Climate and average weather in Cibitoke

In Cibitoke, the weather is warm, showery, and partly cloudy and remarkably steady, with daytime highs holding near warm levels all year. The wettest stretch peaks around April.

Best: late April to late October

Over the course of the year, the temperature in Cibitoke typically varies from 15°C to 27°C, and is rarely below 13°C or above 30°C. September is the hottest month of the year, while July is the coldest.

Based on the travel score, the best time of year to visit Cibitoke for warm-weather activities is from late April to late October.

Hottest
Sep
27°
Coldest
Jul
15°
Wettest
Apr
66 mm
Driest
Aug
8 mm
Rain / yr
396 mm
71 wet days
Daylight
11.8–12.2 h
shortest–longest
Elevation
937 m
2.9°S
Clearest
Jul
50% cloud

Cibitoke is human settlement.

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

Cibitoke weather by month, at a glance

The whole year in one picture — sky, rain, humidity, temperature and travel score. Click any band to jump to its full chart.

Each stripe is one measure across the whole year, stacked so a single day reads top to bottom. The sky band runs overcast grey on top down to clear blue at the base — more blue means sunnier — followed by the rainfall curve, the humidity band, a temperature strip that tints each stretch of the year by how warm its average high is, and the travel-score line at the foot. Scan straight down any date to read that day across every measure at once; the score climbs highest around late April to late October.

Temperature through the year

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Daily average highs and lows in Cibitoke, from 1991–2020 of climate data. The shaded bands show the range most days fall in — 10th to 90th percentile.

Temperatures in Cibitoke stay fairly even through the year, without a distinct hot or cool season. The warmest month is September, with an average high of 27°C and low of 16°C; the coolest is July, with an average low of 15°C and high of 25°C.

Days typically run about 10°C warmer than nights year-round.

10°15°20°25°30°JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg high (°C)Avg low (°C)
Jan2616
Feb2716
Mar2616
Apr2516
May2516
Jun2515
Jul2515
Aug2615
Sep2716
Oct2616
Nov2616
Dec2616

Average hourly temperature in Cibitoke

A compact picture of the whole year, hour by hour: each column is a day, each row an hour, and the color is the modeled average temperature. Darker overlays mark night, lighter ones the civil-twilight hours around sunrise and sunset.

Read left to right for the day of the year and top to bottom for the hour of the day; the color is the modeled temperature, cool blues through to hot reds on the same scale as the other charts. A vertical slice is a single day's swing — coolest just before dawn, warmest in the mid-afternoon — while a horizontal slice follows one hour across the seasons. The darker overlay marks night and the lighter one the twilight around sunrise and sunset. Colors run warmest on September afternoons, near 27°C, and coldest before dawn in July, near 15°C.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec12 AM2 AM4 AM6 AM8 AM10 AM12 PM2 PM4 PM6 PM8 PM10 PM12 AM

Cibitoke weather by month

Every month at a glance. Click a month for its detailed page.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan26° / 16°439.712.16.3
Feb27° / 16°337.412.16.4
Mar26° / 16°488.8126.4
Apr25° / 16°669.211.96.4
May25° / 16°38511.97.4
Jun25° / 15°92.111.88.0
Jul25° / 15°91.811.88.2
Aug26° / 15°8211.97.9
Sep27° / 16°152.4127.5
Oct26° / 16°366.212.16.7
Nov26° / 16°397.112.16.6
Dec26° / 16°539.712.26.3

Chance of rain

How likely it is to rain on a typical day, and how that shifts across the wetter and drier seasons.

Cibitoke gets about 396 mm of precipitation a year. On a typical day the chance of rain is some rain, but that rises and falls sharply with the seasons.

The wetter season lasts 6.6 months, from around Oct 23 to May 12, peaking in December at about 36% chance on a given day. The drier stretch runs the rest of the year, bottoming out around Jul 5.

April is the wettest month by volume, with 66 mm over about 9 wet days; August is the driest, with 8 mm.

0%10%20%30%40%50%JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecwetterdrierwettermostly drysome rainoften wetvery wetDec 26 · 36%Jul 5 · 4%
Rain on a day (%)Rain days
Jan3210
Feb277
Mar289
Apr309
May165
Jun72
Jul62
Aug72
Sep82
Oct196
Nov237
Dec3110

Monthly rainfall

Over a full year, Cibitoke collects about 396 mm of rain across 71 wet days — roughly 33 mm in an average month.

It doesn’t fall evenly. April is the wettest month with 66 mm, while August is the driest at just 8 mm. The three wettest months alone bring about 42% of the year’s total.

0255075100JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec433348663899815363953
Rainfall (mm)Rain days
Jan4310
Feb337
Mar489
Apr669
May385
Jun92
Jul92
Aug82
Sep152
Oct366
Nov397
Dec5310

Clouds and sunshine

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

How often the daytime sky is clear, partly cloudy or overcast.

In Cibitoke, the average share of the sky covered by clouds shows significant seasonal variation over the course of the year.

The clearer part of the year begins around May 8 and lasts for 4.7 months, ending around September 28. The clearest month is July, when the sky is clear, mostly clear, or partly cloudy 63% of the time on average.

The cloudier part of the year begins around September 29 and lasts for 7.3 months, ending around May 7. The cloudiest month is November, when it is overcast or mostly cloudy 92% of the time.

0%100%10%90%20%80%30%70%40%60%50%50%60%40%70%30%80%20%90%10%100%0%JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecJul 13 · 66%Nov 15 · 7%clearmostly clearpartly cloudymostly cloudyovercastcloudierclearercloudier
Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
Jan1783
Feb2080
Mar1981
Apr1783
May4060
Jun5545
Jul6337
Aug5743
Sep4159
Oct1783
Nov892
Dec1486

Daylight, sunrise and sunset

DaylightNight

Hours of daylight through the year, with sunrise and sunset times.

The gold band is daylight — sunrise runs along its lower edge, sunset along the upper — so it widens toward summer and pinches toward winter, with night the dark area above and below. Close to the equator, Cibitoke barely changes through the year: days stay near 12 h 12 min of light in every season.

12 AM4 AM8 AM12 PM4 PM8 PM12 AMJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
Jan12.16:086:17
Feb12.16:156:21
Mar12.06:136:14
Apr11.96:066:02
May11.96:045:56
Jun11.86:095:59
Jul11.86:146:05
Aug11.96:106:05
Sep12.05:585:57
Oct12.15:475:50
Nov12.15:455:53
Dec12.25:556:05

Sunny days

How many genuinely sunny days each month brings — days the sky stays clear or mostly clear — banded into plain-language zones.

Cibitoke averages about 5 sunny days a month — counting the days the sky stays clear or mostly clear — with a clear seasonal swing between 0 and 12 days.

The sunnier stretch runs 4.6 months, from around May 11 to Sep 27. The sunniest month is July, with roughly 11 sunny days (mixed).

The greyest month is November, down near 1 sunny days — about 95% fewer than the July peak.

051015JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecgreyersunniergreyergloomymixedJul 1012 daysNov 90 days
Sunny daysSky
Jan2Gloomy
Feb2Gloomy
Mar2Gloomy
Apr1Gloomy
May6Gloomy
Jun9Mixed
Jul11Mixed
Aug11Mixed
Sep6Gloomy
Oct2Gloomy
Nov1Gloomy
Dec1Gloomy

Humidity comfort

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

Share of days at each humidity comfort level, based on the dew point — the measure that tracks how muggy it actually feels.

Humidity comfort is graded by the dew point — the temperature at which the air would be fully saturated — because it tracks how muggy it actually feels far better than relative humidity does. A low dew point feels dry and crisp; a high one feels sticky and oppressive no matter the reading on a humidity gauge.

In Cibitoke, the air stays dry or comfortable essentially all year. Even in April, the muggiest month, it feels humid or worse only about 7% of the time — humidity is not something you need to plan around here.

0%10%20%30%40%50%60%70%80%90%100%JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecOct 26 · 100%Apr 23 · 92%comfortabledryhumidcomfortablehumid
Dry (%)Comfortable (%)Humid (%)
Jan66303
Feb73243
Mar65323
Apr49447
May55414
Jun81181
Jul9460
Aug9640
Sep9640
Oct88120
Nov79201
Dec69293

Wind

Average wind speed through the year, banded into plain-language speed zones so a number reads as 'breezy' or 'calm' without knowing the scale.

This is the average sustained wind speed at the standard 10 metres above open ground — the steady flow a weather station reports, not the sharper gusts that come and go, which can run half again as fast. It's the number that says whether a place is generally breezy or calm.

Wind in Cibitoke is steady company: average speeds sit near 5 km/hcalm — in every month of the year, with no meaningful windy or calm season.

0510JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDeccalmSep 19 · 6 km/hJan 1 · 4 km/h
Wind speed (km/h)Feels
Jan4calm
Feb4calm
Mar5calm
Apr5calm
May5calm
Jun5calm
Jul5calm
Aug5calm
Sep6calm
Oct5calm
Nov5calm
Dec4calm

Best time to visit Cibitoke

TravelBeach/poolTemperatureCloudsPrecipitation

To characterize how pleasant the weather is in Cibitoke throughout the year, we compute two travel scores — one for general sightseeing, one for beach and pool weather.

Around late October, Cibitoke is still near the tail of its best-weather window — great conditions with the peak-season crowds already thinning.

Inferred from the travel-score curve; month-by-month visitor numbers are a planned addition.

The travel score favors clear, rainless days with daytime highs between 18°C and 28°C. Based on this score, the best time of year to visit Cibitoke for general outdoor tourist activities is from late April to early November, with a peak score in the first week of July.

0246810JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecbest timetravel scoretemperaturecloudsprecipitationJul 7 · 8.3

The travel score (filled area), and its constituents: the temperature score (red line), the cloud cover score (blue line), and the precipitation score (green line).

Travel score (0–10)Rating
Jan6.3good
Feb6.4good
Mar6.4good
Apr6.4good
May7.4good
Jun8.0ideal
Jul8.2ideal
Aug7.9ideal
Sep7.5good
Oct6.8good
Nov6.6good
Dec6.4good

The beach/pool score favors clear, rainless days with daytime highs between 24°C and 34°C. Based on this score, the best times of year to visit Cibitoke for hot-weather activities run from late January to late March and again from late April to early December, with a peak score in the third week of August.

024681012JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecbest timebest timebeach/pool scoretemperaturecloudsprecipitationAug 20 · 7.7

The beach/pool score (filled area), and its constituents: the temperature score (red line), the cloud cover score (blue line), and the precipitation score (green line).

What to pack for Cibitoke, by month

EssentialRecommendedOptional

Month by month, what's worth putting in the bag — from the temperature range, rain chance, sun and wind. Tap a month for a quick packing note.

Cibitoke packs about the same all year — highs hold near 27°C. Across the year the things worth having are light clothes and sun protection.

Light clothing
Warm layer
Winter coat
Rain gear
Sun protection
Windbreaker

In September, Cibitoke sees daytime highs around 27°C and nights near 16°C. Worth packing: light clothes and sun protection.

UV index (midday) in Cibitoke by month

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV index through the year, shaded by the WHO exposure levels — how much sun protection each month calls for.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Cibitoke peaks around March 20 at about 16 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near June 23 at about 10 (extreme).

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

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecExtremeMar 20UV 16Jun 23UV 10
UV index (midday)Level
Jan13Extreme
Feb14Extreme
Mar16Extreme
Apr15Extreme
May12Extreme
Jun10Very high
Jul10Extreme
Aug10Extreme
Sep14Extreme
Oct14Extreme
Nov13Extreme
Dec12Extreme

Average hourly UV index in Cibitoke

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Modeled clear-sky UV for every hour of every day — when in the day sun protection actually matters.

The whole year hour by hour: each column is a day, each row an hour, and the color is the modeled clear-sky UV index — the midday peak scaled down as the sun sits lower in the sky. Darker overlays mark night, lighter ones the civil-twilight hours around sunrise and sunset.

UV falls off far faster than brightness as the sun drops, so even in March the burn window is concentrated in the middle of the day: about 8.5 hours a day reach index 3 (protection recommended), and 7 hours reach 6 or more. Mornings and late afternoons stay comparatively gentle year round.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec12 AM2 AM4 AM6 AM8 AM10 AM12 PM2 PM4 PM6 PM8 PM10 PM12 AM
UV ≥ 3 (h/day)UV ≥ 6 (h/day)
Jan86.5
Feb86.5
Mar8.57
Apr8.56.5
May86
Jun7.55
Jul7.55
Aug7.55
Sep86.5
Oct86.5
Nov86
Dec86

Air quality in Cibitoke by month

GoodModeratePoorUnhealthyVery unhealthy

Average fine-particle pollution (PM2.5) through the year — so you can see which months the air is worst, not just the yearly average.

Air quality in Cibitoke is worst in August — around 72 µg/m³ PM2.5 (unhealthy), and holds fairly steady the rest of the year.

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

020406080JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecUnhealthyPoorUnhealthyPoorAug 2171 µg/m³Apr 1950 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan58Unhealthy
Feb58Unhealthy
Mar54Poor
Apr49Poor
May52Poor
Jun61Unhealthy
Jul60Unhealthy
Aug72Unhealthy
Sep69Unhealthy
Oct58Unhealthy
Nov52Poor
Dec53Poor
Almanac & agriculture

Growing season

Chance of a frost-free dayFrost-free year round

Cibitoke is frost-free year round — even the coldest nights rarely reach freezing, so there is no start or end to the growing season.

0%25%50%75%100%JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecfrost-free year round
Frost-free chance (%)Frost nights
Jan1000
Feb1000
Mar1000
Apr1000
May1000
Jun1000
Jul1000
Aug1000
Sep1000
Oct1000
Nov1000
Dec1000

Growing degree days

Degree days (base 10°C)Frost-free shaded

Growing degree days tally heat above 10°C: each day adds however many degrees its average temperature runs over that threshold, and cold days add nothing. Cibitoke banks about 3,921 degree days a year, and the running total — which growers use to time plantings and predict maturity — climbs fastest around September.

01,0002,0003,0004,000JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Growing degree days (°C·days)
Jan340
Feb315
Mar345
Apr318
May324
Jun310
Jul311
Aug329
Sep339
Oct341
Nov318
Dec332

Solar energy

Average daily shortwave solar energy reaching the ground, banded into brightness zones so the number means something at a glance.

Solar energy is how much sunlight actually reaches the ground each day, measured in kilowatt-hours per square metre (kWh/m²) — the combined effect of how long the sun is up, how high it climbs, and how much cloud gets in the way. It's the raw fuel a solar panel has to work with: for scale, 1 kWh/m² a day is dim and wintry, while 7+ is desert-bright.

Cibitoke receives about 5.1 kWh/m² a day of solar energy — bright — and it stays remarkably steady, holding between 4.8 and 5.5 kWh/m² all year. For solar panels, output here is a flat line, not a seasonal wave.

01234567JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecdimmoderatebrightintenseSep 215.5 kWhNov 184.8 kWh
Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
Jan5.1Bright
Feb5.4Bright
Mar5.4Bright
Apr5.0Bright
May5.0Bright
Jun4.9Bright
Jul4.9Bright
Aug5.2Bright
Sep5.5Bright
Oct5.1Bright
Nov4.8Bright
Dec4.8Bright

Where is Cibitoke?

Cibitoke sits at 2.9°S, 29.1°E, 937 m above sea level, in Burundi. The nearest listed city is Bugarama, 25 km away.

BugaramaBubanzaKarengeraMpandaRusiziGatumbaBushengeBushekeri

Topography around Cibitoke

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Cibitoke has significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 271 m around an average of 933 m above sea level; within 16 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,161 m; within 80 km, extreme variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 2,681 m.

The land around Cibitoke is covered by cropland (48%) and grassland (35%) within 3 km, grassland (57%) and cropland (24%) within 16 km, and grassland (39%) and trees (33%) within 80 km.

3 km
271 m
16 km
1,161 m
80 km
2,681 m
treesshrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaceswater
Nearby: Bugarama 25 km · Bubanza 37 km · Karengera 42 km · Mpanda 44 km · Rusizi 51 km · Gatumba 52 km · Bushenge 52 km · Bushekeri 52 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
Christian 94%Muslim 3%other 1%none 1%

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 Cibitoke (-2.8869°, 29.1248°, elevation 937 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).