Rutshuru weather in June

In June, Rutshuru sees average daytime highs of 24°C and overnight lows near 13°C, with 85 mm of rain across 7.4 wet days and about 11.9 hours of daylight. It is the 6th-warmest and 11th-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 24°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 11% of the time in June, and the air most often feels comfortable.

Daylight stretches from about 11 h 54 min at the start of June to 11 h 54 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, June is Rutshuru's 2nd-clearest and 10th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Rutshuru's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 24°; 6th warmest
Overnight low: 13°; 2nd coldest
Rainfall: 85 mm; 7.4 wet days
Daylight: 11 h 54 min; 6:04 AM – 6:00 PM
Cloud cover: 70%; 2nd clearest
Wind: 4 km/h; 10th windiest
Solar energy: 4.94 kWh/m²
Travel score: 7.0; out of 10

Rutshuru is town in North Kivu in the DRC.

Air quality: WHO Ambient Air Quality Database. Density & description: Wikidata (CC0), GeoNames.

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Temperature in June

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 24°C through the month.

A typical June day in Rutshuru reaches about 24°C in the afternoon and slips back to 13°C overnight — a 10°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 22°C and 25°C. Set against its neighbours, June runs on par with May and on par with July.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30
Avg high (°C)	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24
Avg low (°C)	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	24	14
2	24	14
3	24	14
4	24	14
5	24	14
6	24	14
7	24	14
8	24	14
9	24	14
10	24	14
11	24	14
12	24	14
13	24	14
14	24	14
15	24	14
16	24	13
17	24	13
18	24	13
19	24	13
20	24	13
21	24	13
22	24	13
23	24	13
24	24	13
25	24	13
26	24	13
27	24	13
28	24	13
29	24	13
30	24	13

Rutshuru weather by month

How June compares with the rest of the year at a glance. June is the 6th-warmest and 11th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

Month	High / Low (°C)	Rainfall (mm)	Wet days	Daylight (hours)	Travel score
Jan	23° / 14°	121	16.5	12.1	5.6
Feb	24° / 14°	124	14.7	12	5.7
Mar	24° / 14°	222	23	12	4.7
Apr	23° / 15°	217	21.6	12	4.7
May	23° / 15°	139	14.9	11.9	5.9
Jun	24° / 13°	85	7.4	11.9	7.0
Jul	24° / 13°	55	5.2	11.9	7.5
Aug	24° / 14°	160	12.4	12	6.3
Sep	24° / 14°	230	16.6	12	5.6
Oct	23° / 14°	305	22	12	4.7
Nov	23° / 14°	287	23.4	12.1	4.4
Dec	23° / 14°	201	20.9	12.1	4.9

Cloud cover in June

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 11% of the time in June.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 22% of June, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 67%.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30
Clearer (%)	39	39	39	39	39	38	37	37	35	35	33	32	30	30	30	29	29	29	29	29	29	30	30	30	30	30	31	31	31	32
Cloudier (%)	61	61	61	61	61	62	63	63	65	65	67	68	70	70	70	71	71	71	71	71	71	70	70	70	70	70	69	69	69	68

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	39	61
2	39	61
3	39	61
4	39	61
5	39	61
6	38	62
7	37	63
8	37	63
9	35	65
10	35	65
11	33	67
12	32	68
13	30	70
14	30	70
15	30	70
16	29	71
17	29	71
18	29	71
19	29	71
20	29	71
21	29	71
22	30	70
23	30	70
24	30	70
25	30	70
26	30	70
27	31	69
28	31	69
29	31	69
30	32	68

Chance of precipitation in June

Any precipitation

Rutshuru gets around 85 mm of rain over 7.4 wet days in June. The line is the day-by-day chance of measurable precipitation.

Day to day, the chance of measurable rain averages around 25% and peaks near 30% on the wettest days. The odds ease toward the end of the month.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30
Rain chance (%)	30	30	29	29	29	29	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	27	27	26	26	25	25	24	23	22	21	20	19	19	18	17	16	16

	Rain chance (%)
1	30
2	30
3	29
4	29
5	29
6	29
7	28
8	28
9	28
10	28
11	28
12	28
13	28
14	27
15	27
16	26
17	26
18	25
19	25
20	24
21	23
22	22
23	21
24	20
25	19
26	19
27	18
28	17
29	16
30	16

Humidity in June

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

Most of June feels comfortable — the stacked bands show each day's mix of comfort levels, read off the dew point.

By dew point, June lands in the comfortable band about 54% of days. It rarely turns muggy — the humid and sticky bands barely register.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30
Dry (%)	22	23	24	25	26	27	29	30	30	31	32	33	34	35	36	38	40	41	43	44	46	48	49	51	53	54	56	58	59	61
Comfortable (%)	67	66	66	65	65	64	62	62	62	61	61	60	59	59	58	56	54	54	52	51	49	47	46	45	43	42	41	39	38	37
Humid (%)	11	11	10	10	9	9	9	8	8	8	7	7	7	6	6	6	6	5	5	5	5	5	5	4	4	4	3	3	3	2

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)
1	22	67	11
2	23	66	11
3	24	66	10
4	25	65	10
5	26	65	9
6	27	64	9
7	29	62	9
8	30	62	8
9	30	62	8
10	31	61	8
11	32	61	7
12	33	60	7
13	34	59	7
14	35	59	6
15	36	58	6
16	38	56	6
17	40	54	6
18	41	54	5
19	43	52	5
20	44	51	5
21	46	49	5
22	48	47	5
23	49	46	5
24	51	45	4
25	53	43	4
26	54	42	4
27	56	41	3
28	58	39	3
29	59	38	3
30	61	37	2

Wind in June

Winds average 4 km/h in June.

Across June, daily wind ranges from about 4 km/h on the calmest days to 4 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30
Wind speed (km/h)	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4
Feels	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm

	Wind speed (km/h)	Feels
1	4	calm
2	4	calm
3	4	calm
4	4	calm
5	4	calm
6	4	calm
7	4	calm
8	4	calm
9	4	calm
10	4	calm
11	4	calm
12	4	calm
13	4	calm
14	4	calm
15	4	calm
16	4	calm
17	4	calm
18	4	calm
19	4	calm
20	4	calm
21	4	calm
22	4	calm
23	4	calm
24	4	calm
25	4	calm
26	4	calm
27	4	calm
28	4	calm
29	4	calm
30	4	calm

Sunrise & sunset in June

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 11 h 54 min at the start of June to 11 h 54 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days grow by about 0 minutes over June. Sunrise moves from 6:02 AM to 6:07 AM, and sunset from 5:58 PM to 6:03 PM.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30
Daylight (h)	11.9	11.9	11.9	11.9	11.9	11.9	11.9	11.9	11.9	11.9	11.9	11.9	11.9	11.9	11.9	11.9	11.9	11.9	11.9	11.9	11.9	11.9	11.9	11.9	11.9	11.9	11.9	11.9	11.9	11.9
Sunrise (AM)	6:02	6:02	6:02	6:02	6:02	6:02	6:03	6:03	6:03	6:03	6:03	6:04	6:04	6:04	6:04	6:04	6:05	6:05	6:05	6:05	6:06	6:06	6:06	6:06	6:06	6:07	6:07	6:07	6:07	6:07
Sunset (PM)	5:58	5:58	5:58	5:58	5:58	5:59	5:59	5:59	5:59	5:59	5:59	6:00	6:00	6:00	6:00	6:00	6:01	6:01	6:01	6:01	6:01	6:02	6:02	6:02	6:02	6:02	6:03	6:03	6:03	6:03

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	11.9	6:02	5:58
2	11.9	6:02	5:58
3	11.9	6:02	5:58
4	11.9	6:02	5:58
5	11.9	6:02	5:58
6	11.9	6:02	5:59
7	11.9	6:03	5:59
8	11.9	6:03	5:59
9	11.9	6:03	5:59
10	11.9	6:03	5:59
11	11.9	6:03	5:59
12	11.9	6:04	6:00
13	11.9	6:04	6:00
14	11.9	6:04	6:00
15	11.9	6:04	6:00
16	11.9	6:04	6:00
17	11.9	6:05	6:01
18	11.9	6:05	6:01
19	11.9	6:05	6:01
20	11.9	6:05	6:01
21	11.9	6:06	6:01
22	11.9	6:06	6:02
23	11.9	6:06	6:02
24	11.9	6:06	6:02
25	11.9	6:06	6:02
26	11.9	6:07	6:02
27	11.9	6:07	6:03
28	11.9	6:07	6:03
29	11.9	6:07	6:03
30	11.9	6:07	6:03

Solar energy in June

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in June, about 4.94 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 4.88 kWh/m² to a high of 5.55 kWh/m² in February across the year — June's 4.94 kWh/m² sits near the bottom.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30
Solar energy (kWh/m²)	5.0	5.0	5.0	5.0	5.0	5.0	5.0	5.0	5.0	5.0	5.0	4.9	4.9	4.9	4.9	4.9	4.9	4.9	4.9	4.9	4.9	4.9	4.9	4.9	4.9	4.9	4.9	5.0	5.0	5.0
Level	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright

	Solar energy (kWh/m²)	Level
1	5.0	Bright
2	5.0	Bright
3	5.0	Bright
4	5.0	Bright
5	5.0	Bright
6	5.0	Bright
7	5.0	Bright
8	5.0	Bright
9	5.0	Bright
10	5.0	Bright
11	5.0	Bright
12	4.9	Bright
13	4.9	Bright
14	4.9	Bright
15	4.9	Bright
16	4.9	Bright
17	4.9	Bright
18	4.9	Bright
19	4.9	Bright
20	4.9	Bright
21	4.9	Bright
22	4.9	Bright
23	4.9	Bright
24	4.9	Bright
25	4.9	Bright
26	4.9	Bright
27	4.9	Bright
28	5.0	Bright
29	5.0	Bright
30	5.0	Bright

Planning a trip in June

Is June a good time to visit Rutshuru?

Our two travel scores rate June for general sightseeing and for beach or pool weather — 0 (poor) to 10 (ideal).

7.0

Sightseeing

2nd-best month of the year

5.8

Beach & pool

2nd-best month of the year

June is one of the better times to visit Rutshuru for general sightseeing.

What to pack for Rutshuru in June

From June's temperature range, rain chance, sun and wind — what's worth putting in the bag.

In June, Rutshuru sees daytime highs around 24°C and nights near 13°C. Worth packing: light clothes and sun protection. About 7 days see rain.

light clothessun protection

UV index in Rutshuru in June

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in June peaks around 10 (very high — sun protection essential). The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Rutshuru peaks around March 17 at about 16 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near June 21 at about 10 (extreme).

The index reaches 3 or more — the level where the WHO recommends sun protection — every month of the year.

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
UV index (midday)	12	15	16	15	12	10	11	11	14	13	13	11
Level	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme

	UV index (midday)	Level
Jan	12	Extreme
Feb	15	Extreme
Mar	16	Extreme
Apr	15	Extreme
May	12	Extreme
Jun	10	Extreme
Jul	11	Extreme
Aug	11	Extreme
Sep	14	Extreme
Oct	13	Extreme
Nov	13	Extreme
Dec	11	Extreme

Air quality in Rutshuru in June

GoodModeratePoorUnhealthyVery unhealthy

Average fine-particle pollution (PM2.5) through the year — so you can see where June falls, not just the annual average.

Air quality in Rutshuru is worst in July — around 106 µg/m³ PM2.5 (unhealthy), and holds fairly steady the rest of the year.

Modeled monthly averages (CAMS reanalysis, 2015–2024).

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
PM2.5 (µg/m³)	92	96	82	77	80	100	106	100	89	82	83	88
Level	Unhealthy	Unhealthy	Unhealthy	Unhealthy	Unhealthy	Unhealthy	Unhealthy	Unhealthy	Unhealthy	Unhealthy	Unhealthy	Unhealthy

	PM2.5 (µg/m³)	Level
Jan	92	Unhealthy
Feb	96	Unhealthy
Mar	82	Unhealthy
Apr	77	Unhealthy
May	80	Unhealthy
Jun	100	Unhealthy
Jul	106	Unhealthy
Aug	100	Unhealthy
Sep	89	Unhealthy
Oct	82	Unhealthy
Nov	83	Unhealthy
Dec	88	Unhealthy

Location & terrain

Where is Rutshuru?

Rutshuru sits at 1.2°S, 29.4°E, 1,241 m above sea level, in Democratic Republic of the Congo. The nearest listed city is Kirumba, 20 km away.

Topography around Rutshuru

How much the land rises and falls, and what covers it, within 3, 16 and 80 km of Rutshuru.

Within 3 km, the terrain around Rutshuru has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 235 m around an average of 1,219 m above sea level; within 16 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,127 m; within 80 km, extreme variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 3,555 m.

The land around Rutshuru is covered by grassland (35%), trees (33%) and shrubs (22%) within 3 km, trees (48%), grassland (24%) and shrubs (22%) within 16 km, and trees (46%) and grassland (28%) within 80 km.

3 km

235 m

grassland 35%

16 km

1,127 m

trees 48%

80 km

3,555 m

trees 46%

treesshrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaceswater

← May Rutshuru year-round climate July →Best places to visit in June

June weather nearby: Kirumba 20 km · Kisoro 29 km · Musanze 41 km · Mukingo 41 km · Katanda 41 km · Busogo 43 km · Rubanda 44 km · Kanungu 46 km

Democratic Republic of the Congo travel facts

Travel advisory: Level 4; Do Not Travel
Power plugs: Type C / E; 220 V · 50 Hz
Prices: ≈ 42% of US; price level, 2025
GDP per capita: $807; 2025
Happiness: 3.8 / 10; World Happiness, 2025
Safe drinking water: 12%; of population, 2024
Road deaths: 34.9; per 100k/yr, 2019
Income group: Low; World Bank
English: Very low; EF EPI 400

Sources: World Bank, US State Department, World Happiness Report, WHO/UNICEF, EF EPI, CIA World Factbook.

Data sources

Temperature, precipitation, cloud, humidity, wind and solar figures are a 1991–2020 climatology for Rutshuru (-1.1867°, 29.4467°, elevation 1,241 m), computed from hourly ERA5 reanalysis — contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information. Sun figures are astronomical calculations, not observations. City data © GeoNames, CC BY 4.0. Map outlines from Natural Earth (public domain); interactive map © Google. UV index is derived from CAMS (Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service) clear-sky UV data — contains modified Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service information. Monthly air-quality (PM2.5) seasonality is from the CAMS EAC4 reanalysis (Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service), scaled to the WHO annual mean where available. Topography is sampled from the Copernicus DEM GLO-90 elevation model (© ESA/Airbus) and ESA WorldCover 2021 land cover (CC BY 4.0).

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	24	14
2	24	14
3	24	14
4	24	14
5	24	14
6	24	14
7	24	14
8	24	14
9	24	14
10	24	14
11	24	14
12	24	14
13	24	14
14	24	14
15	24	14
16	24	13
17	24	13
18	24	13
19	24	13
20	24	13
21	24	13
22	24	13
23	24	13
24	24	13
25	24	13
26	24	13
27	24	13
28	24	13
29	24	13
30	24	13

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	39	61
2	39	61
3	39	61
4	39	61
5	39	61
6	38	62
7	37	63
8	37	63
9	35	65
10	35	65
11	33	67
12	32	68
13	30	70
14	30	70
15	30	70
16	29	71
17	29	71
18	29	71
19	29	71
20	29	71
21	29	71
22	30	70
23	30	70
24	30	70
25	30	70
26	30	70
27	31	69
28	31	69
29	31	69
30	32	68

	Rain chance (%)
1	30
2	30
3	29
4	29
5	29
6	29
7	28
8	28
9	28
10	28
11	28
12	28
13	28
14	27
15	27
16	26
17	26
18	25
19	25
20	24
21	23
22	22
23	21
24	20
25	19
26	19
27	18
28	17
29	16
30	16

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)
1	22	67	11
2	23	66	11
3	24	66	10
4	25	65	10
5	26	65	9
6	27	64	9
7	29	62	9
8	30	62	8
9	30	62	8
10	31	61	8
11	32	61	7
12	33	60	7
13	34	59	7
14	35	59	6
15	36	58	6
16	38	56	6
17	40	54	6
18	41	54	5
19	43	52	5
20	44	51	5
21	46	49	5
22	48	47	5
23	49	46	5
24	51	45	4
25	53	43	4
26	54	42	4
27	56	41	3
28	58	39	3
29	59	38	3
30	61	37	2

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	24	14
2	24	14
3	24	14
4	24	14
5	24	14
6	24	14
7	24	14
8	24	14
9	24	14
10	24	14
11	24	14
12	24	14
13	24	14
14	24	14
15	24	14
16	24	13
17	24	13
18	24	13
19	24	13
20	24	13
21	24	13
22	24	13
23	24	13
24	24	13
25	24	13
26	24	13
27	24	13
28	24	13
29	24	13
30	24	13

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	39	61
2	39	61
3	39	61
4	39	61
5	39	61
6	38	62
7	37	63
8	37	63
9	35	65
10	35	65
11	33	67
12	32	68
13	30	70
14	30	70
15	30	70
16	29	71
17	29	71
18	29	71
19	29	71
20	29	71
21	29	71
22	30	70
23	30	70
24	30	70
25	30	70
26	30	70
27	31	69
28	31	69
29	31	69
30	32	68

	Rain chance (%)
1	30
2	30
3	29
4	29
5	29
6	29
7	28
8	28
9	28
10	28
11	28
12	28
13	28
14	27
15	27
16	26
17	26
18	25
19	25
20	24
21	23
22	22
23	21
24	20
25	19
26	19
27	18
28	17
29	16
30	16

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)
1	22	67	11
2	23	66	11
3	24	66	10
4	25	65	10
5	26	65	9
6	27	64	9
7	29	62	9
8	30	62	8
9	30	62	8
10	31	61	8
11	32	61	7
12	33	60	7
13	34	59	7
14	35	59	6
15	36	58	6
16	38	56	6
17	40	54	6
18	41	54	5
19	43	52	5
20	44	51	5
21	46	49	5
22	48	47	5
23	49	46	5
24	51	45	4
25	53	43	4
26	54	42	4
27	56	41	3
28	58	39	3
29	59	38	3
30	61	37	2

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	24	14
2	24	14
3	24	14
4	24	14
5	24	14
6	24	14
7	24	14
8	24	14
9	24	14
10	24	14
11	24	14
12	24	14
13	24	14
14	24	14
15	24	14
16	24	13
17	24	13
18	24	13
19	24	13
20	24	13
21	24	13
22	24	13
23	24	13
24	24	13
25	24	13
26	24	13
27	24	13
28	24	13
29	24	13
30	24	13

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	39	61
2	39	61
3	39	61
4	39	61
5	39	61
6	38	62
7	37	63
8	37	63
9	35	65
10	35	65
11	33	67
12	32	68
13	30	70
14	30	70
15	30	70
16	29	71
17	29	71
18	29	71
19	29	71
20	29	71
21	29	71
22	30	70
23	30	70
24	30	70
25	30	70
26	30	70
27	31	69
28	31	69
29	31	69
30	32	68

	Rain chance (%)
1	30
2	30
3	29
4	29
5	29
6	29
7	28
8	28
9	28
10	28
11	28
12	28
13	28
14	27
15	27
16	26
17	26
18	25
19	25
20	24
21	23
22	22
23	21
24	20
25	19
26	19
27	18
28	17
29	16
30	16

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)
1	22	67	11
2	23	66	11
3	24	66	10
4	25	65	10
5	26	65	9
6	27	64	9
7	29	62	9
8	30	62	8
9	30	62	8
10	31	61	8
11	32	61	7
12	33	60	7
13	34	59	7
14	35	59	6
15	36	58	6
16	38	56	6
17	40	54	6
18	41	54	5
19	43	52	5
20	44	51	5
21	46	49	5
22	48	47	5
23	49	46	5
24	51	45	4
25	53	43	4
26	54	42	4
27	56	41	3
28	58	39	3
29	59	38	3
30	61	37	2