Bobangui climate — normals and trends

Q: What is the climate of Bobangui?

Bobangui has a tropical savanna climate (Köppen Aw). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 24.8 °C and it receives 1,539 mm of precipitation per year.

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

The hottest day measured in Bobangui between 1940 and 2025 was 26 February 1988, reaching 38.8 °C.

Q: What is the coldest day in Bobangui?

The coldest day measured in Bobangui between 1940 and 2025 was 16 January 2011, at 12.5 °C.

Q: Does it snow in Bobangui?

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

Q: Has the climate of Bobangui warmed?

Yes: Bobangui warmed by +0.8 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.

Q: What is the wettest day in Bobangui?

The wettest day measured in Bobangui between 1940 and 2025 was 15 May 1943, with 116 mm of rain in 24 hours.

Q: What was the windiest day in Bobangui?

The windiest day measured in Bobangui between 1940 and 2025 was 24 April 1967, with winds reaching 21.5 km/h.

Q: What is the warmest month in Bobangui?

The warmest month in Bobangui is February (26.4 °C on average); the coldest is August (23.6 °C).

Q: How much does it rain in Bobangui?

Bobangui receives on average 1,539 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 215 rainy days.

Q: Is it sunny in Bobangui?

Bobangui gets on average 9.8 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,577 hours per year over 1940-2025.

Bobangui (Central African Republic) has a tropical savanna climate (Aw) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 24.8 °C and it receives 1,539 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 (26.4 °C on average) and the coldest is August (23.6 °C). Rainfall peaks in September.

Bobangui averages 0 frost days, 196 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 215 rainy days per year.

Bobangui has warmed by +0.8 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.10 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.

The hottest day of the period reached 38.8 °C (on 26 February 1988) and the coldest 12.5 °C (on 16 January 2011).

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

BobanguiLobaye Prefecture

coords: 4.05°, 18.12°
period: 1940–2025 · 86 yrs

AwTropical savannaWarmest monthFebruaryColdest monthAugustWettest monthSeptemberDriest monthJanuary

Mean daily temperature

24.8°C

Average daily high

30.3°C

Average daily low

21.0°C

Annual rainfall

1,539mm

Sunshine / day

9.8h

Mean relative humidity

81%

Average peak wind

9.2km/h

Seasonal range

2.8°C

Frost days (< 0 °C)

0 d/yr

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

196 d/yr

Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)

215 d/yr

Annual snowfall

0.0 cm

Average feels-like high

35.1 °C

Average feels-like low

24.0 °C

Average peak gust

25.8 km/h

Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)

311 d/yr

Solar radiation

18.9 MJ/m²

Has the climate changed?

One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025

+0.8 °C

since 1940

+0.1 °C per decade · r² = 0.26 · 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

38.8 °C

26 February 1988

Coldest day

12.5 °C

16 January 2011

Wettest day

116 mm

15 May 1943

Windiest day

21.5 km/h

24 April 1967

Strongest gust

54.4 km/h

24 April 1967

Hottest feels-like

44.3 °C

14 March 1992

Coldest feels-like

9.8 °C

23 December 1971

Sunniest day

12.0 h

29 June 1940

Year	Hottest day	Coldest day	Annual mean	Rainfall	Hot days
2025	37.2 °C11 March 2025	16.6 °C20 December 2025	25.5 °C	1,205 mm	262
2024	38.3 °C13 March 2024	14.9 °C19 January 2024	26.0 °C	890 mm	292
2023	37.4 °C12 February 2023	15.3 °C13 January 2023	25.5 °C	1,238 mm	257
2022	37.2 °C9 March 2022	15.8 °C30 December 2022	25.4 °C	1,100 mm	263
2021	37.1 °C11 March 2021	15.9 °C9 February 2021	25.7 °C	1,165 mm	260
2020	38.1 °C5 March 2020	15.4 °C2 February 2020	25.7 °C	1,239 mm	257
2019	38.3 °C21 February 2019	16.7 °C31 December 2019	25.5 °C	1,383 mm	250
2018	36.2 °C6 February 2018	14.3 °C6 January 2018	25.0 °C	1,197 mm	248
2017	36.8 °C16 January 2017	16.4 °C2 January 2017	25.3 °C	1,406 mm	250
2016	37.1 °C17 February 2016	15.7 °C31 January 2016	25.3 °C	1,430 mm	250
2015	36.3 °C1 February 2015	14.1 °C13 January 2015	25.1 °C	1,298 mm	254
2014	37.3 °C17 March 2014	14.9 °C5 January 2014	25.0 °C	1,315 mm	244
2013	36.3 °C23 February 2013	15.1 °C3 February 2013	24.9 °C	1,439 mm	222
2012	36.2 °C26 April 2012	14.2 °C9 January 2012	24.7 °C	1,322 mm	227
2011	37.5 °C8 May 2011	12.5 °C16 January 2011	24.7 °C	1,265 mm	257
2010	37.2 °C19 February 2010	14.7 °C12 December 2010	25.2 °C	1,346 mm	237
2009	38.0 °C6 March 2009	16.1 °C30 December 2009	25.1 °C	1,395 mm	242
2008	36.2 °C6 March 2008	15.6 °C25 January 2008	24.7 °C	1,220 mm	243
2007	36.5 °C18 February 2007	14.8 °C3 January 2007	25.0 °C	1,332 mm	234
2006	36.1 °C1 March 2006	14.8 °C28 December 2006	24.9 °C	1,371 mm	241
2005	37.8 °C20 February 2005	16.2 °C23 January 2005	25.2 °C	1,533 mm	225
2004	36.8 °C14 March 2004	15.8 °C8 February 2004	25.2 °C	1,372 mm	232
2003	38.1 °C7 February 2003	15.9 °C8 January 2003	25.0 °C	1,331 mm	205
2002	36.8 °C24 February 2002	13.2 °C14 January 2002	24.8 °C	1,328 mm	227
2001	36.4 °C27 February 2001	13.6 °C11 January 2001	24.5 °C	1,335 mm	214
2000	37.0 °C6 March 2000	14.6 °C14 February 2000	24.5 °C	1,489 mm	225
1999	35.7 °C22 March 1999	14.8 °C11 January 1999	24.3 °C	1,675 mm	202
1998	38.3 °C5 February 1998	14.2 °C16 January 1998	25.4 °C	1,429 mm	245
1997	37.5 °C22 March 1997	14.1 °C31 January 1997	24.9 °C	1,431 mm	207
1996	35.2 °C22 January 1996	15.6 °C21 December 1996	24.6 °C	1,535 mm	199
1995	37.2 °C22 February 1995	14.2 °C26 December 1995	24.8 °C	1,540 mm	225
1994	36.0 °C26 March 1994	14.2 °C18 January 1994	24.6 °C	1,850 mm	195
1993	36.5 °C26 March 1993	13.2 °C11 February 1993	24.6 °C	1,520 mm	207
1992	38.6 °C14 March 1992	15.2 °C27 December 1992	24.5 °C	1,673 mm	182
1991	37.4 °C12 February 1991	13.9 °C20 December 1991	24.8 °C	1,632 mm	174
1990	38.6 °C28 March 1990	16.9 °C26 February 1990	25.3 °C	1,567 mm	200
1989	37.1 °C26 February 1989	13.7 °C16 January 1989	24.6 °C	1,419 mm	177
1988	38.8 °C26 February 1988	15.5 °C28 December 1988	24.9 °C	1,764 mm	187
1987	37.1 °C22 March 1987	13.9 °C2 January 1987	25.1 °C	1,687 mm	214
1986	36.0 °C1 February 1986	14.5 °C16 January 1986	24.5 °C	1,806 mm	203
1985	37.1 °C9 March 1985	15.2 °C20 February 1985	24.1 °C	1,861 mm	138
1984	35.1 °C16 February 1984	13.2 °C25 January 1984	24.3 °C	1,561 mm	176
1983	38.2 °C15 March 1983	14.1 °C30 December 1983	25.1 °C	1,567 mm	205
1982	37.0 °C3 April 1982	15.2 °C12 February 1982	24.4 °C	1,662 mm	205
1981	36.5 °C14 February 1981	14.2 °C5 January 1981	24.4 °C	1,662 mm	179
1980	35.6 °C10 March 1980	13.4 °C29 December 1980	24.4 °C	1,869 mm	161
1979	36.9 °C18 March 1979	15.7 °C14 December 1979	24.4 °C	1,724 mm	193
1978	35.3 °C29 March 1978	14.5 °C10 January 1978	24.2 °C	1,783 mm	175
1977	36.5 °C15 March 1977	14.7 °C29 December 1977	24.3 °C	1,633 mm	179
1976	34.4 °C20 March 1976	15.0 °C2 January 1976	23.9 °C	1,748 mm	145
1975	35.1 °C22 January 1975	13.8 °C17 January 1975	23.9 °C	1,972 mm	147
1974	35.7 °C19 February 1974	14.2 °C8 December 1974	24.0 °C	1,800 mm	142
1973	36.5 °C12 March 1973	17.4 °C7 November 1973	24.7 °C	1,815 mm	196
1972	35.3 °C21 December 1972	16.7 °C5 January 1972	24.5 °C	1,708 mm	193
1971	37.0 °C4 March 1971	12.6 °C23 December 1971	23.9 °C	1,769 mm	161
1970	36.0 °C27 February 1970	15.0 °C6 December 1970	24.5 °C	1,927 mm	195
1969	35.6 °C11 February 1969	16.0 °C10 January 1969	24.4 °C	2,011 mm	166
1968	35.4 °C5 April 1968	15.1 °C18 January 1968	24.2 °C	1,866 mm	159
1967	35.3 °C8 February 1967	14.9 °C25 January 1967	24.0 °C	2,050 mm	167
1966	37.8 °C24 March 1966	16.7 °C30 December 1966	25.4 °C	1,443 mm	206
1965	36.0 °C16 May 1965	16.9 °C4 February 1965	24.8 °C	1,183 mm	217
1964	37.9 °C10 March 1964	15.2 °C10 January 1964	25.4 °C	1,260 mm	224
1963	35.8 °C18 February 1963	16.5 °C2 January 1963	24.9 °C	1,360 mm	206
1962	36.6 °C10 February 1962	15.5 °C8 February 1962	24.4 °C	1,653 mm	149
1961	38.2 °C23 February 1961	14.4 °C16 December 1961	24.7 °C	1,572 mm	187
1960	37.0 °C5 March 1960	17.9 °C2 January 1960	25.1 °C	1,533 mm	214
1959	38.3 °C10 March 1959	15.8 °C28 December 1959	24.9 °C	1,381 mm	214
1958	37.8 °C25 February 1958	16.5 °C8 January 1958	24.9 °C	1,810 mm	160
1957	37.8 °C19 February 1957	16.3 °C12 January 1957	24.6 °C	1,519 mm	161
1956	34.6 °C23 January 1956	16.7 °C29 January 1956	24.3 °C	1,585 mm	138
1955	34.8 °C15 February 1955	18.6 °C31 July 1955	23.9 °C	2,064 mm	82
1954	34.4 °C4 March 1954	17.9 °C2 August 1954	24.1 °C	1,785 mm	98
1953	36.4 °C7 February 1953	16.4 °C21 December 1953	24.3 °C	1,947 mm	141
1952	35.4 °C14 January 1952	18.1 °C6 January 1952	24.4 °C	2,068 mm	138
1951	34.2 °C23 April 1951	16.3 °C7 December 1951	24.3 °C	1,753 mm	162
1950	35.5 °C1 September 1950	14.8 °C11 August 1950	24.8 °C	1,399 mm	202
1949	37.1 °C15 February 1949	17.5 °C6 February 1949	25.2 °C	1,081 mm	198
1948	34.9 °C31 January 1948	16.9 °C11 January 1948	24.2 °C	1,922 mm	117
1947	35.4 °C24 January 1947	18.2 °C19 January 1947	24.6 °C	1,599 mm	138
1946	37.6 °C2 March 1946	16.1 °C20 January 1946	24.6 °C	1,515 mm	141
1945	37.4 °C17 February 1945	15.9 °C22 December 1945	24.6 °C	1,511 mm	142
1944	37.4 °C1 March 1944	16.4 °C30 November 1944	25.0 °C	1,370 mm	174
1943	36.4 °C1 March 1943	17.5 °C31 January 1943	24.9 °C	1,309 mm	193
1942	36.3 °C6 February 1942	18.9 °C18 July 1942	24.4 °C	1,429 mm	147
1941	37.6 °C10 March 1941	16.8 °C22 December 1941	25.1 °C	1,212 mm	202
1940	34.9 °C14 January 1940	18.1 °C26 December 1940	24.2 °C	1,621 mm	119

Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.

A specific year

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Year

Across the whole year

Average daily high

31.5 °C

+1.2 °C

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

262 d/yr

+66

Frost days (< 0 °C)

0 d/yr

Annual rainfall

1205 mm

-334 mm

Month by month

	High	vs. normal	Precipitation	vs. normal
Jan	33.4 °C	+0.9 °C	14 mm	-7 mm
Feb	34.3 °C	+1.0 °C	3 mm	-41 mm
Mar	33.6 °C	+1.3 °C	60 mm	-52 mm
Apr	32.5 °C	+1.3 °C	56 mm	-70 mm
May	31.8 °C	+1.4 °C	83 mm	-47 mm
Jun	30.7 °C	+1.3 °C	121 mm	-5 mm
Jul	28.7 °C	+0.1 °C	226 mm	+65 mm
Aug	28.6 °C	+0.3 °C	208 mm	-8 mm
Sep	30.0 °C	+1.4 °C	258 mm	+29 mm
Oct	30.0 °C	+1.3 °C	134 mm	-81 mm
Nov	31.6 °C	+2.1 °C	37 mm	-88 mm
Dec	32.8 °C	+1.9 °C	5 mm	-30 mm

The year's extremes

Hottest day

37.2 °C

11 Mar 2025

Coldest day

16.6 °C

20 Dec 2025

Wettest day

31.4 mm

26 May 2025

Windiest day

16.4 km/h

23 Feb 2025

Strongest gust

41.0 km/h

2 May 2025

Hottest feels-like

41.9 °C

16 Mar 2025

Coldest feels-like

15.6 °C

2 Jan 2025

Sunniest day

12.0 h

26 Jun 2025

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Frequently asked questions

What is the climate of Bobangui?

Bobangui has a tropical savanna climate (Köppen Aw). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 24.8 °C and it receives 1,539 mm of precipitation per year.

What is the hottest day ever recorded in Bobangui?

The hottest day measured in Bobangui between 1940 and 2025 was 26 February 1988, reaching 38.8 °C.

What is the coldest day in Bobangui?

The coldest day measured in Bobangui between 1940 and 2025 was 16 January 2011, at 12.5 °C.

Does it snow in Bobangui?

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

Has the climate of Bobangui warmed?

Yes: Bobangui warmed by +0.8 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.

What is the wettest day in Bobangui?

The wettest day measured in Bobangui between 1940 and 2025 was 15 May 1943, with 116 mm of rain in 24 hours.

What was the windiest day in Bobangui?

The windiest day measured in Bobangui between 1940 and 2025 was 24 April 1967, with winds reaching 21.5 km/h.

What is the warmest month in Bobangui?

The warmest month in Bobangui is February (26.4 °C on average); the coldest is August (23.6 °C).

How much does it rain in Bobangui?

Bobangui receives on average 1,539 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 215 rainy days.

Is it sunny in Bobangui?

Bobangui gets on average 9.8 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,577 hours per year over 1940-2025.

Are there tropical nights in Bobangui?

Yes: Bobangui has on average 311 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.

What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Bobangui?

In Bobangui, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 44.3 °C on 14 March 1992, and the lowest was 9.8 °C on 23 December 1971.

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