Binga climate — normals and trends

Q: What is the climate of Binga?

Binga has a tropical rainforest climate (Köppen Af). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 25.1 °C and it receives 1,596 mm of precipitation per year.

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

The hottest day measured in Binga between 1940 and 2025 was 2 March 2021, reaching 37.6 °C.

Q: What is the coldest day in Binga?

The coldest day measured in Binga between 1940 and 2025 was 12 January 2015, at 16.9 °C.

Q: Does it snow in Binga?

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

Q: Has the climate of Binga warmed?

Yes: Binga warmed by +1.5 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.

Q: What is the wettest day in Binga?

The wettest day measured in Binga between 1940 and 2025 was 1 November 2014, with 136 mm of rain in 24 hours.

Q: What was the windiest day in Binga?

The windiest day measured in Binga between 1940 and 2025 was 14 February 1942, with winds reaching 22.2 km/h.

Q: What is the warmest month in Binga?

The warmest month in Binga is February (26.1 °C on average); the coldest is August (24.4 °C).

Q: How much does it rain in Binga?

Binga receives on average 1,596 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 246 rainy days.

Q: Is it sunny in Binga?

Binga gets on average 9.2 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,358 hours per year over 1940-2025.

Binga (Democratic Republic of Congo) has a tropical rainforest climate (Af) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 25.1 °C and it receives 1,596 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 (26.1 °C on average) and the coldest is August (24.4 °C). Rainfall peaks in October.

Binga averages 0 frost days, 124 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 246 rainy days per year.

Binga has warmed by +1.5 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.18 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.

The hottest day of the period reached 37.6 °C (on 2 March 2021) and the coldest 16.9 °C (on 12 January 2015).

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

BingaMongala

coords: 2.37°, 20.50°
period: 1940–2025 · 86 yrs

AfTropical rainforestWarmest monthFebruaryColdest monthAugustWettest monthOctoberDriest monthJanuary

Mean daily temperature

25.1°C

Average daily high

29.3°C

Average daily low

22.4°C

Annual rainfall

1,596mm

Sunshine / day

9.2h

Mean relative humidity

87%

Average peak wind

8.2km/h

Seasonal range

1.7°C

Frost days (< 0 °C)

0 d/yr

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

124 d/yr

Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)

246 d/yr

Annual snowfall

0.0 cm

Average feels-like high

35.1 °C

Average feels-like low

26.4 °C

Average peak gust

22.5 km/h

Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)

363 d/yr

Solar radiation

18.1 MJ/m²

Has the climate changed?

One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025

+1.5 °C

since 1940

+0.2 °C per decade · r² = 0.64 · 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

37.6 °C

2 March 2021

Coldest day

16.9 °C

12 January 2015

Wettest day

136 mm

1 November 2014

Windiest day

22.2 km/h

14 February 1942

Strongest gust

49.3 km/h

21 February 1973

Hottest feels-like

44.0 °C

10 March 2016

Coldest feels-like

15.4 °C

12 January 2015

Sunniest day

11.9 h

6 May 2024

Year	Hottest day	Coldest day	Annual mean	Rainfall	Hot days
2025	36.9 °C11 March 2025	20.8 °C5 September 2025	26.3 °C	1,197 mm	245
2024	37.5 °C4 March 2024	21.3 °C8 September 2024	26.9 °C	937 mm	260
2023	35.8 °C7 March 2023	21.1 °C5 July 2023	26.2 °C	1,322 mm	226
2022	36.6 °C9 February 2022	20.5 °C1 February 2022	26.1 °C	1,160 mm	208
2021	37.6 °C2 March 2021	21.2 °C11 August 2021	26.3 °C	1,021 mm	239
2020	36.0 °C4 March 2020	19.1 °C25 January 2020	26.2 °C	1,123 mm	226
2019	35.1 °C21 February 2019	21.1 °C13 October 2019	26.1 °C	1,288 mm	211
2018	34.3 °C7 February 2018	19.7 °C7 January 2018	25.8 °C	1,203 mm	206
2017	35.8 °C15 January 2017	20.7 °C28 July 2017	26.0 °C	1,269 mm	216
2016	37.3 °C10 March 2016	19.8 °C30 January 2016	26.1 °C	1,260 mm	221
2015	35.3 °C22 January 2015	16.9 °C12 January 2015	25.8 °C	1,234 mm	220
2014	35.1 °C17 March 2014	21.1 °C15 November 2014	25.7 °C	1,414 mm	172
2013	35.6 °C7 February 2013	19.3 °C17 December 2013	25.6 °C	1,340 mm	184
2012	36.7 °C22 March 2012	19.4 °C15 January 2012	25.5 °C	1,265 mm	171
2011	36.6 °C29 March 2011	18.3 °C16 January 2011	25.5 °C	1,256 mm	178
2010	37.0 °C30 January 2010	20.4 °C15 December 2010	25.8 °C	1,349 mm	191
2009	34.7 °C6 March 2009	20.5 °C3 January 2009	25.6 °C	1,407 mm	170
2008	34.4 °C4 February 2008	18.9 °C28 January 2008	25.3 °C	1,340 mm	156
2007	35.1 °C1 April 2007	18.6 °C3 January 2007	25.5 °C	1,316 mm	161
2006	35.6 °C25 January 2006	20.1 °C31 December 2006	25.3 °C	1,340 mm	146
2005	36.5 °C19 February 2005	19.8 °C10 January 2005	25.7 °C	1,447 mm	167
2004	34.3 °C29 March 2004	20.2 °C8 February 2004	25.5 °C	1,292 mm	158
2003	35.6 °C8 February 2003	20.8 °C3 July 2003	25.4 °C	1,444 mm	147
2002	34.7 °C21 February 2002	17.5 °C14 January 2002	25.4 °C	1,337 mm	151
2001	35.3 °C27 February 2001	19.0 °C11 January 2001	25.1 °C	1,330 mm	118
2000	35.4 °C4 March 2000	20.1 °C4 February 2000	25.0 °C	1,544 mm	132
1999	34.0 °C17 February 1999	20.6 °C23 February 1999	24.9 °C	1,547 mm	122
1998	37.3 °C6 February 1998	19.2 °C16 January 1998	25.9 °C	1,490 mm	196
1997	35.4 °C7 March 1997	19.6 °C2 February 1997	25.4 °C	1,590 mm	144
1996	33.5 °C25 April 1996	20.6 °C10 August 1996	24.9 °C	1,816 mm	119
1995	35.8 °C15 March 1995	19.9 °C19 January 1995	25.2 °C	1,667 mm	137
1994	35.6 °C20 February 1994	19.3 °C17 January 1994	25.2 °C	1,768 mm	158
1993	34.8 °C13 February 1993	19.0 °C23 January 1993	25.1 °C	1,551 mm	142
1992	36.9 °C7 March 1992	18.8 °C5 January 1992	25.0 °C	1,714 mm	135
1991	33.7 °C3 March 1991	20.3 °C26 December 1991	25.1 °C	1,612 mm	103
1990	34.0 °C8 April 1990	20.5 °C15 December 1990	25.3 °C	1,788 mm	133
1989	36.6 °C3 March 1989	17.4 °C21 January 1989	25.1 °C	1,494 mm	109
1988	35.4 °C26 February 1988	20.3 °C29 December 1988	25.1 °C	2,058 mm	113
1987	35.2 °C21 March 1987	20.1 °C2 January 1987	25.5 °C	1,848 mm	161
1986	33.3 °C1 February 1986	19.4 °C9 December 1986	25.0 °C	1,938 mm	125
1985	34.8 °C6 March 1985	18.3 °C19 February 1985	24.6 °C	1,819 mm	80
1984	34.2 °C16 February 1984	18.9 °C18 January 1984	24.8 °C	1,713 mm	97
1983	35.9 °C25 February 1983	18.7 °C29 December 1983	25.4 °C	1,730 mm	149
1982	35.7 °C20 February 1982	19.8 °C27 November 1982	24.9 °C	1,760 mm	119
1981	33.8 °C1 March 1981	19.3 °C8 January 1981	24.8 °C	1,888 mm	102
1980	33.4 °C10 March 1980	17.7 °C27 December 1980	24.8 °C	1,897 mm	83
1979	33.5 °C15 April 1979	20.1 °C4 January 1979	24.9 °C	1,958 mm	122
1978	32.9 °C23 March 1978	18.9 °C9 January 1978	24.8 °C	1,760 mm	105
1977	34.2 °C13 February 1977	18.1 °C29 December 1977	24.7 °C	1,913 mm	104
1976	32.7 °C20 March 1976	19.2 °C3 January 1976	24.4 °C	2,008 mm	65
1975	32.9 °C23 March 1975	18.9 °C8 December 1975	24.3 °C	1,953 mm	49
1974	33.9 °C11 March 1974	19.2 °C9 January 1974	24.4 °C	1,874 mm	66
1973	35.1 °C12 March 1973	19.8 °C24 December 1973	25.1 °C	1,859 mm	128
1972	34.7 °C12 February 1972	20.1 °C5 January 1972	24.9 °C	1,889 mm	111
1971	34.0 °C14 March 1971	17.5 °C23 December 1971	24.5 °C	1,883 mm	95
1970	35.3 °C16 March 1970	18.9 °C2 December 1970	24.9 °C	1,854 mm	141
1969	35.1 °C15 February 1969	20.1 °C10 January 1969	24.8 °C	2,028 mm	110
1968	33.9 °C26 February 1968	20.2 °C7 December 1968	24.6 °C	1,821 mm	78
1967	33.4 °C4 April 1967	19.7 °C5 January 1967	24.5 °C	2,131 mm	102
1966	35.6 °C24 March 1966	20.6 °C25 December 1966	25.4 °C	1,429 mm	126
1965	33.1 °C14 July 1965	20.3 °C2 January 1965	25.0 °C	1,564 mm	85
1964	34.4 °C24 May 1964	20.5 °C4 December 1964	25.2 °C	1,420 mm	130
1963	32.2 °C25 June 1963	20.6 °C26 September 1963	24.8 °C	1,464 mm	69
1962	34.5 °C31 January 1962	20.3 °C8 February 1962	24.5 °C	1,775 mm	50
1961	33.4 °C7 March 1961	20.1 °C16 December 1961	24.6 °C	1,789 mm	77
1960	33.1 °C3 February 1960	20.2 °C17 February 1960	24.8 °C	1,853 mm	98
1959	34.9 °C9 March 1959	20.0 °C21 September 1959	24.9 °C	1,550 mm	88
1958	35.7 °C25 February 1958	20.3 °C28 July 1958	25.0 °C	1,766 mm	107
1957	35.7 °C15 February 1957	17.5 °C12 January 1957	24.7 °C	1,590 mm	75
1956	32.0 °C29 January 1956	20.3 °C18 July 1956	24.3 °C	1,758 mm	28
1955	32.1 °C13 February 1955	20.4 °C22 August 1955	24.2 °C	1,965 mm	13
1954	33.0 °C3 March 1954	20.3 °C25 June 1954	24.4 °C	1,824 mm	28
1953	32.5 °C14 February 1953	20.5 °C19 July 1953	24.6 °C	1,965 mm	67
1952	33.5 °C6 March 1952	20.8 °C12 July 1952	24.6 °C	2,242 mm	73
1951	32.6 °C16 February 1951	20.6 °C14 July 1951	24.6 °C	1,760 mm	81
1950	34.9 °C15 August 1950	19.2 °C18 July 1950	25.1 °C	1,463 mm	132
1949	34.4 °C15 March 1949	20.9 °C9 September 1949	25.2 °C	1,125 mm	92
1948	32.6 °C22 March 1948	20.8 °C14 August 1948	24.3 °C	2,014 mm	21
1947	32.1 °C23 January 1947	20.0 °C16 December 1947	24.7 °C	1,554 mm	39
1946	35.3 °C27 January 1946	20.6 °C2 September 1946	24.7 °C	1,513 mm	66
1945	33.4 °C4 February 1945	20.3 °C9 July 1945	24.6 °C	1,444 mm	57
1944	34.7 °C2 March 1944	20.5 °C23 November 1944	24.9 °C	1,465 mm	87
1943	34.3 °C2 March 1943	20.5 °C10 September 1943	25.0 °C	1,334 mm	112
1942	34.5 °C8 January 1942	20.3 °C23 June 1942	24.5 °C	1,572 mm	51
1941	35.1 °C17 February 1941	20.8 °C12 November 1941	25.2 °C	1,355 mm	107
1940	31.7 °C17 January 1940	20.4 °C1 October 1940	24.4 °C	1,613 mm	29

Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.

A specific year

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Year

Across the whole year

Average daily high

30.7 °C

+1.4 °C

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

245 d/yr

+121

Frost days (< 0 °C)

0 d/yr

Annual rainfall

1197 mm

-399 mm

Month by month

	High	vs. normal	Precipitation	vs. normal
Jan	32.0 °C	+1.9 °C	34 mm	-29 mm
Feb	33.2 °C	+2.5 °C	31 mm	-55 mm
Mar	32.4 °C	+1.9 °C	82 mm	-67 mm
Apr	31.7 °C	+1.8 °C	87 mm	-63 mm
May	30.5 °C	+1.0 °C	132 mm	-1 mm
Jun	30.2 °C	+1.3 °C	86 mm	-27 mm
Jul	28.9 °C	+0.5 °C	151 mm	+24 mm
Aug	28.7 °C	+0.2 °C	149 mm	-17 mm
Sep	29.9 °C	+1.4 °C	149 mm	-21 mm
Oct	29.6 °C	+1.3 °C	154 mm	-36 mm
Nov	30.1 °C	+1.6 °C	103 mm	-63 mm
Dec	31.0 °C	+1.7 °C	40 mm	-44 mm

The year's extremes

Hottest day

36.9 °C

11 Mar 2025

Coldest day

20.8 °C

5 Sep 2025

Wettest day

30.5 mm

13 Nov 2025

Windiest day

19.3 km/h

23 Jan 2025

Strongest gust

38.9 km/h

23 Jan 2025

Hottest feels-like

41.9 °C

10 Apr 2025

Coldest feels-like

23.0 °C

15 Jan 2025

Sunniest day

11.8 h

5 Mar 2025

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Frequently asked questions

What is the climate of Binga?

Binga has a tropical rainforest climate (Köppen Af). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 25.1 °C and it receives 1,596 mm of precipitation per year.

What is the hottest day ever recorded in Binga?

The hottest day measured in Binga between 1940 and 2025 was 2 March 2021, reaching 37.6 °C.

What is the coldest day in Binga?

The coldest day measured in Binga between 1940 and 2025 was 12 January 2015, at 16.9 °C.

Does it snow in Binga?

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

Has the climate of Binga warmed?

Yes: Binga warmed by +1.5 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.

What is the wettest day in Binga?

The wettest day measured in Binga between 1940 and 2025 was 1 November 2014, with 136 mm of rain in 24 hours.

What was the windiest day in Binga?

The windiest day measured in Binga between 1940 and 2025 was 14 February 1942, with winds reaching 22.2 km/h.

What is the warmest month in Binga?

The warmest month in Binga is February (26.1 °C on average); the coldest is August (24.4 °C).

How much does it rain in Binga?

Binga receives on average 1,596 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 246 rainy days.

Is it sunny in Binga?

Binga gets on average 9.2 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,358 hours per year over 1940-2025.

Are there tropical nights in Binga?

Yes: Binga has on average 363 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.

What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Binga?

In Binga, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 44.0 °C on 10 March 2016, and the lowest was 15.4 °C on 12 January 2015.

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