Butare
City in Rwanda: population, location, elevation, climate and landmarks.
Overview
Butare is a city in Rwanda, in Southern Province. About 62,823 people live in the city proper, making it the 7th largest city of Rwanda in our atlas.
It lies at 2.60° S, 29.74° E, about 1,769 m (5,804 ft) above sea level, and keeps time on the Africa/Kigali time zone. It sits inside the tropics.
Location
Red dot: Butare. Green dots: other major cities of Rwanda. Map data: Natural Earth.
Climate
Butare has a tropical savanna climate (Köppen Aw). The warmest month is usually Sep, with average highs near 28°C (82°F); the coolest nights come in Jul at about 13°C (55°F). Around 1,269 mm (50 in) of rain and snow falls in a typical year, most of it in Nov.
Bars: average daily high and low (°C) for each month; blue columns and figures: average precipitation (mm). Gridded 2001-2025 averages from NASA POWER, so mountain and coastal spots can differ from local station records.
What to eat in RwandaNational dishes, street food, desserts and drinks on Intercontinental Chef.Nearby major cities
- Gitarama · 58 km
- Muhanga · 64 km
- Kibuye · 74 km
- Kigali · 80 km
- Rwamagana · 105 km
- Gisenyi · 113 km
- Musanze · 122 km
- Nyagatare · 158 km
- Population, coordinates, elevation, time zone: GeoNames 203112 (CC BY 4.0)
- Wikidata Q34788060 (CC0)
- Climate: NASA POWER 2001-2025 climatology
Text written by Geographical Effect from these sources.