Kirundo climate — normals and trends

Q: What is the climate of Kirundo?

Kirundo has a tropical savanna climate (Köppen Aw). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 20.6 °C and it receives 1,188 mm of precipitation per year.

Q: What is the hottest day ever recorded in Kirundo?

The hottest day measured in Kirundo between 1940 and 2025 was 25 September 1997, reaching 34.0 °C.

Q: What is the coldest day in Kirundo?

The coldest day measured in Kirundo between 1940 and 2025 was 31 July 1960, at 10.3 °C.

Q: Does it snow in Kirundo?

Almost never: Kirundo sees virtually no snow, with about 0 frost days per year.

Q: Has the climate of Kirundo warmed?

Yes: Kirundo warmed by +1.5 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.

Q: What is the wettest day in Kirundo?

The wettest day measured in Kirundo between 1940 and 2025 was 8 April 1987, with 96 mm of rain in 24 hours.

Q: What was the windiest day in Kirundo?

The windiest day measured in Kirundo between 1940 and 2025 was 8 September 1948, with winds reaching 21.6 km/h.

Q: What is the warmest month in Kirundo?

The warmest month in Kirundo is August (22.0 °C on average); the coldest is November (19.8 °C).

Q: How much does it rain in Kirundo?

Kirundo receives on average 1,188 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 189 rainy days.

Q: Is it sunny in Kirundo?

Kirundo gets on average 10.5 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,833 hours per year over 1940-2025.

Kirundo (Burundi) has a tropical savanna climate (Aw) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 20.6 °C and it receives 1,188 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 August (22.0 °C on average) and the coldest is November (19.8 °C). Rainfall peaks in April.

Kirundo averages 0 frost days, 5 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 189 rainy days per year.

Kirundo has warmed by +1.5 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.18 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.

The hottest day of the period reached 34.0 °C (on 25 September 1997) and the coldest 10.3 °C (on 31 July 1960).

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

KirundoKirundo Province

coords: -2.58°, 30.10°
period: 1940–2025 · 86 yrs

AwTropical savannaWarmest monthAugustColdest monthNovemberWettest monthAprilDriest monthJuly

Mean daily temperature

20.6°C

Average daily high

25.8°C

Average daily low

16.2°C

Annual rainfall

1,188mm

Sunshine / day

10.5h

Mean relative humidity

71%

Average peak wind

10.4km/h

Seasonal range

2.2°C

Frost days (< 0 °C)

0 d/yr

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

5 d/yr

Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)

189 d/yr

Annual snowfall

0.0 cm

Average feels-like high

27.3 °C

Average feels-like low

16.9 °C

Average peak gust

28.4 km/h

Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)

1 d/yr

Solar radiation

19.1 MJ/m²

Has the climate changed?

One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025

+1.5 °C

since 1940

+0.2 °C per decade · r² = 0.52 · p = < 0.001

19402025

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

34.0 °C

25 September 1997

Coldest day

10.3 °C

31 July 1960

Wettest day

96 mm

8 April 1987

Windiest day

21.6 km/h

8 September 1948

Strongest gust

45.7 km/h

20 August 1967

Hottest feels-like

33.9 °C

18 March 2024

Coldest feels-like

7.7 °C

12 July 1944

Sunniest day

12.0 h

2 January 1940

Year	Hottest day	Coldest day	Annual mean	Rainfall	Hot days
2025	31.0 °C26 February 2025	13.7 °C16 June 2025	21.8 °C	934 mm	13
2024	32.6 °C16 September 2024	13.1 °C26 June 2024	22.5 °C	1,064 mm	40
2023	32.7 °C21 August 2023	13.9 °C5 July 2023	21.9 °C	1,269 mm	25
2022	31.0 °C14 October 2022	13.1 °C23 June 2022	21.5 °C	1,213 mm	7
2021	33.8 °C29 August 2021	14.4 °C12 June 2021	21.7 °C	1,007 mm	10
2020	32.6 °C17 August 2020	13.6 °C24 May 2020	22.0 °C	1,020 mm	21
2019	31.2 °C31 August 2019	14.8 °C15 March 2019	21.6 °C	1,045 mm	5
2018	31.8 °C27 September 2018	12.7 °C9 July 2018	21.1 °C	1,179 mm	5
2017	31.5 °C21 July 2017	14.3 °C21 May 2017	21.5 °C	960 mm	6
2016	32.2 °C5 September 2016	13.1 °C1 July 2016	21.8 °C	905 mm	21
2015	31.8 °C20 August 2015	11.5 °C13 July 2015	21.4 °C	1,032 mm	12
2014	30.5 °C8 July 2014	13.9 °C25 May 2014	21.2 °C	929 mm	2
2013	31.3 °C14 August 2013	13.7 °C9 June 2013	21.2 °C	1,048 mm	10
2012	30.9 °C9 February 2012	13.4 °C21 June 2012	20.8 °C	1,147 mm	9
2011	30.0 °C10 February 2011	13.6 °C5 June 2011	20.7 °C	1,252 mm	1
2010	32.0 °C23 August 2010	13.5 °C31 May 2010	21.5 °C	1,030 mm	17
2009	31.4 °C13 August 2009	12.4 °C20 July 2009	21.0 °C	1,080 mm	7
2008	30.5 °C16 September 2008	10.5 °C9 July 2008	20.7 °C	862 mm	6
2007	30.5 °C24 September 2007	12.9 °C20 June 2007	20.8 °C	881 mm	3
2006	31.7 °C9 February 2006	12.4 °C17 June 2006	21.0 °C	1,152 mm	12
2005	32.3 °C23 February 2005	12.4 °C14 July 2005	21.3 °C	883 mm	9
2004	30.2 °C28 January 2004	12.4 °C14 June 2004	21.2 °C	897 mm	4
2003	30.7 °C15 August 2003	13.6 °C9 July 2003	21.1 °C	729 mm	4
2002	31.5 °C29 September 2002	13.8 °C5 June 2002	20.8 °C	1,032 mm	11
2001	29.5 °C3 September 2001	12.6 °C3 August 2001	20.3 °C	1,091 mm	0
2000	31.5 °C5 September 2000	13.6 °C15 June 2000	20.8 °C	668 mm	11
1999	29.9 °C20 February 1999	12.6 °C8 July 1999	20.3 °C	837 mm	0
1998	30.1 °C15 September 1998	14.1 °C25 July 1998	21.1 °C	1,023 mm	1
1997	34.0 °C25 September 1997	13.2 °C15 July 1997	20.9 °C	1,220 mm	20
1996	29.9 °C4 August 1996	13.0 °C26 July 1996	20.5 °C	1,039 mm	0
1995	31.0 °C7 September 1995	13.5 °C25 August 1995	20.7 °C	959 mm	3
1994	29.9 °C2 September 1994	12.0 °C3 June 1994	20.5 °C	1,171 mm	0
1993	31.1 °C13 October 1993	14.1 °C29 June 1993	20.9 °C	1,000 mm	8
1992	29.8 °C25 August 1992	12.5 °C19 July 1992	20.6 °C	1,107 mm	0
1991	30.1 °C21 September 1991	11.7 °C21 July 1991	20.5 °C	1,318 mm	1
1990	29.3 °C19 August 1990	12.6 °C27 July 1990	20.7 °C	1,279 mm	0
1989	30.2 °C27 August 1989	12.0 °C18 February 1989	20.3 °C	1,194 mm	1
1988	29.2 °C2 March 1988	12.3 °C7 July 1988	20.7 °C	1,261 mm	0
1987	30.6 °C6 August 1987	13.2 °C22 June 1987	21.1 °C	1,456 mm	4
1986	30.6 °C1 September 1986	12.7 °C30 June 1986	20.5 °C	1,485 mm	3
1985	28.8 °C27 July 1985	12.9 °C5 July 1985	20.2 °C	1,419 mm	0
1984	28.7 °C26 September 1984	13.0 °C9 January 1984	20.2 °C	1,077 mm	0
1983	30.6 °C10 February 1983	13.9 °C10 December 1983	20.9 °C	1,093 mm	1
1982	31.0 °C2 September 1982	13.6 °C2 July 1982	20.6 °C	1,215 mm	5
1981	29.7 °C2 August 1981	12.4 °C11 June 1981	20.3 °C	1,317 mm	0
1980	31.1 °C4 September 1980	13.6 °C28 November 1980	20.5 °C	1,189 mm	1
1979	31.2 °C2 October 1979	12.5 °C19 June 1979	20.4 °C	1,271 mm	7
1978	29.9 °C3 September 1978	12.8 °C20 July 1978	20.2 °C	1,450 mm	0
1977	30.2 °C21 August 1977	12.0 °C20 June 1977	20.3 °C	1,544 mm	1
1976	29.8 °C13 September 1976	11.6 °C25 June 1976	19.7 °C	1,384 mm	0
1975	29.0 °C22 February 1975	10.7 °C30 July 1975	19.5 °C	1,609 mm	0
1974	30.2 °C22 August 1974	12.2 °C27 July 1974	19.7 °C	1,221 mm	2
1973	31.8 °C29 August 1973	10.6 °C29 June 1973	20.1 °C	1,217 mm	3
1972	29.7 °C29 July 1972	10.9 °C1 July 1972	19.5 °C	1,911 mm	0
1971	29.8 °C4 March 1971	12.1 °C9 June 1971	19.7 °C	1,457 mm	0
1970	30.3 °C3 September 1970	11.7 °C20 June 1970	20.2 °C	1,370 mm	2
1969	30.7 °C24 August 1969	12.1 °C23 June 1969	20.3 °C	1,312 mm	1
1968	29.8 °C25 August 1968	11.2 °C30 June 1968	19.9 °C	1,566 mm	0
1967	31.0 °C4 September 1967	11.9 °C19 June 1967	20.2 °C	1,334 mm	3
1966	30.9 °C20 August 1966	11.8 °C28 June 1966	20.0 °C	1,268 mm	1
1965	30.2 °C23 August 1965	10.6 °C14 June 1965	20.0 °C	1,271 mm	1
1964	29.2 °C11 March 1964	12.2 °C10 December 1964	19.7 °C	1,247 mm	0
1963	30.2 °C8 September 1963	13.0 °C17 June 1963	19.9 °C	1,546 mm	1
1962	28.2 °C30 July 1962	12.4 °C28 June 1962	19.5 °C	1,526 mm	0
1961	29.8 °C2 September 1961	11.5 °C17 June 1961	19.9 °C	1,481 mm	0
1960	29.2 °C1 September 1960	10.3 °C31 July 1960	20.2 °C	1,290 mm	0
1959	28.6 °C17 March 1959	12.6 °C6 June 1959	20.4 °C	1,553 mm	0
1958	31.7 °C11 September 1958	12.8 °C25 February 1958	20.8 °C	1,172 mm	3
1957	31.0 °C16 September 1957	12.2 °C6 July 1957	20.4 °C	1,636 mm	6
1956	28.6 °C21 September 1956	12.7 °C7 June 1956	19.6 °C	1,285 mm	0
1955	29.8 °C21 August 1955	11.9 °C14 June 1955	19.9 °C	1,246 mm	0
1954	30.4 °C7 September 1954	12.5 °C12 June 1954	20.3 °C	1,073 mm	1
1953	31.2 °C11 September 1953	11.2 °C6 July 1953	19.8 °C	1,937 mm	4
1952	31.1 °C30 August 1952	12.2 °C3 July 1952	20.2 °C	1,377 mm	1
1951	30.3 °C11 August 1951	12.2 °C4 July 1951	20.0 °C	1,652 mm	2
1950	30.7 °C15 September 1950	10.7 °C3 June 1950	19.9 °C	1,221 mm	2
1949	31.7 °C23 August 1949	12.4 °C24 May 1949	20.5 °C	1,087 mm	13
1948	29.9 °C3 August 1948	12.8 °C24 May 1948	20.3 °C	1,174 mm	0
1947	31.3 °C25 September 1947	13.2 °C19 June 1947	20.4 °C	1,195 mm	12
1946	30.7 °C25 February 1946	13.6 °C15 July 1946	20.6 °C	952 mm	6
1945	30.8 °C1 September 1945	11.5 °C10 June 1945	20.5 °C	800 mm	12
1944	32.6 °C20 September 1944	10.4 °C12 July 1944	20.7 °C	746 mm	19
1943	30.5 °C13 October 1943	11.4 °C11 June 1943	20.7 °C	687 mm	9
1942	32.2 °C1 October 1942	12.9 °C12 January 1942	20.7 °C	750 mm	31
1941	30.2 °C21 October 1941	12.6 °C10 July 1941	20.7 °C	995 mm	3
1940	30.2 °C22 August 1940	12.5 °C8 June 1940	19.9 °C	1,432 mm	1

Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.

A specific year

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Year

Across the whole year

Average daily high

26.6 °C

+0.8 °C

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

13 d/yr

Frost days (< 0 °C)

0 d/yr

Annual rainfall

934 mm

-254 mm

Month by month

	High	vs. normal	Precipitation	vs. normal
Jan	26.7 °C	+1.2 °C	69 mm	-27 mm
Feb	27.9 °C	+1.9 °C	36 mm	-68 mm
Mar	27.0 °C	+1.3 °C	98 mm	-55 mm
Apr	25.8 °C	+0.9 °C	242 mm	+41 mm
May	25.1 °C	+0.3 °C	105 mm	-10 mm
Jun	26.4 °C	+0.7 °C	10 mm	-3 mm
Jul	27.6 °C	+0.9 °C	0 mm	-3 mm
Aug	27.4 °C	-0.2 °C	30 mm	+11 mm
Sep	28.6 °C	+1.3 °C	26 mm	-36 mm
Oct	26.4 °C	+0.3 °C	146 mm	+13 mm
Nov	25.7 °C	+0.9 °C	74 mm	-93 mm
Dec	25.2 °C	+0.3 °C	99 mm	-24 mm

The year's extremes

Hottest day

31.0 °C

26 Feb 2025

Coldest day

13.7 °C

16 Jun 2025

Wettest day

20.8 mm

28 Dec 2025

Windiest day

17.4 km/h

9 Jul 2025

Strongest gust

38.9 km/h

9 Jul 2025

Hottest feels-like

32.9 °C

10 Mar 2025

Coldest feels-like

12.1 °C

31 Jul 2025

Sunniest day

12.0 h

1 Jan 2025

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Frequently asked questions

What is the climate of Kirundo?

Kirundo has a tropical savanna climate (Köppen Aw). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 20.6 °C and it receives 1,188 mm of precipitation per year.

What is the hottest day ever recorded in Kirundo?

The hottest day measured in Kirundo between 1940 and 2025 was 25 September 1997, reaching 34.0 °C.

What is the coldest day in Kirundo?

The coldest day measured in Kirundo between 1940 and 2025 was 31 July 1960, at 10.3 °C.

Does it snow in Kirundo?

Almost never: Kirundo sees virtually no snow, with about 0 frost days per year.

Has the climate of Kirundo warmed?

Yes: Kirundo warmed by +1.5 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.

What is the wettest day in Kirundo?

The wettest day measured in Kirundo between 1940 and 2025 was 8 April 1987, with 96 mm of rain in 24 hours.

What was the windiest day in Kirundo?

The windiest day measured in Kirundo between 1940 and 2025 was 8 September 1948, with winds reaching 21.6 km/h.

What is the warmest month in Kirundo?

The warmest month in Kirundo is August (22.0 °C on average); the coldest is November (19.8 °C).

How much does it rain in Kirundo?

Kirundo receives on average 1,188 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 189 rainy days.

Is it sunny in Kirundo?

Kirundo gets on average 10.5 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,833 hours per year over 1940-2025.

Are there tropical nights in Kirundo?

Yes: Kirundo has on average 1 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.

What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Kirundo?

In Kirundo, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 33.9 °C on 18 March 2024, and the lowest was 7.7 °C on 12 July 1944.

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