BurundiSummit weather, forecast and climate

Gitunga

1,596 m

Elevation1,596 mabove sea level

Prominence–independent height

Isolation3.0 kmto a higher summit

Summit, Jul26°average high

2.68° S, 29.97° EElevation 1,596 mUTC+0 · Coordinated Universal Time

From the valley to the top

Freezing level in October: above the summit

iThe mountain

Gitunga in brief

Gitunga rises to 1,596 m, Burundi.

At the summit, September is the mildest month with average highs of 27°, while nights rarely fall below freezing.

iiForecast

Temperatures are adjusted to each height; summits are usually colder and windier than the valley forecast suggests.

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iiiSummit climate

Climate normals for the summit area (~1 km grid), station-adjusted

Climate normals for Gitunga by month
Month	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Average high	26°	26°	26°	25°	25°	25°	26°	27°	27°	26°	25°	25°
Average low	15°	16°	16°	16°	16°	15°	15°	16°	16°	16°	15°	15°
Precipitation	99 mm	99 mm	140 mm	166 mm	97 mm	12 mm	7 mm	24 mm	55 mm	122 mm	157 mm	97 mm
Cloud cover	49%	51%	51%	51%	39%	33%	31%	33%	38%	49%	55%	50%
Daylight	12h 15	12h 12	12h 08	12h 03	12h 00	11h 58	11h 59	12h 01	12h 06	12h 10	12h 14	12h 16
Month score	63	59	55	58	70	94	93	84	72	56	57	65

Average height of the 0 °C level from the summit normals (6.5 °C per km); snow months have a summit mean at or below +1 °C

Month	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Freezing level	4,750 m	4,800 m	4,800 m	4,700 m	4,700 m	4,700 m	4,750 m	4,900 m	4,950 m	4,800 m	4,700 m	4,700 m
Summit	above 0 °C	above 0 °C	above 0 °C	above 0 °C	above 0 °C	above 0 °C	above 0 °C	above 0 °C	above 0 °C	above 0 °C	above 0 °C	above 0 °C

ivTerrain