According to Lifeguin’s travel calendar, the best time to visit Burundi is May to June and December to January. Plan 7 days.
Best months for Burundi
- Best months
- May to June and December to January
- How long to stay
- 7 days
- Continent
- Africa
What Burundi is best for
Experience the sacred Gishora Drum Sanctuary, wildlife in Rusizi National Park, and tranquil Lake Tanganyika.
- Prices
- € · cheaper than in Slovakia
Weather in Burundi by month
Monthly averages around Gitega; the mountains and other regions can differ a lot.
| Month | Average temperature | Rain |
|---|---|---|
| January best | about 19 °C | a lot of rain (165 mm) |
| February | about 20 °C | a lot of rain (144 mm) |
| March | about 20 °C | a lot of rain (177 mm) |
| April | about 19 °C | a lot of rain (171 mm) |
| May best | about 18 °C | some rain (72 mm) |
| June best | about 17 °C | little rain (15 mm) |
| July | about 17 °C | little rain (9 mm) |
| August | about 19 °C | little rain (21 mm) |
| September | about 20 °C | some rain (39 mm) |
| October | about 20 °C | some rain (96 mm) |
| November | about 19 °C | a lot of rain (240 mm) |
| December best | about 19 °C | a lot of rain (174 mm) |
Sources: what a place is best for — our own travel guides and, for places we have not written about yet, research done with the help of AI (Google Gemini); weather — NASA POWER climate averages; prices — World Bank price levels (CC BY 4.0).
Good to know about Burundi
- Capital
- Gitega
- Languages
- Rundi, French and English
- Currency
- Burundian Franc (BIF)
- Time
- UTC+2
- Plugs
- Type C, E · 220 V
- Driving
- On the right
- Calling code
- +257
Sources: Wikidata, Unicode CLDR and the IANA time zone database.
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