Bunia climate — normals and trends

Q: What is the climate of Bunia?

Bunia has a tropical monsoon climate (Köppen Am). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 22.0 °C and it receives 1,327 mm of precipitation per year.

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

The hottest day measured in Bunia between 1940 and 2025 was 23 February 2005, reaching 35.3 °C.

Q: What is the coldest day in Bunia?

The coldest day measured in Bunia between 1940 and 2025 was 17 February 1958, at 12.7 °C.

Q: Does it snow in Bunia?

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

Q: Has the climate of Bunia warmed?

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

Q: What is the wettest day in Bunia?

The wettest day measured in Bunia between 1940 and 2025 was 12 August 2024, with 109 mm of rain in 24 hours.

Q: What was the windiest day in Bunia?

The windiest day measured in Bunia between 1940 and 2025 was 11 May 2007, with winds reaching 20.2 km/h.

Q: What is the warmest month in Bunia?

The warmest month in Bunia is February (23.1 °C on average); the coldest is November (21.3 °C).

Q: How much does it rain in Bunia?

Bunia receives on average 1,327 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 218 rainy days.

Q: Is it sunny in Bunia?

Bunia gets on average 10.4 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,796 hours per year over 1940-2025.

Bunia (Democratic Republic of Congo) has a tropical monsoon climate (Am) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 22.0 °C and it receives 1,327 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 (23.1 °C on average) and the coldest is November (21.3 °C). Rainfall peaks in October.

Bunia averages 0 frost days, 30 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 218 rainy days per year.

Bunia 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 35.3 °C (on 23 February 2005) and the coldest 12.7 °C (on 17 February 1958).

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

BuniaIturi

coords: 1.56°, 30.25°
period: 1940–2025 · 86 yrs

AmTropical monsoonWarmest monthFebruaryColdest monthNovemberWettest monthOctoberDriest monthJanuary

Mean daily temperature

22.0°C

Average daily high

27.0°C

Average daily low

18.3°C

Annual rainfall

1,327mm

Sunshine / day

10.4h

Mean relative humidity

77%

Average peak wind

8.2km/h

Seasonal range

1.8°C

Frost days (< 0 °C)

0 d/yr

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

30 d/yr

Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)

218 d/yr

Annual snowfall

0.0 cm

Average feels-like high

30.0 °C

Average feels-like low

20.1 °C

Average peak gust

29.3 km/h

Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)

26 d/yr

Solar radiation

18.9 MJ/m²

Has the climate changed?

One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025

+2.2 °C

since 1940

+0.3 °C per decade · r² = 0.77 · 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

35.3 °C

23 February 2005

Coldest day

12.7 °C

17 February 1958

Wettest day

109 mm

12 August 2024

Windiest day

20.2 km/h

11 May 2007

Strongest gust

64.1 km/h

28 February 2016

Hottest feels-like

39.2 °C

30 March 2012

Coldest feels-like

11.9 °C

6 February 1957

Sunniest day

12.0 h

30 March 1940

Year	Hottest day	Coldest day	Annual mean	Rainfall	Hot days
2025	32.5 °C26 February 2025	14.7 °C23 November 2025	23.1 °C	1,103 mm	67
2024	33.4 °C18 March 2024	16.3 °C29 November 2024	23.5 °C	1,238 mm	62
2023	32.1 °C13 February 2023	16.5 °C6 January 2023	23.0 °C	1,286 mm	33
2022	33.6 °C5 March 2022	16.1 °C17 December 2022	23.0 °C	1,159 mm	59
2021	32.8 °C1 March 2021	17.3 °C24 June 2021	23.4 °C	926 mm	89
2020	33.5 °C27 February 2020	16.4 °C13 December 2020	23.0 °C	1,362 mm	64
2019	33.6 °C20 March 2019	15.8 °C1 September 2019	23.2 °C	1,127 mm	80
2018	33.6 °C8 February 2018	17.0 °C30 June 2018	23.0 °C	1,105 mm	63
2017	33.3 °C8 February 2017	16.6 °C19 February 2017	23.3 °C	1,015 mm	87
2016	33.3 °C7 February 2016	15.7 °C29 January 2016	23.4 °C	868 mm	77
2015	34.6 °C16 March 2015	15.6 °C11 January 2015	23.2 °C	1,036 mm	97
2014	33.6 °C19 January 2014	17.1 °C17 February 2014	23.1 °C	998 mm	84
2013	33.2 °C24 January 2013	15.8 °C16 December 2013	22.7 °C	1,088 mm	49
2012	33.3 °C5 February 2012	15.4 °C10 January 2012	22.6 °C	1,085 mm	63
2011	32.8 °C2 March 2011	16.2 °C8 January 2011	22.6 °C	1,103 mm	78
2010	32.9 °C2 February 2010	16.3 °C9 January 2010	22.8 °C	1,211 mm	39
2009	32.6 °C10 March 2009	16.5 °C19 October 2009	22.7 °C	1,128 mm	43
2008	31.7 °C23 December 2008	15.3 °C21 July 2008	22.2 °C	987 mm	23
2007	33.6 °C7 March 2007	15.1 °C2 January 2007	22.5 °C	936 mm	45
2006	33.3 °C10 February 2006	16.4 °C30 December 2006	22.5 °C	1,235 mm	46
2005	35.3 °C23 February 2005	16.1 °C20 December 2005	23.0 °C	1,037 mm	80
2004	33.2 °C25 March 2004	15.6 °C25 July 2004	22.8 °C	1,051 mm	62
2003	33.2 °C20 February 2003	15.8 °C16 December 2003	22.6 °C	1,129 mm	45
2002	34.2 °C26 February 2002	16.0 °C14 January 2002	22.6 °C	983 mm	38
2001	31.9 °C27 February 2001	16.2 °C7 January 2001	22.1 °C	1,004 mm	23
2000	32.1 °C23 March 2000	15.8 °C11 January 2000	22.2 °C	891 mm	34
1999	32.4 °C19 February 1999	16.0 °C15 July 1999	22.2 °C	1,031 mm	36
1998	32.3 °C16 March 1998	16.7 °C14 January 1998	22.8 °C	949 mm	52
1997	31.7 °C7 March 1997	16.8 °C8 February 1997	22.5 °C	1,262 mm	45
1996	30.9 °C31 January 1996	16.0 °C10 December 1996	22.1 °C	1,388 mm	12
1995	31.8 °C3 February 1995	16.6 °C22 July 1995	22.4 °C	1,325 mm	17
1994	32.3 °C1 March 1994	15.4 °C13 December 1994	22.2 °C	1,317 mm	34
1993	30.8 °C16 March 1993	15.5 °C22 January 1993	22.4 °C	1,104 mm	8
1992	32.9 °C15 March 1992	15.3 °C4 January 1992	22.2 °C	1,215 mm	43
1991	31.4 °C7 February 1991	16.3 °C29 December 1991	22.1 °C	1,367 mm	20
1990	31.6 °C29 January 1990	16.6 °C1 October 1990	22.3 °C	1,288 mm	8
1989	33.0 °C3 March 1989	15.7 °C23 January 1989	22.2 °C	1,208 mm	21
1988	32.8 °C2 March 1988	16.8 °C3 July 1988	22.4 °C	1,354 mm	18
1987	32.7 °C30 December 1987	16.3 °C9 January 1987	22.6 °C	1,285 mm	27
1986	31.3 °C24 February 1986	16.2 °C7 September 1986	21.9 °C	1,416 mm	9
1985	33.3 °C14 March 1985	15.9 °C4 September 1985	21.7 °C	1,274 mm	26
1984	33.5 °C16 February 1984	15.6 °C23 January 1984	22.1 °C	1,120 mm	31
1983	32.7 °C13 February 1983	15.9 °C29 December 1983	22.4 °C	1,164 mm	40
1982	32.4 °C22 February 1982	16.6 °C22 January 1982	21.9 °C	1,333 mm	21
1981	32.7 °C1 March 1981	15.6 °C13 February 1981	22.1 °C	1,400 mm	25
1980	32.5 °C22 March 1980	16.0 °C13 December 1980	22.2 °C	1,183 mm	22
1979	30.4 °C27 November 1979	16.1 °C5 January 1979	21.9 °C	1,358 mm	6
1978	30.8 °C5 February 1978	14.1 °C30 November 1978	21.4 °C	1,640 mm	5
1977	31.2 °C16 February 1977	15.0 °C15 July 1977	21.6 °C	1,631 mm	7
1976	31.4 °C30 January 1976	14.9 °C23 June 1976	21.3 °C	1,705 mm	6
1975	32.6 °C22 February 1975	14.2 °C21 December 1975	21.3 °C	1,747 mm	24
1974	32.9 °C10 February 1974	15.5 °C13 September 1974	21.4 °C	1,651 mm	24
1973	31.8 °C6 February 1973	15.8 °C14 December 1973	21.9 °C	1,427 mm	40
1972	32.8 °C31 March 1972	14.2 °C2 January 1972	21.4 °C	1,651 mm	7
1971	33.5 °C6 March 1971	14.7 °C4 December 1971	21.2 °C	1,492 mm	33
1970	32.6 °C28 February 1970	14.7 °C8 December 1970	21.6 °C	1,459 mm	15
1969	30.4 °C2 October 1969	14.4 °C31 January 1969	21.7 °C	1,324 mm	3
1968	29.4 °C6 April 1968	14.6 °C18 January 1968	21.1 °C	1,648 mm	0
1967	32.0 °C2 March 1967	14.0 °C12 December 1967	21.1 °C	1,707 mm	4
1966	30.2 °C6 April 1966	15.6 °C14 September 1966	21.8 °C	1,332 mm	5
1965	30.1 °C24 January 1965	14.9 °C11 January 1965	21.3 °C	1,617 mm	1
1964	30.0 °C6 March 1964	14.7 °C31 December 1964	21.2 °C	1,518 mm	1
1963	30.2 °C13 September 1963	15.4 °C9 January 1963	20.9 °C	1,925 mm	1
1962	29.9 °C5 February 1962	15.1 °C30 June 1962	20.7 °C	1,998 mm	0
1961	32.5 °C10 March 1961	14.3 °C18 February 1961	21.3 °C	1,877 mm	25
1960	31.1 °C11 December 1960	15.0 °C19 July 1960	21.5 °C	1,642 mm	5
1959	32.5 °C15 March 1959	15.0 °C22 September 1959	21.6 °C	1,557 mm	22
1958	32.1 °C4 March 1958	12.7 °C17 February 1958	21.7 °C	1,567 mm	20
1957	30.4 °C17 February 1957	13.0 °C6 February 1957	21.6 °C	1,582 mm	3
1956	30.3 °C1 March 1956	13.4 °C18 January 1956	21.0 °C	1,455 mm	2
1955	29.6 °C15 February 1955	15.1 °C18 September 1955	20.9 °C	1,501 mm	0
1954	29.4 °C6 February 1954	15.3 °C24 January 1954	20.9 °C	1,347 mm	0
1953	29.0 °C15 February 1953	14.1 °C24 July 1953	20.6 °C	2,243 mm	0
1952	28.9 °C24 January 1952	15.6 °C26 August 1952	21.0 °C	1,765 mm	0
1951	29.7 °C1 March 1951	15.0 °C13 July 1951	21.0 °C	1,841 mm	0
1950	30.5 °C17 February 1950	13.6 °C18 July 1950	20.8 °C	1,440 mm	3
1949	29.4 °C31 October 1949	14.7 °C11 February 1949	21.1 °C	1,406 mm	0
1948	28.5 °C21 January 1948	15.4 °C6 January 1948	21.1 °C	1,551 mm	0
1947	29.2 °C9 March 1947	15.3 °C14 September 1947	21.0 °C	1,519 mm	0
1946	33.4 °C13 February 1946	14.5 °C13 January 1946	21.7 °C	1,328 mm	68
1945	32.3 °C22 February 1945	14.8 °C21 December 1945	21.5 °C	1,028 mm	12
1944	32.2 °C1 March 1944	14.8 °C14 July 1944	22.0 °C	927 mm	42
1943	33.7 °C3 March 1943	15.5 °C14 January 1943	22.0 °C	1,043 mm	69
1942	31.5 °C7 February 1942	14.3 °C7 January 1942	21.6 °C	988 mm	18
1941	32.4 °C7 February 1941	14.8 °C14 December 1941	21.7 °C	1,172 mm	32
1940	29.5 °C23 February 1940	14.5 °C30 November 1940	21.0 °C	1,476 mm	0

Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.

A specific year

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Year

Across the whole year

Average daily high

28.1 °C

+1.1 °C

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

67 d/yr

+37

Frost days (< 0 °C)

0 d/yr

Annual rainfall

1103 mm

-224 mm

Month by month

	High	vs. normal	Precipitation	vs. normal
Jan	29.8 °C	+1.7 °C	9 mm	-42 mm
Feb	30.9 °C	+2.1 °C	5 mm	-65 mm
Mar	29.1 °C	+1.0 °C	98 mm	-30 mm
Apr	27.7 °C	+0.6 °C	130 mm	+5 mm
May	28.2 °C	+1.3 °C	70 mm	-30 mm
Jun	28.6 °C	+1.8 °C	39 mm	-47 mm
Jul	27.0 °C	+0.6 °C	170 mm	+78 mm
Aug	25.9 °C	-0.5 °C	199 mm	+76 mm
Sep	27.8 °C	+1.1 °C	118 mm	-24 mm
Oct	26.7 °C	+0.5 °C	168 mm	-4 mm
Nov	27.7 °C	+1.9 °C	51 mm	-106 mm
Dec	27.7 °C	+0.9 °C	47 mm	-37 mm

The year's extremes

Hottest day

32.5 °C

26 Feb 2025

Coldest day

14.7 °C

23 Nov 2025

Wettest day

61.5 mm

10 Jul 2025

Windiest day

17.1 km/h

17 Jan 2025

Strongest gust

47.9 km/h

26 Nov 2025

Hottest feels-like

36.0 °C

7 Mar 2025

Coldest feels-like

15.3 °C

23 Nov 2025

Sunniest day

12.0 h

1 Apr 2025

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Frequently asked questions

What is the climate of Bunia?

Bunia has a tropical monsoon climate (Köppen Am). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 22.0 °C and it receives 1,327 mm of precipitation per year.

What is the hottest day ever recorded in Bunia?

The hottest day measured in Bunia between 1940 and 2025 was 23 February 2005, reaching 35.3 °C.

What is the coldest day in Bunia?

The coldest day measured in Bunia between 1940 and 2025 was 17 February 1958, at 12.7 °C.

Does it snow in Bunia?

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

Has the climate of Bunia warmed?

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

What is the wettest day in Bunia?

The wettest day measured in Bunia between 1940 and 2025 was 12 August 2024, with 109 mm of rain in 24 hours.

What was the windiest day in Bunia?

The windiest day measured in Bunia between 1940 and 2025 was 11 May 2007, with winds reaching 20.2 km/h.

What is the warmest month in Bunia?

The warmest month in Bunia is February (23.1 °C on average); the coldest is November (21.3 °C).

How much does it rain in Bunia?

Bunia receives on average 1,327 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 218 rainy days.

Is it sunny in Bunia?

Bunia gets on average 10.4 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,796 hours per year over 1940-2025.

Are there tropical nights in Bunia?

Yes: Bunia has on average 26 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.

What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Bunia?

In Bunia, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 39.2 °C on 30 March 2012, and the lowest was 11.9 °C on 6 February 1957.

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