Cibitoke weather in September

In September, Cibitoke sees average daytime highs of 27°C and overnight lows near 16°C, with 15 mm of rain across 2.4 wet days and about 12 hours of daylight. It is the 1st-warmest and 9th-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 27°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 21% of the time in September, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 11 h 54 min at the start of September to 12 hours by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, September is Cibitoke's 4th-clearest and 1st-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Cibitoke's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 27°; 1st warmest
Overnight low: 16°; 7th coldest
Rainfall: 15 mm; 2.4 wet days
Daylight: 12 hours; 5:58 AM – 5:57 PM
Cloud cover: 63%; 4th clearest
Wind: 6 km/h; 1st windiest
Solar energy: 5.46 kWh/m²
Travel score: 7.5; out of 10

Cibitoke is human settlement.

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

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Temperature in September

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 27°C through the month.

A typical September day in Cibitoke reaches about 27°C in the afternoon and slips back to 16°C overnight — a 11°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 25°C and 29°C. Set against its neighbours, September runs about 1°C warmer than August and on par with October.

	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)	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27
Avg low (°C)	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16

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

Cibitoke weather by month

How September compares with the rest of the year at a glance. September is the 1st-warmest and 9th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

Month	High / Low (°C)	Rainfall (mm)	Wet days	Daylight (hours)	Travel score
Jan	26° / 16°	43	9.7	12.1	6.3
Feb	27° / 16°	33	7.4	12.1	6.4
Mar	26° / 16°	48	8.8	12	6.4
Apr	25° / 16°	66	9.2	11.9	6.4
May	25° / 16°	38	5	11.9	7.4
Jun	25° / 15°	9	2.1	11.8	8.0
Jul	25° / 15°	9	1.8	11.8	8.2
Aug	26° / 15°	8	2	11.9	7.9
Sep	27° / 16°	15	2.4	12	7.5
Oct	26° / 16°	36	6.2	12.1	6.7
Nov	26° / 16°	39	7.1	12.1	6.6
Dec	26° / 16°	53	9.7	12.2	6.3

Cloud cover in September

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 21% of the time in September.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 19% of September, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 59%. Skies tend to cloud over as the month goes on.

	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 (%)	47	47	46	46	45	46	46	45	45	45	44	44	43	43	42	42	42	40	40	39	39	38	36	35	35	33	33	32	31	30
Cloudier (%)	53	53	54	54	55	54	54	55	55	55	56	56	57	57	58	58	58	60	60	61	61	62	64	65	65	67	67	68	69	70

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	47	53
2	47	53
3	46	54
4	46	54
5	45	55
6	46	54
7	46	54
8	45	55
9	45	55
10	45	55
11	44	56
12	44	56
13	43	57
14	43	57
15	42	58
16	42	58
17	42	58
18	40	60
19	40	60
20	39	61
21	39	61
22	38	62
23	36	64
24	35	65
25	35	65
26	33	67
27	33	67
28	32	68
29	31	69
30	30	70

Chance of precipitation in September

Any precipitation

Cibitoke gets around 15 mm of rain over 2.4 wet days in September. The line is the day-by-day chance of measurable precipitation.

Day to day, the chance of measurable rain averages around 8% and peaks near 15% 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 (%)	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	7	7	7	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	7	7	8	9	10	11	12	14	15

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

Humidity in September

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

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

By dew point, September lands in the dry band about 96% of days. It rarely turns muggy — the humid and sticky bands barely register.

	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
Dry (%)	96	96	96	96	96	96	96	96	96	96	97	97	97	97	98	98	98	98	98	98	98	97	97	96	95	95	94	93	93	92
Comfortable (%)	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	3	3	4	5	5	6	7	7	8

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	96	4
2	96	4
3	96	4
4	96	4
5	96	4
6	96	4
7	96	4
8	96	4
9	96	4
10	96	4
11	97	3
12	97	3
13	97	3
14	97	3
15	98	2
16	98	2
17	98	2
18	98	2
19	98	2
20	98	2
21	98	2
22	97	3
23	97	3
24	96	4
25	95	5
26	95	5
27	94	6
28	93	7
29	93	7
30	92	8

Wind in September

Winds average 6 km/h in September, the windiest month of the year.

Across September, daily wind ranges from about 6 km/h on the calmest days to 6 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)	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6
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	Wind speed (km/h)	Feels
1	6	calm
2	6	calm
3	6	calm
4	6	calm
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6	6	calm
7	6	calm
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20	6	calm
21	6	calm
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25	6	calm
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27	6	calm
28	6	calm
29	6	calm
30	6	calm

Sunrise & sunset in September

DaylightNight

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

Days grow by about 6 minutes over September. Sunrise moves from 6:05 AM to 5:52 AM, and sunset from 6:02 PM to 5:53 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)	11.9	11.9	11.9	12.0	12.0	12.0	12.0	12.0	12.0	12.0	12.0	12.0	12.0	12.0	12.0	12.0	12.0	12.0	12.0	12.0	12.0	12.0	12.0	12.0	12.0	12.0	12.0	12.0	12.0	12.0
Sunrise (AM)	6:05	6:04	6:04	6:04	6:03	6:03	6:02	6:02	6:01	6:01	6:01	6:00	6:00	5:59	5:59	5:58	5:58	5:57	5:57	5:56	5:56	5:56	5:55	5:55	5:54	5:54	5:53	5:53	5:53	5:52
Sunset (PM)	6:02	6:01	6:01	6:01	6:00	6:00	6:00	6:00	5:59	5:59	5:59	5:59	5:58	5:58	5:58	5:57	5:57	5:57	5:56	5:56	5:56	5:56	5:55	5:55	5:55	5:55	5:54	5:54	5:54	5:53

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	11.9	6:05	6:02
2	11.9	6:04	6:01
3	11.9	6:04	6:01
4	12.0	6:04	6:01
5	12.0	6:03	6:00
6	12.0	6:03	6:00
7	12.0	6:02	6:00
8	12.0	6:02	6:00
9	12.0	6:01	5:59
10	12.0	6:01	5:59
11	12.0	6:01	5:59
12	12.0	6:00	5:59
13	12.0	6:00	5:58
14	12.0	5:59	5:58
15	12.0	5:59	5:58
16	12.0	5:58	5:57
17	12.0	5:58	5:57
18	12.0	5:57	5:57
19	12.0	5:57	5:56
20	12.0	5:56	5:56
21	12.0	5:56	5:56
22	12.0	5:56	5:56
23	12.0	5:55	5:55
24	12.0	5:55	5:55
25	12.0	5:54	5:55
26	12.0	5:54	5:55
27	12.0	5:53	5:54
28	12.0	5:53	5:54
29	12.0	5:53	5:54
30	12.0	5:52	5:53

Solar energy in September

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in September, about 5.46 kWh/m² — the sunniest month for solar.

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 4.78 kWh/m² to a high of 5.46 kWh/m² in September across the year — September's 5.46 kWh/m² sits near the top of that range.

	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)	5.3	5.3	5.3	5.3	5.3	5.3	5.3	5.3	5.4	5.4	5.4	5.4	5.4	5.5	5.5	5.5	5.5	5.5	5.5	5.5	5.5	5.5	5.5	5.5	5.5	5.5	5.5	5.5	5.4	5.4
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	5.3	Bright
2	5.3	Bright
3	5.3	Bright
4	5.3	Bright
5	5.3	Bright
6	5.3	Bright
7	5.3	Bright
8	5.3	Bright
9	5.4	Bright
10	5.4	Bright
11	5.4	Bright
12	5.4	Bright
13	5.4	Bright
14	5.5	Bright
15	5.5	Bright
16	5.5	Bright
17	5.5	Bright
18	5.5	Bright
19	5.5	Bright
20	5.5	Bright
21	5.5	Bright
22	5.5	Bright
23	5.5	Bright
24	5.5	Bright
25	5.5	Bright
26	5.5	Bright
27	5.5	Bright
28	5.5	Bright
29	5.4	Bright
30	5.4	Bright

Planning a trip in September

Is September a good time to visit Cibitoke?

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

7.5

Sightseeing

4th-best month of the year

7.5

Beach & pool

2nd-best month of the year

September is one of the better times to visit Cibitoke for general sightseeing. The water and warmth also suit a beach or pool day.

What to pack for Cibitoke in September

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

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

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UV index in Cibitoke in September

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in September peaks around 14 (very high — sun protection essential). The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

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.

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

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

Air quality in Cibitoke in September

GoodModeratePoorUnhealthyVery unhealthy

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

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
PM2.5 (µg/m³)	58	58	54	49	52	61	60	72	69	58	52	53
Level	Unhealthy	Unhealthy	Poor	Poor	Poor	Unhealthy	Unhealthy	Unhealthy	Unhealthy	Unhealthy	Poor	Poor

	PM2.5 (µg/m³)	Level
Jan	58	Unhealthy
Feb	58	Unhealthy
Mar	54	Poor
Apr	49	Poor
May	52	Poor
Jun	61	Unhealthy
Jul	60	Unhealthy
Aug	72	Unhealthy
Sep	69	Unhealthy
Oct	58	Unhealthy
Nov	52	Poor
Dec	53	Poor

Location & terrain

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.

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

cropland 48%

16 km

1,161 m

grassland 57%

80 km

2,681 m

grassland 39%

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← August Cibitoke year-round climate October →Best places to visit in September

September weather 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

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).

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	47	53
2	47	53
3	46	54
4	46	54
5	45	55
6	46	54
7	46	54
8	45	55
9	45	55
10	45	55
11	44	56
12	44	56
13	43	57
14	43	57
15	42	58
16	42	58
17	42	58
18	40	60
19	40	60
20	39	61
21	39	61
22	38	62
23	36	64
24	35	65
25	35	65
26	33	67
27	33	67
28	32	68
29	31	69
30	30	70

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

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	96	4
2	96	4
3	96	4
4	96	4
5	96	4
6	96	4
7	96	4
8	96	4
9	96	4
10	96	4
11	97	3
12	97	3
13	97	3
14	97	3
15	98	2
16	98	2
17	98	2
18	98	2
19	98	2
20	98	2
21	98	2
22	97	3
23	97	3
24	96	4
25	95	5
26	95	5
27	94	6
28	93	7
29	93	7
30	92	8

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	47	53
2	47	53
3	46	54
4	46	54
5	45	55
6	46	54
7	46	54
8	45	55
9	45	55
10	45	55
11	44	56
12	44	56
13	43	57
14	43	57
15	42	58
16	42	58
17	42	58
18	40	60
19	40	60
20	39	61
21	39	61
22	38	62
23	36	64
24	35	65
25	35	65
26	33	67
27	33	67
28	32	68
29	31	69
30	30	70

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

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	96	4
2	96	4
3	96	4
4	96	4
5	96	4
6	96	4
7	96	4
8	96	4
9	96	4
10	96	4
11	97	3
12	97	3
13	97	3
14	97	3
15	98	2
16	98	2
17	98	2
18	98	2
19	98	2
20	98	2
21	98	2
22	97	3
23	97	3
24	96	4
25	95	5
26	95	5
27	94	6
28	93	7
29	93	7
30	92	8

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	47	53
2	47	53
3	46	54
4	46	54
5	45	55
6	46	54
7	46	54
8	45	55
9	45	55
10	45	55
11	44	56
12	44	56
13	43	57
14	43	57
15	42	58
16	42	58
17	42	58
18	40	60
19	40	60
20	39	61
21	39	61
22	38	62
23	36	64
24	35	65
25	35	65
26	33	67
27	33	67
28	32	68
29	31	69
30	30	70

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

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	96	4
2	96	4
3	96	4
4	96	4
5	96	4
6	96	4
7	96	4
8	96	4
9	96	4
10	96	4
11	97	3
12	97	3
13	97	3
14	97	3
15	98	2
16	98	2
17	98	2
18	98	2
19	98	2
20	98	2
21	98	2
22	97	3
23	97	3
24	96	4
25	95	5
26	95	5
27	94	6
28	93	7
29	93	7
30	92	8