Bujumbura
Bujumbura, formerly Usumbura, is the economic capital, former political capital, largest city and main port of Burundi. It ships most of the country's chief export, coffee, as well as cotton and tin ore. Bujumbura was formerly the country's political capital. In late December 2018, Burundian president Pierre Nkurunziza announced that he would follow through on a 2007 promise to return Gitega its former political capital status, with Bujumbura remaining as economical capital and center of commerce. A vote in the Parliament of Burundi made the change official on 16 January 2019, and as of late 2025, the transition is still ongoing, having been estimated to end in 2022.
- Country
- 🇧🇮 Burundi
- Elevation
- 801 m
- Population
- 769,317
- Time zone
- Africa/Bujumbura
- Coordinates
- -3.38, 29.36
Weather in Bujumbura month by month
The best months to go: Jun · Jul · Aug
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| high | 27° | 28° | 28° | 26° | 26° | 26° | 27° | 28° | 29° | 29° | 27° | 27° |
| low | 20° | 20° | 20° | 20° | 20° | 19° | 19° | 20° | 20° | 21° | 20° | 20° |
| rain | 123 mm | 83 mm | 97 mm | 109 mm | 114 mm | 15 mm | 3 mm | 8 mm | 31 mm | 28 mm | 96 mm | 120 mm |
2019–2023 average (ERA5, Open-Meteo). Monthly rainfall total.
How far Bujumbura is from other cities in Burundi
- Mpanda24 km✈ 47 min · 🚗 24 min
- Gitega63 km✈ 50 min · 🚗 1 h 3 min
- Rumonge66 km✈ 50 min · 🚗 1 h 6 min
- Ngozi74 km✈ 50 min · 🚗 1 h 14 min
Photo from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA) · Data from GeoNames, Open-Meteo.