Batangafo climate — normals and trends

Q: What is the climate of Batangafo?

Batangafo has a tropical savanna climate (Köppen Aw). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 27.1 °C and it receives 1,196 mm of precipitation per year.

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

The hottest day measured in Batangafo between 1940 and 2025 was 5 March 1971, reaching 43.1 °C.

Q: What is the coldest day in Batangafo?

The coldest day measured in Batangafo between 1940 and 2025 was 25 December 1971, at 13.5 °C.

Q: Does it snow in Batangafo?

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

Q: Has the climate of Batangafo warmed?

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

Q: What is the wettest day in Batangafo?

The wettest day measured in Batangafo between 1940 and 2025 was 3 October 1956, with 92 mm of rain in 24 hours.

Q: What was the windiest day in Batangafo?

The windiest day measured in Batangafo between 1940 and 2025 was 21 April 2010, with winds reaching 26.2 km/h.

Q: What is the warmest month in Batangafo?

The warmest month in Batangafo is March (30.3 °C on average); the coldest is August (24.7 °C).

Q: How much does it rain in Batangafo?

Batangafo receives on average 1,196 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 159 rainy days.

Q: Is it sunny in Batangafo?

Batangafo gets on average 10.4 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,796 hours per year over 1940-2025.

Batangafo (Central African Republic) has a tropical savanna climate (Aw) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 27.1 °C and it receives 1,196 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 (30.3 °C on average) and the coldest is August (24.7 °C). Rainfall peaks in August.

Batangafo averages 0 frost days, 283 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 159 rainy days per year.

Batangafo 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 43.1 °C (on 5 March 1971) and the coldest 13.5 °C (on 25 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

BatangafoOuham-Fafa

coords: 7.30°, 18.28°
period: 1940–2025 · 86 yrs

AwTropical savannaWarmest monthMarchColdest monthAugustWettest monthAugustDriest monthJanuary

Mean daily temperature

27.1°C

Average daily high

33.0°C

Average daily low

22.3°C

Annual rainfall

1,196mm

Sunshine / day

10.4h

Mean relative humidity

62%

Average peak wind

11.3km/h

Seasonal range

5.6°C

Frost days (< 0 °C)

0 d/yr

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

283 d/yr

Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)

159 d/yr

Annual snowfall

0.0 cm

Average feels-like high

36.3 °C

Average feels-like low

24.1 °C

Average peak gust

27.7 km/h

Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)

324 d/yr

Solar radiation

20.5 MJ/m²

Has the climate changed?

One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025

+0.7 °C

since 1940

+0.1 °C per decade · r² = 0.18 · 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

43.1 °C

5 March 1971

Coldest day

13.5 °C

25 December 1971

Wettest day

92 mm

3 October 1956

Windiest day

26.2 km/h

21 April 2010

Strongest gust

55.4 km/h

21 April 2010

Hottest feels-like

46.4 °C

2 April 2020

Coldest feels-like

10.2 °C

27 December 1980

Sunniest day

12.0 h

15 May 2023

Year	Hottest day	Coldest day	Annual mean	Rainfall	Hot days
2025	41.8 °C26 March 2025	16.0 °C31 January 2025	27.6 °C	919 mm	316
2024	41.5 °C29 March 2024	17.8 °C20 January 2024	28.1 °C	854 mm	326
2023	41.0 °C6 March 2023	17.2 °C15 December 2023	27.7 °C	871 mm	314
2022	41.6 °C20 March 2022	17.3 °C29 December 2022	27.5 °C	842 mm	309
2021	41.1 °C2 March 2021	18.3 °C9 February 2021	28.0 °C	739 mm	320
2020	41.5 °C6 March 2020	16.6 °C3 January 2020	27.8 °C	945 mm	312
2019	41.8 °C19 March 2019	18.3 °C10 January 2019	27.8 °C	952 mm	295
2018	40.9 °C8 February 2018	15.6 °C5 January 2018	27.7 °C	959 mm	309
2017	40.2 °C18 March 2017	18.3 °C25 November 2017	27.8 °C	906 mm	309
2016	40.8 °C29 February 2016	16.7 °C31 January 2016	27.8 °C	1,023 mm	320
2015	40.4 °C22 March 2015	14.4 °C12 January 2015	27.6 °C	830 mm	327
2014	41.0 °C18 March 2014	17.6 °C4 January 2014	27.5 °C	966 mm	322
2013	42.1 °C24 February 2013	16.8 °C18 December 2013	27.4 °C	993 mm	298
2012	40.5 °C23 March 2012	15.8 °C9 January 2012	27.0 °C	1,124 mm	294
2011	40.8 °C9 March 2011	13.7 °C16 January 2011	27.0 °C	923 mm	311
2010	41.2 °C1 April 2010	16.1 °C2 January 2010	27.5 °C	1,285 mm	310
2009	41.1 °C24 March 2009	15.5 °C28 December 2009	27.6 °C	1,052 mm	321
2008	39.7 °C6 March 2008	16.1 °C28 January 2008	26.9 °C	954 mm	304
2007	41.2 °C1 April 2007	14.9 °C2 January 2007	27.2 °C	1,031 mm	304
2006	40.6 °C27 February 2006	15.1 °C31 December 2006	27.4 °C	1,144 mm	305
2005	41.1 °C25 February 2005	16.8 °C10 January 2005	27.7 °C	1,261 mm	309
2004	40.3 °C31 March 2004	17.2 °C5 February 2004	27.3 °C	1,092 mm	305
2003	40.2 °C8 March 2003	16.8 °C6 January 2003	27.3 °C	1,238 mm	285
2002	40.3 °C22 February 2002	14.4 °C12 January 2002	27.1 °C	1,081 mm	299
2001	39.6 °C27 February 2001	13.8 °C10 January 2001	26.9 °C	984 mm	296
2000	40.4 °C8 April 2000	15.2 °C15 December 2000	26.7 °C	1,201 mm	298
1999	40.1 °C13 April 1999	15.8 °C10 January 1999	26.8 °C	1,316 mm	266
1998	40.8 °C2 February 1998	13.7 °C16 January 1998	27.5 °C	1,311 mm	307
1997	41.6 °C22 March 1997	16.2 °C27 January 1997	26.8 °C	1,348 mm	308
1996	40.4 °C11 March 1996	15.9 °C25 December 1996	26.9 °C	1,572 mm	287
1995	41.7 °C16 March 1995	15.9 °C26 January 1995	26.8 °C	1,311 mm	298
1994	41.8 °C30 March 1994	15.3 °C14 December 1994	27.1 °C	1,360 mm	296
1993	40.8 °C27 February 1993	14.4 °C11 February 1993	26.8 °C	1,078 mm	306
1992	40.2 °C11 March 1992	15.3 °C25 December 1992	26.4 °C	1,365 mm	281
1991	40.4 °C10 March 1991	16.3 °C20 December 1991	27.1 °C	1,310 mm	289
1990	42.0 °C29 March 1990	18.1 °C1 January 1990	27.6 °C	1,212 mm	307
1989	40.2 °C9 April 1989	13.8 °C21 January 1989	26.8 °C	1,184 mm	282
1988	41.0 °C3 March 1988	17.2 °C23 November 1988	27.1 °C	1,493 mm	273
1987	41.6 °C21 March 1987	15.3 °C2 January 1987	27.5 °C	1,255 mm	298
1986	41.5 °C18 April 1986	14.5 °C9 December 1986	26.8 °C	1,272 mm	287
1985	39.8 °C8 March 1985	16.8 °C31 December 1985	26.3 °C	1,686 mm	246
1984	39.7 °C27 February 1984	14.9 °C14 December 1984	26.4 °C	1,256 mm	290
1983	40.8 °C25 March 1983	15.4 °C28 December 1983	26.8 °C	1,218 mm	290
1982	39.9 °C17 March 1982	15.2 °C27 November 1982	26.2 °C	1,531 mm	275
1981	40.8 °C1 March 1981	15.9 °C10 January 1981	26.5 °C	1,560 mm	265
1980	40.6 °C26 February 1980	13.5 °C27 December 1980	26.7 °C	1,717 mm	267
1979	40.2 °C20 March 1979	17.1 °C3 December 1979	26.5 °C	1,328 mm	278
1978	41.0 °C30 March 1978	15.4 °C11 January 1978	26.6 °C	1,366 mm	266
1977	40.9 °C23 March 1977	15.3 °C26 December 1977	26.8 °C	1,186 mm	285
1976	39.1 °C31 January 1976	16.2 °C2 January 1976	26.5 °C	1,322 mm	282
1975	38.6 °C16 March 1975	15.3 °C9 December 1975	26.3 °C	1,461 mm	262
1974	39.6 °C11 March 1974	15.0 °C6 December 1974	26.1 °C	1,333 mm	263
1973	41.4 °C19 February 1973	16.7 °C23 December 1973	27.2 °C	1,179 mm	301
1972	40.6 °C10 March 1972	16.7 °C11 January 1972	27.1 °C	1,064 mm	295
1971	43.1 °C5 March 1971	13.5 °C25 December 1971	26.5 °C	1,160 mm	276
1970	40.1 °C17 February 1970	15.0 °C3 December 1970	26.9 °C	1,299 mm	278
1969	39.6 °C16 February 1969	15.9 °C8 January 1969	26.5 °C	1,588 mm	279
1968	39.4 °C6 April 1968	14.7 °C25 December 1968	26.4 °C	1,343 mm	275
1967	41.6 °C16 April 1967	15.1 °C27 January 1967	26.6 °C	1,183 mm	265
1966	41.7 °C6 April 1966	17.3 °C23 December 1966	28.2 °C	777 mm	314
1965	40.3 °C17 May 1965	15.8 °C5 February 1965	27.9 °C	660 mm	319
1964	41.0 °C4 April 1964	18.8 °C17 November 1964	28.4 °C	706 mm	299
1963	40.1 °C23 March 1963	18.0 °C10 December 1963	27.4 °C	821 mm	288
1962	40.1 °C26 February 1962	17.6 °C4 January 1962	26.9 °C	1,083 mm	262
1961	40.0 °C9 March 1961	17.2 °C17 November 1961	26.8 °C	1,321 mm	253
1960	40.7 °C2 April 1960	19.1 °C3 January 1960	27.2 °C	1,412 mm	266
1959	40.5 °C11 March 1959	18.5 °C26 January 1959	27.5 °C	1,097 mm	295
1958	40.5 °C14 March 1958	18.7 °C8 January 1958	27.1 °C	1,624 mm	226
1957	40.1 °C6 May 1957	16.5 °C12 January 1957	26.7 °C	1,350 mm	238
1956	39.5 °C3 March 1956	18.3 °C5 January 1956	26.8 °C	1,526 mm	245
1955	38.8 °C19 February 1955	18.0 °C11 December 1955	26.4 °C	1,574 mm	221
1954	39.1 °C4 March 1954	17.4 °C7 December 1954	26.5 °C	1,328 mm	221
1953	39.7 °C16 February 1953	16.4 °C21 December 1953	26.3 °C	1,558 mm	228
1952	39.5 °C28 February 1952	18.6 °C5 January 1952	26.8 °C	1,560 mm	259
1951	38.2 °C3 March 1951	17.6 °C30 December 1951	26.6 °C	1,341 mm	258
1950	40.8 °C28 February 1950	17.3 °C10 August 1950	26.6 °C	1,125 mm	262
1949	39.9 °C15 March 1949	17.6 °C20 December 1949	27.5 °C	729 mm	304
1948	39.5 °C23 March 1948	18.1 °C25 December 1948	26.6 °C	1,481 mm	239
1947	39.2 °C22 February 1947	17.9 °C6 December 1947	26.9 °C	1,470 mm	222
1946	40.5 °C24 February 1946	17.7 °C16 January 1946	26.9 °C	1,483 mm	232
1945	39.5 °C8 April 1945	17.1 °C21 December 1945	26.6 °C	1,230 mm	237
1944	40.9 °C2 March 1944	17.9 °C30 November 1944	26.8 °C	1,339 mm	247
1943	39.7 °C1 March 1943	18.2 °C11 December 1943	27.4 °C	847 mm	285
1942	39.3 °C13 February 1942	19.4 °C10 December 1942	27.0 °C	1,049 mm	255
1941	41.1 °C29 March 1941	17.4 °C28 November 1941	27.6 °C	868 mm	289
1940	38.0 °C18 February 1940	18.0 °C24 November 1940	26.9 °C	1,172 mm	266

Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.

A specific year

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Year

Across the whole year

Average daily high

34.2 °C

+1.2 °C

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

316 d/yr

+33

Frost days (< 0 °C)

0 d/yr

Annual rainfall

919 mm

-277 mm

Month by month

	High	vs. normal	Precipitation	vs. normal
Jan	36.7 °C	+1.5 °C	0 mm	-1 mm
Feb	38.1 °C	+1.1 °C	0 mm	-4 mm
Mar	39.2 °C	+2.1 °C	3 mm	-26 mm
Apr	36.7 °C	+1.2 °C	23 mm	-47 mm
May	34.3 °C	+1.1 °C	29 mm	-75 mm
Jun	32.6 °C	+1.4 °C	55 mm	-73 mm
Jul	30.4 °C	+0.9 °C	274 mm	+67 mm
Aug	29.3 °C	+0.4 °C	279 mm	+33 mm
Sep	30.8 °C	+1.2 °C	119 mm	-94 mm
Oct	31.3 °C	+0.5 °C	127 mm	-33 mm
Nov	35.0 °C	+1.9 °C	11 mm	-21 mm
Dec	36.4 °C	+2.0 °C	0 mm	-3 mm

The year's extremes

Hottest day

41.8 °C

26 Mar 2025

Coldest day

16.0 °C

31 Jan 2025

Wettest day

26.2 mm

23 Aug 2025

Windiest day

22.1 km/h

19 May 2025

Strongest gust

50.8 km/h

15 Jul 2025

Hottest feels-like

43.7 °C

1 May 2025

Coldest feels-like

14.1 °C

11 Jan 2025

Sunniest day

12.0 h

21 May 2025

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Frequently asked questions

What is the climate of Batangafo?

Batangafo has a tropical savanna climate (Köppen Aw). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 27.1 °C and it receives 1,196 mm of precipitation per year.

What is the hottest day ever recorded in Batangafo?

The hottest day measured in Batangafo between 1940 and 2025 was 5 March 1971, reaching 43.1 °C.

What is the coldest day in Batangafo?

The coldest day measured in Batangafo between 1940 and 2025 was 25 December 1971, at 13.5 °C.

Does it snow in Batangafo?

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

Has the climate of Batangafo warmed?

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

What is the wettest day in Batangafo?

The wettest day measured in Batangafo between 1940 and 2025 was 3 October 1956, with 92 mm of rain in 24 hours.

What was the windiest day in Batangafo?

The windiest day measured in Batangafo between 1940 and 2025 was 21 April 2010, with winds reaching 26.2 km/h.

What is the warmest month in Batangafo?

The warmest month in Batangafo is March (30.3 °C on average); the coldest is August (24.7 °C).

How much does it rain in Batangafo?

Batangafo receives on average 1,196 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 159 rainy days.

Is it sunny in Batangafo?

Batangafo gets on average 10.4 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,796 hours per year over 1940-2025.

Are there tropical nights in Batangafo?

Yes: Batangafo has on average 324 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.

What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Batangafo?

In Batangafo, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 46.4 °C on 2 April 2020, and the lowest was 10.2 °C on 27 December 1980.

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