Satellite: Sentinel-2 cloudless 2016 by EOX IT Services GmbH · CC BY 4.0 · Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data 2016
Climate guideThirty-year normals for Mpanda
Mpanda climate by month
Tropical savanna · AwBest Jun–Aug
Annual mean24°day and night
Seasonal swing1°warmest vs coolest
Precipitation1,608 mm199 wet days a year
3.17° S, 29.40° EElevation 876 mUTC+2 · Central Africa Time
When to goMpanda · weather score
Best timeJun–Aug
October: high / low30° / 19°
iSummary
What the weather is like
Mpanda has a tropical savanna climate (Köppen Aw): .
The warmest month is September, when afternoons average 31° and nights 19°. April is the coolest month, with highs of 29° and lows of 20°. The difference between the warmest and the coolest month is about 1°, a small seasonal swing typical of places tempered by the sea.
About 1,608 mm of precipitation falls in an average year. November is the wettest month (226 mm, 26 wet days) and July the driest (21 mm, 3 wet days). Cloud cover ranges from 32% in July to 60% in November.
Compared with Gitega, the capital, Mpanda is 4.9° warmer on a September afternoon and receives more precipitation over the year.
Year in figures
- Hottest afternoons
- 31° · September
- Coldest nights
- 18° · July
- Wettest month
- November
- Driest month
- July
- Clearest skies
- July · 32% cloud
- Longest day
- 12 h 18 min
- Shortest day
- 11 h 56 min
iiCharts
Twelve months at a glance
Temperature and precipitation
Daily high/low range bars, monthly precipitation columnsTemperature curve
Average high, lowDaylight
Hours between sunrise and sunset on the 15th of each monthiiiData table
Climate normals month by month
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Average high | 29° | 30° | 30° | 29° | 29° | 29° | 29° | 30° | 31° | 30° | 29° | 29° |
| Average low | 19° | 20° | 20° | 20° | 19° | 18° | 18° | 19° | 19° | 19° | 19° | 19° |
| Precipitation | 175 mm | 154 mm | 207 mm | 197 mm | 134 mm | 25 mm | 21 mm | 38 mm | 91 mm | 175 mm | 226 mm | 165 mm |
| Wet days (≥1 mm) | 22.4 | 18.1 | 24.6 | 24.9 | 15.9 | 3.7 | 3 | 6.2 | 10.2 | 19.7 | 26.2 | 24.4 |
| Cloud cover | 55% | 57% | 56% | 53% | 40% | 33% | 32% | 35% | 41% | 55% | 60% | 57% |
| Daylight | 12h 17 | 12h 13 | 12h 08 | 12h 02 | 11h 58 | 11h 56 | 11h 57 | 12h 00 | 12h 05 | 12h 11 | 12h 15 | 12h 18 |
| Month score | 38 | 34 | 36 | 41 | 46 | 72 | 74 | 61 | 46 | 35 | 37 | 38 |
ivMonth by month
Mpanda in every month
January38
29° / 19°
175 mm · 22.4 wet days
February34
30° / 20°
154 mm · 18.1 wet days
March36
30° / 20°
207 mm · 24.6 wet days
April41
29° / 20°
197 mm · 24.9 wet days
May46
29° / 19°
134 mm · 15.9 wet days
June72
29° / 18°
25 mm · 3.7 wet days
July74
29° / 18°
21 mm · 3 wet days
August61
30° / 19°
38 mm · 6.2 wet days
September46
31° / 19°
91 mm · 10.2 wet days
October35
30° / 19°
175 mm · 19.7 wet days
November37
29° / 19°
226 mm · 26.2 wet days
December38
29° / 19°
165 mm · 24.4 wet days