Aquarist Atlas
Collection point · Lake Tanganyika · Burundi

Bujumbura

boo-joom-BOO-rah (approx.)

The atlas records 2 collection-point forms from Bujumbura, across 2 genera.

3.3856°S 29.3536°E

Bujumbura is Burundi's former capital, on Lake Tanganyika's north-eastern shore.

Where it is

Bujumbura is at the northern end of Lake Tanganyika.

Nearest collection points: Ruzizi River 6.1 mi west · Ruziba 6.2 mi south · Kabezi 11 mi south

Shore, third and distances are measured from the coordinates above against the lake’s mapped outline.

The water

Lake-wide measured chemistry of Lake Tanganyika — collection points share their lake's water; site-specific figures are shown only where the literature records them.

Temperature77–80.6 °F25–27 °C
pH8.6–9.2alkaline
Hardnesshard · 600–690 µS/cm

Nearest measured station: North basin (Bujumbura / Uvira) (~21 km) — Temperature 25.8 °C · pH 8.9 · Conductivity 659 µS/cm · Visibility (Secchi) 8.7 m

Surface temperature here

Across 10 of 12 months, monthly means run 78 °F to 80 °F — coolest in Aug. Measured by satellite 1995–2023: the daily median of clear readings within 10 km of the site (533 clear days). The rainy-season months are usually too cloudy to measure and are left blank.

76°78°80°82°Jan: 79 °F mean (78 °F–80 °F), 13 clear satellite daysJFeb: 80 °F mean (78 °F–81 °F), 18 clear satellite daysFMar: 80 °F mean (78 °F–81 °F), 22 clear satellite daysMApr: too few clear satellite days (6)–AMay: 80 °F mean (79 °F–81 °F), 28 clear satellite daysMJun: 79 °F mean (78 °F–80 °F), 64 clear satellite daysJJul: 78 °F mean (77 °F–79 °F), 140 clear satellite daysJAug: 78 °F mean (76 °F–79 °F), 138 clear satellite daysASep: 78 °F mean (77 °F–80 °F), 64 clear satellite daysSOct: 79 °F mean (78 °F–80 °F), 19 clear satellite daysONov: 78 °F mean (77 °F–80 °F), 13 clear satellite daysNDec: too few clear satellite days (8)–D
Surface temperature by month near Bujumbura — dot = mean, bar = typical range (10th–90th percentile), “–” = too cloudy to measure.

Temperature: ESA Climate Change Initiative, Lakes_cci v3.0 (Asfour et al. 2026; doi:10.5285/a56dba09df8a42ec9fba8b8c7a5e1f69). Chemistry on this page remains the lake's own.

The site

Site photographs show a view of the city from the surrounding hills and a beach near the city.

Sources
  1. tanganyika.si — Bujumbura, Lake Tanganyika, Burundi: location page and photo gallery (captions by Philippe Collette)
  2. Konings, A. (2019). Tanganyika Cichlids in their Natural Habitat, 4th Edition. Cichlid Press, El Paso.

Each entry below is the population of that species recorded here — the form aquarists keep and breed as a distinct, provenance-labelled line. Crossing forms from different collection points is considered hybridisation in the hobby.

Astatotilapia (1)

Julidochromis (1)

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