Babamba climate — normals and trends

Q: What is the climate of Babamba?

Babamba has a tropical rainforest climate (Köppen Af). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 23.0 °C and it receives 2,134 mm of precipitation per year.

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

The hottest day measured in Babamba between 1940 and 2025 was 13 February 2024, reaching 38.4 °C.

Q: What is the coldest day in Babamba?

The coldest day measured in Babamba between 1940 and 2025 was 6 February 1957, at 13.8 °C.

Q: Does it snow in Babamba?

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

Q: Has the climate of Babamba warmed?

Yes: Babamba warmed by +1.9 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.

Q: What is the wettest day in Babamba?

The wettest day measured in Babamba between 1940 and 2025 was 16 November 1965, with 135 mm of rain in 24 hours.

Q: What was the windiest day in Babamba?

The windiest day measured in Babamba between 1940 and 2025 was 8 August 1950, with winds reaching 20.4 km/h.

Q: What is the warmest month in Babamba?

The warmest month in Babamba is February (24.0 °C on average); the coldest is August (22.4 °C).

Q: How much does it rain in Babamba?

Babamba receives on average 2,134 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 285 rainy days.

Q: Is it sunny in Babamba?

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

Babamba (Democratic Republic of Congo) has a tropical rainforest climate (Af) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 23.0 °C and it receives 2,134 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 (24.0 °C on average) and the coldest is August (22.4 °C). Rainfall peaks in October.

Babamba averages 0 frost days, 60 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 285 rainy days per year.

Babamba has warmed by +1.9 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.23 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.

The hottest day of the period reached 38.4 °C (on 13 February 2024) and the coldest 13.8 °C (on 6 February 1957).

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

BabambaTshopo

coords: 0.18°, 27.48°
period: 1940–2025 · 86 yrs

AfTropical rainforestWarmest monthFebruaryColdest monthAugustWettest monthOctoberDriest monthJanuary

Mean daily temperature

23.0°C

Average daily high

27.9°C

Average daily low

19.9°C

Annual rainfall

2,134mm

Sunshine / day

8.9h

Mean relative humidity

88%

Average peak wind

7.8km/h

Seasonal range

1.6°C

Frost days (< 0 °C)

0 d/yr

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

60 d/yr

Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)

285 d/yr

Annual snowfall

0.0 cm

Average feels-like high

32.9 °C

Average feels-like low

22.8 °C

Average peak gust

22.9 km/h

Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)

160 d/yr

Solar radiation

17.8 MJ/m²

Has the climate changed?

One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025

+1.9 °C

since 1940

+0.2 °C per decade · r² = 0.67 · 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

38.4 °C

13 February 2024

Coldest day

13.8 °C

6 February 1957

Wettest day

135 mm

16 November 1965

Windiest day

20.4 km/h

8 August 1950

Strongest gust

47.9 km/h

28 January 2005

Hottest feels-like

42.6 °C

18 March 2024

Coldest feels-like

13.3 °C

6 February 1957

Sunniest day

12.0 h

25 September 1941

Year	Hottest day	Coldest day	Annual mean	Rainfall	Hot days
2025	34.7 °C11 February 2025	18.4 °C21 June 2025	24.3 °C	1,546 mm	159
2024	38.4 °C13 February 2024	19.3 °C8 December 2024	25.3 °C	1,373 mm	233
2023	35.1 °C7 March 2023	19.0 °C9 July 2023	24.4 °C	1,799 mm	176
2022	37.1 °C5 March 2022	18.3 °C8 September 2022	24.0 °C	1,816 mm	124
2021	36.0 °C14 February 2021	18.9 °C7 July 2021	24.3 °C	1,711 mm	166
2020	37.4 °C16 February 2020	18.7 °C24 January 2020	24.6 °C	1,831 mm	183
2019	35.3 °C4 February 2019	18.8 °C27 July 2019	24.3 °C	1,908 mm	159
2018	35.6 °C8 February 2018	18.5 °C30 June 2018	24.0 °C	1,647 mm	143
2017	35.3 °C20 January 2017	18.5 °C5 September 2017	24.1 °C	1,998 mm	144
2016	36.5 °C5 February 2016	18.1 °C30 January 2016	24.3 °C	1,621 mm	147
2015	35.5 °C1 February 2015	17.1 °C10 January 2015	24.0 °C	1,705 mm	126
2014	36.2 °C21 February 2014	18.3 °C11 July 2014	23.8 °C	1,567 mm	106
2013	34.3 °C23 January 2013	17.5 °C16 December 2013	23.6 °C	1,737 mm	99
2012	35.9 °C5 February 2012	17.8 °C5 July 2012	23.4 °C	1,723 mm	85
2011	34.1 °C18 February 2011	18.1 °C12 July 2011	23.3 °C	1,912 mm	74
2010	34.4 °C2 February 2010	18.4 °C14 August 2010	23.6 °C	1,893 mm	101
2009	33.0 °C16 January 2009	18.2 °C7 July 2009	23.2 °C	2,095 mm	56
2008	33.0 °C24 February 2008	17.4 °C21 July 2008	23.0 °C	1,815 mm	65
2007	35.0 °C20 February 2007	17.2 °C4 January 2007	23.3 °C	1,770 mm	87
2006	34.1 °C25 January 2006	17.6 °C19 June 2006	23.1 °C	1,904 mm	50
2005	38.1 °C21 February 2005	17.2 °C11 January 2005	23.5 °C	1,889 mm	80
2004	33.3 °C11 February 2004	17.0 °C6 February 2004	23.2 °C	1,895 mm	54
2003	34.7 °C8 February 2003	18.4 °C4 July 2003	23.2 °C	1,832 mm	70
2002	34.4 °C25 February 2002	17.4 °C30 December 2002	23.1 °C	1,776 mm	67
2001	32.6 °C1 February 2001	17.9 °C11 January 2001	22.8 °C	1,807 mm	47
2000	33.0 °C5 March 2000	17.2 °C16 August 2000	22.7 °C	1,970 mm	43
1999	33.9 °C18 February 1999	17.3 °C30 August 1999	22.7 °C	2,054 mm	46
1998	35.1 °C11 March 1998	18.5 °C22 September 1998	23.6 °C	1,973 mm	83
1997	35.0 °C4 March 1997	17.9 °C25 January 1997	23.2 °C	2,017 mm	65
1996	31.7 °C3 March 1996	18.3 °C6 July 1996	22.7 °C	2,396 mm	26
1995	33.7 °C15 March 1995	17.6 °C19 July 1995	23.1 °C	2,151 mm	48
1994	34.2 °C22 February 1994	17.8 °C8 August 1994	22.9 °C	2,442 mm	58
1993	32.7 °C15 February 1993	16.1 °C24 January 1993	22.9 °C	2,239 mm	43
1992	35.9 °C13 March 1992	16.6 °C12 February 1992	23.0 °C	2,085 mm	56
1991	32.5 °C19 February 1991	17.7 °C26 October 1991	23.0 °C	2,124 mm	39
1990	33.0 °C26 January 1990	18.0 °C10 July 1990	23.2 °C	2,073 mm	46
1989	35.3 °C3 March 1989	15.4 °C23 January 1989	23.1 °C	2,139 mm	73
1988	34.0 °C29 February 1988	18.1 °C17 July 1988	23.2 °C	2,301 mm	53
1987	33.8 °C24 February 1987	18.8 °C7 November 1987	23.5 °C	2,242 mm	72
1986	31.9 °C3 February 1986	18.0 °C28 July 1986	22.8 °C	2,462 mm	38
1985	35.7 °C13 March 1985	16.6 °C19 February 1985	22.6 °C	2,371 mm	34
1984	32.5 °C3 February 1984	17.6 °C9 January 1984	22.7 °C	2,107 mm	33
1983	33.7 °C8 February 1983	16.6 °C30 December 1983	23.2 °C	2,065 mm	76
1982	33.6 °C20 February 1982	17.2 °C10 February 1982	22.8 °C	2,236 mm	26
1981	32.7 °C1 March 1981	16.9 °C13 February 1981	22.8 °C	2,271 mm	36
1980	31.9 °C9 March 1980	18.1 °C20 August 1980	22.9 °C	2,151 mm	26
1979	31.1 °C20 September 1979	18.0 °C25 July 1979	22.8 °C	2,364 mm	20
1978	32.0 °C1 February 1978	17.7 °C29 June 1978	22.7 °C	2,275 mm	37
1977	32.0 °C13 February 1977	17.1 °C21 June 1977	22.6 °C	2,524 mm	24
1976	31.1 °C19 January 1976	16.7 °C11 July 1976	22.1 °C	2,599 mm	16
1975	31.7 °C24 March 1975	17.2 °C9 December 1975	22.1 °C	2,656 mm	11
1974	32.9 °C13 March 1974	17.0 °C13 September 1974	22.2 °C	2,503 mm	27
1973	35.4 °C20 February 1973	17.7 °C18 August 1973	22.8 °C	2,310 mm	68
1972	32.1 °C5 January 1972	17.3 °C8 February 1972	22.4 °C	2,688 mm	38
1971	34.5 °C5 March 1971	15.4 °C20 December 1971	22.3 °C	2,223 mm	47
1970	33.1 °C27 February 1970	17.3 °C3 December 1970	22.7 °C	2,614 mm	48
1969	33.1 °C16 December 1969	16.7 °C31 January 1969	22.7 °C	2,679 mm	34
1968	32.4 °C27 March 1968	17.2 °C21 September 1968	22.3 °C	2,485 mm	24
1967	31.7 °C6 April 1967	16.7 °C18 August 1967	22.2 °C	2,562 mm	33
1966	33.8 °C4 August 1966	17.7 °C3 July 1966	22.8 °C	2,128 mm	76
1965	33.3 °C26 July 1965	16.6 °C17 December 1965	22.5 °C	2,092 mm	65
1964	32.6 °C26 March 1964	17.0 °C30 November 1964	22.5 °C	2,116 mm	57
1963	31.1 °C22 March 1963	17.0 °C22 September 1963	22.2 °C	2,404 mm	14
1962	31.3 °C25 February 1962	17.4 °C22 June 1962	22.0 °C	2,778 mm	8
1961	32.9 °C8 March 1961	17.0 °C21 August 1961	22.2 °C	3,079 mm	33
1960	32.8 °C3 February 1960	16.8 °C31 January 1960	22.5 °C	2,559 mm	41
1959	35.3 °C14 March 1959	16.4 °C22 September 1959	22.7 °C	2,348 mm	46
1958	33.4 °C29 March 1958	15.6 °C18 February 1958	22.9 °C	2,412 mm	62
1957	33.6 °C19 February 1957	13.8 °C6 February 1957	22.6 °C	2,291 mm	36
1956	32.1 °C2 March 1956	16.3 °C22 January 1956	22.0 °C	2,496 mm	14
1955	31.4 °C15 February 1955	17.5 °C8 August 1955	22.0 °C	2,557 mm	7
1954	31.5 °C31 January 1954	17.5 °C26 July 1954	22.2 °C	2,176 mm	15
1953	30.8 °C15 March 1953	17.5 °C1 December 1953	22.1 °C	2,926 mm	5
1952	31.5 °C26 January 1952	17.8 °C16 August 1952	22.3 °C	2,902 mm	19
1951	32.7 °C1 March 1951	17.6 °C21 January 1951	22.4 °C	2,471 mm	24
1950	33.1 °C18 February 1950	14.4 °C18 July 1950	22.5 °C	1,906 mm	42
1949	32.5 °C27 February 1949	17.9 °C26 June 1949	22.6 °C	1,683 mm	32
1948	30.9 °C23 March 1948	17.5 °C7 January 1948	22.2 °C	2,497 mm	3
1947	30.6 °C10 March 1947	18.2 °C4 December 1947	22.5 °C	1,995 mm	12
1946	34.2 °C28 January 1946	16.6 °C13 January 1946	22.5 °C	2,084 mm	59
1945	34.9 °C22 February 1945	15.6 °C19 January 1945	22.3 °C	1,874 mm	37
1944	35.5 °C3 March 1944	15.8 °C14 January 1944	22.8 °C	1,676 mm	46
1943	35.0 °C2 March 1943	17.4 °C4 February 1943	22.8 °C	1,655 mm	86
1942	33.9 °C7 February 1942	17.7 °C15 August 1942	22.4 °C	1,741 mm	40
1941	32.8 °C11 March 1941	17.8 °C26 July 1941	22.8 °C	1,727 mm	50
1940	31.1 °C18 January 1940	16.7 °C11 January 1940	22.1 °C	2,003 mm	12

Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.

A specific year

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Year

Across the whole year

Average daily high

29.3 °C

+1.4 °C

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

159 d/yr

+99

Frost days (< 0 °C)

0 d/yr

Annual rainfall

1546 mm

-588 mm

Month by month

	High	vs. normal	Precipitation	vs. normal
Jan	31.8 °C	+2.9 °C	20 mm	-79 mm
Feb	32.3 °C	+2.7 °C	32 mm	-82 mm
Mar	29.8 °C	+1.0 °C	136 mm	-49 mm
Apr	29.3 °C	+1.1 °C	138 mm	-52 mm
May	28.7 °C	+0.9 °C	166 mm	-22 mm
Jun	29.2 °C	+1.7 °C	51 mm	-98 mm
Jul	27.9 °C	+0.4 °C	127 mm	-25 mm
Aug	28.1 °C	+0.7 °C	161 mm	-40 mm
Sep	28.4 °C	+1.1 °C	209 mm	-13 mm
Oct	28.7 °C	+1.6 °C	218 mm	-40 mm
Nov	29.1 °C	+2.4 °C	123 mm	-110 mm
Dec	28.6 °C	+0.9 °C	167 mm	+21 mm

The year's extremes

Hottest day

34.7 °C

11 Feb 2025

Coldest day

18.4 °C

21 Jun 2025

Wettest day

57.4 mm

16 Dec 2025

Windiest day

13.9 km/h

7 Feb 2025

Strongest gust

37.8 km/h

18 Nov 2025

Hottest feels-like

40.9 °C

25 Feb 2025

Coldest feels-like

20.5 °C

21 Jun 2025

Sunniest day

12.0 h

28 Sep 2025

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Frequently asked questions

What is the climate of Babamba?

Babamba has a tropical rainforest climate (Köppen Af). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 23.0 °C and it receives 2,134 mm of precipitation per year.

What is the hottest day ever recorded in Babamba?

The hottest day measured in Babamba between 1940 and 2025 was 13 February 2024, reaching 38.4 °C.

What is the coldest day in Babamba?

The coldest day measured in Babamba between 1940 and 2025 was 6 February 1957, at 13.8 °C.

Does it snow in Babamba?

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

Has the climate of Babamba warmed?

Yes: Babamba warmed by +1.9 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.

What is the wettest day in Babamba?

The wettest day measured in Babamba between 1940 and 2025 was 16 November 1965, with 135 mm of rain in 24 hours.

What was the windiest day in Babamba?

The windiest day measured in Babamba between 1940 and 2025 was 8 August 1950, with winds reaching 20.4 km/h.

What is the warmest month in Babamba?

The warmest month in Babamba is February (24.0 °C on average); the coldest is August (22.4 °C).

How much does it rain in Babamba?

Babamba receives on average 2,134 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 285 rainy days.

Is it sunny in Babamba?

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

Are there tropical nights in Babamba?

Yes: Babamba has on average 160 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.

What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Babamba?

In Babamba, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 42.6 °C on 18 March 2024, and the lowest was 13.3 °C on 6 February 1957.

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