Aketi climate — normals and trends

Q: What is the climate of Aketi?

Aketi has a tropical monsoon climate (Köppen Am). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 24.6 °C and it receives 1,570 mm of precipitation per year.

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

The hottest day measured in Aketi between 1940 and 2025 was 5 February 2016, reaching 40.0 °C.

Q: What is the coldest day in Aketi?

The coldest day measured in Aketi between 1940 and 2025 was 21 January 1989, at 14.2 °C.

Q: Does it snow in Aketi?

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

Q: Has the climate of Aketi warmed?

Yes: Aketi warmed by +2.2 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.

Q: What is the wettest day in Aketi?

The wettest day measured in Aketi between 1940 and 2025 was 1 May 2020, with 79 mm of rain in 24 hours.

Q: What was the windiest day in Aketi?

The windiest day measured in Aketi between 1940 and 2025 was 17 February 1969, with winds reaching 20.4 km/h.

Q: What is the warmest month in Aketi?

The warmest month in Aketi is February (25.9 °C on average); the coldest is August (23.8 °C).

Q: How much does it rain in Aketi?

Aketi receives on average 1,570 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 250 rainy days.

Q: Is it sunny in Aketi?

Aketi gets on average 8.9 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,249 hours per year over 1940-2025.

Aketi (Democratic Republic of Congo) has a tropical monsoon climate (Am) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 24.6 °C and it receives 1,570 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 (25.9 °C on average) and the coldest is August (23.8 °C). Rainfall peaks in October.

Aketi averages 0 frost days, 147 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 250 rainy days per year.

Aketi has warmed by +2.2 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.26 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.

The hottest day of the period reached 40.0 °C (on 5 February 2016) and the coldest 14.2 °C (on 21 January 1989).

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

AketiBas-Uele

coords: 2.74°, 23.78°
period: 1940–2025 · 86 yrs

AmTropical monsoonWarmest monthFebruaryColdest monthAugustWettest monthOctoberDriest monthJanuary

Mean daily temperature

24.6°C

Average daily high

29.6°C

Average daily low

21.4°C

Annual rainfall

1,570mm

Sunshine / day

8.9h

Mean relative humidity

85%

Average peak wind

7.9km/h

Seasonal range

2.1°C

Frost days (< 0 °C)

0 d/yr

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

147 d/yr

Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)

250 d/yr

Annual snowfall

0.0 cm

Average feels-like high

34.9 °C

Average feels-like low

25.0 °C

Average peak gust

23.5 km/h

Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)

344 d/yr

Solar radiation

17.9 MJ/m²

Has the climate changed?

One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025

+2.2 °C

since 1940

+0.3 °C per decade · r² = 0.68 · 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

40.0 °C

5 February 2016

Coldest day

14.2 °C

21 January 1989

Wettest day

79 mm

1 May 2020

Windiest day

20.4 km/h

17 February 1969

Strongest gust

49.0 km/h

7 March 1985

Hottest feels-like

44.4 °C

3 April 1998

Coldest feels-like

12.2 °C

21 January 1989

Sunniest day

11.8 h

26 October 2025

Year	Hottest day	Coldest day	Annual mean	Rainfall	Hot days
2025	38.4 °C10 February 2025	19.5 °C13 January 2025	26.4 °C	924 mm	281
2024	39.3 °C10 March 2024	20.3 °C9 January 2024	27.1 °C	870 mm	307
2023	38.4 °C7 March 2023	19.8 °C16 December 2023	26.2 °C	1,224 mm	273
2022	38.7 °C20 March 2022	18.5 °C29 January 2022	26.0 °C	911 mm	263
2021	39.0 °C2 March 2021	18.2 °C9 February 2021	26.2 °C	1,092 mm	281
2020	38.2 °C14 February 2020	17.2 °C24 January 2020	25.8 °C	1,235 mm	246
2019	38.0 °C18 March 2019	20.1 °C14 July 2019	25.9 °C	1,336 mm	257
2018	37.9 °C3 February 2018	19.4 °C9 January 2018	25.8 °C	1,170 mm	260
2017	37.9 °C6 February 2017	19.7 °C7 August 2017	25.8 °C	1,263 mm	261
2016	40.0 °C5 February 2016	19.5 °C31 January 2016	26.1 °C	1,221 mm	273
2015	37.4 °C22 January 2015	17.1 °C13 January 2015	25.6 °C	1,278 mm	243
2014	37.7 °C21 February 2014	19.5 °C17 February 2014	25.6 °C	1,125 mm	245
2013	37.2 °C7 February 2013	17.0 °C17 December 2013	25.5 °C	992 mm	245
2012	37.6 °C23 March 2012	16.4 °C24 January 2012	25.1 °C	1,116 mm	219
2011	37.4 °C18 February 2011	17.8 °C19 January 2011	25.3 °C	1,235 mm	235
2010	36.4 °C31 January 2010	19.7 °C11 December 2010	25.2 °C	1,324 mm	197
2009	35.7 °C15 March 2009	18.7 °C1 December 2009	25.3 °C	1,418 mm	228
2008	36.3 °C18 February 2008	17.8 °C1 February 2008	24.8 °C	1,295 mm	194
2007	38.0 °C7 March 2007	16.3 °C3 January 2007	25.2 °C	1,400 mm	191
2006	36.4 °C25 January 2006	17.9 °C1 December 2006	24.8 °C	1,423 mm	171
2005	38.4 °C20 February 2005	17.2 °C10 January 2005	25.2 °C	1,402 mm	192
2004	37.9 °C29 March 2004	16.6 °C7 February 2004	25.2 °C	1,309 mm	207
2003	37.2 °C8 February 2003	17.9 °C5 January 2003	24.9 °C	1,369 mm	192
2002	36.6 °C24 February 2002	16.3 °C30 December 2002	24.8 °C	1,373 mm	179
2001	35.7 °C27 February 2001	16.7 °C10 January 2001	24.5 °C	1,460 mm	155
2000	35.1 °C5 March 2000	18.4 °C12 December 2000	24.4 °C	1,490 mm	151
1999	35.6 °C17 February 1999	18.7 °C12 January 1999	24.3 °C	1,613 mm	126
1998	38.0 °C6 February 1998	16.3 °C16 January 1998	25.4 °C	1,375 mm	199
1997	36.7 °C27 February 1997	16.8 °C27 February 1997	24.5 °C	1,552 mm	135
1996	34.2 °C25 February 1996	19.0 °C31 December 1996	24.3 °C	1,727 mm	114
1995	36.5 °C9 March 1995	17.6 °C24 January 1995	24.5 °C	1,642 mm	143
1994	35.0 °C27 March 1994	15.8 °C13 December 1994	24.5 °C	1,742 mm	152
1993	35.3 °C26 February 1993	15.7 °C23 January 1993	24.4 °C	1,602 mm	158
1992	37.4 °C7 March 1992	15.5 °C7 January 1992	24.3 °C	1,680 mm	127
1991	35.2 °C3 March 1991	17.9 °C20 December 1991	24.5 °C	1,576 mm	130
1990	36.0 °C8 April 1990	17.7 °C19 January 1990	24.7 °C	1,673 mm	133
1989	37.3 °C3 March 1989	14.2 °C21 January 1989	24.3 °C	1,529 mm	132
1988	35.3 °C27 February 1988	18.3 °C29 December 1988	24.4 °C	1,835 mm	117
1987	34.9 °C21 March 1987	18.9 °C1 January 1987	24.8 °C	1,801 mm	167
1986	35.7 °C24 February 1986	17.2 °C9 December 1986	24.3 °C	1,799 mm	126
1985	38.0 °C12 March 1985	15.7 °C19 February 1985	23.9 °C	1,739 mm	82
1984	34.4 °C3 February 1984	15.7 °C18 January 1984	24.0 °C	1,773 mm	102
1983	36.8 °C19 March 1983	14.9 °C29 December 1983	24.9 °C	1,676 mm	165
1982	35.6 °C19 February 1982	16.8 °C10 February 1982	24.2 °C	1,688 mm	123
1981	36.6 °C1 March 1981	15.3 °C13 February 1981	24.2 °C	1,761 mm	111
1980	33.7 °C15 January 1980	17.5 °C17 December 1980	24.1 °C	1,738 mm	89
1979	34.2 °C6 February 1979	17.9 °C9 December 1979	24.3 °C	1,768 mm	122
1978	35.8 °C28 February 1978	16.9 °C18 January 1978	24.2 °C	1,705 mm	119
1977	34.9 °C28 February 1977	16.9 °C8 January 1977	24.0 °C	1,904 mm	99
1976	33.3 °C27 January 1976	16.4 °C1 January 1976	23.7 °C	2,067 mm	69
1975	34.3 °C8 February 1975	16.3 °C10 December 1975	23.7 °C	1,916 mm	73
1974	34.0 °C10 February 1974	17.1 °C5 February 1974	23.7 °C	1,870 mm	90
1973	35.9 °C22 March 1973	18.8 °C9 March 1973	24.5 °C	1,756 mm	150
1972	34.2 °C30 March 1972	17.5 °C8 February 1972	24.0 °C	2,086 mm	108
1971	35.3 °C4 March 1971	14.6 °C23 December 1971	23.9 °C	1,846 mm	128
1970	35.1 °C8 February 1970	15.8 °C16 December 1970	24.3 °C	1,976 mm	153
1969	34.9 °C6 February 1969	17.3 °C1 February 1969	24.2 °C	2,147 mm	117
1968	34.8 °C6 April 1968	18.2 °C18 January 1968	23.9 °C	1,845 mm	93
1967	33.7 °C15 April 1967	18.2 °C5 February 1967	23.8 °C	2,102 mm	103
1966	36.1 °C3 July 1966	19.8 °C22 March 1966	24.7 °C	1,467 mm	146
1965	35.3 °C10 July 1965	17.7 °C17 December 1965	24.2 °C	1,585 mm	116
1964	35.4 °C14 July 1964	18.9 °C6 December 1964	24.3 °C	1,681 mm	140
1963	34.2 °C22 March 1963	19.2 °C2 January 1963	23.9 °C	1,465 mm	88
1962	34.6 °C1 February 1962	17.8 °C1 January 1962	23.6 °C	1,895 mm	61
1961	34.6 °C22 February 1961	17.7 °C29 December 1961	23.8 °C	1,866 mm	86
1960	35.4 °C31 January 1960	18.7 °C4 January 1960	24.1 °C	1,887 mm	113
1959	39.1 °C10 March 1959	17.1 °C24 January 1959	24.4 °C	1,670 mm	129
1958	37.3 °C25 February 1958	17.0 °C18 February 1958	24.4 °C	1,826 mm	125
1957	35.7 °C14 February 1957	14.9 °C6 February 1957	24.1 °C	1,621 mm	109
1956	33.5 °C29 January 1956	17.2 °C23 January 1956	23.5 °C	1,823 mm	57
1955	35.0 °C20 February 1955	19.0 °C3 January 1955	23.4 °C	1,772 mm	36
1954	33.5 °C3 March 1954	19.1 °C1 August 1954	23.5 °C	1,696 mm	50
1953	33.5 °C12 April 1953	16.7 °C21 December 1953	23.6 °C	2,059 mm	73
1952	34.2 °C25 January 1952	19.6 °C2 October 1952	23.8 °C	2,100 mm	88
1951	34.2 °C28 February 1951	18.0 °C18 December 1951	23.8 °C	1,684 mm	89
1950	34.5 °C24 February 1950	16.5 °C19 July 1950	24.2 °C	1,565 mm	151
1949	34.0 °C16 February 1949	18.6 °C12 December 1949	24.3 °C	1,319 mm	134
1948	33.5 °C22 March 1948	17.0 °C7 January 1948	23.5 °C	1,815 mm	49
1947	34.8 °C12 February 1947	19.4 °C23 July 1947	24.1 °C	1,445 mm	96
1946	36.6 °C18 January 1946	17.2 °C14 January 1946	24.0 °C	1,452 mm	98
1945	37.0 °C16 February 1945	16.2 °C18 January 1945	23.8 °C	1,503 mm	92
1944	36.4 °C2 March 1944	17.0 °C11 January 1944	24.3 °C	1,297 mm	122
1943	37.9 °C2 March 1943	16.9 °C3 February 1943	24.4 °C	1,338 mm	139
1942	35.6 °C9 January 1942	17.0 °C5 January 1942	23.8 °C	1,514 mm	78
1941	35.1 °C7 February 1941	17.6 °C18 December 1941	24.4 °C	1,298 mm	124
1940	32.6 °C14 February 1940	18.3 °C14 January 1940	23.6 °C	1,604 mm	55

Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.

A specific year

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Year

Across the whole year

Average daily high

32.1 °C

+2.5 °C

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

281 d/yr

+134

Frost days (< 0 °C)

0 d/yr

Annual rainfall

924 mm

-646 mm

Month by month

	High	vs. normal	Precipitation	vs. normal
Jan	35.3 °C	+4.1 °C	3 mm	-57 mm
Feb	35.7 °C	+3.8 °C	9 mm	-71 mm
Mar	34.4 °C	+3.3 °C	58 mm	-93 mm
Apr	32.8 °C	+2.7 °C	67 mm	-94 mm
May	32.4 °C	+2.9 °C	76 mm	-68 mm
Jun	32.7 °C	+3.7 °C	47 mm	-65 mm
Jul	29.2 °C	+0.5 °C	159 mm	+42 mm
Aug	29.3 °C	+0.8 °C	119 mm	-30 mm
Sep	30.7 °C	+2.1 °C	127 mm	-34 mm
Oct	29.8 °C	+1.6 °C	168 mm	-26 mm
Nov	30.7 °C	+2.4 °C	68 mm	-102 mm
Dec	32.5 °C	+2.7 °C	23 mm	-50 mm

The year's extremes

Hottest day

38.4 °C

10 Feb 2025

Coldest day

19.5 °C

13 Jan 2025

Wettest day

21.2 mm

26 Jul 2025

Windiest day

18.1 km/h

26 Feb 2025

Strongest gust

39.2 km/h

25 Nov 2025

Hottest feels-like

42.6 °C

14 Mar 2025

Coldest feels-like

18.8 °C

2 Jan 2025

Sunniest day

11.8 h

26 Oct 2025

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Frequently asked questions

What is the climate of Aketi?

Aketi has a tropical monsoon climate (Köppen Am). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 24.6 °C and it receives 1,570 mm of precipitation per year.

What is the hottest day ever recorded in Aketi?

The hottest day measured in Aketi between 1940 and 2025 was 5 February 2016, reaching 40.0 °C.

What is the coldest day in Aketi?

The coldest day measured in Aketi between 1940 and 2025 was 21 January 1989, at 14.2 °C.

Does it snow in Aketi?

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

Has the climate of Aketi warmed?

Yes: Aketi warmed by +2.2 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.

What is the wettest day in Aketi?

The wettest day measured in Aketi between 1940 and 2025 was 1 May 2020, with 79 mm of rain in 24 hours.

What was the windiest day in Aketi?

The windiest day measured in Aketi between 1940 and 2025 was 17 February 1969, with winds reaching 20.4 km/h.

What is the warmest month in Aketi?

The warmest month in Aketi is February (25.9 °C on average); the coldest is August (23.8 °C).

How much does it rain in Aketi?

Aketi receives on average 1,570 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 250 rainy days.

Is it sunny in Aketi?

Aketi gets on average 8.9 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,249 hours per year over 1940-2025.

Are there tropical nights in Aketi?

Yes: Aketi has on average 344 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.

What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Aketi?

In Aketi, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 44.4 °C on 3 April 1998, and the lowest was 12.2 °C on 21 January 1989.

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