Baboua climate — normals and trends

Q: What is the climate of Baboua?

Baboua has a tropical savanna climate (Köppen Aw). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 23.1 °C and it receives 1,840 mm of precipitation per year.

Q: What is the hottest day ever recorded in Baboua?

The hottest day measured in Baboua between 1940 and 2025 was 17 February 2016, reaching 37.2 °C.

Q: What is the coldest day in Baboua?

The coldest day measured in Baboua between 1940 and 2025 was 28 December 1971, at 11.6 °C.

Q: Does it snow in Baboua?

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

Q: Has the climate of Baboua warmed?

Yes: Baboua warmed by +0.7 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.

Q: What is the wettest day in Baboua?

The wettest day measured in Baboua between 1940 and 2025 was 12 August 1983, with 129 mm of rain in 24 hours.

Q: What was the windiest day in Baboua?

The windiest day measured in Baboua between 1940 and 2025 was 16 February 1985, with winds reaching 23.0 km/h.

Q: What is the warmest month in Baboua?

The warmest month in Baboua is February (25.6 °C on average); the coldest is July (21.3 °C).

Q: How much does it rain in Baboua?

Baboua receives on average 1,840 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 215 rainy days.

Q: Is it sunny in Baboua?

Baboua gets on average 10.1 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,687 hours per year over 1940-2025.

Baboua (Central African Republic) has a tropical savanna climate (Aw) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 23.1 °C and it receives 1,840 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 February (25.6 °C on average) and the coldest is July (21.3 °C). Rainfall peaks in September.

Baboua averages 0 frost days, 114 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 215 rainy days per year.

Baboua has warmed by +0.7 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.09 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.

The hottest day of the period reached 37.2 °C (on 17 February 2016) and the coldest 11.6 °C (on 28 December 1971).

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

BabouaNana-Mambéré Prefecture

coords: 5.80°, 14.83°
period: 1940–2025 · 86 yrs

AwTropical savannaWarmest monthFebruaryColdest monthJulyWettest monthSeptemberDriest monthJanuary

Mean daily temperature

23.1°C

Average daily high

28.5°C

Average daily low

18.8°C

Annual rainfall

1,840mm

Sunshine / day

10.1h

Mean relative humidity

70%

Average peak wind

10.7km/h

Seasonal range

4.3°C

Frost days (< 0 °C)

0 d/yr

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

114 d/yr

Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)

215 d/yr

Annual snowfall

0.0 cm

Average feels-like high

31.1 °C

Average feels-like low

19.9 °C

Average peak gust

27.7 km/h

Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)

61 d/yr

Solar radiation

19.4 MJ/m²

Has the climate changed?

One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025

+0.7 °C

since 1940

+0.1 °C per decade · r² = 0.27 · 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

37.2 °C

17 February 2016

Coldest day

11.6 °C

28 December 1971

Wettest day

129 mm

12 August 1983

Windiest day

23.0 km/h

16 February 1985

Strongest gust

58.3 km/h

20 November 1954

Hottest feels-like

39.7 °C

3 April 1998

Coldest feels-like

8.3 °C

12 January 2015

Sunniest day

12.0 h

8 April 1940

Year	Hottest day	Coldest day	Annual mean	Rainfall	Hot days
2025	35.4 °C2 March 2025	15.3 °C11 January 2025	23.7 °C	1,568 mm	151
2024	36.0 °C13 February 2024	15.6 °C18 January 2024	24.1 °C	1,625 mm	177
2023	35.1 °C12 February 2023	15.1 °C13 December 2023	23.7 °C	1,561 mm	128
2022	35.9 °C1 March 2022	14.6 °C23 January 2022	23.5 °C	1,553 mm	155
2021	35.8 °C1 March 2021	16.4 °C19 February 2021	23.6 °C	1,612 mm	136
2020	36.5 °C22 February 2020	14.2 °C25 January 2020	23.8 °C	1,671 mm	158
2019	37.1 °C21 February 2019	16.0 °C7 February 2019	23.7 °C	1,814 mm	156
2018	35.3 °C15 February 2018	13.7 °C6 January 2018	23.3 °C	1,518 mm	127
2017	35.6 °C5 March 2017	15.0 °C28 November 2017	23.6 °C	1,572 mm	145
2016	37.2 °C17 February 2016	15.0 °C31 January 2016	23.6 °C	1,867 mm	145
2015	36.0 °C27 January 2015	12.1 °C12 January 2015	23.4 °C	1,579 mm	147
2014	35.0 °C31 January 2014	14.8 °C8 January 2014	23.2 °C	1,778 mm	130
2013	36.6 °C24 February 2013	14.1 °C16 December 2013	23.0 °C	1,825 mm	92
2012	36.0 °C17 March 2012	14.4 °C16 January 2012	23.1 °C	1,594 mm	132
2011	34.6 °C13 March 2011	13.4 °C18 January 2011	23.0 °C	1,615 mm	132
2010	36.0 °C19 February 2010	13.5 °C30 December 2010	23.7 °C	1,650 mm	151
2009	33.9 °C18 December 2009	14.4 °C28 December 2009	23.5 °C	1,687 mm	137
2008	35.2 °C6 March 2008	15.8 °C1 February 2008	23.2 °C	1,546 mm	130
2007	36.4 °C6 March 2007	13.5 °C3 January 2007	23.4 °C	1,712 mm	128
2006	35.0 °C18 January 2006	13.9 °C26 November 2006	23.4 °C	1,492 mm	132
2005	36.1 °C18 February 2005	14.9 °C8 January 2005	23.6 °C	1,622 mm	141
2004	35.3 °C20 February 2004	15.1 °C3 December 2004	23.4 °C	1,680 mm	135
2003	36.8 °C8 February 2003	15.7 °C6 January 2003	23.5 °C	1,706 mm	133
2002	34.9 °C18 February 2002	13.1 °C13 January 2002	23.1 °C	1,591 mm	114
2001	33.7 °C25 February 2001	13.7 °C4 January 2001	22.9 °C	1,700 mm	124
2000	34.4 °C13 March 2000	14.1 °C12 December 2000	22.8 °C	1,834 mm	127
1999	33.7 °C12 February 1999	14.4 °C11 January 1999	22.7 °C	1,920 mm	90
1998	36.6 °C5 February 1998	15.1 °C19 December 1998	23.9 °C	1,780 mm	151
1997	35.1 °C20 March 1997	14.7 °C31 January 1997	23.3 °C	1,807 mm	120
1996	35.0 °C17 February 1996	14.5 °C21 December 1996	23.1 °C	2,002 mm	122
1995	34.1 °C21 February 1995	13.5 °C26 December 1995	23.2 °C	2,156 mm	129
1994	35.2 °C20 February 1994	13.5 °C15 December 1994	22.9 °C	2,030 mm	116
1993	36.6 °C27 February 1993	13.7 °C12 January 1993	22.9 °C	2,005 mm	103
1992	35.1 °C23 February 1992	13.6 °C24 December 1992	22.8 °C	1,944 mm	108
1991	35.8 °C12 February 1991	14.6 °C18 December 1991	23.2 °C	1,888 mm	109
1990	35.6 °C29 March 1990	14.8 °C13 January 1990	23.4 °C	1,884 mm	108
1989	35.2 °C3 March 1989	11.8 °C21 January 1989	22.7 °C	1,783 mm	100
1988	36.4 °C28 February 1988	15.2 °C16 January 1988	23.1 °C	1,899 mm	113
1987	36.0 °C23 February 1987	13.8 °C1 January 1987	23.3 °C	1,994 mm	124
1986	34.1 °C2 February 1986	13.2 °C8 December 1986	22.8 °C	1,951 mm	92
1985	35.8 °C7 March 1985	14.4 °C10 February 1985	22.6 °C	2,253 mm	90
1984	34.0 °C26 February 1984	13.3 °C3 December 1984	22.5 °C	2,084 mm	81
1983	36.4 °C24 March 1983	11.9 °C28 December 1983	23.0 °C	1,852 mm	109
1982	33.7 °C19 February 1982	13.8 °C27 November 1982	22.5 °C	2,239 mm	85
1981	35.5 °C1 March 1981	14.3 °C31 January 1981	22.6 °C	1,946 mm	99
1980	35.0 °C21 January 1980	12.4 °C27 December 1980	22.8 °C	2,266 mm	108
1979	34.5 °C6 February 1979	14.2 °C12 December 1979	22.6 °C	1,890 mm	91
1978	36.2 °C3 February 1978	13.9 °C20 November 1978	22.7 °C	2,232 mm	116
1977	35.3 °C9 March 1977	13.5 °C26 December 1977	22.9 °C	1,960 mm	125
1976	33.6 °C30 January 1976	13.8 °C11 December 1976	22.2 °C	2,017 mm	48
1975	33.2 °C22 January 1975	13.6 °C9 December 1975	22.2 °C	2,190 mm	74
1974	33.1 °C31 January 1974	13.7 °C30 December 1974	22.3 °C	2,260 mm	78
1973	35.1 °C3 February 1973	13.6 °C24 December 1973	22.9 °C	2,233 mm	98
1972	34.3 °C20 February 1972	14.8 °C8 January 1972	22.8 °C	1,803 mm	105
1971	34.7 °C10 February 1971	11.6 °C28 December 1971	22.3 °C	1,861 mm	76
1970	34.8 °C8 February 1970	14.3 °C3 December 1970	22.8 °C	1,959 mm	121
1969	34.4 °C14 February 1969	14.9 °C26 December 1969	22.7 °C	2,421 mm	87
1968	33.1 °C4 March 1968	11.8 °C25 December 1968	22.6 °C	1,825 mm	75
1967	34.3 °C10 March 1967	12.8 °C3 January 1967	22.5 °C	2,052 mm	94
1966	36.0 °C19 March 1966	15.8 °C29 December 1966	23.7 °C	1,495 mm	139
1965	33.0 °C12 February 1965	15.0 °C5 December 1965	23.2 °C	1,406 mm	115
1964	35.8 °C6 March 1964	15.9 °C21 November 1964	23.6 °C	1,517 mm	155
1963	36.1 °C18 February 1963	15.9 °C9 January 1963	23.4 °C	1,662 mm	130
1962	36.1 °C26 February 1962	15.9 °C14 December 1962	22.7 °C	2,131 mm	89
1961	35.1 °C12 March 1961	15.4 °C19 November 1961	23.0 °C	1,777 mm	127
1960	34.7 °C12 January 1960	15.6 °C3 December 1960	23.2 °C	2,149 mm	126
1959	36.4 °C17 March 1959	15.3 °C1 December 1959	23.4 °C	1,853 mm	125
1958	36.3 °C21 February 1958	16.1 °C20 December 1958	23.2 °C	2,105 mm	112
1957	35.1 °C19 February 1957	15.5 °C8 January 1957	23.0 °C	1,763 mm	96
1956	34.8 °C12 February 1956	15.4 °C17 December 1956	22.5 °C	1,937 mm	74
1955	35.0 °C16 February 1955	16.2 °C25 December 1955	22.8 °C	1,913 mm	103
1954	35.1 °C6 February 1954	15.4 °C2 August 1954	22.6 °C	2,175 mm	77
1953	34.9 °C6 February 1953	15.4 °C1 December 1953	22.8 °C	2,072 mm	91
1952	34.6 °C23 January 1952	16.7 °C13 February 1952	22.9 °C	2,224 mm	101
1951	33.2 °C31 January 1951	15.2 °C16 February 1951	22.7 °C	2,149 mm	91
1950	34.1 °C25 January 1950	15.4 °C18 July 1950	22.8 °C	1,446 mm	82
1949	35.2 °C16 February 1949	15.9 °C7 December 1949	23.2 °C	1,828 mm	115
1948	34.5 °C22 February 1948	16.2 °C22 December 1948	22.8 °C	2,004 mm	97
1947	34.6 °C15 March 1947	15.0 °C9 December 1947	22.9 °C	1,707 mm	96
1946	36.8 °C23 February 1946	16.5 °C10 December 1946	22.9 °C	1,885 mm	105
1945	35.1 °C18 February 1945	15.4 °C2 December 1945	23.2 °C	1,659 mm	129
1944	35.2 °C13 February 1944	15.4 °C23 November 1944	23.2 °C	1,642 mm	126
1943	35.6 °C1 March 1943	15.8 °C12 January 1943	22.7 °C	1,368 mm	77
1942	34.7 °C5 February 1942	15.6 °C17 December 1942	22.7 °C	1,644 mm	87
1941	34.6 °C11 March 1941	14.7 °C20 November 1941	23.3 °C	1,624 mm	125
1940	33.7 °C18 February 1940	14.9 °C25 November 1940	22.7 °C	1,712 mm	86

Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.

A specific year

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Year

Across the whole year

Average daily high

29.2 °C

+0.7 °C

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

151 d/yr

+37

Frost days (< 0 °C)

0 d/yr

Annual rainfall

1568 mm

-272 mm

Month by month

	High	vs. normal	Precipitation	vs. normal
Jan	32.2 °C	+0.7 °C	0 mm	-4 mm
Feb	33.0 °C	+0.6 °C	4 mm	-12 mm
Mar	33.2 °C	+2.3 °C	8 mm	-94 mm
Apr	29.4 °C	+0.5 °C	188 mm	-5 mm
May	28.4 °C	+0.6 °C	98 mm	-104 mm
Jun	27.4 °C	+0.9 °C	213 mm	+1 mm
Jul	26.0 °C	+0.6 °C	349 mm	+111 mm
Aug	25.7 °C	+0.1 °C	182 mm	-99 mm
Sep	27.0 °C	+0.8 °C	296 mm	+5 mm
Oct	27.6 °C	+0.4 °C	206 mm	-26 mm
Nov	29.9 °C	+1.1 °C	22 mm	-38 mm
Dec	31.4 °C	+1.0 °C	2 mm	-7 mm

The year's extremes

Hottest day

35.4 °C

2 Mar 2025

Coldest day

15.3 °C

11 Jan 2025

Wettest day

95.1 mm

10 Apr 2025

Windiest day

22.4 km/h

17 Jan 2025

Strongest gust

47.9 km/h

17 Jan 2025

Hottest feels-like

37.8 °C

29 Mar 2025

Coldest feels-like

11.8 °C

11 Jan 2025

Sunniest day

12.0 h

1 Apr 2025

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Frequently asked questions

What is the climate of Baboua?

Baboua has a tropical savanna climate (Köppen Aw). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 23.1 °C and it receives 1,840 mm of precipitation per year.

What is the hottest day ever recorded in Baboua?

The hottest day measured in Baboua between 1940 and 2025 was 17 February 2016, reaching 37.2 °C.

What is the coldest day in Baboua?

The coldest day measured in Baboua between 1940 and 2025 was 28 December 1971, at 11.6 °C.

Does it snow in Baboua?

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

Has the climate of Baboua warmed?

Yes: Baboua warmed by +0.7 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.

What is the wettest day in Baboua?

The wettest day measured in Baboua between 1940 and 2025 was 12 August 1983, with 129 mm of rain in 24 hours.

What was the windiest day in Baboua?

The windiest day measured in Baboua between 1940 and 2025 was 16 February 1985, with winds reaching 23.0 km/h.

What is the warmest month in Baboua?

The warmest month in Baboua is February (25.6 °C on average); the coldest is July (21.3 °C).

How much does it rain in Baboua?

Baboua receives on average 1,840 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 215 rainy days.

Is it sunny in Baboua?

Baboua gets on average 10.1 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,687 hours per year over 1940-2025.

Are there tropical nights in Baboua?

Yes: Baboua has on average 61 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.

What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Baboua?

In Baboua, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 39.7 °C on 3 April 1998, and the lowest was 8.3 °C on 12 January 2015.

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