Makoua climate — normals and trends

Q: What is the climate of Makoua?

Makoua has a tropical monsoon climate (Köppen Am). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 24.9 °C and it receives 1,531 mm of precipitation per year.

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

The hottest day measured in Makoua between 1940 and 2025 was 17 March 2024, reaching 37.0 °C.

Q: What is the coldest day in Makoua?

The coldest day measured in Makoua between 1940 and 2025 was 18 July 1950, at 13.7 °C.

Q: Does it snow in Makoua?

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

Q: Has the climate of Makoua warmed?

Yes: Makoua warmed by +1.3 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.

Q: What is the wettest day in Makoua?

The wettest day measured in Makoua between 1940 and 2025 was 9 April 2003, with 148 mm of rain in 24 hours.

Q: What was the windiest day in Makoua?

The windiest day measured in Makoua between 1940 and 2025 was 15 July 1950, with winds reaching 19.4 km/h.

Q: What is the warmest month in Makoua?

The warmest month in Makoua is February (25.6 °C on average); the coldest is October (24.3 °C).

Q: How much does it rain in Makoua?

Makoua receives on average 1,531 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 247 rainy days.

Q: Is it sunny in Makoua?

Makoua gets on average 9.7 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,540 hours per year over 1940-2025.

Makoua (Congo Republic) has a tropical monsoon climate (Am) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 24.9 °C and it receives 1,531 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 October (24.3 °C). Rainfall peaks in October.

Makoua averages 0 frost days, 167 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 247 rainy days per year.

Makoua has warmed by +1.3 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.16 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.

The hottest day of the period reached 37.0 °C (on 17 March 2024) and the coldest 13.7 °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

MakouaCuvette Department

coords: 0.01°, 15.63°
period: 1940–2025 · 86 yrs

AmTropical monsoonWarmest monthFebruaryColdest monthOctoberWettest monthOctoberDriest monthJuly

Mean daily temperature

24.9°C

Average daily high

29.7°C

Average daily low

21.8°C

Annual rainfall

1,531mm

Sunshine / day

9.7h

Mean relative humidity

85%

Average peak wind

8.8km/h

Seasonal range

1.3°C

Frost days (< 0 °C)

0 d/yr

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

167 d/yr

Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)

247 d/yr

Annual snowfall

0.0 cm

Average feels-like high

34.9 °C

Average feels-like low

25.3 °C

Average peak gust

25.6 km/h

Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)

359 d/yr

Solar radiation

17.9 MJ/m²

Has the climate changed?

One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025

+1.3 °C

since 1940

+0.2 °C per decade · r² = 0.50 · 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

37.0 °C

17 March 2024

Coldest day

13.7 °C

18 July 1950

Wettest day

148 mm

9 April 2003

Windiest day

19.4 km/h

15 July 1950

Strongest gust

49.0 km/h

11 May 2007

Hottest feels-like

43.7 °C

22 April 2024

Coldest feels-like

10.8 °C

18 July 1950

Sunniest day

12.0 h

2 January 1940

Year	Hottest day	Coldest day	Annual mean	Rainfall	Hot days
2025	35.9 °C10 February 2025	18.8 °C18 August 2025	26.0 °C	1,444 mm	259
2024	37.0 °C17 March 2024	20.1 °C21 July 2024	26.5 °C	1,166 mm	294
2023	35.5 °C5 March 2023	19.4 °C31 January 2023	25.9 °C	1,460 mm	252
2022	35.9 °C8 April 2022	20.1 °C22 January 2022	25.8 °C	1,308 mm	236
2021	35.6 °C28 February 2021	20.3 °C19 February 2021	25.8 °C	1,208 mm	253
2020	35.9 °C28 March 2020	17.6 °C26 January 2020	26.0 °C	1,375 mm	250
2019	36.6 °C30 March 2019	20.3 °C25 August 2019	26.0 °C	1,427 mm	249
2018	35.3 °C22 April 2018	19.9 °C6 January 2018	25.8 °C	1,175 mm	248
2017	36.4 °C4 April 2017	20.2 °C23 January 2017	25.7 °C	1,410 mm	220
2016	36.1 °C4 February 2016	17.3 °C31 January 2016	26.1 °C	1,193 mm	264
2015	35.6 °C23 April 2015	16.1 °C11 January 2015	25.8 °C	1,217 mm	252
2014	35.0 °C13 March 2014	20.2 °C7 July 2014	25.5 °C	1,397 mm	231
2013	36.7 °C23 February 2013	18.0 °C17 December 2013	25.6 °C	1,121 mm	227
2012	35.5 °C3 April 2012	19.7 °C1 February 2012	25.4 °C	1,319 mm	212
2011	36.1 °C7 March 2011	19.1 °C18 January 2011	25.5 °C	1,208 mm	216
2010	35.6 °C8 March 2010	20.6 °C16 July 2010	25.7 °C	1,290 mm	227
2009	35.8 °C6 March 2009	19.7 °C20 January 2009	25.4 °C	1,351 mm	219
2008	35.6 °C3 March 2008	18.5 °C31 January 2008	25.1 °C	1,300 mm	201
2007	36.9 °C20 January 2007	17.5 °C2 January 2007	25.3 °C	1,324 mm	202
2006	34.5 °C5 March 2006	20.1 °C15 January 2006	25.2 °C	1,329 mm	204
2005	36.4 °C3 April 2005	19.5 °C10 January 2005	25.7 °C	1,201 mm	236
2004	35.4 °C10 February 2004	20.0 °C7 February 2004	25.3 °C	1,253 mm	209
2003	35.8 °C7 February 2003	20.2 °C7 July 2003	25.3 °C	1,442 mm	206
2002	35.5 °C24 February 2002	18.4 °C16 January 2002	25.3 °C	1,307 mm	197
2001	34.6 °C14 March 2001	19.4 °C10 January 2001	24.8 °C	1,174 mm	168
2000	34.8 °C21 March 2000	19.4 °C6 July 2000	24.7 °C	1,393 mm	149
1999	35.5 °C6 February 1999	19.3 °C1 April 1999	24.7 °C	1,619 mm	163
1998	36.2 °C5 February 1998	19.3 °C16 January 1998	25.7 °C	1,270 mm	225
1997	34.2 °C20 March 1997	18.8 °C1 February 1997	25.0 °C	1,525 mm	174
1996	33.1 °C24 February 1996	19.6 °C4 February 1996	24.7 °C	1,586 mm	138
1995	33.7 °C4 April 1995	19.8 °C6 December 1995	24.9 °C	1,655 mm	154
1994	34.7 °C18 March 1994	19.9 °C18 January 1994	24.8 °C	1,775 mm	145
1993	34.5 °C25 February 1993	17.8 °C22 January 1993	24.8 °C	1,692 mm	151
1992	34.9 °C13 February 1992	18.5 °C5 January 1992	24.7 °C	1,414 mm	138
1991	34.8 °C31 March 1991	19.2 °C3 January 1991	25.0 °C	1,460 mm	149
1990	34.9 °C27 March 1990	19.2 °C13 December 1990	24.9 °C	1,699 mm	144
1989	34.3 °C2 March 1989	17.6 °C12 January 1989	24.8 °C	1,325 mm	158
1988	34.9 °C27 February 1988	19.5 °C20 July 1988	24.7 °C	1,994 mm	134
1987	35.7 °C21 March 1987	20.1 °C2 July 1987	25.2 °C	1,702 mm	177
1986	34.1 °C2 May 1986	19.5 °C29 July 1986	24.7 °C	1,777 mm	139
1985	34.6 °C6 March 1985	19.3 °C5 July 1985	24.3 °C	1,897 mm	97
1984	33.6 °C19 March 1984	18.8 °C14 December 1984	24.5 °C	1,653 mm	126
1983	34.8 °C24 March 1983	17.4 °C7 January 1983	25.0 °C	1,402 mm	172
1982	34.7 °C21 April 1982	17.9 °C10 February 1982	24.5 °C	1,815 mm	125
1981	35.1 °C21 March 1981	18.0 °C12 February 1981	24.6 °C	1,644 mm	131
1980	34.3 °C9 March 1980	18.4 °C28 December 1980	24.5 °C	1,908 mm	114
1979	34.5 °C18 March 1979	19.2 °C8 July 1979	24.6 °C	1,671 mm	136
1978	34.5 °C29 March 1978	18.6 °C13 January 1978	24.5 °C	1,775 mm	120
1977	35.8 °C14 February 1977	17.4 °C28 December 1977	24.5 °C	1,813 mm	121
1976	34.0 °C24 April 1976	18.0 °C9 July 1976	24.1 °C	1,720 mm	83
1975	34.0 °C12 March 1975	18.7 °C12 December 1975	24.2 °C	1,586 mm	86
1974	33.5 °C28 April 1974	18.2 °C7 July 1974	24.0 °C	1,878 mm	80
1973	35.9 °C20 March 1973	19.4 °C2 August 1973	24.7 °C	1,918 mm	133
1972	34.5 °C20 March 1972	18.2 °C26 June 1972	24.4 °C	1,661 mm	125
1971	34.6 °C4 March 1971	16.5 °C25 December 1971	24.2 °C	1,642 mm	121
1970	34.6 °C25 March 1970	17.9 °C2 July 1970	24.5 °C	1,709 mm	125
1969	33.8 °C10 October 1969	18.8 °C15 October 1969	24.4 °C	2,089 mm	96
1968	33.8 °C27 March 1968	19.3 °C20 June 1968	24.2 °C	1,774 mm	94
1967	34.2 °C20 February 1967	17.1 °C24 July 1967	24.0 °C	2,543 mm	92
1966	33.9 °C19 March 1966	19.7 °C15 December 1966	24.9 °C	1,572 mm	161
1965	33.4 °C5 July 1965	19.7 °C5 July 1965	24.6 °C	1,664 mm	143
1964	33.0 °C19 January 1964	19.8 °C4 December 1964	24.8 °C	1,289 mm	155
1963	32.8 °C9 September 1963	19.6 °C21 November 1963	24.5 °C	1,693 mm	115
1962	32.9 °C2 March 1962	20.0 °C22 June 1962	24.3 °C	1,626 mm	100
1961	33.0 °C18 January 1961	19.1 °C4 August 1961	24.2 °C	1,952 mm	112
1960	33.2 °C28 March 1960	19.5 °C20 August 1960	24.4 °C	1,917 mm	137
1959	34.1 °C12 March 1959	19.4 °C27 August 1959	24.8 °C	1,533 mm	181
1958	35.1 °C2 March 1958	17.9 °C29 June 1958	25.1 °C	1,307 mm	216
1957	33.8 °C23 February 1957	16.8 °C12 January 1957	24.8 °C	1,223 mm	191
1956	34.1 °C18 August 1956	18.8 °C26 July 1956	24.5 °C	1,520 mm	129
1955	33.9 °C25 August 1955	19.9 °C24 July 1955	24.4 °C	1,564 mm	107
1954	34.5 °C20 August 1954	19.8 °C29 June 1954	24.6 °C	1,480 mm	136
1953	33.4 °C2 March 1953	18.6 °C30 June 1953	24.4 °C	1,908 mm	105
1952	33.2 °C7 March 1952	19.9 °C19 November 1952	24.7 °C	1,936 mm	162
1951	32.5 °C24 February 1951	19.9 °C16 July 1951	24.4 °C	1,869 mm	104
1950	35.6 °C15 August 1950	13.7 °C18 July 1950	24.8 °C	1,272 mm	189
1949	34.2 °C17 February 1949	19.8 °C19 July 1949	25.1 °C	1,045 mm	170
1948	33.0 °C21 March 1948	19.6 °C21 October 1948	24.4 °C	1,890 mm	92
1947	36.0 °C8 September 1947	18.7 °C5 July 1947	24.9 °C	1,516 mm	162
1946	35.2 °C23 February 1946	20.0 °C20 October 1946	25.0 °C	1,428 mm	175
1945	34.6 °C2 February 1945	19.4 °C7 December 1945	24.6 °C	1,433 mm	146
1944	34.2 °C24 August 1944	19.9 °C2 August 1944	25.1 °C	1,171 mm	199
1943	34.7 °C12 August 1943	18.8 °C7 July 1943	24.9 °C	1,330 mm	199
1942	32.9 °C27 February 1942	18.5 °C17 July 1942	24.5 °C	1,473 mm	139
1941	33.6 °C27 March 1941	19.4 °C27 December 1941	25.1 °C	1,204 mm	207
1940	34.0 °C8 August 1940	20.2 °C3 January 1940	24.6 °C	1,513 mm	155

Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.

A specific year

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Year

Across the whole year

Average daily high

31.0 °C

+1.3 °C

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

259 d/yr

+92

Frost days (< 0 °C)

0 d/yr

Annual rainfall

1444 mm

-87 mm

Month by month

	High	vs. normal	Precipitation	vs. normal
Jan	32.1 °C	+1.9 °C	66 mm	-33 mm
Feb	32.2 °C	+1.4 °C	53 mm	-64 mm
Mar	32.3 °C	+1.5 °C	112 mm	-49 mm
Apr	31.3 °C	+0.9 °C	211 mm	+53 mm
May	31.0 °C	+1.2 °C	134 mm	-0 mm
Jun	30.9 °C	+1.6 °C	63 mm	-9 mm
Jul	29.4 °C	+0.2 °C	48 mm	-4 mm
Aug	30.4 °C	+0.7 °C	25 mm	-55 mm
Sep	30.8 °C	+1.5 °C	187 mm	+42 mm
Oct	30.4 °C	+1.5 °C	260 mm	+56 mm
Nov	30.7 °C	+1.9 °C	190 mm	+1 mm
Dec	30.8 °C	+1.3 °C	95 mm	-25 mm

The year's extremes

Hottest day

35.9 °C

10 Feb 2025

Coldest day

18.8 °C

18 Aug 2025

Wettest day

37.5 mm

14 Oct 2025

Windiest day

15.8 km/h

23 Aug 2025

Strongest gust

39.2 km/h

23 Aug 2025

Hottest feels-like

43.0 °C

10 Feb 2025

Coldest feels-like

21.1 °C

18 Aug 2025

Sunniest day

12.0 h

1 Jan 2025

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Frequently asked questions

What is the climate of Makoua?

Makoua has a tropical monsoon climate (Köppen Am). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 24.9 °C and it receives 1,531 mm of precipitation per year.

What is the hottest day ever recorded in Makoua?

The hottest day measured in Makoua between 1940 and 2025 was 17 March 2024, reaching 37.0 °C.

What is the coldest day in Makoua?

The coldest day measured in Makoua between 1940 and 2025 was 18 July 1950, at 13.7 °C.

Does it snow in Makoua?

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

Has the climate of Makoua warmed?

Yes: Makoua warmed by +1.3 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.

What is the wettest day in Makoua?

The wettest day measured in Makoua between 1940 and 2025 was 9 April 2003, with 148 mm of rain in 24 hours.

What was the windiest day in Makoua?

The windiest day measured in Makoua between 1940 and 2025 was 15 July 1950, with winds reaching 19.4 km/h.

What is the warmest month in Makoua?

The warmest month in Makoua is February (25.6 °C on average); the coldest is October (24.3 °C).

How much does it rain in Makoua?

Makoua receives on average 1,531 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 247 rainy days.

Is it sunny in Makoua?

Makoua gets on average 9.7 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,540 hours per year over 1940-2025.

Are there tropical nights in Makoua?

Yes: Makoua has on average 359 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.

What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Makoua?

In Makoua, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 43.7 °C on 22 April 2024, and the lowest was 10.8 °C on 18 July 1950.

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