Climate averages 1991–2020
Gitega weather
in February.
A warm, moderately wet month: the joint 4th warmest and the 7th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
February is a warm month in Gitega: daytime highs average 23.8°C and nights cool to about 14.9°C. By daytime temperature it is the joint 4th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 77 mm of rain on roughly 16 days, which makes February a moderately wet month (the 7th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 13 min on an average February day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Bujumbura (63 km away). In February its highs average 27.5°C, 3.7°C warmer than Gitega, with 92 mm of rain.
Among the 2 cities listed in Burundi, Gitega ranks 2nd of 2 for the warmest February highs and 1st of 2 for the driest February (rainfall, lowest first). The mean February high of those 2 cities is 25.7°C; Gitega is 1.9°C cooler than that mean.
From February to March, average highs fall by 0.6°C to 23.2°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 77 mm to 112 mm.
The annual picture
February 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, selected | 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 | 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
February in nearby cities
- Bujumbura in FebruaryBurundi · 63 kmHigh 27.5°C · Low 22.6°C · 92 mm rain
- Uvira in FebruaryDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 87 kmHigh 27.9°C · Low 23.2°C · 92 mm rain
- Kasulu in FebruaryTanzania · 129 kmHigh 26.1°C · Low 17.5°C · 191 mm rain
- Gitarama in FebruaryRwanda · 152 kmHigh 23.9°C · Low 12.6°C · 119 mm rain
- Muhanga in FebruaryRwanda · 158 kmHigh 23.7°C · Low 13.0°C · 119 mm rain
- Bukavu in FebruaryDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 159 kmHigh 24.7°C · Low 16.2°C · 229 mm rain
- Kigoma in FebruaryTanzania · 165 kmHigh 26.6°C · Low 23.3°C · 203 mm rain
- Kigali in FebruaryRwanda · 165 kmHigh 25.7°C · Low 14.8°C · 79 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.