| Native Name: | Somali: Budunbuuto |
| Native Name Lang: | so |
| Settlement Type: | Town |
| Pushpin Map: | Somalia |
| Pushpin Map Caption: | Map showing Budunbuuto in Somalia |
| Pushpin Label: | Budunbuuto |
| Coordinates: | 8.5178°N 49.4203°W |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Name: |  Somalia |
| Subdivision Type1: | Regional State |
| Subdivision Type2: | Region |
| Subdivision Name2: | Nugal, Somalia |
| Subdivision Type3: | District |
| Subdivision Name3: | Eyl District |
| Population Total: | 10,569 [1] |
| Timezone1: | EAT |
| Utc Offset: | +3 |
Budunbuto is a town in Puntland in northeastern Somalia. Budunbuto is located in the Eyl District, Nugaal Region. It also confused with a second village, Budunbuto also in Puntland, but located 107 km to the south in the Jariban District of Mudug Region.[2]
Budunbuto is located on the largely unpaved road from Garowe (the capital of Puntland, 110 km away) [3] to the district capital Eyl (just over 91 km) in a sandy semi-desert area with very sparse and scattered vegetation. Villages in the area include Qarxis (18 km),[4] Baarweyn (7,3 km),[5] Diilinmaxato (28 km),[6] Sinujiif (52,4 km),[7] en Dangorayo.[8] Around Budunbuto there are about 18 berkads. Some of them are covered with corrugated iron as part of a water project of the Stichting Kaalo Nederland.[9]
Budunbuto has an average annual temperature of 26°C; the temperature variation is small; the coldest month is January (average 22.6°); the warmest May (28.2°). Rainfall is only about 138 mm annually. There are two dry seasons (from December - February and June - August) and two 'rainy seasons' (April - May and around October) .[10]