Cendajuru climate — normals and trends
Cendajuru (Burundi) has a tropical savanna climate (Aw) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 19.8 °C and it receives 1,609 mm of precipitation per year.
These figures are normals computed over 86 complete calendar years, from 1940 to 2025, using ERA5 reanalysis data from the Copernicus programme.
The warmest month is September (21.4 °C on average) and the coldest is December (19.1 °C). Rainfall peaks in December.
Cendajuru averages 0 frost days, 3 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 192 rainy days per year.
Cendajuru has warmed by +1.6 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.18 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The hottest day of the period reached 33.1 °C (on 25 September 1997) and the coldest 9.9 °C (on 6 July 1953).
Data from ERA5 reanalysis (Copernicus Climate Change Service), redistributed under a CC-BY 4.0 licence. Normals are recomputed whenever the archive is updated.
Climate normals · ERA5
CendajuruCankuzo Province
- coords
- -3.29°, 30.60°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
19.8°C
Average daily high
25.3°C
Average daily low
15.2°C
Annual rainfall
1,609mm
Sunshine / day
10.5h
Mean relative humidity
72%
Average peak wind
10.7km/h
Seasonal range
2.3°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
0 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
3 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
192 d/yr
Annual snowfall
0.0 cm
Average feels-like high
27.0 °C
Average feels-like low
15.4 °C
Average peak gust
30.7 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
0 d/yr
Solar radiation
19.6 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+1.6 °C
since 1940
+0.2 °C per decade · r² = 0.61 · p = < 0.001
Trend fitted by linear regression (ordinary least squares) on annual means. A trend is shown only when it is statistically significant (p < 0.05).
A climograph overlays rainfall (bars) and temperature (line): the standard reading in climatology, where you can see at a glance whether the warm season is also the dry one.
Records for the period
Hottest day
33.1 °C
25 September 1997
Coldest day
9.9 °C
6 July 1953
Wettest day
69 mm
3 November 2023
Windiest day
21.0 km/h
8 August 1950
Strongest gust
55.1 km/h
23 October 2018
Hottest feels-like
34.6 °C
25 February 1973
Coldest feels-like
6.1 °C
12 July 1944
Sunniest day
12.0 h
2 January 1940
Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.
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Across the whole year
Month by month
| High | vs. normal | Precipitation | vs. normal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 25.7 °C | +1.0 °C | 162 mm | -54 mm |
| Feb | 26.7 °C | +1.6 °C | 75 mm | -119 mm |
| Mar | 26.2 °C | +1.3 °C | 222 mm | -3 mm |
| Apr | 25.6 °C | +1.4 °C | 270 mm | +38 mm |
| May | 24.6 °C | +0.4 °C | 102 mm | -4 mm |
| Jun | 25.5 °C | +0.5 °C | 6 mm | -3 mm |
| Jul | 26.1 °C | +0.3 °C | 2 mm | -0 mm |
| Aug | 26.7 °C | -0.2 °C | 6 mm | -4 mm |
| Sep | 28.7 °C | +1.3 °C | 8 mm | -32 mm |
| Oct | 26.6 °C | +0.2 °C | 114 mm | -3 mm |
| Nov | 25.8 °C | +1.3 °C | 67 mm | -155 mm |
| Dec | 24.9 °C | +0.6 °C | 177 mm | -61 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Cendajuru?
Cendajuru has a tropical savanna climate (Köppen Aw). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 19.8 °C and it receives 1,609 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Cendajuru?
The hottest day measured in Cendajuru between 1940 and 2025 was 25 September 1997, reaching 33.1 °C.
What is the coldest day in Cendajuru?
The coldest day measured in Cendajuru between 1940 and 2025 was 6 July 1953, at 9.9 °C.
Does it snow in Cendajuru?
Almost never: Cendajuru sees virtually no snow, with about 0 frost days per year.
Has the climate of Cendajuru warmed?
Yes: Cendajuru warmed by +1.6 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Cendajuru?
The wettest day measured in Cendajuru between 1940 and 2025 was 3 November 2023, with 69 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Cendajuru?
The windiest day measured in Cendajuru between 1940 and 2025 was 8 August 1950, with winds reaching 21.0 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Cendajuru?
The warmest month in Cendajuru is September (21.4 °C on average); the coldest is December (19.1 °C).
How much does it rain in Cendajuru?
Cendajuru receives on average 1,609 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 192 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Cendajuru?
Cendajuru gets on average 10.5 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,833 hours per year over 1940-2025.
Are there tropical nights in Cendajuru?
Almost never: tropical nights (temperature staying above 20 °C) are virtually non-existent in Cendajuru.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Cendajuru?
In Cendajuru, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 34.6 °C on 25 February 1973, and the lowest was 6.1 °C on 12 July 1944.
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