Climate averages 1991–2020
Bujumbura weather
in July.
A warm, very dry month: the coolest and the 2nd driest of the year. Meets the pleasant-weather rule
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
July is a warm month in Bujumbura: daytime highs average 26.2°C and nights cool to about 22.3°C. By daytime temperature it is the coolest month of the year.
Expect about 3.8 mm of rain on fewer than one day, which makes July a very dry month (the 2nd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 57 min on an average July day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Uvira (25 km away). In July its highs average 26.5°C, about as warm as Bujumbura, with 3.8 mm of rain.
Among the 2 cities listed in Burundi, Bujumbura ranks 1st of 2 for the warmest July highs and 2nd of 2 for the driest July (rainfall, lowest first). The mean July high of those 2 cities is 25.0°C; Bujumbura is 1.2°C warmer than that mean.
From July to August, average highs rise by 0.7°C to 26.9°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 3.8 mm to 3.5 mm.
The annual picture
July 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, selected | 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
July in nearby cities
- Uvira in JulyDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 25 kmHigh 26.5°C · Low 23.0°C · 3.8 mm rain
- Gitega in JulyBurundi · 63 kmHigh 23.8°C · Low 14.3°C · 1.0 mm rain
- Bukavu in JulyDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 115 kmHigh 25.0°C · Low 15.4°C · 8.9 mm rain
- Gitarama in JulyRwanda · 152 kmHigh 23.1°C · Low 12.9°C · 6.5 mm rain
- Muhanga in JulyRwanda · 156 kmHigh 23.4°C · Low 14.5°C · 6.5 mm rain
- Kasulu in JulyTanzania · 156 kmHigh 27.6°C · Low 15.6°C · 2.8 mm rain
- Kigoma in JulyTanzania · 169 kmHigh 26.5°C · Low 22.5°C · 1.3 mm rain
- Kigali in JulyRwanda · 177 kmHigh 25.2°C · Low 15.1°C · 4.4 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.