Bondo climate — normals and trends

Q: What is the climate of Bondo?

Bondo has a tropical savanna climate (Köppen Aw). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 24.5 °C and it receives 1,475 mm of precipitation per year.

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

The hottest day measured in Bondo between 1940 and 2025 was 10 March 2024, reaching 38.7 °C.

Q: What is the coldest day in Bondo?

The coldest day measured in Bondo between 1940 and 2025 was 28 December 1983, at 13.1 °C.

Q: Does it snow in Bondo?

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

Q: Has the climate of Bondo warmed?

Yes: Bondo warmed by +2.0 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.

Q: What is the wettest day in Bondo?

The wettest day measured in Bondo between 1940 and 2025 was 15 October 2023, with 103 mm of rain in 24 hours.

Q: What was the windiest day in Bondo?

The windiest day measured in Bondo between 1940 and 2025 was 12 March 2022, with winds reaching 21.8 km/h.

Q: What is the warmest month in Bondo?

The warmest month in Bondo is February (25.9 °C on average); the coldest is August (23.6 °C).

Q: How much does it rain in Bondo?

Bondo receives on average 1,475 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 235 rainy days.

Q: Is it sunny in Bondo?

Bondo gets on average 8.8 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,212 hours per year over 1940-2025.

Bondo (Democratic Republic of Congo) has a tropical savanna climate (Aw) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 24.5 °C and it receives 1,475 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 (23.6 °C). Rainfall peaks in October.

Bondo averages 0 frost days, 127 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 235 rainy days per year.

Bondo has warmed by +2.0 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.23 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.

The hottest day of the period reached 38.7 °C (on 10 March 2024) and the coldest 13.1 °C (on 28 December 1983).

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

BondoBas-Uele

coords: 3.81°, 23.69°
period: 1940–2025 · 86 yrs

AwTropical savannaWarmest monthFebruaryColdest monthAugustWettest monthOctoberDriest monthJanuary

Mean daily temperature

24.5°C

Average daily high

29.3°C

Average daily low

21.3°C

Annual rainfall

1,475mm

Sunshine / day

8.8h

Mean relative humidity

85%

Average peak wind

8.3km/h

Seasonal range

2.3°C

Frost days (< 0 °C)

0 d/yr

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

127 d/yr

Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)

235 d/yr

Annual snowfall

0.0 cm

Average feels-like high

34.4 °C

Average feels-like low

24.8 °C

Average peak gust

23.5 km/h

Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)

339 d/yr

Solar radiation

18.1 MJ/m²

Has the climate changed?

One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025

+2.0 °C

since 1940

+0.2 °C per decade · r² = 0.65 · 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

38.7 °C

10 March 2024

Coldest day

13.1 °C

28 December 1983

Wettest day

103 mm

15 October 2023

Windiest day

21.8 km/h

12 March 2022

Strongest gust

50.8 km/h

1 April 2007

Hottest feels-like

43.6 °C

3 April 1998

Coldest feels-like

10.6 °C

21 January 1989

Sunniest day

11.8 h

6 May 2025

Year	Hottest day	Coldest day	Annual mean	Rainfall	Hot days
2025	37.4 °C11 February 2025	19.9 °C18 July 2025	26.3 °C	839 mm	248
2024	38.7 °C10 March 2024	20.0 °C17 January 2024	26.8 °C	804 mm	273
2023	38.1 °C7 March 2023	20.3 °C16 December 2023	26.0 °C	1,270 mm	234
2022	37.4 °C10 March 2022	19.1 °C28 December 2022	25.8 °C	1,080 mm	215
2021	37.9 °C1 March 2021	19.0 °C9 February 2021	26.0 °C	1,053 mm	234
2020	38.1 °C22 February 2020	19.4 °C3 October 2020	25.8 °C	1,094 mm	229
2019	37.4 °C21 February 2019	19.9 °C29 December 2019	25.7 °C	1,243 mm	214
2018	37.3 °C9 February 2018	19.2 °C10 January 2018	25.5 °C	1,071 mm	216
2017	36.1 °C17 January 2017	19.1 °C22 August 2017	25.7 °C	1,255 mm	204
2016	37.5 °C4 February 2016	20.1 °C19 December 2016	25.9 °C	1,192 mm	223
2015	37.6 °C17 February 2015	17.9 °C13 January 2015	25.5 °C	1,181 mm	201
2014	38.1 °C22 February 2014	19.1 °C17 February 2014	25.3 °C	1,067 mm	182
2013	35.3 °C22 January 2013	17.1 °C17 December 2013	25.3 °C	1,106 mm	184
2012	36.2 °C23 March 2012	17.0 °C23 January 2012	24.9 °C	1,089 mm	177
2011	36.6 °C8 March 2011	17.7 °C19 January 2011	25.1 °C	1,286 mm	211
2010	35.5 °C6 March 2010	18.8 °C27 January 2010	25.1 °C	1,347 mm	177
2009	35.2 °C24 March 2009	19.0 °C4 January 2009	25.1 °C	1,249 mm	183
2008	35.7 °C25 March 2008	18.3 °C1 February 2008	24.7 °C	1,198 mm	163
2007	36.4 °C4 February 2007	17.5 °C3 January 2007	24.9 °C	1,325 mm	148
2006	35.7 °C2 March 2006	18.1 °C30 December 2006	24.7 °C	1,310 mm	126
2005	38.0 °C25 February 2005	18.3 °C10 January 2005	25.1 °C	1,284 mm	154
2004	35.9 °C24 March 2004	17.7 °C6 February 2004	24.9 °C	1,184 mm	155
2003	36.2 °C8 February 2003	17.2 °C3 January 2003	24.7 °C	1,224 mm	143
2002	35.6 °C25 February 2002	16.3 °C30 December 2002	24.7 °C	1,303 mm	153
2001	35.1 °C27 February 2001	15.2 °C10 January 2001	24.3 °C	1,214 mm	115
2000	36.0 °C6 March 2000	17.5 °C16 December 2000	24.4 °C	1,367 mm	143
1999	35.1 °C17 February 1999	18.7 °C12 January 1999	24.3 °C	1,454 mm	117
1998	37.2 °C10 March 1998	13.8 °C17 January 1998	25.2 °C	1,247 mm	179
1997	36.5 °C18 February 1997	17.1 °C1 February 1997	24.5 °C	1,494 mm	124
1996	34.1 °C25 February 1996	18.2 °C24 December 1996	24.3 °C	1,596 mm	113
1995	36.3 °C15 March 1995	17.2 °C24 January 1995	24.5 °C	1,530 mm	132
1994	35.2 °C26 March 1994	15.6 °C13 December 1994	24.5 °C	1,704 mm	155
1993	34.9 °C26 February 1993	15.7 °C25 January 1993	24.4 °C	1,528 mm	143
1992	36.6 °C23 February 1992	15.4 °C25 December 1992	24.2 °C	1,554 mm	120
1991	35.4 °C13 February 1991	16.8 °C20 December 1991	24.3 °C	1,540 mm	104
1990	34.6 °C8 April 1990	17.3 °C19 January 1990	24.5 °C	1,674 mm	106
1989	36.8 °C3 March 1989	14.3 °C21 January 1989	24.2 °C	1,537 mm	109
1988	36.7 °C27 February 1988	16.7 °C29 December 1988	24.4 °C	1,726 mm	110
1987	35.7 °C21 March 1987	17.7 °C2 January 1987	24.8 °C	1,707 mm	163
1986	35.0 °C4 February 1986	17.0 °C8 December 1986	24.2 °C	1,767 mm	113
1985	37.2 °C9 March 1985	15.4 °C19 February 1985	23.9 °C	1,655 mm	82
1984	34.3 °C3 February 1984	15.0 °C18 January 1984	23.8 °C	1,699 mm	87
1983	37.6 °C26 March 1983	13.1 °C28 December 1983	24.8 °C	1,595 mm	159
1982	35.7 °C20 February 1982	16.3 °C10 February 1982	24.2 °C	1,542 mm	115
1981	36.1 °C1 March 1981	15.9 °C13 February 1981	24.2 °C	1,597 mm	98
1980	34.3 °C9 March 1980	17.3 °C15 December 1980	24.1 °C	1,827 mm	75
1979	34.0 °C5 March 1979	18.0 °C10 December 1979	24.2 °C	1,705 mm	119
1978	34.8 °C22 March 1978	15.8 °C18 January 1978	24.2 °C	1,660 mm	119
1977	35.4 °C9 March 1977	16.1 °C8 January 1977	24.1 °C	1,630 mm	86
1976	34.2 °C28 January 1976	15.0 °C4 January 1976	23.7 °C	2,022 mm	70
1975	33.7 °C2 February 1975	16.3 °C10 December 1975	23.6 °C	1,800 mm	67
1974	33.9 °C10 February 1974	16.3 °C19 January 1974	23.7 °C	1,679 mm	92
1973	35.6 °C12 March 1973	18.3 °C23 January 1973	24.5 °C	1,578 mm	142
1972	34.3 °C21 December 1972	16.9 °C8 February 1972	24.1 °C	1,961 mm	110
1971	35.5 °C4 March 1971	14.3 °C23 December 1971	23.9 °C	1,685 mm	117
1970	35.0 °C8 February 1970	15.4 °C16 December 1970	24.3 °C	1,673 mm	137
1969	34.1 °C6 February 1969	15.5 °C2 February 1969	24.0 °C	2,078 mm	95
1968	34.6 °C6 April 1968	17.9 °C29 December 1968	23.9 °C	1,721 mm	86
1967	33.9 °C12 February 1967	16.8 °C12 December 1967	23.7 °C	1,991 mm	92
1966	36.1 °C24 March 1966	19.4 °C24 December 1966	24.7 °C	1,313 mm	141
1965	34.2 °C15 July 1965	17.6 °C16 December 1965	24.2 °C	1,394 mm	106
1964	35.0 °C29 May 1964	19.2 °C17 December 1964	24.2 °C	1,478 mm	123
1963	34.1 °C18 February 1963	18.3 °C2 January 1963	23.9 °C	1,390 mm	55
1962	35.2 °C1 February 1962	18.7 °C1 January 1962	23.6 °C	1,876 mm	54
1961	34.8 °C6 March 1961	18.1 °C28 December 1961	23.8 °C	1,641 mm	84
1960	35.8 °C31 January 1960	19.0 °C18 February 1960	24.2 °C	1,690 mm	98
1959	37.7 °C10 March 1959	18.2 °C25 January 1959	24.3 °C	1,637 mm	105
1958	37.5 °C21 February 1958	18.5 °C9 February 1958	24.4 °C	1,626 mm	109
1957	36.0 °C15 February 1957	15.8 °C6 February 1957	24.0 °C	1,543 mm	82
1956	34.1 °C15 February 1956	18.1 °C3 January 1956	23.5 °C	1,691 mm	53
1955	34.5 °C19 February 1955	18.9 °C19 December 1955	23.5 °C	1,709 mm	44
1954	34.1 °C24 January 1954	18.4 °C23 January 1954	23.5 °C	1,607 mm	42
1953	33.3 °C7 February 1953	18.1 °C21 December 1953	23.6 °C	1,951 mm	59
1952	35.3 °C26 January 1952	19.7 °C3 January 1952	23.8 °C	1,868 mm	76
1951	34.6 °C2 March 1951	18.0 °C18 December 1951	23.7 °C	1,665 mm	74
1950	35.7 °C18 February 1950	17.5 °C10 August 1950	24.1 °C	1,402 mm	113
1949	35.6 °C19 February 1949	18.3 °C11 February 1949	24.3 °C	1,127 mm	104
1948	33.5 °C8 February 1948	17.7 °C7 January 1948	23.6 °C	1,703 mm	49
1947	35.5 °C12 February 1947	18.9 °C28 December 1947	24.2 °C	1,425 mm	85
1946	36.9 °C4 February 1946	18.1 °C11 December 1946	24.1 °C	1,369 mm	106
1945	35.4 °C13 February 1945	16.5 °C17 January 1945	23.8 °C	1,418 mm	86
1944	36.3 °C2 March 1944	17.7 °C29 November 1944	24.4 °C	1,279 mm	116
1943	38.1 °C2 March 1943	18.4 °C12 December 1943	24.3 °C	1,251 mm	114
1942	34.5 °C9 January 1942	18.5 °C6 January 1942	23.9 °C	1,383 mm	84
1941	35.4 °C11 March 1941	18.2 °C28 January 1941	24.5 °C	1,223 mm	127
1940	32.3 °C19 January 1940	18.1 °C15 January 1940	23.6 °C	1,424 mm	34

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

+2.2 °C

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

248 d/yr

+121

Frost days (< 0 °C)

0 d/yr

Annual rainfall

839 mm

-636 mm

Month by month

	High	vs. normal	Precipitation	vs. normal
Jan	34.4 °C	+3.3 °C	1 mm	-39 mm
Feb	35.2 °C	+3.4 °C	3 mm	-62 mm
Mar	34.1 °C	+3.2 °C	27 mm	-103 mm
Apr	31.8 °C	+2.0 °C	81 mm	-74 mm
May	31.4 °C	+2.3 °C	75 mm	-67 mm
Jun	31.6 °C	+3.1 °C	47 mm	-70 mm
Jul	28.5 °C	+0.4 °C	180 mm	+61 mm
Aug	28.4 °C	+0.4 °C	107 mm	-42 mm
Sep	30.1 °C	+2.0 °C	104 mm	-57 mm
Oct	29.4 °C	+1.5 °C	157 mm	-40 mm
Nov	30.7 °C	+2.5 °C	50 mm	-95 mm
Dec	32.3 °C	+2.7 °C	7 mm	-48 mm

The year's extremes

Hottest day

37.4 °C

11 Feb 2025

Coldest day

19.9 °C

18 Jul 2025

Wettest day

34.4 mm

26 Jul 2025

Windiest day

19.0 km/h

14 Mar 2025

Strongest gust

39.6 km/h

23 Aug 2025

Hottest feels-like

41.0 °C

28 Feb 2025

Coldest feels-like

19.1 °C

13 Jan 2025

Sunniest day

11.8 h

6 May 2025

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Frequently asked questions

What is the climate of Bondo?

Bondo has a tropical savanna climate (Köppen Aw). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 24.5 °C and it receives 1,475 mm of precipitation per year.

What is the hottest day ever recorded in Bondo?

The hottest day measured in Bondo between 1940 and 2025 was 10 March 2024, reaching 38.7 °C.

What is the coldest day in Bondo?

The coldest day measured in Bondo between 1940 and 2025 was 28 December 1983, at 13.1 °C.

Does it snow in Bondo?

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

Has the climate of Bondo warmed?

Yes: Bondo warmed by +2.0 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.

What is the wettest day in Bondo?

The wettest day measured in Bondo between 1940 and 2025 was 15 October 2023, with 103 mm of rain in 24 hours.

What was the windiest day in Bondo?

The windiest day measured in Bondo between 1940 and 2025 was 12 March 2022, with winds reaching 21.8 km/h.

What is the warmest month in Bondo?

The warmest month in Bondo is February (25.9 °C on average); the coldest is August (23.6 °C).

How much does it rain in Bondo?

Bondo receives on average 1,475 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 235 rainy days.

Is it sunny in Bondo?

Bondo gets on average 8.8 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,212 hours per year over 1940-2025.

Are there tropical nights in Bondo?

Yes: Bondo has on average 339 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.

What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Bondo?

In Bondo, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 43.6 °C on 3 April 1998, and the lowest was 10.6 °C on 21 January 1989.

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