Climate averages 1991–2020
Gitega weather
in January.
A warm, moderately wet month: the 6th warmest and the 8th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
January is a warm month in Gitega: daytime highs average 23.3°C and nights cool to about 14.7°C. By daytime temperature it is the 6th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 85 mm of rain on roughly 17 days, which makes January a moderately wet month (the 8th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 18 min on an average January day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Bujumbura (63 km away). In January its highs average 27.0°C, 3.7°C warmer than Gitega, with 147 mm of rain.
Among the 2 cities listed in Burundi, Gitega ranks 2nd of 2 for the warmest January highs and 1st of 2 for the driest January (rainfall, lowest first). The mean January high of those 2 cities is 25.2°C; Gitega is 1.8°C cooler than that mean.
From January to February, average highs rise by 0.5°C to 23.8°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 85 mm to 77 mm.
The annual picture
January 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, selected | 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 | 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
January in nearby cities
- Bujumbura in JanuaryBurundi · 63 kmHigh 27.0°C · Low 22.2°C · 147 mm rain
- Uvira in JanuaryDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 87 kmHigh 27.4°C · Low 22.8°C · 147 mm rain
- Kasulu in JanuaryTanzania · 129 kmHigh 25.5°C · Low 17.2°C · 235 mm rain
- Gitarama in JanuaryRwanda · 152 kmHigh 23.2°C · Low 12.4°C · 134 mm rain
- Muhanga in JanuaryRwanda · 158 kmHigh 23.2°C · Low 12.7°C · 134 mm rain
- Bukavu in JanuaryDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 159 kmHigh 24.2°C · Low 16.1°C · 302 mm rain
- Kigoma in JanuaryTanzania · 165 kmHigh 26.1°C · Low 22.8°C · 255 mm rain
- Kigali in JanuaryRwanda · 165 kmHigh 25.0°C · Low 14.5°C · 77 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.