Bangassou climate — normals and trends

Q: What is the climate of Bangassou?

Bangassou has a tropical savanna climate (Köppen Aw). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 24.7 °C and it receives 1,466 mm of precipitation per year.

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

The hottest day measured in Bangassou between 1940 and 2025 was 10 March 1959, reaching 40.4 °C.

Q: What is the coldest day in Bangassou?

The coldest day measured in Bangassou between 1940 and 2025 was 23 December 1971, at 12.2 °C.

Q: Does it snow in Bangassou?

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

Q: Has the climate of Bangassou warmed?

Yes: Bangassou warmed by +1.7 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.

Q: What is the wettest day in Bangassou?

The wettest day measured in Bangassou between 1940 and 2025 was 1 August 2021, with 105 mm of rain in 24 hours.

Q: What was the windiest day in Bangassou?

The windiest day measured in Bangassou between 1940 and 2025 was 14 March 1992, with winds reaching 23.0 km/h.

Q: What is the warmest month in Bangassou?

The warmest month in Bangassou is February (26.5 °C on average); the coldest is August (23.5 °C).

Q: How much does it rain in Bangassou?

Bangassou receives on average 1,466 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 222 rainy days.

Q: Is it sunny in Bangassou?

Bangassou gets on average 9.3 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,395 hours per year over 1940-2025.

Bangassou (Central African Republic) has a tropical savanna climate (Aw) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 24.7 °C and it receives 1,466 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 (26.5 °C on average) and the coldest is August (23.5 °C). Rainfall peaks in October.

Bangassou averages 0 frost days, 177 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 222 rainy days per year.

Bangassou has warmed by +1.7 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.20 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.

The hottest day of the period reached 40.4 °C (on 10 March 1959) and the coldest 12.2 °C (on 23 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

BangassouMbomou Prefecture

coords: 4.74°, 22.82°
period: 1940–2025 · 86 yrs

AwTropical savannaWarmest monthFebruaryColdest monthAugustWettest monthOctoberDriest monthJanuary

Mean daily temperature

24.7°C

Average daily high

30.1°C

Average daily low

21.0°C

Annual rainfall

1,466mm

Sunshine / day

9.3h

Mean relative humidity

81%

Average peak wind

8.9km/h

Seasonal range

3.0°C

Frost days (< 0 °C)

0 d/yr

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

177 d/yr

Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)

222 d/yr

Annual snowfall

0.0 cm

Average feels-like high

34.8 °C

Average feels-like low

24.0 °C

Average peak gust

24.8 km/h

Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)

312 d/yr

Solar radiation

18.5 MJ/m²

Has the climate changed?

One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025

+1.7 °C

since 1940

+0.2 °C per decade · r² = 0.55 · 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

40.4 °C

10 March 1959

Coldest day

12.2 °C

23 December 1971

Wettest day

105 mm

1 August 2021

Windiest day

23.0 km/h

14 March 1992

Strongest gust

51.1 km/h

12 February 1967

Hottest feels-like

44.8 °C

1 April 1998

Coldest feels-like

8.1 °C

21 January 1989

Sunniest day

12.0 h

26 April 1966

Year	Hottest day	Coldest day	Annual mean	Rainfall	Hot days
2025	38.9 °C10 February 2025	18.7 °C20 December 2025	26.2 °C	959 mm	276
2024	40.0 °C29 February 2024	18.6 °C22 January 2024	27.0 °C	941 mm	283
2023	39.2 °C5 March 2023	17.8 °C16 December 2023	26.1 °C	1,120 mm	264
2022	39.6 °C20 March 2022	18.9 °C31 January 2022	26.0 °C	988 mm	246
2021	40.3 °C2 March 2021	17.9 °C10 February 2021	26.1 °C	1,108 mm	265
2020	39.6 °C22 February 2020	18.3 °C3 October 2020	26.0 °C	939 mm	260
2019	38.4 °C10 February 2019	17.9 °C28 December 2019	25.8 °C	1,116 mm	230
2018	39.0 °C5 February 2018	17.4 °C7 January 2018	25.5 °C	1,118 mm	241
2017	38.1 °C6 February 2017	18.9 °C22 August 2017	25.7 °C	1,223 mm	241
2016	39.4 °C5 February 2016	19.2 °C27 January 2016	26.1 °C	1,069 mm	264
2015	38.9 °C13 February 2015	16.1 °C13 January 2015	25.6 °C	1,109 mm	258
2014	38.7 °C22 February 2014	18.0 °C16 February 2014	25.4 °C	1,053 mm	231
2013	37.7 °C25 February 2013	16.5 °C17 December 2013	25.3 °C	1,015 mm	223
2012	37.3 °C23 March 2012	14.7 °C22 January 2012	24.8 °C	1,152 mm	204
2011	38.1 °C13 March 2011	14.8 °C15 January 2011	24.9 °C	1,182 mm	250
2010	37.2 °C30 January 2010	16.3 °C27 January 2010	25.2 °C	1,270 mm	217
2009	36.6 °C6 March 2009	16.2 °C3 March 2009	25.1 °C	1,233 mm	229
2008	36.2 °C25 March 2008	16.2 °C27 December 2008	24.7 °C	1,184 mm	195
2007	37.8 °C6 March 2007	15.4 °C3 January 2007	24.8 °C	1,317 mm	177
2006	37.4 °C25 January 2006	15.7 °C25 December 2006	24.8 °C	1,207 mm	182
2005	39.3 °C12 February 2005	17.7 °C10 January 2005	25.2 °C	1,202 mm	194
2004	37.6 °C28 March 2004	16.1 °C8 February 2004	24.9 °C	1,172 mm	204
2003	37.9 °C8 February 2003	15.4 °C5 January 2003	24.9 °C	1,291 mm	190
2002	37.7 °C25 February 2002	13.8 °C14 January 2002	24.7 °C	1,273 mm	190
2001	37.3 °C27 February 2001	13.5 °C11 January 2001	24.4 °C	1,232 mm	173
2000	37.0 °C6 March 2000	15.2 °C3 March 2000	24.5 °C	1,337 mm	194
1999	35.6 °C5 February 1999	16.3 °C17 December 1999	24.3 °C	1,392 mm	184
1998	38.1 °C4 February 1998	14.4 °C16 January 1998	25.2 °C	1,473 mm	222
1997	37.6 °C2 March 1997	15.1 °C30 January 1997	24.5 °C	1,523 mm	182
1996	36.1 °C21 February 1996	15.4 °C24 December 1996	24.5 °C	1,643 mm	174
1995	38.9 °C15 March 1995	15.5 °C23 January 1995	24.7 °C	1,513 mm	195
1994	37.5 °C25 March 1994	13.7 °C13 December 1994	24.6 °C	1,655 mm	199
1993	37.7 °C26 February 1993	13.6 °C22 January 1993	24.4 °C	1,592 mm	204
1992	38.0 °C23 February 1992	13.9 °C14 February 1992	24.2 °C	1,595 mm	176
1991	37.1 °C3 March 1991	13.9 °C20 December 1991	24.5 °C	1,635 mm	150
1990	37.2 °C16 March 1990	15.8 °C19 January 1990	24.8 °C	1,674 mm	163
1989	38.1 °C27 February 1989	12.2 °C21 January 1989	24.3 °C	1,428 mm	150
1988	38.1 °C29 February 1988	14.7 °C29 December 1988	24.7 °C	1,793 mm	156
1987	37.6 °C21 March 1987	15.4 °C13 January 1987	24.9 °C	1,754 mm	189
1986	36.2 °C4 February 1986	15.4 °C16 January 1986	24.3 °C	1,802 mm	167
1985	38.6 °C9 March 1985	14.2 °C19 February 1985	24.0 °C	1,759 mm	130
1984	36.2 °C18 February 1984	12.9 °C18 January 1984	24.0 °C	1,517 mm	168
1983	39.2 °C9 February 1983	12.2 °C28 December 1983	24.9 °C	1,719 mm	182
1982	37.1 °C19 February 1982	15.4 °C28 November 1982	24.3 °C	1,633 mm	181
1981	38.6 °C1 March 1981	14.2 °C1 December 1981	24.3 °C	1,661 mm	155
1980	36.9 °C17 January 1980	15.6 °C27 December 1980	24.3 °C	1,935 mm	132
1979	36.0 °C19 March 1979	15.8 °C9 December 1979	24.2 °C	1,911 mm	171
1978	36.6 °C30 March 1978	13.3 °C18 January 1978	24.2 °C	1,634 mm	169
1977	36.4 °C15 February 1977	14.0 °C8 January 1977	24.2 °C	1,733 mm	166
1976	35.3 °C30 January 1976	12.9 °C3 January 1976	23.9 °C	1,956 mm	129
1975	35.5 °C2 February 1975	14.6 °C11 December 1975	23.8 °C	1,745 mm	125
1974	35.9 °C10 February 1974	15.0 °C8 December 1974	23.9 °C	1,750 mm	154
1973	37.6 °C19 February 1973	16.0 °C23 January 1973	24.7 °C	1,739 mm	184
1972	35.9 °C26 March 1972	15.8 °C8 February 1972	24.5 °C	1,645 mm	189
1971	37.9 °C4 March 1971	12.2 °C23 December 1971	24.2 °C	1,594 mm	175
1970	36.2 °C27 February 1970	14.2 °C3 December 1970	24.5 °C	1,684 mm	196
1969	36.0 °C15 February 1969	15.6 °C2 February 1969	24.2 °C	2,019 mm	160
1968	38.4 °C6 April 1968	17.0 °C26 February 1968	24.2 °C	1,823 mm	155
1967	35.3 °C2 March 1967	15.5 °C5 February 1967	24.0 °C	1,773 mm	153
1966	37.8 °C5 April 1966	18.2 °C8 January 1966	25.3 °C	1,204 mm	197
1965	36.5 °C27 May 1965	17.8 °C9 December 1965	24.7 °C	1,312 mm	183
1964	37.1 °C28 May 1964	17.3 °C14 January 1964	24.7 °C	1,429 mm	183
1963	35.8 °C18 February 1963	16.9 °C2 January 1963	24.3 °C	1,345 mm	149
1962	36.7 °C26 February 1962	17.0 °C7 January 1962	23.8 °C	1,700 mm	97
1961	37.0 °C22 February 1961	16.6 °C28 December 1961	24.1 °C	1,584 mm	156
1960	35.9 °C1 February 1960	17.7 °C2 January 1960	24.4 °C	1,656 mm	157
1959	40.4 °C10 March 1959	16.1 °C25 January 1959	24.6 °C	1,437 mm	161
1958	38.0 °C25 February 1958	17.2 °C8 February 1958	24.5 °C	1,795 mm	140
1957	37.1 °C16 February 1957	15.0 °C7 February 1957	24.2 °C	1,461 mm	135
1956	35.5 °C29 January 1956	16.9 °C6 January 1956	23.8 °C	1,714 mm	109
1955	36.2 °C16 February 1955	17.4 °C19 December 1955	23.7 °C	1,666 mm	97
1954	35.1 °C8 February 1954	15.8 °C23 January 1954	23.6 °C	1,578 mm	96
1953	37.1 °C7 February 1953	16.2 °C21 December 1953	23.8 °C	1,751 mm	116
1952	36.9 °C23 January 1952	18.4 °C26 February 1952	24.0 °C	1,830 mm	126
1951	36.8 °C2 March 1951	17.1 °C18 December 1951	24.0 °C	1,683 mm	127
1950	36.6 °C18 February 1950	15.8 °C18 July 1950	24.2 °C	1,354 mm	159
1949	37.6 °C2 March 1949	16.9 °C11 February 1949	24.4 °C	1,148 mm	144
1948	35.1 °C22 March 1948	16.7 °C7 January 1948	23.9 °C	1,698 mm	98
1947	37.0 °C12 February 1947	17.4 °C8 December 1947	24.4 °C	1,373 mm	132
1946	37.5 °C7 February 1946	16.5 °C21 December 1946	24.2 °C	1,454 mm	139
1945	37.4 °C17 February 1945	16.0 °C17 January 1945	24.0 °C	1,459 mm	134
1944	38.8 °C2 March 1944	16.5 °C29 November 1944	24.6 °C	1,400 mm	152
1943	37.9 °C2 March 1943	17.1 °C12 December 1943	24.4 °C	1,454 mm	147
1942	37.0 °C9 January 1942	17.9 °C7 January 1942	24.1 °C	1,477 mm	130
1941	37.5 °C27 March 1941	16.4 °C19 December 1941	24.9 °C	1,215 mm	164
1940	35.2 °C18 January 1940	16.9 °C14 January 1940	23.9 °C	1,426 mm	103

Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.

A specific year

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Year

Across the whole year

Average daily high

32.2 °C

+2.1 °C

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

276 d/yr

+99

Frost days (< 0 °C)

0 d/yr

Annual rainfall

959 mm

-507 mm

Month by month

	High	vs. normal	Precipitation	vs. normal
Jan	35.9 °C	+3.1 °C	3 mm	-21 mm
Feb	36.5 °C	+2.8 °C	1 mm	-44 mm
Mar	36.0 °C	+3.6 °C	17 mm	-97 mm
Apr	33.1 °C	+2.1 °C	119 mm	-24 mm
May	32.0 °C	+2.3 °C	117 mm	-34 mm
Jun	31.5 °C	+2.6 °C	64 mm	-68 mm
Jul	28.8 °C	+0.6 °C	156 mm	+12 mm
Aug	28.5 °C	+0.5 °C	141 mm	-34 mm
Sep	30.0 °C	+1.6 °C	131 mm	-52 mm
Oct	29.5 °C	+1.3 °C	181 mm	-29 mm
Nov	31.6 °C	+2.4 °C	25 mm	-90 mm
Dec	33.7 °C	+2.6 °C	5 mm	-28 mm

The year's extremes

Hottest day

38.9 °C

10 Feb 2025

Coldest day

18.7 °C

20 Dec 2025

Wettest day

22.3 mm

10 Apr 2025

Windiest day

18.9 km/h

14 Mar 2025

Strongest gust

42.5 km/h

1 Jan 2025

Hottest feels-like

42.0 °C

21 Mar 2025

Coldest feels-like

16.4 °C

31 Jan 2025

Sunniest day

11.9 h

22 May 2025

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Frequently asked questions

What is the climate of Bangassou?

Bangassou has a tropical savanna climate (Köppen Aw). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 24.7 °C and it receives 1,466 mm of precipitation per year.

What is the hottest day ever recorded in Bangassou?

The hottest day measured in Bangassou between 1940 and 2025 was 10 March 1959, reaching 40.4 °C.

What is the coldest day in Bangassou?

The coldest day measured in Bangassou between 1940 and 2025 was 23 December 1971, at 12.2 °C.

Does it snow in Bangassou?

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

Has the climate of Bangassou warmed?

Yes: Bangassou warmed by +1.7 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.

What is the wettest day in Bangassou?

The wettest day measured in Bangassou between 1940 and 2025 was 1 August 2021, with 105 mm of rain in 24 hours.

What was the windiest day in Bangassou?

The windiest day measured in Bangassou between 1940 and 2025 was 14 March 1992, with winds reaching 23.0 km/h.

What is the warmest month in Bangassou?

The warmest month in Bangassou is February (26.5 °C on average); the coldest is August (23.5 °C).

How much does it rain in Bangassou?

Bangassou receives on average 1,466 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 222 rainy days.

Is it sunny in Bangassou?

Bangassou gets on average 9.3 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,395 hours per year over 1940-2025.

Are there tropical nights in Bangassou?

Yes: Bangassou has on average 312 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.

What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Bangassou?

In Bangassou, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 44.8 °C on 1 April 1998, and the lowest was 8.1 °C on 21 January 1989.

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