Climate averages 1991–2020
Gitega weather
in May.
A warm, moderately wet month: the 11th warmest and the 5th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
May is a warm month in Gitega: daytime highs average 22.1°C and nights cool to about 14.6°C. By daytime temperature it is the 11th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 45 mm of rain on roughly 10 days, which makes May a moderately wet month (the 5th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 58 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Bujumbura (63 km away). In May its highs average 26.7°C, 4.6°C warmer than Gitega, with 53 mm of rain.
Among the 2 cities listed in Burundi, Gitega ranks 2nd of 2 for the warmest May highs and 1st of 2 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 2 cities is 24.4°C; Gitega is 2.3°C cooler than that mean.
From May to June, average highs rise by 0.9°C to 22.9°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 45 mm to 4.0 mm.
The annual picture
May 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, selected | 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
May in nearby cities
- Bujumbura in MayBurundi · 63 kmHigh 26.7°C · Low 22.5°C · 53 mm rain
- Uvira in MayDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 87 kmHigh 27.1°C · Low 23.2°C · 53 mm rain
- Kasulu in MayTanzania · 129 kmHigh 26.0°C · Low 17.3°C · 68 mm rain
- Gitarama in MayRwanda · 152 kmHigh 22.0°C · Low 12.9°C · 78 mm rain
- Muhanga in MayRwanda · 158 kmHigh 22.2°C · Low 14.2°C · 78 mm rain
- Bukavu in MayDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 159 kmHigh 24.3°C · Low 16.0°C · 93 mm rain
- Kigoma in MayTanzania · 165 kmHigh 26.5°C · Low 23.1°C · 104 mm rain
- Kigali in MayRwanda · 165 kmHigh 23.9°C · Low 14.9°C · 83 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.