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How unusual is the weather? Graded against ~45 years of local climate history.

Bujumbura, Bujumbura Mairie, Burundi climate

Average temperatures, precipitation and all-time records for Bujumbura, Bujumbura Mairie, Burundi, with every day graded against ~46 years of local climate history (1980–2026). Its warmest month is February, averaging a high of 26°C, and its coldest is January, with an average low of 22°C.

Bujumbura, formerly Usumbura, is the economic capital, former political capital, largest city and main port of Burundi. It ships most of the country's chief export, coffee, as well as cotton and tin ore. Bujumbura was formerly the country's political capital. via Wikipedia

How today compares

Latest recorded day: 2026-07-24. Each reading placed on Bujumbura, Bujumbura Mairie, Burundi's own ±7-day seasonal distribution.

High 28°C Near Record · 99th pct
Low 20°C Very Low · 2nd pct
Feels-like 29°C Near Record · 99th pct
Humidity 15.0 g/m³ Near Record · 99th pct
Wind 24 km/h Very High · 98th pct
Gust 47 km/h Near Record · 99th pct
Precip 0 mm Dry

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Bujumbura average temperatures by month

Typical daily high and low, and average precipitation, for each month in Bujumbura, Bujumbura Mairie, Burundi, based on 1980–2026 records. The wettest month is January (5 mm on an average day).

MonthAvg highAvg lowAvg precip
January 26°C 22°C 5 mm
February 26°C 23°C 3 mm
March 26°C 23°C 3 mm
April 25°C 22°C 5 mm
May 25°C 23°C 3 mm
June 25°C 22°C 0 mm
July 24°C 22°C 0 mm
August 25°C 23°C 0 mm
September 26°C 23°C 0 mm
October 26°C 23°C 0 mm
November 25°C 22°C 3 mm
December 25°C 22°C 5 mm

Each bar spans the 10th-percentile daily low to the 90th-percentile daily high (the range most days fall within), coloured cold → hot on a shared -23°C to 46°C scale, so the whole year's rhythm reads at a glance.

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Record extremes

  • Hottest day on record: 32°C on 2005-02-22
  • Coldest day on record: 15°C on 2026-06-21

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Percentiles compare each day to Bujumbura, Bujumbura Mairie, Burundi's own history, so grades are relative to this location: a “Near Record” day here isn't the same temperature as elsewhere. How the grades work →