Climate averages 1991–2020
Gitega weather
in April.
A mild, wet month: the coolest and the wettest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
April is a mild month in Gitega: daytime highs average 21.9°C and nights cool to about 14.6°C. By daytime temperature it is the coolest month of the year.
Expect about 123 mm of rain on roughly 22 days, which makes April a wet month (the wettest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 02 min on an average April day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Bujumbura (63 km away). In April its highs average 26.6°C, 4.7°C warmer than Gitega, with 115 mm of rain.
Among the 2 cities listed in Burundi, Gitega ranks 2nd of 2 for the warmest April highs and 2nd of 2 for the driest April (rainfall, lowest first). The mean April high of those 2 cities is 24.2°C; Gitega is 2.3°C cooler than that mean.
From April to May, average highs rise by 0.2°C to 22.1°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 123 mm to 45 mm.
The annual picture
April 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
Gitega climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 23.3°C14.7°C | 14.7°C | 85 | 16.7 | 12.312 h |
| February | 23.8°C14.9°C | 14.9°C | 77 | 15.5 | 12.212 h |
| March | 23.2°C14.9°C | 14.9°C | 112 | 20.3 | 12.112 h |
| April, selected | 21.9°C14.6°C | 14.6°C | 123 | 21.7 | 12.012 h |
| May | 22.1°C14.6°C | 14.6°C | 45 | 9.7 | 12.012 h |
| June | 22.9°C14.2°C | 14.2°C | 4.0 | 1.0 | 11.912 h |
| July | 23.8°C14.3°C | 14.3°C | 1.0 | 0.2 | 11.912 h |
| August | 24.9°C15.5°C | 15.5°C | 5.9 | 1.2 | 12.012 h |
| September | 25.5°C16.1°C | 16.1°C | 16 | 3.7 | 12.112 h |
| October | 24.2°C15.6°C | 15.6°C | 67 | 12.1 | 12.212 h |
| November | 22.5°C14.6°C | 14.6°C | 102 | 20.0 | 12.312 h |
| December | 22.6°C14.4°C | 14.4°C | 98 | 19.2 | 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
April in nearby cities
- Bujumbura in AprilBurundi · 63 kmHigh 26.6°C · Low 22.5°C · 115 mm rain
- Uvira in AprilDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 87 kmHigh 27.0°C · Low 23.1°C · 115 mm rain
- Kasulu in AprilTanzania · 129 kmHigh 25.5°C · Low 17.5°C · 172 mm rain
- Gitarama in AprilRwanda · 152 kmHigh 22.2°C · Low 12.9°C · 135 mm rain
- Muhanga in AprilRwanda · 158 kmHigh 22.4°C · Low 13.7°C · 135 mm rain
- Bukavu in AprilDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 159 kmHigh 24.3°C · Low 16.2°C · 202 mm rain
- Kigoma in AprilTanzania · 165 kmHigh 26.0°C · Low 22.6°C · 264 mm rain
- Kigali in AprilRwanda · 165 kmHigh 24.0°C · Low 15.0°C · 137 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 Gitega) is explained once on the Gitega year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.