When to go · Bujumbura
Bujumbura in October
Mixed month. Short rains begin; Oct 13 Rwagasore Day holiday.
Key facts
- Verdict
- Mixed
- Temperature
- 29° / 19°
- average high / low
- Rain days
- 10
- Crowds
- Low
- Burundi overall
- Prices
- Low
- Burundi overall
Verdict
Short rains begin; Oct 13 Rwagasore Day holiday.
Weather in October
- BujumburaHighs around 29 °C, lows around 19 °C, rain on about 10 days
- Lake Tanganyika shore, Burundi · Bujumbura, Rumonge, Nyanza-Lacfine
At 780 m it's hot and humid: 30 °C most of the year, rain peaking Feb–Apr.
Short rains season
A shorter, lighter wet period than the Feb-May rains.
Watch: Similar road-timing caution as the long rains.
Festivals and holidays
Dates as our data lists them. Moving holidays (lunar and Islamic calendars, Easter) shift every year: check the date for your year before you build a trip on it.
Rwagasore Day and Ndadaye Day
13 and 21 October · Nationwide
Two solemn public holidays close together, marking assassinated national leaders; a quiet, reflective period, not festival days.
Prince Louis Rwagasore Day
Oct 13
Public holiday marking the independence-era leader's assassination in 1961.
Ndadaye Day (Commemoration Day)
Oct 21
Public holiday marking the 1993 assassination of President Melchior Ndadaye; a solemn date, not a festival.
Crowds and prices
- Crowds · Burundi overall
- Low
- Prices · Burundi overall
- Low
Burundi overall: Rains building; Rwagasore (13 Oct) and Ndadaye (21 Oct) days.
What to pack
- A rain jacket or umbrella and shoes that dry fast