Climate averages 1991–2020
Gitega weather
in December.
A warm, wet month: the 9th warmest and the 9th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
December is a warm month in Gitega: daytime highs average 22.6°C and nights cool to about 14.4°C. By daytime temperature it is the 9th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 98 mm of rain on roughly 19 days, which makes December a wet month (the 9th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 19 min on an average December day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Bujumbura (63 km away). In December its highs average 26.5°C, 3.9°C warmer than Gitega, with 156 mm of rain.
Among the 2 cities listed in Burundi, Gitega ranks 2nd of 2 for the warmest December highs and 1st of 2 for the driest December (rainfall, lowest first). The mean December high of those 2 cities is 24.6°C; Gitega is 1.9°C cooler than that mean.
From December to January, average highs rise by 0.7°C to 23.3°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 98 mm to 85 mm.
The annual picture
December 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 | 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, selected | 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
December in nearby cities
- Bujumbura in DecemberBurundi · 63 kmHigh 26.5°C · Low 22.1°C · 156 mm rain
- Uvira in DecemberDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 87 kmHigh 26.9°C · Low 22.7°C · 156 mm rain
- Kasulu in DecemberTanzania · 129 kmHigh 25.1°C · Low 17.1°C · 257 mm rain
- Gitarama in DecemberRwanda · 152 kmHigh 22.6°C · Low 12.0°C · 117 mm rain
- Muhanga in DecemberRwanda · 158 kmHigh 22.7°C · Low 12.5°C · 117 mm rain
- Bukavu in DecemberDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 159 kmHigh 23.9°C · Low 16.0°C · 310 mm rain
- Kigoma in DecemberTanzania · 165 kmHigh 25.6°C · Low 22.6°C · 298 mm rain
- Kigali in DecemberRwanda · 165 kmHigh 24.4°C · Low 14.1°C · 92 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.