Climate averages 1991–2020

Gitega weather
in June.

A warm, very dry month: the 8th warmest and the 2nd driest of the year. Meets the pleasant-weather rule

Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.

Average high 22.9°C Daytime mean, June
Average low 14.2°C Night-time mean, June
Rainfall 4.0 mm 1 day with ≥1 mm
Daylight 12 h Sunrise to sunset, per day
Every month in Gitega · average highYear overview

June is a warm month in Gitega: daytime highs average 22.9°C and nights cool to about 14.2°C. By daytime temperature it is the 8th warmest of the 12 months.

Expect about 4.0 mm of rain on roughly 1 day, which makes June a very dry month (the 2nd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 56 min on an average June day.

The nearest other city in this atlas is Bujumbura (63 km away). In June its highs average 26.5°C, 3.5°C warmer than Gitega, with 13 mm of rain.

Among the 2 cities listed in Burundi, Gitega ranks 2nd of 2 for the warmest June highs and 1st of 2 for the driest June (rainfall, lowest first). The mean June high of those 2 cities is 24.7°C; Gitega is 1.8°C cooler than that mean.

From June to July, average highs rise by 0.9°C to 23.8°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 4.0 mm to 1.0 mm.

The annual picture

June in context

30-year average
Average highAverage low°C
Average daily high and low temperatures by month The same values are available in the monthly table below. Lines show mean daily maxima and minima, not a forecast interval. 1015202530 JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec

Monthly rainfall

Average total · mm
Average monthly rainfall totalsEach bar is a mean monthly total over 1991–2020. Full numbers are in the table. JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec 1500

Averages 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

1991–2020
Monthly climate averages for Gitega, 1991–2020
MonthAverage highHigh / lowAverage lowRainfall mm/monthRain days ≥1 mm/dayDaylight hours/dayDay­light h/day
January 23.3°C14.7°C14.7°C8516.712.312 h
February 23.8°C14.9°C14.9°C7715.512.212 h
March 23.2°C14.9°C14.9°C11220.312.112 h
April 21.9°C14.6°C14.6°C12321.712.012 h
May 22.1°C14.6°C14.6°C459.712.012 h
June, selected 22.9°C14.2°C14.2°C4.01.011.912 h
July 23.8°C14.3°C14.3°C1.00.211.912 h
August 24.9°C15.5°C15.5°C5.91.212.012 h
September 25.5°C16.1°C16.1°C163.712.112 h
October 24.2°C15.6°C15.6°C6712.112.212 h
November 22.5°C14.6°C14.6°C10220.012.312 h
December 22.6°C14.4°C14.4°C9819.212.312 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

June in nearby cities

Distance from Gitega

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 limits

How 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.