Bujumbura weather in April

In April, Bujumbura sees average daytime highs of 25°C and overnight lows near 23°C, with 116 mm of rain across 8.8 wet days and about 11.9 hours of daylight. It is the 6th-warmest and 3rd-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 25°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 3% of the time in April, and the air most often feels humid.

Daylight stretches from about 12 hours at the start of April to 11 h 54 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, April is Bujumbura's 10th-clearest and 8th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Bujumbura's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 25°; 6th warmest
Overnight low: 23°; 5th coldest
Rainfall: 116 mm; 8.8 wet days
Daylight: 11 h 54 min; 6:05 AM – 6:01 PM
Cloud cover: 86%; 10th clearest
Wind: 10 km/h; 8th windiest
Solar energy: 4.33 kWh/m²
Travel score: 6.3; out of 10

Bujumbura is former capital of Burundi.

Density: 8,890/km²; people per km²
Founded: 1897

Air quality: WHO Ambient Air Quality Database. Density & description: Wikidata (CC0), GeoNames.

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Temperature in April

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 25°C through the month.

A typical April day in Bujumbura reaches about 25°C in the afternoon and slips back to 23°C overnight — a 3°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 24°C and 26°C. Set against its neighbours, April runs on par with March and on par with May.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30
Avg high (°C)	26	26	26	26	25	25	25	25	25	25	25	25	25	25	25	25	25	25	25	25	25	25	25	25	25	25	25	25	25	25
Avg low (°C)	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	26	23
2	26	23
3	26	23
4	26	23
5	25	23
6	25	23
7	25	23
8	25	23
9	25	23
10	25	23
11	25	23
12	25	23
13	25	23
14	25	23
15	25	23
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17	25	23
18	25	23
19	25	23
20	25	23
21	25	23
22	25	23
23	25	23
24	25	23
25	25	23
26	25	23
27	25	23
28	25	23
29	25	23
30	25	23

Bujumbura weather by month

How April compares with the rest of the year at a glance. April is the 6th-warmest and 3rd-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

Month	High / Low (°C)	Rainfall (mm)	Wet days	Daylight (hours)	Travel score
Jan	26° / 22°	146	12	12.2	6.0
Feb	26° / 23°	92	8.6	12.1	6.3
Mar	26° / 23°	82	7.9	12	6.5
Apr	25° / 23°	116	8.8	11.9	6.3
May	25° / 23°	53	5.2	11.8	7.3
Jun	25° / 23°	13	2.1	11.8	8.0
Jul	24° / 22°	4	0.8	11.8	8.4
Aug	25° / 23°	4	1.1	11.9	8.2
Sep	26° / 23°	7	1.2	12	7.8
Oct	26° / 23°	28	4.4	12.1	7.0
Nov	25° / 23°	60	6.8	12.2	6.6
Dec	25° / 22°	156	10.6	12.2	6.2

Cloud cover in April

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 3% of the time in April.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 6% of April, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 91%.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30
Clearer (%)	9	9	9	9	9	9	8	8	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	9	9	9	9	10	10	10	11	11	12	12	13
Cloudier (%)	91	91	91	91	91	91	92	92	93	93	93	93	93	93	93	93	93	93	91	91	91	91	90	90	90	89	89	88	88	87

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	9	91
2	9	91
3	9	91
4	9	91
5	9	91
6	9	91
7	8	92
8	8	92
9	7	93
10	7	93
11	7	93
12	7	93
13	7	93
14	7	93
15	7	93
16	7	93
17	7	93
18	7	93
19	9	91
20	9	91
21	9	91
22	9	91
23	10	90
24	10	90
25	10	90
26	11	89
27	11	89
28	12	88
29	12	88
30	13	87

Chance of precipitation in April

Any precipitation

Bujumbura gets around 116 mm of rain over 8.8 wet days in April. The line is the day-by-day chance of measurable precipitation.

Day to day, the chance of measurable rain averages around 30% and peaks near 35% on the wettest days.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30
Rain chance (%)	34	35	35	35	34	34	34	33	33	32	32	31	30	29	29	28	27	26	26	26	26	26	27	27	28	28	29	29	29	29

	Rain chance (%)
1	34
2	35
3	35
4	35
5	34
6	34
7	34
8	33
9	33
10	32
11	32
12	31
13	30
14	29
15	29
16	28
17	27
18	26
19	26
20	26
21	26
22	26
23	27
24	27
25	28
26	28
27	29
28	29
29	29
30	29

Humidity in April

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

Most of April feels humid — the stacked bands show each day's mix of comfort levels, read off the dew point.

By dew point, April lands in the humid band about 57% of days. Sticky, muggy-or-worse air turns up on roughly 17% of them.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30
Comfortable (%)	18	18	19	19	20	21	22	22	23	24	24	25	25	26	27	27	28	29	29	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	29	29	29	29
Humid (%)	59	59	58	58	58	57	56	57	56	55	56	55	56	55	55	56	55	55	56	55	56	56	57	57	58	59	60	61	62	63
Muggy (%)	23	23	23	23	22	22	22	21	21	21	20	20	19	19	18	17	17	16	15	15	14	14	13	13	12	11	11	10	9	8

	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)	Muggy (%)
1	18	59	23
2	18	59	23
3	19	58	23
4	19	58	23
5	20	58	22
6	21	57	22
7	22	56	22
8	22	57	21
9	23	56	21
10	24	55	21
11	24	56	20
12	25	55	20
13	25	56	19
14	26	55	19
15	27	55	18
16	27	56	17
17	28	55	17
18	29	55	16
19	29	56	15
20	30	55	15
21	30	56	14
22	30	56	14
23	30	57	13
24	30	57	13
25	30	58	12
26	30	59	11
27	29	60	11
28	29	61	10
29	29	62	9
30	29	63	8

Wind in April

Winds average 10 km/h in April.

Across April, daily wind ranges from about 9 km/h on the calmest days to 10 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30
Wind speed (km/h)	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10
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	Wind speed (km/h)	Feels
1	9	calm
2	9	calm
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28	10	calm
29	10	calm
30	10	calm

Sunrise & sunset in April

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 12 hours at the start of April to 11 h 54 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days shrink by about 6 minutes over April. Sunrise moves from 6:08 AM to 6:03 AM, and sunset from 6:06 PM to 5:56 PM.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30
Daylight (h)	12.0	12.0	12.0	12.0	12.0	12.0	12.0	12.0	11.9	11.9	11.9	11.9	11.9	11.9	11.9	11.9	11.9	11.9	11.9	11.9	11.9	11.9	11.9	11.9	11.9	11.9	11.9	11.9	11.9	11.9
Sunrise (AM)	6:08	6:08	6:08	6:07	6:07	6:07	6:07	6:07	6:06	6:06	6:06	6:06	6:06	6:05	6:05	6:05	6:05	6:05	6:05	6:04	6:04	6:04	6:04	6:04	6:04	6:04	6:04	6:03	6:03	6:03
Sunset (PM)	6:06	6:06	6:06	6:05	6:05	6:04	6:04	6:04	6:03	6:03	6:02	6:02	6:02	6:01	6:01	6:01	6:00	6:00	6:00	5:59	5:59	5:59	5:58	5:58	5:58	5:57	5:57	5:57	5:57	5:56

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	12.0	6:08	6:06
2	12.0	6:08	6:06
3	12.0	6:08	6:06
4	12.0	6:07	6:05
5	12.0	6:07	6:05
6	12.0	6:07	6:04
7	12.0	6:07	6:04
8	12.0	6:07	6:04
9	11.9	6:06	6:03
10	11.9	6:06	6:03
11	11.9	6:06	6:02
12	11.9	6:06	6:02
13	11.9	6:06	6:02
14	11.9	6:05	6:01
15	11.9	6:05	6:01
16	11.9	6:05	6:01
17	11.9	6:05	6:00
18	11.9	6:05	6:00
19	11.9	6:05	6:00
20	11.9	6:04	5:59
21	11.9	6:04	5:59
22	11.9	6:04	5:59
23	11.9	6:04	5:58
24	11.9	6:04	5:58
25	11.9	6:04	5:58
26	11.9	6:04	5:57
27	11.9	6:04	5:57
28	11.9	6:03	5:57
29	11.9	6:03	5:57
30	11.9	6:03	5:56

Solar energy in April

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in April, about 4.33 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 4.25 kWh/m² to a high of 5.27 kWh/m² in September across the year — April's 4.33 kWh/m² sits near the bottom.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30
Solar energy (kWh/m²)	4.5	4.4	4.4	4.4	4.4	4.4	4.4	4.4	4.3	4.3	4.3	4.3	4.3	4.3	4.3	4.3	4.3	4.3	4.3	4.3	4.3	4.3	4.3	4.3	4.3	4.3	4.3	4.3	4.3	4.3
Level	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright

	Solar energy (kWh/m²)	Level
1	4.5	Bright
2	4.4	Bright
3	4.4	Bright
4	4.4	Bright
5	4.4	Bright
6	4.4	Bright
7	4.4	Bright
8	4.4	Bright
9	4.3	Bright
10	4.3	Bright
11	4.3	Bright
12	4.3	Bright
13	4.3	Bright
14	4.3	Bright
15	4.3	Bright
16	4.3	Bright
17	4.3	Bright
18	4.3	Bright
19	4.3	Bright
20	4.3	Bright
21	4.3	Bright
22	4.3	Bright
23	4.3	Bright
24	4.3	Bright
25	4.3	Bright
26	4.3	Bright
27	4.3	Bright
28	4.3	Bright
29	4.3	Bright
30	4.3	Bright

Planning a trip in April

Hazard calendar for Bujumbura

In seasonPeak

In April, Bujumbura sits inside its rainy season season. The full year is below, with each hazard's peak months called out.

Bujumbura's rainy season runs December–April, when most of the year's rain falls.

Rainy season

Jan

Feb

Mar

Apr

May

Jun

Jul

Aug

Sep

Oct

Nov

Dec

Is April a good time to visit Bujumbura?

Our two travel scores rate April for general sightseeing and for beach or pool weather — 0 (poor) to 10 (ideal).

6.3

Sightseeing

9th-best month of the year

5.9

Beach & pool

10th-best month of the year

April is a reasonable time to visit Bujumbura for sightseeing.

What to pack for Bujumbura in April

From April's temperature range, rain chance, sun and wind — what's worth putting in the bag.

In April, Bujumbura sees daytime highs around 25°C and nights near 23°C. Worth packing: light clothes and rain gear. About 9 days see rain.

light clothesrain gear

UV index in Bujumbura in April

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in April peaks around 15 (very high — sun protection essential). The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Bujumbura peaks around March 20 at about 16 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near June 21 at about 10 (very high).

The index reaches 3 or more — the level where the WHO recommends sun protection — every month of the year.

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
UV index (midday)	13	13	16	15	12	10	10	10	13	14	13	12
Level	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Very high	Extreme	Very high	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme

	UV index (midday)	Level
Jan	13	Extreme
Feb	13	Extreme
Mar	16	Extreme
Apr	15	Extreme
May	12	Extreme
Jun	10	Very high
Jul	10	Extreme
Aug	10	Very high
Sep	13	Extreme
Oct	14	Extreme
Nov	13	Extreme
Dec	12	Extreme

Air quality in Bujumbura in April

GoodModeratePoorUnhealthyVery unhealthy

Average fine-particle pollution (PM2.5) through the year — so you can see where April falls, not just the annual average.

Air quality in Bujumbura is worst in August — around 59 µg/m³ PM2.5 (unhealthy), about 3.0× the cleanest month (April, 19 µg/m³).

Modeled monthly averages (CAMS reanalysis, 2015–2024).

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
PM2.5 (µg/m³)	28	28	24	19	23	33	42	59	54	33	24	23
Level	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Poor	Unhealthy	Poor	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate

	PM2.5 (µg/m³)	Level
Jan	28	Moderate
Feb	28	Moderate
Mar	24	Moderate
Apr	19	Moderate
May	23	Moderate
Jun	33	Moderate
Jul	42	Poor
Aug	59	Unhealthy
Sep	54	Poor
Oct	33	Moderate
Nov	24	Moderate
Dec	23	Moderate

Location & terrain

Where is Bujumbura?

Bujumbura sits at 3.4°S, 29.4°E, 807 m above sea level, in Burundi. The nearest listed city is Gatumba, 13 km away.

Topography around Bujumbura

How much the land rises and falls, and what covers it, within 3, 16 and 80 km of Bujumbura.

Within 3 km, the terrain around Bujumbura has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 218 m around an average of 807 m above sea level; within 16 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,558 m; within 80 km, extreme variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 2,681 m.

The land around Bujumbura is covered by artificial surfaces (62%) within 3 km, grassland (28%) and water (26%) within 16 km, and grassland (39%) and trees (24%) within 80 km.

3 km

218 m

artificial surfaces 62%

16 km

1,558 m

grassland 28%

80 km

2,681 m

grassland 39%

treesshrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaceswaterwetland

← March Bujumbura year-round climate May →Best places to visit in April

April weather nearby: Gatumba 13 km · Mpanda 24 km · Uvira 25 km · Bubanza 34 km · Kayanza 59 km · Cibitoke 61 km · Gitega 63 km · Rumonge 66 km

Burundi travel facts

Travel advisory: Level 3; Reconsider Travel
Power plugs: Type C / E; 220 V · 50 Hz
Prices: ≈ 34% of US; price level, 2025
GDP per capita: $234; 2025
Happiness: 3.8 / 10; World Happiness, 2020
Homicide rate: 5.6; per 100k, 2016
Road deaths: 35.5; per 100k/yr, 2019
Income group: Low; World Bank
Religion

Sources: World Bank, US State Department, World Happiness Report, WHO/UNICEF, EF EPI, CIA World Factbook.

Data sources

Temperature, precipitation, cloud, humidity, wind and solar figures are a 1991–2020 climatology for Bujumbura (-3.3819°, 29.3614°, elevation 807 m), computed from hourly ERA5 reanalysis — contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information. Sun figures are astronomical calculations, not observations. City data © GeoNames, CC BY 4.0. Map outlines from Natural Earth (public domain); interactive map © Google. UV index is derived from CAMS (Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service) clear-sky UV data — contains modified Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service information. Monthly air-quality (PM2.5) seasonality is from the CAMS EAC4 reanalysis (Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service), scaled to the WHO annual mean where available. Topography is sampled from the Copernicus DEM GLO-90 elevation model (© ESA/Airbus) and ESA WorldCover 2021 land cover (CC BY 4.0).

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	26	23
2	26	23
3	26	23
4	26	23
5	25	23
6	25	23
7	25	23
8	25	23
9	25	23
10	25	23
11	25	23
12	25	23
13	25	23
14	25	23
15	25	23
16	25	23
17	25	23
18	25	23
19	25	23
20	25	23
21	25	23
22	25	23
23	25	23
24	25	23
25	25	23
26	25	23
27	25	23
28	25	23
29	25	23
30	25	23

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	9	91
2	9	91
3	9	91
4	9	91
5	9	91
6	9	91
7	8	92
8	8	92
9	7	93
10	7	93
11	7	93
12	7	93
13	7	93
14	7	93
15	7	93
16	7	93
17	7	93
18	7	93
19	9	91
20	9	91
21	9	91
22	9	91
23	10	90
24	10	90
25	10	90
26	11	89
27	11	89
28	12	88
29	12	88
30	13	87

	Rain chance (%)
1	34
2	35
3	35
4	35
5	34
6	34
7	34
8	33
9	33
10	32
11	32
12	31
13	30
14	29
15	29
16	28
17	27
18	26
19	26
20	26
21	26
22	26
23	27
24	27
25	28
26	28
27	29
28	29
29	29
30	29

	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)	Muggy (%)
1	18	59	23
2	18	59	23
3	19	58	23
4	19	58	23
5	20	58	22
6	21	57	22
7	22	56	22
8	22	57	21
9	23	56	21
10	24	55	21
11	24	56	20
12	25	55	20
13	25	56	19
14	26	55	19
15	27	55	18
16	27	56	17
17	28	55	17
18	29	55	16
19	29	56	15
20	30	55	15
21	30	56	14
22	30	56	14
23	30	57	13
24	30	57	13
25	30	58	12
26	30	59	11
27	29	60	11
28	29	61	10
29	29	62	9
30	29	63	8

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	26	23
2	26	23
3	26	23
4	26	23
5	25	23
6	25	23
7	25	23
8	25	23
9	25	23
10	25	23
11	25	23
12	25	23
13	25	23
14	25	23
15	25	23
16	25	23
17	25	23
18	25	23
19	25	23
20	25	23
21	25	23
22	25	23
23	25	23
24	25	23
25	25	23
26	25	23
27	25	23
28	25	23
29	25	23
30	25	23

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	9	91
2	9	91
3	9	91
4	9	91
5	9	91
6	9	91
7	8	92
8	8	92
9	7	93
10	7	93
11	7	93
12	7	93
13	7	93
14	7	93
15	7	93
16	7	93
17	7	93
18	7	93
19	9	91
20	9	91
21	9	91
22	9	91
23	10	90
24	10	90
25	10	90
26	11	89
27	11	89
28	12	88
29	12	88
30	13	87

	Rain chance (%)
1	34
2	35
3	35
4	35
5	34
6	34
7	34
8	33
9	33
10	32
11	32
12	31
13	30
14	29
15	29
16	28
17	27
18	26
19	26
20	26
21	26
22	26
23	27
24	27
25	28
26	28
27	29
28	29
29	29
30	29

	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)	Muggy (%)
1	18	59	23
2	18	59	23
3	19	58	23
4	19	58	23
5	20	58	22
6	21	57	22
7	22	56	22
8	22	57	21
9	23	56	21
10	24	55	21
11	24	56	20
12	25	55	20
13	25	56	19
14	26	55	19
15	27	55	18
16	27	56	17
17	28	55	17
18	29	55	16
19	29	56	15
20	30	55	15
21	30	56	14
22	30	56	14
23	30	57	13
24	30	57	13
25	30	58	12
26	30	59	11
27	29	60	11
28	29	61	10
29	29	62	9
30	29	63	8

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	26	23
2	26	23
3	26	23
4	26	23
5	25	23
6	25	23
7	25	23
8	25	23
9	25	23
10	25	23
11	25	23
12	25	23
13	25	23
14	25	23
15	25	23
16	25	23
17	25	23
18	25	23
19	25	23
20	25	23
21	25	23
22	25	23
23	25	23
24	25	23
25	25	23
26	25	23
27	25	23
28	25	23
29	25	23
30	25	23

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	9	91
2	9	91
3	9	91
4	9	91
5	9	91
6	9	91
7	8	92
8	8	92
9	7	93
10	7	93
11	7	93
12	7	93
13	7	93
14	7	93
15	7	93
16	7	93
17	7	93
18	7	93
19	9	91
20	9	91
21	9	91
22	9	91
23	10	90
24	10	90
25	10	90
26	11	89
27	11	89
28	12	88
29	12	88
30	13	87

	Rain chance (%)
1	34
2	35
3	35
4	35
5	34
6	34
7	34
8	33
9	33
10	32
11	32
12	31
13	30
14	29
15	29
16	28
17	27
18	26
19	26
20	26
21	26
22	26
23	27
24	27
25	28
26	28
27	29
28	29
29	29
30	29

	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)	Muggy (%)
1	18	59	23
2	18	59	23
3	19	58	23
4	19	58	23
5	20	58	22
6	21	57	22
7	22	56	22
8	22	57	21
9	23	56	21
10	24	55	21
11	24	56	20
12	25	55	20
13	25	56	19
14	26	55	19
15	27	55	18
16	27	56	17
17	28	55	17
18	29	55	16
19	29	56	15
20	30	55	15
21	30	56	14
22	30	56	14
23	30	57	13
24	30	57	13
25	30	58	12
26	30	59	11
27	29	60	11
28	29	61	10
29	29	62	9
30	29	63	8