Gitega weather in June

In June, Gitega sees average daytime highs of 24°C and overnight lows near 15°C, with 4 mm of rain across 1 wet days and about 11.8 hours of daylight. It is the 8th-warmest and 11th-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 24°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 23% of the time in June, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 11 h 48 min at the start of June to 11 h 48 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, June is Gitega's 3rd-clearest and 4th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Gitega's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 24°; 8th warmest
Overnight low: 15°; 2nd coldest
Rainfall: 4 mm; 1 wet days
Daylight: 11 h 48 min; 6:06 AM – 5:55 PM
Cloud cover: 59%; 3rd clearest
Wind: 7 km/h; 4th windiest
Solar energy: 4.96 kWh/m²
Travel score: 8.3; out of 10

Gitega is capital of Burundi.

Density: 2,950/km²; people per km²
Founded: 1912

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

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Temperature in June

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 24°C through the month.

A typical June day in Gitega reaches about 24°C in the afternoon and slips back to 15°C overnight — a 9°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 23°C and 26°C. Set against its neighbours, June runs on par with May and on par with July.

	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)	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24
Avg low (°C)	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15

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

Gitega weather by month

How June compares with the rest of the year at a glance. June is the 8th-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	25° / 16°	85	16.7	12.2	5.6
Feb	25° / 16°	76	15.4	12.1	5.5
Mar	24° / 16°	112	20.3	12	5.1
Apr	23° / 16°	124	21.7	11.9	4.7
May	24° / 16°	45	9.7	11.8	6.8
Jun	24° / 15°	4	1	11.8	8.3
Jul	25° / 15°	1	0.2	11.8	8.5
Aug	26° / 16°	6	1.2	11.9	7.9
Sep	27° / 17°	16	3.7	12	7.3
Oct	26° / 17°	67	12.2	12.1	6.1
Nov	24° / 16°	102	20	12.2	5.0
Dec	24° / 16°	98	19.2	12.2	5.3

Cloud cover in June

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 23% of the time in June.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 25% of June, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 52%.

	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 (%)	52	52	53	53	53	53	52	52	51	50	49	48	47	46	44	44	43	43	43	43	43	43	44	45	46	48	49	50	51	52
Cloudier (%)	48	48	47	47	47	47	48	48	49	50	51	52	53	54	56	56	57	57	57	57	57	57	56	55	54	52	51	50	49	48

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	52	48
2	52	48
3	53	47
4	53	47
5	53	47
6	53	47
7	52	48
8	52	48
9	51	49
10	50	50
11	49	51
12	48	52
13	47	53
14	46	54
15	44	56
16	44	56
17	43	57
18	43	57
19	43	57
20	43	57
21	43	57
22	43	57
23	44	56
24	45	55
25	46	54
26	48	52
27	49	51
28	50	50
29	51	49
30	52	48

Chance of precipitation in June

Any precipitation

Gitega gets around 4 mm of rain over 1 wet days in June. 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 8% 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	7	7	6	6	6	5	5	5	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	1	1	1	1

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

Humidity in June

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

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

By dew point, June lands in the dry band about 78% 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 (%)	52	55	57	60	62	64	66	68	71	72	74	76	78	79	81	82	83	84	85	86	87	88	89	89	90	91	92	93	93	94
Comfortable (%)	46	43	41	39	37	35	33	31	29	28	26	24	22	21	19	18	17	16	15	14	13	12	11	11	10	9	8	7	7	6
Humid (%)	2	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)
1	52	46	2
2	55	43	2
3	57	41	2
4	60	39	1
5	62	37	1
6	64	35	1
7	66	33	1
8	68	31	1
9	71	29	0
10	72	28	0
11	74	26	0
12	76	24	0
13	78	22	0
14	79	21	0
15	81	19	0
16	82	18	0
17	83	17	0
18	84	16	0
19	85	15	0
20	86	14	0
21	87	13	0
22	88	12	0
23	89	11	0
24	89	11	0
25	90	10	0
26	91	9	0
27	92	8	0
28	93	7	0
29	93	7	0
30	94	6	0

Wind in June

Winds average 7 km/h in June.

Across June, daily wind ranges from about 7 km/h on the calmest days to 7 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)	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7
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	Wind speed (km/h)	Feels
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28	7	calm
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30	7	calm

Sunrise & sunset in June

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 11 h 48 min at the start of June to 11 h 48 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days grow by about 0 minutes over June. Sunrise moves from 6:03 AM to 6:09 AM, and sunset from 5:52 PM to 5:58 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)	11.8	11.8	11.8	11.8	11.8	11.8	11.8	11.8	11.8	11.8	11.8	11.8	11.8	11.8	11.8	11.8	11.8	11.8	11.8	11.8	11.8	11.8	11.8	11.8	11.8	11.8	11.8	11.8	11.8	11.8
Sunrise (AM)	6:03	6:04	6:04	6:04	6:04	6:04	6:05	6:05	6:05	6:05	6:05	6:06	6:06	6:06	6:06	6:06	6:07	6:07	6:07	6:07	6:08	6:08	6:08	6:08	6:08	6:09	6:09	6:09	6:09	6:09
Sunset (PM)	5:52	5:52	5:53	5:53	5:53	5:53	5:53	5:53	5:53	5:54	5:54	5:54	5:54	5:54	5:54	5:55	5:55	5:55	5:55	5:55	5:56	5:56	5:56	5:56	5:56	5:57	5:57	5:57	5:57	5:58

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	11.8	6:03	5:52
2	11.8	6:04	5:52
3	11.8	6:04	5:53
4	11.8	6:04	5:53
5	11.8	6:04	5:53
6	11.8	6:04	5:53
7	11.8	6:05	5:53
8	11.8	6:05	5:53
9	11.8	6:05	5:53
10	11.8	6:05	5:54
11	11.8	6:05	5:54
12	11.8	6:06	5:54
13	11.8	6:06	5:54
14	11.8	6:06	5:54
15	11.8	6:06	5:54
16	11.8	6:06	5:55
17	11.8	6:07	5:55
18	11.8	6:07	5:55
19	11.8	6:07	5:55
20	11.8	6:07	5:55
21	11.8	6:08	5:56
22	11.8	6:08	5:56
23	11.8	6:08	5:56
24	11.8	6:08	5:56
25	11.8	6:08	5:56
26	11.8	6:09	5:57
27	11.8	6:09	5:57
28	11.8	6:09	5:57
29	11.8	6:09	5:57
30	11.8	6:09	5:58

Solar energy in June

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in June, about 4.96 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 4.59 kWh/m² to a high of 5.74 kWh/m² in September across the year — June's 4.96 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

	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)	5.0	5.0	5.0	5.0	5.0	5.0	5.0	5.0	5.0	5.0	5.0	5.0	5.0	5.0	5.0	4.9	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
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	5.0	Bright
2	5.0	Bright
3	5.0	Bright
4	5.0	Bright
5	5.0	Bright
6	5.0	Bright
7	5.0	Bright
8	5.0	Bright
9	5.0	Bright
10	5.0	Bright
11	5.0	Bright
12	5.0	Bright
13	5.0	Bright
14	5.0	Bright
15	5.0	Bright
16	4.9	Bright
17	4.9	Bright
18	4.9	Bright
19	4.9	Bright
20	4.9	Bright
21	4.9	Bright
22	4.9	Bright
23	4.9	Bright
24	5.0	Bright
25	5.0	Bright
26	5.0	Bright
27	5.0	Bright
28	5.0	Bright
29	5.1	Bright
30	5.1	Bright

Planning a trip in June

Hazard calendar for Gitega

In seasonPeak

None of Gitega's seasonal hazards are active in June. The full-year calendar below shows when the rainy season, cyclone risk and dust haze do peak.

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

Rainy season

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Mar

Apr

May

Jun

Jul

Aug

Sep

Oct

Nov

Dec

Is June a good time to visit Gitega?

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

8.3

Sightseeing

2nd-best month of the year

7.2

Beach & pool

4th-best month of the year

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

What to pack for Gitega in June

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

In June, Gitega sees daytime highs around 24°C and nights near 15°C. Worth packing: light clothes and sun protection.

light clothessun protection

UV index in Gitega in June

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in June 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 Gitega peaks around March 15 at about 16 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near August 13 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)	11	16	16	15	12	10	11	10	14	14	13	12
Level	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Very high	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme

	UV index (midday)	Level
Jan	11	Extreme
Feb	16	Extreme
Mar	16	Extreme
Apr	15	Extreme
May	12	Extreme
Jun	10	Extreme
Jul	11	Extreme
Aug	10	Very high
Sep	14	Extreme
Oct	14	Extreme
Nov	13	Extreme
Dec	12	Extreme

Air quality in Gitega in June

GoodModeratePoorUnhealthyVery unhealthy

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

Air quality in Gitega is worst in August — around 48 µg/m³ PM2.5 (poor), about 1.9× the cleanest month (April, 26 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)	33	33	29	26	31	40	44	48	47	35	30	29
Level	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Poor	Poor	Poor	Poor	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate

	PM2.5 (µg/m³)	Level
Jan	33	Moderate
Feb	33	Moderate
Mar	29	Moderate
Apr	26	Moderate
May	31	Moderate
Jun	40	Poor
Jul	44	Poor
Aug	48	Poor
Sep	47	Poor
Oct	35	Moderate
Nov	30	Moderate
Dec	29	Moderate

Location & terrain

Where is Gitega?

Gitega sits at 3.4°S, 29.9°E, 1,684 m above sea level, in Burundi. The nearest listed city is Zanandore, 28 km away.

Topography around Gitega

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Gitega has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 199 m around an average of 1,662 m above sea level; within 16 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 641 m; within 80 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,908 m.

The land around Gitega is covered by cropland (32%), artificial surfaces (29%) and trees (23%) within 3 km, cropland (40%) and grassland (29%) within 16 km, and grassland (38%), cropland (31%) and trees (20%) within 80 km.

3 km

199 m

cropland 32%

16 km

641 m

cropland 40%

80 km

1,908 m

grassland 38%

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← May Gitega year-round climate July →Best places to visit in June

June weather nearby: Zanandore 28 km · Karusi 45 km · Ngozi 59 km · Bujumbura 63 km · Mpanda 65 km · Kayanza 65 km · Bubanza 71 km · Gatumba 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 Gitega (-3.4271°, 29.9246°, elevation 1,684 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	24	15
2	24	15
3	24	15
4	24	15
5	24	15
6	24	15
7	24	15
8	24	15
9	24	15
10	24	15
11	24	15
12	24	15
13	24	15
14	24	15
15	24	15
16	24	15
17	24	15
18	24	15
19	24	15
20	24	15
21	24	15
22	24	15
23	24	15
24	24	15
25	24	15
26	24	15
27	24	15
28	24	15
29	24	15
30	24	15

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	52	48
2	52	48
3	53	47
4	53	47
5	53	47
6	53	47
7	52	48
8	52	48
9	51	49
10	50	50
11	49	51
12	48	52
13	47	53
14	46	54
15	44	56
16	44	56
17	43	57
18	43	57
19	43	57
20	43	57
21	43	57
22	43	57
23	44	56
24	45	55
25	46	54
26	48	52
27	49	51
28	50	50
29	51	49
30	52	48

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

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)
1	52	46	2
2	55	43	2
3	57	41	2
4	60	39	1
5	62	37	1
6	64	35	1
7	66	33	1
8	68	31	1
9	71	29	0
10	72	28	0
11	74	26	0
12	76	24	0
13	78	22	0
14	79	21	0
15	81	19	0
16	82	18	0
17	83	17	0
18	84	16	0
19	85	15	0
20	86	14	0
21	87	13	0
22	88	12	0
23	89	11	0
24	89	11	0
25	90	10	0
26	91	9	0
27	92	8	0
28	93	7	0
29	93	7	0
30	94	6	0

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	52	48
2	52	48
3	53	47
4	53	47
5	53	47
6	53	47
7	52	48
8	52	48
9	51	49
10	50	50
11	49	51
12	48	52
13	47	53
14	46	54
15	44	56
16	44	56
17	43	57
18	43	57
19	43	57
20	43	57
21	43	57
22	43	57
23	44	56
24	45	55
25	46	54
26	48	52
27	49	51
28	50	50
29	51	49
30	52	48

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

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)
1	52	46	2
2	55	43	2
3	57	41	2
4	60	39	1
5	62	37	1
6	64	35	1
7	66	33	1
8	68	31	1
9	71	29	0
10	72	28	0
11	74	26	0
12	76	24	0
13	78	22	0
14	79	21	0
15	81	19	0
16	82	18	0
17	83	17	0
18	84	16	0
19	85	15	0
20	86	14	0
21	87	13	0
22	88	12	0
23	89	11	0
24	89	11	0
25	90	10	0
26	91	9	0
27	92	8	0
28	93	7	0
29	93	7	0
30	94	6	0

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	52	48
2	52	48
3	53	47
4	53	47
5	53	47
6	53	47
7	52	48
8	52	48
9	51	49
10	50	50
11	49	51
12	48	52
13	47	53
14	46	54
15	44	56
16	44	56
17	43	57
18	43	57
19	43	57
20	43	57
21	43	57
22	43	57
23	44	56
24	45	55
25	46	54
26	48	52
27	49	51
28	50	50
29	51	49
30	52	48

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

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)
1	52	46	2
2	55	43	2
3	57	41	2
4	60	39	1
5	62	37	1
6	64	35	1
7	66	33	1
8	68	31	1
9	71	29	0
10	72	28	0
11	74	26	0
12	76	24	0
13	78	22	0
14	79	21	0
15	81	19	0
16	82	18	0
17	83	17	0
18	84	16	0
19	85	15	0
20	86	14	0
21	87	13	0
22	88	12	0
23	89	11	0
24	89	11	0
25	90	10	0
26	91	9	0
27	92	8	0
28	93	7	0
29	93	7	0
30	94	6	0