Mbanza Kongo climate — normals and trends

Q: What is the climate of Mbanza Kongo?

Mbanza Kongo has a tropical savanna climate (Köppen Aw). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 23.4 °C and it receives 1,112 mm of precipitation per year.

Q: What is the hottest day ever recorded in Mbanza Kongo?

The hottest day measured in Mbanza Kongo between 1940 and 2025 was 30 March 1941, reaching 35.6 °C.

Q: What is the coldest day in Mbanza Kongo?

The coldest day measured in Mbanza Kongo between 1940 and 2025 was 18 July 1950, at 8.3 °C.

Q: Does it snow in Mbanza Kongo?

Almost never: Mbanza Kongo sees virtually no snow, with about 0 frost days per year.

Q: Has the climate of Mbanza Kongo warmed?

Yes: Mbanza Kongo warmed by +1.0 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.

Q: What is the wettest day in Mbanza Kongo?

The wettest day measured in Mbanza Kongo between 1940 and 2025 was 12 April 2023, with 107 mm of rain in 24 hours.

Q: What was the windiest day in Mbanza Kongo?

The windiest day measured in Mbanza Kongo between 1940 and 2025 was 22 August 1950, with winds reaching 21.3 km/h.

Q: What is the warmest month in Mbanza Kongo?

The warmest month in Mbanza Kongo is March (24.8 °C on average); the coldest is July (21.1 °C).

Q: How much does it rain in Mbanza Kongo?

Mbanza Kongo receives on average 1,112 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 153 rainy days.

Q: Is it sunny in Mbanza Kongo?

Mbanza Kongo gets on average 9.0 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,285 hours per year over 1940-2025.

Mbanza Kongo (Angola) has a tropical savanna climate (Aw) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 23.4 °C and it receives 1,112 mm of precipitation per year.

These figures are normals computed over 86 complete calendar years, from 1940 to 2025, using ERA5 reanalysis data from the Copernicus programme.

The warmest month is March (24.8 °C on average) and the coldest is July (21.1 °C). Rainfall peaks in April.

Mbanza Kongo averages 0 frost days, 77 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 153 rainy days per year.

Mbanza Kongo has warmed by +1.0 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.12 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.

The hottest day of the period reached 35.6 °C (on 30 March 1941) and the coldest 8.3 °C (on 18 July 1950).

Data from ERA5 reanalysis (Copernicus Climate Change Service), redistributed under a CC-BY 4.0 licence. Normals are recomputed whenever the archive is updated.

Climate normals · ERA5

Mbanza KongoZaire Province

coords: -6.27°, 14.24°
period: 1940–2025 · 86 yrs

AwTropical savannaWarmest monthMarchColdest monthJulyWettest monthAprilDriest monthJuly

Mean daily temperature

23.4°C

Average daily high

28.4°C

Average daily low

19.9°C

Annual rainfall

1,112mm

Sunshine / day

9.0h

Mean relative humidity

79%

Average peak wind

9.9km/h

Seasonal range

3.7°C

Frost days (< 0 °C)

0 d/yr

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

77 d/yr

Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)

153 d/yr

Annual snowfall

0.0 cm

Average feels-like high

32.1 °C

Average feels-like low

22.5 °C

Average peak gust

25.5 km/h

Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)

222 d/yr

Solar radiation

17.2 MJ/m²

Has the climate changed?

One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025

+1.0 °C

since 1940

+0.1 °C per decade · r² = 0.39 · p = < 0.001

19402025

Trend fitted by linear regression (ordinary least squares) on annual means. A trend is shown only when it is statistically significant (p < 0.05).

A climograph overlays rainfall (bars) and temperature (line): the standard reading in climatology, where you can see at a glance whether the warm season is also the dry one.

Records for the period

Hottest day

35.6 °C

30 March 1941

Coldest day

8.3 °C

18 July 1950

Wettest day

107 mm

12 April 2023

Windiest day

21.3 km/h

22 August 1950

Strongest gust

49.3 km/h

12 November 2018

Hottest feels-like

42.5 °C

17 March 2024

Coldest feels-like

6.2 °C

18 July 1950

Sunniest day

12.1 h

15 January 1940

Year	Hottest day	Coldest day	Annual mean	Rainfall	Hot days
2025	34.9 °C19 February 2025	15.4 °C15 August 2025	23.9 °C	1,342 mm	120
2024	34.9 °C10 February 2024	15.7 °C2 August 2024	24.5 °C	1,484 mm	165
2023	33.9 °C28 October 2023	16.5 °C7 July 2023	24.1 °C	1,671 mm	116
2022	33.9 °C11 February 2022	15.2 °C7 August 2022	23.9 °C	1,106 mm	135
2021	33.3 °C5 November 2021	16.0 °C21 July 2021	24.4 °C	1,229 mm	129
2020	34.9 °C20 February 2020	16.6 °C8 July 2020	24.3 °C	1,274 mm	111
2019	33.3 °C22 March 2019	15.5 °C27 June 2019	24.4 °C	1,536 mm	127
2018	33.2 °C16 February 2018	16.0 °C1 August 2018	24.2 °C	1,276 mm	115
2017	33.0 °C4 April 2017	14.9 °C8 July 2017	24.1 °C	1,290 mm	96
2016	33.0 °C6 October 2016	14.4 °C26 July 2016	24.3 °C	1,361 mm	105
2015	32.7 °C26 October 2015	15.3 °C10 August 2015	23.9 °C	1,321 mm	75
2014	32.7 °C14 February 2014	13.5 °C7 July 2014	23.8 °C	1,273 mm	92
2013	33.3 °C22 February 2013	13.9 °C9 August 2013	23.7 °C	1,128 mm	90
2012	35.3 °C14 March 2012	14.0 °C24 July 2012	23.9 °C	897 mm	96
2011	33.0 °C17 April 2011	14.6 °C23 July 2011	23.7 °C	1,269 mm	74
2010	34.9 °C4 March 2010	14.5 °C15 July 2010	24.1 °C	1,102 mm	106
2009	33.3 °C23 September 2009	15.5 °C5 July 2009	23.9 °C	1,427 mm	111
2008	33.5 °C6 October 2008	13.8 °C5 July 2008	23.6 °C	1,136 mm	90
2007	33.4 °C1 April 2007	14.3 °C27 July 2007	23.6 °C	1,337 mm	84
2006	32.7 °C6 April 2006	13.0 °C9 August 2006	23.4 °C	1,295 mm	62
2005	33.8 °C20 February 2005	15.2 °C23 June 2005	23.4 °C	1,235 mm	69
2004	31.9 °C3 March 2004	14.7 °C18 July 2004	23.3 °C	1,350 mm	49
2003	32.5 °C28 September 2003	15.4 °C26 June 2003	23.7 °C	1,336 mm	58
2002	33.2 °C24 February 2002	14.2 °C19 July 2002	23.5 °C	1,442 mm	38
2001	32.8 °C18 November 2001	13.0 °C18 August 2001	23.5 °C	891 mm	62
2000	32.0 °C20 March 2000	14.2 °C16 July 2000	23.3 °C	1,363 mm	46
1999	32.2 °C10 April 1999	15.0 °C26 July 1999	23.5 °C	1,535 mm	61
1998	33.3 °C4 February 1998	15.8 °C26 July 1998	24.2 °C	1,430 mm	111
1997	33.7 °C3 October 1997	13.7 °C4 July 1997	23.8 °C	1,136 mm	108
1996	32.0 °C23 September 1996	13.1 °C17 July 1996	23.1 °C	1,055 mm	61
1995	33.3 °C31 March 1995	15.1 °C16 July 1995	23.5 °C	1,298 mm	51
1994	33.1 °C18 February 1994	14.7 °C5 July 1994	23.1 °C	1,323 mm	63
1993	32.7 °C29 March 1993	15.6 °C5 July 1993	23.4 °C	1,169 mm	49
1992	32.3 °C6 November 1992	13.7 °C27 July 1992	23.0 °C	1,162 mm	42
1991	32.0 °C23 February 1991	14.9 °C22 July 1991	23.3 °C	1,250 mm	55
1990	33.8 °C31 March 1990	14.5 °C28 June 1990	23.6 °C	1,108 mm	96
1989	31.8 °C24 November 1989	14.8 °C28 July 1989	23.3 °C	1,107 mm	46
1988	34.2 °C18 October 1988	15.1 °C22 July 1988	23.8 °C	1,185 mm	91
1987	33.1 °C2 March 1987	15.0 °C14 July 1987	23.8 °C	1,113 mm	84
1986	32.9 °C23 May 1986	14.5 °C10 August 1986	23.4 °C	995 mm	82
1985	34.2 °C7 March 1985	13.8 °C17 June 1985	23.4 °C	1,034 mm	84
1984	33.4 °C8 March 1984	15.2 °C31 July 1984	23.8 °C	1,284 mm	101
1983	33.0 °C31 December 1983	12.6 °C26 June 1983	23.3 °C	1,149 mm	76
1982	32.5 °C28 March 1982	14.0 °C24 July 1982	23.3 °C	599 mm	67
1981	34.3 °C10 March 1981	13.2 °C29 July 1981	23.6 °C	743 mm	117
1980	35.0 °C16 March 1980	14.5 °C20 June 1980	23.6 °C	802 mm	119
1979	33.2 °C21 March 1979	14.9 °C6 July 1979	23.6 °C	833 mm	91
1978	34.0 °C17 March 1978	14.0 °C3 August 1978	23.3 °C	565 mm	75
1977	32.1 °C20 February 1977	13.2 °C30 June 1977	23.2 °C	820 mm	43
1976	31.9 °C13 September 1976	11.5 °C9 July 1976	22.7 °C	892 mm	27
1975	33.3 °C23 March 1975	13.5 °C2 August 1975	22.8 °C	1,249 mm	34
1974	31.1 °C29 April 1974	13.6 °C3 July 1974	22.6 °C	971 mm	14
1973	31.9 °C18 March 1973	13.5 °C10 August 1973	23.1 °C	1,164 mm	36
1972	31.0 °C21 December 1972	13.3 °C1 August 1972	22.7 °C	1,324 mm	18
1971	31.6 °C11 March 1971	14.9 °C27 July 1971	22.6 °C	1,124 mm	19
1970	32.3 °C20 February 1970	14.6 °C28 June 1970	22.9 °C	1,278 mm	37
1969	31.5 °C4 March 1969	14.4 °C28 June 1969	23.0 °C	1,242 mm	38
1968	31.6 °C25 February 1968	14.0 °C19 June 1968	22.6 °C	1,056 mm	24
1967	32.4 °C5 April 1967	13.0 °C23 July 1967	22.7 °C	1,039 mm	12
1966	32.1 °C30 September 1966	14.4 °C1 August 1966	23.3 °C	1,285 mm	33
1965	31.5 °C27 January 1965	14.2 °C8 July 1965	22.9 °C	936 mm	37
1964	31.5 °C12 February 1964	11.9 °C3 August 1964	22.9 °C	872 mm	31
1963	32.1 °C30 December 1963	12.7 °C13 July 1963	23.3 °C	623 mm	48
1962	31.8 °C24 September 1962	14.5 °C3 August 1962	22.7 °C	1,044 mm	9
1961	30.8 °C30 March 1961	13.6 °C31 July 1961	22.5 °C	1,251 mm	16
1960	31.2 °C9 December 1960	13.2 °C19 July 1960	22.9 °C	1,421 mm	17
1959	31.5 °C9 October 1959	15.0 °C24 August 1959	22.9 °C	1,455 mm	34
1958	35.1 °C26 March 1958	10.4 °C26 June 1958	23.3 °C	517 mm	125
1957	34.6 °C1 October 1957	12.0 °C28 June 1957	23.4 °C	882 mm	102
1956	35.2 °C29 February 1956	11.8 °C24 July 1956	23.3 °C	652 mm	119
1955	35.2 °C13 March 1955	13.2 °C4 August 1955	23.3 °C	650 mm	112
1954	33.4 °C15 September 1954	11.6 °C10 July 1954	22.9 °C	1,158 mm	74
1953	34.0 °C13 March 1953	12.7 °C6 August 1953	23.1 °C	689 mm	72
1952	31.3 °C14 November 1952	12.2 °C11 July 1952	22.8 °C	1,285 mm	32
1951	32.1 °C20 November 1951	13.1 °C17 July 1951	22.9 °C	1,260 mm	30
1950	32.0 °C4 September 1950	8.3 °C18 July 1950	22.5 °C	1,185 mm	32
1949	31.2 °C21 October 1949	13.9 °C25 July 1949	23.0 °C	1,269 mm	25
1948	32.5 °C28 October 1948	13.8 °C22 July 1948	23.2 °C	1,112 mm	66
1947	34.4 °C6 September 1947	11.8 °C12 July 1947	23.7 °C	717 mm	200
1946	33.5 °C20 November 1946	12.8 °C4 August 1946	23.2 °C	746 mm	110
1945	33.6 °C20 September 1945	13.9 °C30 June 1945	23.1 °C	1,219 mm	78
1944	33.9 °C10 October 1944	12.7 °C5 August 1944	23.3 °C	993 mm	89
1943	35.1 °C5 February 1943	11.5 °C2 July 1943	23.1 °C	1,108 mm	121
1942	34.9 °C13 October 1942	12.5 °C16 July 1942	23.8 °C	858 mm	178
1941	35.6 °C30 March 1941	12.9 °C26 August 1941	24.3 °C	347 mm	263
1940	34.9 °C3 February 1940	13.1 °C18 June 1940	23.7 °C	703 mm	151

Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.

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Year

Across the whole year

Average daily high

28.7 °C

+0.3 °C

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

120 d/yr

+43

Frost days (< 0 °C)

0 d/yr

Annual rainfall

1342 mm

+230 mm

Month by month

	High	vs. normal	Precipitation	vs. normal
Jan	29.2 °C	+0.5 °C	199 mm	+74 mm
Feb	30.2 °C	+0.7 °C	222 mm	+114 mm
Mar	30.3 °C	+0.5 °C	136 mm	-10 mm
Apr	30.0 °C	+0.8 °C	184 mm	-25 mm
May	29.8 °C	+1.4 °C	138 mm	+46 mm
Jun	28.4 °C	+1.0 °C	4 mm	+2 mm
Jul	26.2 °C	-0.7 °C	1 mm	-0 mm
Aug	25.7 °C	-1.4 °C	2 mm	-1 mm
Sep	27.7 °C	-0.3 °C	6 mm	-5 mm
Oct	29.2 °C	+0.5 °C	30 mm	-45 mm
Nov	29.1 °C	+0.5 °C	220 mm	+48 mm
Dec	29.0 °C	+0.6 °C	201 mm	+32 mm

The year's extremes

Hottest day

34.9 °C

19 Feb 2025

Coldest day

15.4 °C

15 Aug 2025

Wettest day

69.0 mm

12 Feb 2025

Windiest day

15.3 km/h

1 Oct 2025

Strongest gust

38.5 km/h

7 May 2025

Hottest feels-like

40.4 °C

10 Mar 2025

Coldest feels-like

16.0 °C

15 Aug 2025

Sunniest day

12.0 h

8 Jan 2025

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Frequently asked questions

What is the climate of Mbanza Kongo?

Mbanza Kongo has a tropical savanna climate (Köppen Aw). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 23.4 °C and it receives 1,112 mm of precipitation per year.

What is the hottest day ever recorded in Mbanza Kongo?

The hottest day measured in Mbanza Kongo between 1940 and 2025 was 30 March 1941, reaching 35.6 °C.

What is the coldest day in Mbanza Kongo?

The coldest day measured in Mbanza Kongo between 1940 and 2025 was 18 July 1950, at 8.3 °C.

Does it snow in Mbanza Kongo?

Almost never: Mbanza Kongo sees virtually no snow, with about 0 frost days per year.

Has the climate of Mbanza Kongo warmed?

Yes: Mbanza Kongo warmed by +1.0 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.

What is the wettest day in Mbanza Kongo?

The wettest day measured in Mbanza Kongo between 1940 and 2025 was 12 April 2023, with 107 mm of rain in 24 hours.

What was the windiest day in Mbanza Kongo?

The windiest day measured in Mbanza Kongo between 1940 and 2025 was 22 August 1950, with winds reaching 21.3 km/h.

What is the warmest month in Mbanza Kongo?

The warmest month in Mbanza Kongo is March (24.8 °C on average); the coldest is July (21.1 °C).

How much does it rain in Mbanza Kongo?

Mbanza Kongo receives on average 1,112 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 153 rainy days.

Is it sunny in Mbanza Kongo?

Mbanza Kongo gets on average 9.0 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,285 hours per year over 1940-2025.

Are there tropical nights in Mbanza Kongo?

Yes: Mbanza Kongo has on average 222 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.

What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Mbanza Kongo?

In Mbanza Kongo, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 42.5 °C on 17 March 2024, and the lowest was 6.2 °C on 18 July 1950.

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