Climate averages 1991–2020
Bujumbura weather
in October.
A warm, fairly dry month: the joint 3rd warmest and the 5th driest of the year. Meets the pleasant-weather rule
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
October is a warm month in Bujumbura: daytime highs average 27.3°C and nights cool to about 22.9°C. By daytime temperature it is the joint 3rd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 28 mm of rain on roughly 4 days, which makes October a fairly dry month (the 5th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 11 min on an average October day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Uvira (25 km away). In October its highs average 27.8°C, about as warm as Bujumbura, with 28 mm of rain.
Among the 2 cities listed in Burundi, Bujumbura ranks 1st of 2 for the warmest October highs and 1st of 2 for the driest October (rainfall, lowest first). The mean October high of those 2 cities is 25.8°C; Bujumbura is 1.6°C warmer than that mean.
From October to November, average highs fall by 0.8°C to 26.6°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 28 mm to 60 mm.
The annual picture
October 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 | 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, selected | 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
October in nearby cities
- Uvira in OctoberDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 25 kmHigh 27.8°C · Low 23.7°C · 28 mm rain
- Gitega in OctoberBurundi · 63 kmHigh 24.2°C · Low 15.6°C · 67 mm rain
- Bukavu in OctoberDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 115 kmHigh 24.7°C · Low 16.4°C · 239 mm rain
- Gitarama in OctoberRwanda · 152 kmHigh 23.2°C · Low 12.6°C · 115 mm rain
- Muhanga in OctoberRwanda · 156 kmHigh 23.3°C · Low 12.9°C · 115 mm rain
- Kasulu in OctoberTanzania · 156 kmHigh 28.4°C · Low 18.1°C · 136 mm rain
- Kigoma in OctoberTanzania · 169 kmHigh 27.1°C · Low 24.0°C · 142 mm rain
- Kigali in OctoberRwanda · 177 kmHigh 24.9°C · Low 14.7°C · 117 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.