Gitega climate

Name: Gitega
Address: BI

Gitega is warmest in September, with average highs of 26 °C, and coldest in June, when nights average 14 °C. April is the wettest month (122 mm) and July the driest (1.0 mm). Figures are 1991–2020 climate normals.

Across a full year Gitega averages 758 mm of rain and 70 days above 25 °C.

Burundi · population 64,904 · 1991–2020 normals

Temperature below 0 °C to above 30 °C Rain band height is that month’s share of the wettest month

Warmest month September 26 °C
Coldest month June 14 °C
Driest month July 1 mm
Wettest month April 122 mm
Least cloud July 48 % cloud
Hottest on record February 31 °C
Coldest on record May 9.7 °C

What to expectGitega through the year

Gitega changes little through the year. Average daily highs stay between 23 and 26 °C, so no month stands out as a season in the way it would further from the equator.

Counted across a normal year, 70 days a year reach 25 °C, 0 of them reach 30 °C. The warmest reading in the 1991–2020 record is 31 °C, in February.

Rain is strongly seasonal. April averages 122 mm against 1 mm in July — 126 times as much. Planning around the dry months matters more here than planning around temperature.

Month by month

Month	Avg high	Rainfall	Cloud
January	23.5 °C	90 mm	78 %
February	24.0 °C	82 mm	78 %
March	23.4 °C	110 mm	78 %
April	22.1 °C	122 mm	81 %
May	22.3 °C	46 mm	66 %
June	23.1 °C	5 mm	55 %
July	23.9 °C	1 mm	48 %
August	25.1 °C	6 mm	52 %
September	25.7 °C	18 mm	60 %
October	24.4 °C	72 mm	77 %
November	22.7 °C	108 mm	84 %
December	22.8 °C	98 mm	80 %

Temperature month by month

Month	Avg high	Avg low	Mean	Record high	Record low	Days above 25 °C
January	23.5 °C	14.6 °C	18.8 °C	28.7 °C	11.9 °C	3
February	24.0 °C	14.8 °C	19.1 °C	30.6 °C	11.7 °C	6
March	23.4 °C	14.8 °C	18.9 °C	27.9 °C	11.1 °C	3
April	22.1 °C	14.6 °C	18.1 °C	26.1 °C	12.3 °C	0
May	22.3 °C	14.5 °C	18.2 °C	26.8 °C	9.7 °C	0
June	23.1 °C	14.1 °C	18.6 °C	26.9 °C	10.5 °C	2
July	23.9 °C	14.1 °C	19.0 °C	28.3 °C	9.7 °C	7
August	25.1 °C	15.3 °C	20.1 °C	29.2 °C	11.4 °C	16
September	25.7 °C	15.9 °C	20.8 °C	29.9 °C	11.8 °C	20
October	24.4 °C	15.4 °C	19.7 °C	29.8 °C	12.2 °C	11
November	22.7 °C	14.5 °C	18.4 °C	26.3 °C	11.9 °C	1
December	22.8 °C	14.4 °C	18.3 °C	26.0 °C	11.6 °C	1

Rain, sun and wind month by month

Month	Rainfall	Wet days	Daylight	Cloud cover	Humidity	Wind
January	90 mm	16	12 h/day	78 %	75 %	9.5 km/h
February	82 mm	15	12 h/day	78 %	74 %	9.6 km/h
March	110 mm	20	12 h/day	78 %	76 %	9.2 km/h
April	122 mm	21	12 h/day	81 %	81 %	9.9 km/h
May	46 mm	10	12 h/day	66 %	73 %	12 km/h
June	5 mm	1	12 h/day	55 %	59 %	13 km/h
July	1 mm	0	12 h/day	48 %	48 %	14 km/h
August	6 mm	1	12 h/day	52 %	46 %	14 km/h
September	18 mm	4	12 h/day	60 %	50 %	14 km/h
October	72 mm	12	12 h/day	77 %	64 %	12 km/h
November	108 mm	20	12 h/day	84 %	76 %	10 km/h
December	98 mm	19	12 h/day	80 %	77 %	9.1 km/h

How Gitega compares

The same four figures for nearby destinations, so the numbers above have something to be read against. Summer high is the warmest month's average high; winter low is the coldest month's average low.

Destination	Summer high	Winter low	Rain per year	Days above 25 °C
Gitega	26 °C	14 °C	758 mm	70
Bujumbura · Burundi	28 °C	22 °C	475 mm	344
Uvira · Democratic Republic of the Congo	28 °C	22 °C	499 mm	350
Kasulu · Tanzania	30 °C	16 °C	1,540 mm	291
Bukavu · Democratic Republic of the Congo	26 °C	16 °C	1,961 mm	109
Kigoma · Tanzania	28 °C	22 °C	1,808 mm	333
Kigali · Rwanda	26 °C	14 °C	888 mm	175

Where Gitega ranks

Ranking	Position	Value
Places with the best weather in Africa in June	1stof 50	99/100
Places with the best weather in the world in June	1stof 50	99/100
Places with the best weather in Africa in July	2ndof 50	99/100
Places with the best weather in the world in July	2ndof 50	99/100
Places with the best weather in Africa in September	7thof 50	95/100
Places with the best weather in Africa in August	10thof 50	96/100

Planning a trip? See the best time to visit Gitega.

QuestionsCommon questions about Gitega’s climate

When is the best time to visit Gitega?

That depends on what you want, so the honest answer is a comparison rather than a single month. August, September, October sit closest to 20 °C on average, September is the warmest month and July the driest. The month-by-month table above has the full picture.

How hot does Gitega get?

In September, the warmest month, daily highs average 26 °C. About 0 days a year pass 30 °C. The highest value in the 1991–2020 record is 31 °C.

How cold does it get in winter?

Nights average 14 °C in June, the coldest month. Freezing nights are not part of a normal year here.

Which month is wettest in Gitega?

April, averaging 122 mm over 21 days with rain. The driest month is July with 1 mm. The year as a whole averages 758 mm.

Are these figures a forecast?

No. They are 1991–2020 climate normals: the average of thirty years, which describes what a month is usually like in Gitega rather than what any particular week will bring. Individual years can differ substantially from the normal.

Data sources and method

ERA5 / ERA5-Land reanalysis — Copernicus Climate Change Service (C3S), ECMWF. Copernicus Licence
Open-Meteo — Open-Meteo.com. CC BY 4.0
NOAA OISST v2.1 — NOAA Physical Sciences Laboratory. Public domain
GeoNames — GeoNames.org. CC BY 4.0

Normal period: 1991–2020
Dataset version: era5-1991-2020-scores1.1
Last processed: 1 August 2026

Measured values come from ERA5 reanalysis and are reproduced unchanged. Calculated by us: monthly rankings, daylight hours, beach and comfort scores. Full formulas are on the methodology page.

Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026. Neither the European Commission nor ECMWF is responsible for any use that may be made of the Copernicus information or data it contains.