Climate averages 1991–2020
Gitega weather
in October.
A warm, moderately wet month: the 3rd warmest and the 6th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
October is a warm month in Gitega: daytime highs average 24.2°C and nights cool to about 15.6°C. By daytime temperature it is the 3rd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 67 mm of rain on roughly 12 days, which makes October a moderately wet month (the 6th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 11 min on an average October day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Bujumbura (63 km away). In October its highs average 27.3°C, 3.2°C warmer than Gitega, with 28 mm of rain.
Among the 2 cities listed in Burundi, Gitega ranks 2nd of 2 for the warmest October highs and 2nd of 2 for the driest October (rainfall, lowest first). The mean October high of those 2 cities is 25.8°C; Gitega is 1.6°C cooler than that mean.
From October to November, average highs fall by 1.7°C to 22.5°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 67 mm to 102 mm.
The annual picture
October 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 | 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, selected | 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
October in nearby cities
- Bujumbura in OctoberBurundi · 63 kmHigh 27.3°C · Low 22.9°C · 28 mm rain
- Uvira in OctoberDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 87 kmHigh 27.8°C · Low 23.7°C · 28 mm rain
- Kasulu in OctoberTanzania · 129 kmHigh 28.4°C · Low 18.1°C · 136 mm rain
- Gitarama in OctoberRwanda · 152 kmHigh 23.2°C · Low 12.6°C · 115 mm rain
- Muhanga in OctoberRwanda · 158 kmHigh 23.3°C · Low 12.9°C · 115 mm rain
- Bukavu in OctoberDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 159 kmHigh 24.7°C · Low 16.4°C · 239 mm rain
- Kigoma in OctoberTanzania · 165 kmHigh 27.1°C · Low 24.0°C · 142 mm rain
- Kigali in OctoberRwanda · 165 kmHigh 24.9°C · Low 14.7°C · 117 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.