Climate averages 1991–2020
Bujumbura weather
in August.
A warm, very dry month: the 6th warmest and the driest of the year. Meets the pleasant-weather rule
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
August is a warm month in Bujumbura: daytime highs average 26.9°C and nights cool to about 22.7°C. By daytime temperature it is the 6th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 3.5 mm of rain on roughly 1 day, which makes August a very dry month (the driest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 00 min on an average August day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Uvira (25 km away). In August its highs average 27.2°C, about as warm as Bujumbura, with 3.5 mm of rain.
Among the 2 cities listed in Burundi, Bujumbura ranks 1st of 2 for the warmest August highs and 1st of 2 for the driest August (rainfall, lowest first). The mean August high of those 2 cities is 25.9°C; Bujumbura is 1.0°C warmer than that mean.
From August to September, average highs rise by 0.8°C to 27.7°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 3.5 mm to 6.8 mm.
The annual picture
August in context
Monthly rainfall
Average total · mmAverages from hourly ERA5 reanalysis data. Actual weather varies from year to year. How these numbers are calculated
Every month, side by side
Bujumbura climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 27.0°C22.2°C | 22.2°C | 147 | 12.0 | 12.312 h |
| February | 27.5°C22.6°C | 22.6°C | 92 | 8.6 | 12.212 h |
| March | 27.3°C22.8°C | 22.8°C | 82 | 7.9 | 12.112 h |
| April | 26.6°C22.5°C | 22.5°C | 115 | 8.8 | 12.012 h |
| May | 26.7°C22.5°C | 22.5°C | 53 | 5.2 | 12.012 h |
| June | 26.5°C22.4°C | 22.4°C | 13 | 2.1 | 11.912 h |
| July | 26.2°C22.3°C | 22.3°C | 3.8 | 0.8 | 11.912 h |
| August, selected | 26.9°C22.7°C | 22.7°C | 3.5 | 1.1 | 12.012 h |
| September | 27.7°C23.2°C | 23.2°C | 6.8 | 1.2 | 12.112 h |
| October | 27.3°C22.9°C | 22.9°C | 28 | 4.4 | 12.212 h |
| November | 26.6°C22.3°C | 22.3°C | 60 | 6.7 | 12.312 h |
| December | 26.5°C22.1°C | 22.1°C | 156 | 10.6 | 12.312 h |
Rainfall is the average of the 30 separate monthly totals. A rain day is a local calendar day with at least 1 mm of precipitation. Daylight is the calculated sunrise-to-sunset length, not measured sunshine.
Compare places
August in nearby cities
- Uvira in AugustDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 25 kmHigh 27.2°C · Low 23.4°C · 3.5 mm rain
- Gitega in AugustBurundi · 63 kmHigh 24.9°C · Low 15.5°C · 5.9 mm rain
- Bukavu in AugustDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 115 kmHigh 25.9°C · Low 16.0°C · 26 mm rain
- Gitarama in AugustRwanda · 152 kmHigh 24.0°C · Low 13.4°C · 25 mm rain
- Muhanga in AugustRwanda · 156 kmHigh 24.1°C · Low 14.3°C · 25 mm rain
- Kasulu in AugustTanzania · 156 kmHigh 28.9°C · Low 16.6°C · 10 mm rain
- Kigoma in AugustTanzania · 169 kmHigh 27.2°C · Low 23.2°C · 6.2 mm rain
- Kigali in AugustRwanda · 177 kmHigh 25.9°C · Low 15.4°C · 24 mm rain
Read the numbers correctly
Climate, not a promise.
These patterns help compare months. They cannot tell you the weather on a specific day of your trip.
Sources, method and limitsHow these numbers are made (what the highs, lows and rain days mean, the sources and the model cell used for Bujumbura) is explained once on the Bujumbura year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.
Uvira lies in the same rainfall cell, so its rainfall figures are identical to these; temperatures differ because they come from smaller 0.1° cells.