOND
Butare
JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecJFMAMJJASOND
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Climate fingerprints: ring color = average temperature, thickness = rain. January at the top.

Month by month

Highs and lows (°F)

ButareFort Portal (6 months later)solid = high, dashed = low

50°60°70°80°90°JFMAMJJASONDButare Jan: 77°Butare Feb: 78°Butare Mar: 77°Butare Apr: 75°Butare May: 76°Butare Jun: 77°Butare Jul: 79°Butare Aug: 81°Butare Sep: 81°Butare Oct: 78°Butare Nov: 75°Butare Dec: 77°Butare Jan: 59°Butare Feb: 58°Butare Mar: 58°Butare Apr: 59°Butare May: 59°Butare Jun: 56°Butare Jul: 56°Butare Aug: 58°Butare Sep: 58°Butare Oct: 58°Butare Nov: 58°Butare Dec: 59°Fort Portal (6 months later) Jan: 77°Fort Portal (6 months later) Feb: 77°Fort Portal (6 months later) Mar: 78°Fort Portal (6 months later) Apr: 78°Fort Portal (6 months later) May: 78°Fort Portal (6 months later) Jun: 79°Fort Portal (6 months later) Jul: 80°Fort Portal (6 months later) Aug: 82°Fort Portal (6 months later) Sep: 80°Fort Portal (6 months later) Oct: 79°Fort Portal (6 months later) Nov: 79°Fort Portal (6 months later) Dec: 78°Fort Portal (6 months later) Jan: 57°Fort Portal (6 months later) Feb: 57°Fort Portal (6 months later) Mar: 57°Fort Portal (6 months later) Apr: 57°Fort Portal (6 months later) May: 58°Fort Portal (6 months later) Jun: 57°Fort Portal (6 months later) Jul: 56°Fort Portal (6 months later) Aug: 57°Fort Portal (6 months later) Sep: 57°Fort Portal (6 months later) Oct: 59°Fort Portal (6 months later) Nov: 58°Fort Portal (6 months later) Dec: 57°

Rain (in per month)

ButareFort Portal (6 months later)

0510JFMAMJJASONDButare Jan: 3.8Butare Feb: 3.6Butare Mar: 4.5Butare Apr: 6.8Butare May: 3.4Butare Jun: 0.9Butare Jul: 0.3Butare Aug: 1.4Butare Sep: 2.6Butare Oct: 4.0Butare Nov: 5.1Butare Dec: 4.5Fort Portal (6 months later) Jan: 2.4Fort Portal (6 months later) Feb: 4.8Fort Portal (6 months later) Mar: 6.5Fort Portal (6 months later) Apr: 8.2Fort Portal (6 months later) May: 6.2Fort Portal (6 months later) Jun: 2.9Fort Portal (6 months later) Jul: 1.3Fort Portal (6 months later) Aug: 1.7Fort Portal (6 months later) Sep: 4.4Fort Portal (6 months later) Oct: 6.1Fort Portal (6 months later) Nov: 3.9Fort Portal (6 months later) Dec: 2.7

Monthly averages

Average monthly highs, lows and rain in Butare and Fort Portal
MonthHighLowRain
ButareFort PortalButareFort PortalButareFort Portal
Jan77°F(25°C)80°F(27°C)59°F(15°C)56°F(13°C)3.8 in(97 mm)1.3 in(32 mm)
Feb78°F(25°C)82°F(28°C)58°F(15°C)57°F(14°C)3.6 in(91 mm)1.7 in(44 mm)
Mar76°F(25°C)80°F(27°C)58°F(15°C)57°F(14°C)4.4 in(113 mm)4.4 in(111 mm)
Apr75°F(24°C)79°F(26°C)59°F(15°C)58°F(15°C)6.8 in(173 mm)6.1 in(156 mm)
May76°F(24°C)79°F(26°C)59°F(15°C)58°F(15°C)3.4 in(87 mm)3.9 in(100 mm)
Jun77°F(25°C)78°F(25°C)56°F(14°C)57°F(14°C)0.9 in(23 mm)2.7 in(68 mm)
Jul79°F(26°C)77°F(25°C)56°F(13°C)56°F(14°C)0.3 in(8 mm)2.4 in(60 mm)
Aug81°F(27°C)77°F(25°C)58°F(14°C)57°F(14°C)1.4 in(36 mm)4.8 in(121 mm)
Sep81°F(27°C)78°F(25°C)58°F(15°C)57°F(14°C)2.6 in(66 mm)6.5 in(164 mm)
Oct78°F(26°C)78°F(25°C)58°F(15°C)57°F(14°C)4.0 in(101 mm)8.2 in(209 mm)
Nov75°F(24°C)78°F(26°C)58°F(14°C)58°F(14°C)5.1 in(129 mm)6.2 in(158 mm)
Dec77°F(25°C)79°F(26°C)59°F(15°C)57°F(14°C)4.5 in(114 mm)2.9 in(74 mm)

1991–2020 averages, by calendar month.

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