Climate averages 1991–2020
Gitega weather
in March.
A warm, wet month: the 7th warmest and the 11th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
March is a warm month in Gitega: daytime highs average 23.2°C and nights cool to about 14.9°C. By daytime temperature it is the 7th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 112 mm of rain on roughly 20 days, which makes March a wet month (the 11th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 08 min on an average March day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Bujumbura (63 km away). In March its highs average 27.3°C, 4.1°C warmer than Gitega, with 82 mm of rain.
Among the 2 cities listed in Burundi, Gitega ranks 2nd of 2 for the warmest March highs and 2nd of 2 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 2 cities is 25.2°C; Gitega is 2.0°C cooler than that mean.
From March to April, average highs fall by 1.3°C to 21.9°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 112 mm to 123 mm.
The annual picture
March 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, selected | 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
March in nearby cities
- Bujumbura in MarchBurundi · 63 kmHigh 27.3°C · Low 22.8°C · 82 mm rain
- Uvira in MarchDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 87 kmHigh 27.7°C · Low 23.4°C · 82 mm rain
- Kasulu in MarchTanzania · 129 kmHigh 26.0°C · Low 17.6°C · 214 mm rain
- Gitarama in MarchRwanda · 152 kmHigh 23.4°C · Low 12.6°C · 121 mm rain
- Muhanga in MarchRwanda · 158 kmHigh 23.4°C · Low 13.2°C · 121 mm rain
- Bukavu in MarchDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 159 kmHigh 24.8°C · Low 16.3°C · 225 mm rain
- Kigoma in MarchTanzania · 165 kmHigh 26.4°C · Low 23.0°C · 271 mm rain
- Kigali in MarchRwanda · 165 kmHigh 25.1°C · Low 14.7°C · 105 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.