Bujumbura
City in Burundi: population, location, elevation, climate and landmarks.
BUJUMBURA MAIRIE 3: Edouard mhg, CC BY-SA 4.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
Overview
Bujumbura is a city in Burundi, in Bujumbura Mairie. About 769,317 people live in the city proper, making it the 1st largest city of Burundi in our atlas.
It lies at 3.38° S, 29.36° E, about 807 m (2,648 ft) above sea level, and keeps time on the Africa/Bujumbura time zone. It sits inside the tropics.
Location
Red dot: Bujumbura. Green dots: other major cities of Burundi. Map data: Natural Earth.
Climate
Bujumbura has a tropical savanna climate (Köppen Aw). The warmest month is usually Sep, with average highs near 27°C (81°F); the coolest nights come in Jul at about 15°C (59°F). Around 1,808 mm (71 in) of rain and snow falls in a typical year, most of it in Nov.
Bars: average daily high and low (°C) for each month; blue columns and figures: average precipitation (mm). Gridded 2001-2025 averages from NASA POWER, so mountain and coastal spots can differ from local station records.
Landmarks and places to see
Popular sights within a few kilometres of the city centre, ranked by how widely they are documented on Wikipedia.
What to eat in BurundiNational dishes, street food, desserts and drinks on Intercontinental Chef.Nearby major cities
- Mpanda · 24 km
- Bubanza · 34 km
- Kayanza · 59 km
- Cibitoke · 61 km
- Gitega · 63 km
- Rumonge · 66 km
- Ngozi · 74 km
- Cendajuru · 138 km
- Population, coordinates, elevation, time zone: GeoNames 425378 (CC BY 4.0)
- Wikidata Q3854 (CC0)
- Climate: NASA POWER 2001-2025 climatology
Text written by Geographical Effect from these sources.
- BUJUMBURA MAIRIE 3: Edouard mhg, CC BY-SA 4.0 (Wikimedia Commons)