Climate averages 1991–2020
Gitega weather
in September.
A warm, fairly dry month: the warmest and the 4th driest of the year. Meets the pleasant-weather rule
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
September is a warm month in Gitega: daytime highs average 25.5°C and nights cool to about 16.1°C. By daytime temperature it is the warmest month of the year.
Expect about 16 mm of rain on roughly 4 days, which makes September a fairly dry month (the 4th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 05 min on an average September day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Bujumbura (63 km away). In September its highs average 27.7°C, 2.2°C warmer than Gitega, with 6.8 mm of rain.
Among the 2 cities listed in Burundi, Gitega ranks 2nd of 2 for the warmest September highs and 2nd of 2 for the driest September (rainfall, lowest first). The mean September high of those 2 cities is 26.6°C; Gitega is 1.1°C cooler than that mean.
From September to October, average highs fall by 1.4°C to 24.2°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 16 mm to 67 mm.
The annual picture
September 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, selected | 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
September in nearby cities
- Bujumbura in SeptemberBurundi · 63 kmHigh 27.7°C · Low 23.2°C · 6.8 mm rain
- Uvira in SeptemberDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 87 kmHigh 28.1°C · Low 24.0°C · 6.8 mm rain
- Kasulu in SeptemberTanzania · 129 kmHigh 30.0°C · Low 17.8°C · 36 mm rain
- Gitarama in SeptemberRwanda · 152 kmHigh 24.2°C · Low 12.9°C · 54 mm rain
- Muhanga in SeptemberRwanda · 158 kmHigh 24.2°C · Low 13.3°C · 54 mm rain
- Bukavu in SeptemberDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 159 kmHigh 25.9°C · Low 16.5°C · 85 mm rain
- Kigoma in SeptemberTanzania · 165 kmHigh 27.9°C · Low 24.2°C · 24 mm rain
- Kigali in SeptemberRwanda · 165 kmHigh 25.7°C · Low 15.0°C · 54 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.