Burundi in September

First showers return.

September is rated mixed. These months rate higher:

• JuneGreatDry season starts: the best window.
• JulyGreatDry; Independence Day 1 Jul with drum performances.
• AugustGreatDry and dusty; good for Gitega and Karera Falls.

• Lake Tanganyika shore · Bujumbura, Rumonge, Nyanza-Lacfine

  At 780 m it's hot and humid: 30 °C (86 °F) most of the year, rain peaking Feb–Apr.At 780 m it's hot and humid: 86 °F (30 °C) most of the year, rain peaking Feb–Apr.

• Central highlands · Gitega, Muramvya, tea countryfine

  1,500–2,000 m: mild days and cool nights; a short dry spell in Jan sometimes.

• South-east · Rutana, Karera Falls, Source of the Nilefine

  Hilly and green; dirt roads to the falls are hard in the rains.

• Bujumbura29 °C (84 °F) / 18 °C (64 °F), 6 rain days84 °F (29 °C) / 64 °F (18 °C), 6 rain days
• Cibitoke28 °C (82 °F) / 15 °C (59 °F), 8 rain days82 °F (28 °C) / 59 °F (15 °C), 8 rain days
• Gitega28 °C (82 °F) / 15 °C (59 °F), 8 rain days82 °F (28 °C) / 59 °F (15 °C), 8 rain days
• Kabezi28 °C (82 °F) / 17 °C (63 °F), 6 rain days82 °F (28 °C) / 63 °F (17 °C), 6 rain days

Crowds · Burundi

Low

Prices · Burundi

Low

Weather, crowds and prices for any two months in Burundi, side by side.

Nothing unusual for the weather this month.

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Rated best or good this month

• Bujumbura

  Dry, hottest month.

• Cibitoke

  Best months: Jun–Sep (dry season, like the rest of Burundi)

• Kabezi

  Best months: Jun–Sep (dry, cooler)