Climate averages 1991–2020
Bujumbura weather
in January.
A warm, wet month: the 5th warmest and the 11th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
January is a warm month in Bujumbura: daytime highs average 27.0°C and nights cool to about 22.2°C. By daytime temperature it is the 5th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 147 mm of rain on roughly 12 days, which makes January a wet month (the 11th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 17 min on an average January day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Uvira (25 km away). In January its highs average 27.4°C, about as warm as Bujumbura, with 147 mm of rain.
Among the 2 cities listed in Burundi, Bujumbura ranks 1st of 2 for the warmest January highs and 2nd of 2 for the driest January (rainfall, lowest first). The mean January high of those 2 cities is 25.2°C; Bujumbura is 1.8°C warmer than that mean.
From January to February, average highs rise by 0.5°C to 27.5°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 147 mm to 92 mm.
The annual picture
January 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, selected | 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 | 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
January in nearby cities
- Uvira in JanuaryDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 25 kmHigh 27.4°C · Low 22.8°C · 147 mm rain
- Gitega in JanuaryBurundi · 63 kmHigh 23.3°C · Low 14.7°C · 85 mm rain
- Bukavu in JanuaryDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 115 kmHigh 24.2°C · Low 16.1°C · 302 mm rain
- Gitarama in JanuaryRwanda · 152 kmHigh 23.2°C · Low 12.4°C · 134 mm rain
- Muhanga in JanuaryRwanda · 156 kmHigh 23.2°C · Low 12.7°C · 134 mm rain
- Kasulu in JanuaryTanzania · 156 kmHigh 25.5°C · Low 17.2°C · 235 mm rain
- Kigoma in JanuaryTanzania · 169 kmHigh 26.1°C · Low 22.8°C · 255 mm rain
- Kigali in JanuaryRwanda · 177 kmHigh 25.0°C · Low 14.5°C · 77 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.