Climate averages 1991–2020
Bujumbura weather
in March.
A warm, moderately wet month: the joint 3rd warmest and the 8th driest of the year. Meets the pleasant-weather rule
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
March is a warm month in Bujumbura: daytime highs average 27.3°C and nights cool to about 22.8°C. By daytime temperature it is the joint 3rd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 82 mm of rain on roughly 8 days, which makes March a moderately wet month (the 8th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 08 min on an average March day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Uvira (25 km away). In March its highs average 27.7°C, about as warm as Bujumbura, with 82 mm of rain.
Among the 2 cities listed in Burundi, Bujumbura ranks 1st of 2 for the warmest March highs and 1st of 2 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 2 cities is 25.2°C; Bujumbura is 2.0°C warmer than that mean.
From March to April, average highs fall by 0.7°C to 26.6°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 82 mm to 115 mm.
The annual picture
March 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, selected | 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
March in nearby cities
- Uvira in MarchDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 25 kmHigh 27.7°C · Low 23.4°C · 82 mm rain
- Gitega in MarchBurundi · 63 kmHigh 23.2°C · Low 14.9°C · 112 mm rain
- Bukavu in MarchDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 115 kmHigh 24.8°C · Low 16.3°C · 225 mm rain
- Gitarama in MarchRwanda · 152 kmHigh 23.4°C · Low 12.6°C · 121 mm rain
- Muhanga in MarchRwanda · 156 kmHigh 23.4°C · Low 13.2°C · 121 mm rain
- Kasulu in MarchTanzania · 156 kmHigh 26.0°C · Low 17.6°C · 214 mm rain
- Kigoma in MarchTanzania · 169 kmHigh 26.4°C · Low 23.0°C · 271 mm rain
- Kigali in MarchRwanda · 177 kmHigh 25.1°C · Low 14.7°C · 105 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.