Gatumba weather in August

In August, Gatumba sees average daytime highs of 30°C and overnight lows near 18°C, with 3 mm of rain across 0.7 wet days and about 11.9 hours of daylight. It is the 3rd-warmest and 11th-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 30°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 31% of the time in August, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 11 h 54 min at the start of August to 11 h 54 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, August is Gatumba's 2nd-clearest and 1st-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Gatumba's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 30°; 3rd warmest
Overnight low: 18°; 3rd coldest
Rainfall: 3 mm; 0.7 wet days
Daylight: 11 h 54 min; 6:10 AM – 6:04 PM
Cloud cover: 57%; 2nd clearest
Wind: 8 km/h; 1st windiest
Solar energy: 5.11 kWh/m²
Travel score: 6.0; out of 10

Gatumba is town in Burundi.

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

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Temperature in August

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 30°C through the month.

A typical August day in Gatumba reaches about 30°C in the afternoon and slips back to 18°C overnight — a 12°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 28°C and 32°C. Set against its neighbours, August runs about 1°C warmer than July and about 1°C cooler than September.

	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	31
Avg high (°C)	29	29	29	29	29	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	31	31
Avg low (°C)	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	29	18
2	29	18
3	29	18
4	29	18
5	29	18
6	30	18
7	30	18
8	30	18
9	30	18
10	30	18
11	30	18
12	30	18
13	30	18
14	30	18
15	30	18
16	30	18
17	30	18
18	30	18
19	30	18
20	30	18
21	30	18
22	30	18
23	30	18
24	30	18
25	30	18
26	30	18
27	30	18
28	30	18
29	30	18
30	31	18
31	31	18

Gatumba weather by month

How August compares with the rest of the year at a glance. August is the 3rd-warmest and 11th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

Month	High / Low (°C)	Rainfall (mm)	Wet days	Daylight (hours)	Travel score
Jan	29° / 19°	59	7.6	12.2	5.3
Feb	30° / 20°	39	4.9	12.1	5.2
Mar	30° / 20°	47	5.4	12	5.3
Apr	29° / 20°	84	6.6	11.9	5.6
May	29° / 19°	45	3.8	11.9	6.1
Jun	29° / 18°	11	1.9	11.8	6.4
Jul	29° / 18°	3	0.5	11.8	6.6
Aug	30° / 18°	3	0.7	11.9	6.0
Sep	31° / 19°	6	1	12	5.3
Oct	30° / 19°	18	2.9	12.1	5.2
Nov	29° / 19°	36	4.7	12.2	5.5
Dec	29° / 19°	93	7.5	12.2	5.4

Cloud cover in August

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 31% of the time in August.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 21% of August, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 48%.

	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	31
Clearer (%)	51	52	52	51	51	51	52	52	52	51	52	52	52	53	53	54	54	53	54	54	53	53	52	52	51	50	50	49	49	47	47
Cloudier (%)	49	48	48	49	49	49	48	48	48	49	48	48	48	47	47	46	46	47	46	46	47	47	48	48	49	50	50	51	51	53	53

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	51	49
2	52	48
3	52	48
4	51	49
5	51	49
6	51	49
7	52	48
8	52	48
9	52	48
10	51	49
11	52	48
12	52	48
13	52	48
14	53	47
15	53	47
16	54	46
17	54	46
18	53	47
19	54	46
20	54	46
21	53	47
22	53	47
23	52	48
24	52	48
25	51	49
26	50	50
27	50	50
28	49	51
29	49	51
30	47	53
31	47	53

Chance of precipitation in August

Any precipitation

Gatumba gets around 3 mm of rain over 0.7 wet days in August. The line is the day-by-day chance of measurable precipitation.

Day to day, the chance of measurable rain averages around 3% and peaks near 4% 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	31
Rain chance (%)	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	3	3	3	3	4	4

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

Humidity in August

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

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

By dew point, August lands in the dry band about 57% 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	31
Dry (%)	46	47	47	47	48	49	49	50	50	52	53	54	55	57	58	60	61	62	63	64	65	64	64	65	65	65	65	65	64	64	63
Comfortable (%)	50	50	50	50	49	49	49	48	48	47	46	45	44	42	41	39	38	37	36	35	34	34	34	33	33	33	33	33	34	34	35
Humid (%)	4	4	3	3	3	2	2	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)
1	46	50	4
2	47	50	4
3	47	50	3
4	47	50	3
5	48	49	3
6	49	49	2
7	49	49	2
8	50	48	2
9	50	48	2
10	52	47	1
11	53	46	1
12	54	45	1
13	55	44	1
14	57	42	1
15	58	41	1
16	60	39	1
17	61	38	1
18	62	37	1
19	63	36	1
20	64	35	1
21	65	34	1
22	64	34	2
23	64	34	2
24	65	33	2
25	65	33	2
26	65	33	2
27	65	33	2
28	65	33	2
29	64	34	2
30	64	34	2
31	63	35	2

Wind in August

Winds average 8 km/h in August, the windiest month of the year.

Across August, daily wind ranges from about 8 km/h on the calmest days to 8 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	31
Wind speed (km/h)	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8
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	Wind speed (km/h)	Feels
1	8	calm
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30	8	calm
31	8	calm

Sunrise & sunset in August

DaylightNight

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

Days grow by about 0 minutes over August. Sunrise moves from 6:13 AM to 6:05 AM, and sunset from 6:05 PM to 6:01 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	31
Daylight (h)	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	11.9	11.9	11.9	11.9	11.9	11.9	11.9	11.9	11.9
Sunrise (AM)	6:13	6:13	6:13	6:13	6:13	6:13	6:13	6:12	6:12	6:12	6:12	6:11	6:11	6:11	6:11	6:10	6:10	6:10	6:09	6:09	6:09	6:08	6:08	6:08	6:07	6:07	6:07	6:06	6:06	6:05	6:05
Sunset (PM)	6:05	6:05	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	6:04	6:04	6:03	6:03	6:03	6:03	6:03	6:03	6:02	6:02	6:02	6:02	6:01	6:01	6:01

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	11.9	6:13	6:05
2	11.9	6:13	6:05
3	11.9	6:13	6:05
4	11.9	6:13	6:05
5	11.9	6:13	6:05
6	11.9	6:13	6:05
7	11.9	6:13	6:05
8	11.9	6:12	6:05
9	11.9	6:12	6:04
10	11.9	6:12	6:04
11	11.9	6:12	6:04
12	11.9	6:11	6:04
13	11.9	6:11	6:04
14	11.9	6:11	6:04
15	11.9	6:11	6:04
16	11.9	6:10	6:04
17	11.9	6:10	6:04
18	11.9	6:10	6:04
19	11.9	6:09	6:03
20	11.9	6:09	6:03
21	11.9	6:09	6:03
22	11.9	6:08	6:03
23	11.9	6:08	6:03
24	11.9	6:08	6:03
25	11.9	6:07	6:02
26	11.9	6:07	6:02
27	11.9	6:07	6:02
28	11.9	6:06	6:02
29	11.9	6:06	6:01
30	11.9	6:05	6:01
31	11.9	6:05	6:01

Solar energy in August

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in August, about 5.11 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 4.43 kWh/m² to a high of 5.35 kWh/m² in September across the year — August's 5.11 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	31
Solar energy (kWh/m²)	4.9	4.9	4.9	4.9	4.9	4.9	4.9	5.0	5.0	5.0	5.0	5.0	5.1	5.1	5.1	5.1	5.2	5.2	5.2	5.2	5.2	5.2	5.2	5.3	5.3	5.3	5.3	5.3	5.2	5.2	5.2
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	Bright

	Solar energy (kWh/m²)	Level
1	4.9	Bright
2	4.9	Bright
3	4.9	Bright
4	4.9	Bright
5	4.9	Bright
6	4.9	Bright
7	4.9	Bright
8	5.0	Bright
9	5.0	Bright
10	5.0	Bright
11	5.0	Bright
12	5.0	Bright
13	5.1	Bright
14	5.1	Bright
15	5.1	Bright
16	5.1	Bright
17	5.2	Bright
18	5.2	Bright
19	5.2	Bright
20	5.2	Bright
21	5.2	Bright
22	5.2	Bright
23	5.2	Bright
24	5.3	Bright
25	5.3	Bright
26	5.3	Bright
27	5.3	Bright
28	5.3	Bright
29	5.2	Bright
30	5.2	Bright
31	5.2	Bright

Planning a trip in August

Is August a good time to visit Gatumba?

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

6.0

Sightseeing

4th-best month of the year

8.2

Beach & pool

3rd-best month of the year

August is a reasonable time to visit Gatumba for sightseeing. The water and warmth also suit a beach or pool day.

What to pack for Gatumba in August

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

In August, Gatumba sees daytime highs around 30°C and nights near 18°C. Pack light clothes. Worth having: sun protection.

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UV index in Gatumba in August

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in August peaks around 10 (very high — sun protection essential). The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Gatumba 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 Gatumba in August

GoodModeratePoorUnhealthyVery unhealthy

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

Air quality in Gatumba 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 Gatumba?

Gatumba sits at 3.3°S, 29.3°E, 780 m above sea level, in Burundi. The nearest listed city is Bujumbura, 13 km away.

Topography around Gatumba

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Gatumba has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 9 m around an average of 774 m above sea level; within 16 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 838 m; within 80 km, extreme variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 2,681 m.

The land around Gatumba is covered by grassland (31%) and wetland (21%) within 3 km, grassland (36%) and water (35%) within 16 km, and grassland (39%) and trees (28%) within 80 km.

3 km

9 m

grassland 31%

16 km

838 m

grassland 36%

80 km

2,681 m

grassland 39%

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← July Gatumba year-round climate September →Best places to visit in August

August weather nearby: Bujumbura 13 km · Uvira 14 km · Mpanda 25 km · Bubanza 32 km · Cibitoke 52 km · Kayanza 62 km · Rumonge 74 km · Gitega 76 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 Gatumba (-3.3333°, 29.25°, elevation 780 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	29	18
2	29	18
3	29	18
4	29	18
5	29	18
6	30	18
7	30	18
8	30	18
9	30	18
10	30	18
11	30	18
12	30	18
13	30	18
14	30	18
15	30	18
16	30	18
17	30	18
18	30	18
19	30	18
20	30	18
21	30	18
22	30	18
23	30	18
24	30	18
25	30	18
26	30	18
27	30	18
28	30	18
29	30	18
30	31	18
31	31	18

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	51	49
2	52	48
3	52	48
4	51	49
5	51	49
6	51	49
7	52	48
8	52	48
9	52	48
10	51	49
11	52	48
12	52	48
13	52	48
14	53	47
15	53	47
16	54	46
17	54	46
18	53	47
19	54	46
20	54	46
21	53	47
22	53	47
23	52	48
24	52	48
25	51	49
26	50	50
27	50	50
28	49	51
29	49	51
30	47	53
31	47	53

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

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)
1	46	50	4
2	47	50	4
3	47	50	3
4	47	50	3
5	48	49	3
6	49	49	2
7	49	49	2
8	50	48	2
9	50	48	2
10	52	47	1
11	53	46	1
12	54	45	1
13	55	44	1
14	57	42	1
15	58	41	1
16	60	39	1
17	61	38	1
18	62	37	1
19	63	36	1
20	64	35	1
21	65	34	1
22	64	34	2
23	64	34	2
24	65	33	2
25	65	33	2
26	65	33	2
27	65	33	2
28	65	33	2
29	64	34	2
30	64	34	2
31	63	35	2

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	29	18
2	29	18
3	29	18
4	29	18
5	29	18
6	30	18
7	30	18
8	30	18
9	30	18
10	30	18
11	30	18
12	30	18
13	30	18
14	30	18
15	30	18
16	30	18
17	30	18
18	30	18
19	30	18
20	30	18
21	30	18
22	30	18
23	30	18
24	30	18
25	30	18
26	30	18
27	30	18
28	30	18
29	30	18
30	31	18
31	31	18

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	51	49
2	52	48
3	52	48
4	51	49
5	51	49
6	51	49
7	52	48
8	52	48
9	52	48
10	51	49
11	52	48
12	52	48
13	52	48
14	53	47
15	53	47
16	54	46
17	54	46
18	53	47
19	54	46
20	54	46
21	53	47
22	53	47
23	52	48
24	52	48
25	51	49
26	50	50
27	50	50
28	49	51
29	49	51
30	47	53
31	47	53

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

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)
1	46	50	4
2	47	50	4
3	47	50	3
4	47	50	3
5	48	49	3
6	49	49	2
7	49	49	2
8	50	48	2
9	50	48	2
10	52	47	1
11	53	46	1
12	54	45	1
13	55	44	1
14	57	42	1
15	58	41	1
16	60	39	1
17	61	38	1
18	62	37	1
19	63	36	1
20	64	35	1
21	65	34	1
22	64	34	2
23	64	34	2
24	65	33	2
25	65	33	2
26	65	33	2
27	65	33	2
28	65	33	2
29	64	34	2
30	64	34	2
31	63	35	2

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	29	18
2	29	18
3	29	18
4	29	18
5	29	18
6	30	18
7	30	18
8	30	18
9	30	18
10	30	18
11	30	18
12	30	18
13	30	18
14	30	18
15	30	18
16	30	18
17	30	18
18	30	18
19	30	18
20	30	18
21	30	18
22	30	18
23	30	18
24	30	18
25	30	18
26	30	18
27	30	18
28	30	18
29	30	18
30	31	18
31	31	18

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	51	49
2	52	48
3	52	48
4	51	49
5	51	49
6	51	49
7	52	48
8	52	48
9	52	48
10	51	49
11	52	48
12	52	48
13	52	48
14	53	47
15	53	47
16	54	46
17	54	46
18	53	47
19	54	46
20	54	46
21	53	47
22	53	47
23	52	48
24	52	48
25	51	49
26	50	50
27	50	50
28	49	51
29	49	51
30	47	53
31	47	53

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

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)
1	46	50	4
2	47	50	4
3	47	50	3
4	47	50	3
5	48	49	3
6	49	49	2
7	49	49	2
8	50	48	2
9	50	48	2
10	52	47	1
11	53	46	1
12	54	45	1
13	55	44	1
14	57	42	1
15	58	41	1
16	60	39	1
17	61	38	1
18	62	37	1
19	63	36	1
20	64	35	1
21	65	34	1
22	64	34	2
23	64	34	2
24	65	33	2
25	65	33	2
26	65	33	2
27	65	33	2
28	65	33	2
29	64	34	2
30	64	34	2
31	63	35	2