Ngozi weather in October

In October, Ngozi sees average daytime highs of 24°C and overnight lows near 16°C, with 114 mm of rain across 19.4 wet days and about 12.1 hours of daylight. It is the 4th-warmest and 6th-wettest month of the year here.

Highs ease over the month, from about 25°C in the first days to 24°C by the end. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 6% of the time in October, and the air most often feels comfortable.

Daylight stretches from about 12 hours at the start of October to 12 h 06 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, October is Ngozi's 8th-clearest and 4th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Ngozi's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 24°; 4th warmest
Overnight low: 16°; 10th coldest
Rainfall: 114 mm; 19.4 wet days
Daylight: 12 h 06 min; 5:44 AM – 5:48 PM
Cloud cover: 80%; 8th clearest
Wind: 6 km/h; 4th windiest
Solar energy: 5.17 kWh/m²
Travel score: 5.2; out of 10

Ngozi is Province of Burundi.

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

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Temperature in October

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Highs ease over the month, from about 25°C in the first days to 24°C by the end.

A typical October day in Ngozi reaches about 24°C in the afternoon and slips back to 16°C overnight — a 9°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 22°C and 27°C. Set against its neighbours, October runs about 1°C cooler than September and about 1°C warmer than November.

	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)	25	25	25	25	25	25	25	25	25	25	25	25	25	25	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24
Avg low (°C)	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	25	16
2	25	16
3	25	16
4	25	16
5	25	16
6	25	16
7	25	16
8	25	16
9	25	16
10	25	16
11	25	16
12	25	16
13	25	16
14	25	16
15	24	16
16	24	16
17	24	16
18	24	16
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
31	24	15

Ngozi weather by month

How October compares with the rest of the year at a glance. October is the 4th-warmest and 6th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

Month	High / Low (°C)	Rainfall (mm)	Wet days	Daylight (hours)	Travel score
Jan	24° / 15°	115	19.2	12.1	5.3
Feb	24° / 15°	108	17.8	12.1	5.2
Mar	24° / 15°	141	24.4	12	4.5
Apr	23° / 15°	135	25.4	11.9	4.1
May	23° / 15°	60	14.6	11.9	6.0
Jun	24° / 14°	16	5.1	11.8	7.6
Jul	25° / 15°	7	2.2	11.8	8.1
Aug	25° / 16°	20	4.8	11.9	7.4
Sep	26° / 16°	46	9.1	12	6.6
Oct	24° / 16°	114	19.4	12.1	5.2
Nov	23° / 15°	145	25.5	12.1	4.1
Dec	23° / 15°	127	21.5	12.2	4.9

Cloud cover in October

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 6% of the time in October.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 9% of October, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 85%. 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	31
Clearer (%)	27	27	26	24	23	22	21	20	18	16	16	14	13	13	12	11	11	10	10	10	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	10	10
Cloudier (%)	73	73	74	76	77	78	79	80	82	84	84	86	87	87	88	89	89	90	90	90	89	89	89	89	89	89	89	89	89	90	90

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	27	73
2	27	73
3	26	74
4	24	76
5	23	77
6	22	78
7	21	79
8	20	80
9	18	82
10	16	84
11	16	84
12	14	86
13	13	87
14	13	87
15	12	88
16	11	89
17	11	89
18	10	90
19	10	90
20	10	90
21	11	89
22	11	89
23	11	89
24	11	89
25	11	89
26	11	89
27	11	89
28	11	89
29	11	89
30	10	90
31	10	90

Chance of precipitation in October

Any precipitation

Ngozi gets around 114 mm of rain over 19.4 wet days in October. The line is the day-by-day chance of measurable precipitation.

Day to day, the chance of measurable rain averages around 62% and peaks near 80% on the wettest days. The odds climb toward the end of the month.

	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 (%)	44	45	47	48	49	51	52	53	54	55	55	56	57	58	59	61	62	63	65	66	67	69	70	71	72	74	75	76	77	79	80

	Rain chance (%)
1	44
2	45
3	47
4	48
5	49
6	51
7	52
8	53
9	54
10	55
11	55
12	56
13	57
14	58
15	59
16	61
17	62
18	63
19	65
20	66
21	67
22	69
23	70
24	71
25	72
26	74
27	75
28	76
29	77
30	79
31	80

Humidity in October

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

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

By dew point, October lands in the comfortable band about 60% 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 (%)	60	59	56	54	53	51	49	48	46	45	43	42	40	39	37	36	34	33	31	30	29	27	26	25	23	22	21	19	18	16	15
Comfortable (%)	38	39	41	43	44	46	47	49	51	52	54	55	57	58	60	61	63	64	65	66	67	69	70	71	72	73	74	76	77	78	79
Humid (%)	2	2	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	5	5	5	5	5	6	6

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)
1	60	38	2
2	59	39	2
3	56	41	3
4	54	43	3
5	53	44	3
6	51	46	3
7	49	47	3
8	48	49	3
9	46	51	3
10	45	52	3
11	43	54	3
12	42	55	3
13	40	57	3
14	39	58	3
15	37	60	3
16	36	61	3
17	34	63	3
18	33	64	3
19	31	65	4
20	30	66	4
21	29	67	4
22	27	69	4
23	26	70	4
24	25	71	4
25	23	72	5
26	22	73	5
27	21	74	5
28	19	76	5
29	18	77	5
30	16	78	6
31	15	79	6

Wind in October

Winds average 6 km/h in October.

Across October, daily wind ranges from about 6 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	31
Wind speed (km/h)	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6
Feels	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm

	Wind speed (km/h)	Feels
1	7	calm
2	7	calm
3	7	calm
4	7	calm
5	7	calm
6	7	calm
7	7	calm
8	7	calm
9	7	calm
10	7	calm
11	7	calm
12	6	calm
13	6	calm
14	6	calm
15	6	calm
16	6	calm
17	6	calm
18	6	calm
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29	6	calm
30	6	calm
31	6	calm

Sunrise & sunset in October

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 12 hours at the start of October to 12 h 06 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days grow by about 6 minutes over October. Sunrise moves from 5:49 AM to 5:41 AM, and sunset from 5:50 PM to 5:47 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)	12.0	12.0	12.0	12.0	12.0	12.0	12.0	12.0	12.0	12.0	12.1	12.1	12.1	12.1	12.1	12.1	12.1	12.1	12.1	12.1	12.1	12.1	12.1	12.1	12.1	12.1	12.1	12.1	12.1	12.1	12.1
Sunrise (AM)	5:49	5:49	5:48	5:48	5:47	5:47	5:47	5:46	5:46	5:46	5:45	5:45	5:45	5:44	5:44	5:44	5:44	5:43	5:43	5:43	5:43	5:42	5:42	5:42	5:42	5:42	5:42	5:41	5:41	5:41	5:41
Sunset (PM)	5:50	5:50	5:50	5:50	5:50	5:49	5:49	5:49	5:49	5:49	5:48	5:48	5:48	5:48	5:48	5:48	5:48	5:47	5:47	5:47	5:47	5:47	5:47	5:47	5:47	5:47	5:47	5:47	5:47	5:47	5:47

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	12.0	5:49	5:50
2	12.0	5:49	5:50
3	12.0	5:48	5:50
4	12.0	5:48	5:50
5	12.0	5:47	5:50
6	12.0	5:47	5:49
7	12.0	5:47	5:49
8	12.0	5:46	5:49
9	12.0	5:46	5:49
10	12.0	5:46	5:49
11	12.1	5:45	5:48
12	12.1	5:45	5:48
13	12.1	5:45	5:48
14	12.1	5:44	5:48
15	12.1	5:44	5:48
16	12.1	5:44	5:48
17	12.1	5:44	5:48
18	12.1	5:43	5:47
19	12.1	5:43	5:47
20	12.1	5:43	5:47
21	12.1	5:43	5:47
22	12.1	5:42	5:47
23	12.1	5:42	5:47
24	12.1	5:42	5:47
25	12.1	5:42	5:47
26	12.1	5:42	5:47
27	12.1	5:42	5:47
28	12.1	5:41	5:47
29	12.1	5:41	5:47
30	12.1	5:41	5:47
31	12.1	5:41	5:47

Solar energy in October

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in October, about 5.17 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 4.57 kWh/m² to a high of 5.61 kWh/m² in February across the year — October's 5.17 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	31
Solar energy (kWh/m²)	5.5	5.5	5.5	5.4	5.4	5.4	5.4	5.3	5.3	5.3	5.3	5.3	5.2	5.2	5.2	5.2	5.2	5.2	5.1	5.1	5.1	5.1	5.1	5.0	5.0	5.0	5.0	5.0	4.9	4.9	4.9
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	5.5	Bright
2	5.5	Bright
3	5.5	Bright
4	5.4	Bright
5	5.4	Bright
6	5.4	Bright
7	5.4	Bright
8	5.3	Bright
9	5.3	Bright
10	5.3	Bright
11	5.3	Bright
12	5.3	Bright
13	5.2	Bright
14	5.2	Bright
15	5.2	Bright
16	5.2	Bright
17	5.2	Bright
18	5.2	Bright
19	5.1	Bright
20	5.1	Bright
21	5.1	Bright
22	5.1	Bright
23	5.1	Bright
24	5.0	Bright
25	5.0	Bright
26	5.0	Bright
27	5.0	Bright
28	5.0	Bright
29	4.9	Bright
30	4.9	Bright
31	4.9	Bright

Planning a trip in October

Is October a good time to visit Ngozi?

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

5.2

Sightseeing

7th-best month of the year

4.6

Beach & pool

6th-best month of the year

October is a reasonable time to visit Ngozi for sightseeing.

What to pack for Ngozi in October

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

In October, Ngozi sees daytime highs around 24°C and nights near 16°C. Pack rain gear. Worth having: light clothes and sun protection. About 19 days see rain.

rain gearlight clothessun protection

UV index in Ngozi in October

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in October 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 Ngozi peaks around March 18 at about 16 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near June 19 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	15	16	15	12	10	11	11	14	14	13	12
Level	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme

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

Air quality in Ngozi in October

GoodModeratePoorUnhealthyVery unhealthy

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

Air quality in Ngozi is worst in August — around 68 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)	60	59	55	51	55	65	64	68	66	57	55	57
Level	Unhealthy	Unhealthy	Poor	Poor	Unhealthy	Unhealthy	Unhealthy	Unhealthy	Unhealthy	Unhealthy	Poor	Unhealthy

	PM2.5 (µg/m³)	Level
Jan	60	Unhealthy
Feb	59	Unhealthy
Mar	55	Poor
Apr	51	Poor
May	55	Unhealthy
Jun	65	Unhealthy
Jul	64	Unhealthy
Aug	68	Unhealthy
Sep	66	Unhealthy
Oct	57	Unhealthy
Nov	55	Poor
Dec	57	Unhealthy

Location & terrain

Where is Ngozi?

Ngozi sits at 2.9°S, 29.8°E, 1,824 m above sea level, in Burundi. The nearest listed city is Kayanza, 22 km away.

Topography around Ngozi

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Ngozi has significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 289 m around an average of 1,688 m above sea level; within 16 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 662 m; within 80 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 2,130 m.

The land around Ngozi is covered by cropland (34%) and trees (24%) within 3 km, cropland (33%), trees (31%) and grassland (22%) within 16 km, and grassland (33%), cropland (32%) and trees (25%) within 80 km.

3 km

289 m

cropland 34%

16 km

662 m

cropland 33%

80 km

2,130 m

grassland 33%

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← September Ngozi year-round climate November →Best places to visit in October

October weather nearby: Kayanza 22 km · Butare 36 km · Karusi 43 km · Kirundo 46 km · Zanandore 50 km · Bubanza 52 km · Mpanda 56 km · Nzega 57 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 Ngozi (-2.9075°, 29.8306°, elevation 1,824 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	25	16
2	25	16
3	25	16
4	25	16
5	25	16
6	25	16
7	25	16
8	25	16
9	25	16
10	25	16
11	25	16
12	25	16
13	25	16
14	25	16
15	24	16
16	24	16
17	24	16
18	24	16
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
31	24	15

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	27	73
2	27	73
3	26	74
4	24	76
5	23	77
6	22	78
7	21	79
8	20	80
9	18	82
10	16	84
11	16	84
12	14	86
13	13	87
14	13	87
15	12	88
16	11	89
17	11	89
18	10	90
19	10	90
20	10	90
21	11	89
22	11	89
23	11	89
24	11	89
25	11	89
26	11	89
27	11	89
28	11	89
29	11	89
30	10	90
31	10	90

	Rain chance (%)
1	44
2	45
3	47
4	48
5	49
6	51
7	52
8	53
9	54
10	55
11	55
12	56
13	57
14	58
15	59
16	61
17	62
18	63
19	65
20	66
21	67
22	69
23	70
24	71
25	72
26	74
27	75
28	76
29	77
30	79
31	80

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)
1	60	38	2
2	59	39	2
3	56	41	3
4	54	43	3
5	53	44	3
6	51	46	3
7	49	47	3
8	48	49	3
9	46	51	3
10	45	52	3
11	43	54	3
12	42	55	3
13	40	57	3
14	39	58	3
15	37	60	3
16	36	61	3
17	34	63	3
18	33	64	3
19	31	65	4
20	30	66	4
21	29	67	4
22	27	69	4
23	26	70	4
24	25	71	4
25	23	72	5
26	22	73	5
27	21	74	5
28	19	76	5
29	18	77	5
30	16	78	6
31	15	79	6

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	25	16
2	25	16
3	25	16
4	25	16
5	25	16
6	25	16
7	25	16
8	25	16
9	25	16
10	25	16
11	25	16
12	25	16
13	25	16
14	25	16
15	24	16
16	24	16
17	24	16
18	24	16
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
31	24	15

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	27	73
2	27	73
3	26	74
4	24	76
5	23	77
6	22	78
7	21	79
8	20	80
9	18	82
10	16	84
11	16	84
12	14	86
13	13	87
14	13	87
15	12	88
16	11	89
17	11	89
18	10	90
19	10	90
20	10	90
21	11	89
22	11	89
23	11	89
24	11	89
25	11	89
26	11	89
27	11	89
28	11	89
29	11	89
30	10	90
31	10	90

	Rain chance (%)
1	44
2	45
3	47
4	48
5	49
6	51
7	52
8	53
9	54
10	55
11	55
12	56
13	57
14	58
15	59
16	61
17	62
18	63
19	65
20	66
21	67
22	69
23	70
24	71
25	72
26	74
27	75
28	76
29	77
30	79
31	80

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)
1	60	38	2
2	59	39	2
3	56	41	3
4	54	43	3
5	53	44	3
6	51	46	3
7	49	47	3
8	48	49	3
9	46	51	3
10	45	52	3
11	43	54	3
12	42	55	3
13	40	57	3
14	39	58	3
15	37	60	3
16	36	61	3
17	34	63	3
18	33	64	3
19	31	65	4
20	30	66	4
21	29	67	4
22	27	69	4
23	26	70	4
24	25	71	4
25	23	72	5
26	22	73	5
27	21	74	5
28	19	76	5
29	18	77	5
30	16	78	6
31	15	79	6

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	25	16
2	25	16
3	25	16
4	25	16
5	25	16
6	25	16
7	25	16
8	25	16
9	25	16
10	25	16
11	25	16
12	25	16
13	25	16
14	25	16
15	24	16
16	24	16
17	24	16
18	24	16
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
31	24	15

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	27	73
2	27	73
3	26	74
4	24	76
5	23	77
6	22	78
7	21	79
8	20	80
9	18	82
10	16	84
11	16	84
12	14	86
13	13	87
14	13	87
15	12	88
16	11	89
17	11	89
18	10	90
19	10	90
20	10	90
21	11	89
22	11	89
23	11	89
24	11	89
25	11	89
26	11	89
27	11	89
28	11	89
29	11	89
30	10	90
31	10	90

	Rain chance (%)
1	44
2	45
3	47
4	48
5	49
6	51
7	52
8	53
9	54
10	55
11	55
12	56
13	57
14	58
15	59
16	61
17	62
18	63
19	65
20	66
21	67
22	69
23	70
24	71
25	72
26	74
27	75
28	76
29	77
30	79
31	80

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)
1	60	38	2
2	59	39	2
3	56	41	3
4	54	43	3
5	53	44	3
6	51	46	3
7	49	47	3
8	48	49	3
9	46	51	3
10	45	52	3
11	43	54	3
12	42	55	3
13	40	57	3
14	39	58	3
15	37	60	3
16	36	61	3
17	34	63	3
18	33	64	3
19	31	65	4
20	30	66	4
21	29	67	4
22	27	69	4
23	26	70	4
24	25	71	4
25	23	72	5
26	22	73	5
27	21	74	5
28	19	76	5
29	18	77	5
30	16	78	6
31	15	79	6