Buta climate — normals and trends

Q: What is the climate of Buta?

Buta has a tropical monsoon climate (Köppen Am). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 24.6 °C and it receives 1,520 mm of precipitation per year.

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

The hottest day measured in Buta between 1940 and 2025 was 5 February 2016, reaching 40.8 °C.

Q: What is the coldest day in Buta?

The coldest day measured in Buta between 1940 and 2025 was 30 January 1971, at 14.1 °C.

Q: Does it snow in Buta?

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

Q: Has the climate of Buta warmed?

Yes: Buta warmed by +2.3 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.

Q: What is the wettest day in Buta?

The wettest day measured in Buta between 1940 and 2025 was 25 August 2019, with 135 mm of rain in 24 hours.

Q: What was the windiest day in Buta?

The windiest day measured in Buta between 1940 and 2025 was 8 August 1950, with winds reaching 18.5 km/h.

Q: What is the warmest month in Buta?

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

Q: How much does it rain in Buta?

Buta receives on average 1,520 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 236 rainy days.

Q: Is it sunny in Buta?

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

Buta (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 1,520 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.

Buta averages 0 frost days, 147 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 236 rainy days per year.

Buta has warmed by +2.3 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.27 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.

The hottest day of the period reached 40.8 °C (on 5 February 2016) and the coldest 14.1 °C (on 30 January 1971).

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

ButaBas-Uele

coords: 2.79°, 24.73°
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

21.3°C

Annual rainfall

1,520mm

Sunshine / day

8.8h

Mean relative humidity

86%

Average peak wind

7.7km/h

Seasonal range

2.1°C

Frost days (< 0 °C)

0 d/yr

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

147 d/yr

Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)

236 d/yr

Annual snowfall

0.0 cm

Average feels-like high

35.0 °C

Average feels-like low

24.9 °C

Average peak gust

23.0 km/h

Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)

339 d/yr

Solar radiation

17.7 MJ/m²

Has the climate changed?

One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025

+2.3 °C

since 1940

+0.3 °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

40.8 °C

5 February 2016

Coldest day

14.1 °C

30 January 1971

Wettest day

135 mm

25 August 2019

Windiest day

18.5 km/h

8 August 1950

Strongest gust

48.2 km/h

10 May 2021

Hottest feels-like

44.2 °C

3 April 1998

Coldest feels-like

12.4 °C

21 January 1989

Sunniest day

11.9 h

15 October 1941

Year	Hottest day	Coldest day	Annual mean	Rainfall	Hot days
2025	39.3 °C10 February 2025	18.9 °C20 December 2025	26.5 °C	795 mm	279
2024	39.6 °C13 February 2024	19.5 °C9 January 2024	27.2 °C	656 mm	312
2023	39.4 °C20 February 2023	18.6 °C15 December 2023	26.4 °C	1,201 mm	270
2022	38.8 °C28 February 2022	18.3 °C7 February 2022	26.1 °C	809 mm	270
2021	39.4 °C2 March 2021	18.5 °C9 February 2021	26.3 °C	896 mm	289
2020	39.2 °C5 March 2020	17.9 °C24 January 2020	26.1 °C	1,012 mm	264
2019	38.2 °C18 March 2019	19.8 °C31 December 2019	26.0 °C	1,210 mm	252
2018	38.9 °C3 February 2018	19.3 °C9 January 2018	25.8 °C	1,018 mm	263
2017	38.5 °C16 January 2017	19.6 °C20 February 2017	25.9 °C	1,202 mm	265
2016	40.8 °C5 February 2016	19.3 °C1 February 2016	26.3 °C	1,021 mm	296
2015	38.4 °C17 February 2015	17.6 °C8 January 2015	25.8 °C	1,074 mm	264
2014	38.0 °C21 February 2014	18.4 °C16 February 2014	25.5 °C	1,223 mm	229
2013	36.5 °C24 February 2013	16.3 °C17 December 2013	25.6 °C	951 mm	258
2012	36.0 °C20 March 2012	16.7 °C24 January 2012	25.1 °C	1,198 mm	205
2011	36.8 °C18 February 2011	17.7 °C19 January 2011	25.2 °C	1,186 mm	231
2010	36.6 °C2 February 2010	19.3 °C15 December 2010	25.1 °C	1,412 mm	187
2009	34.7 °C15 January 2009	19.0 °C1 December 2009	25.1 °C	1,215 mm	206
2008	35.9 °C5 February 2008	17.5 °C21 February 2008	24.6 °C	1,300 mm	166
2007	37.7 °C7 March 2007	16.9 °C3 January 2007	25.2 °C	1,268 mm	185
2006	36.3 °C25 January 2006	17.7 °C2 December 2006	24.7 °C	1,366 mm	155
2005	38.5 °C25 February 2005	16.0 °C10 January 2005	25.1 °C	1,300 mm	167
2004	37.7 °C29 March 2004	16.1 °C8 February 2004	25.0 °C	1,196 mm	189
2003	37.6 °C8 February 2003	17.2 °C5 January 2003	24.7 °C	1,319 mm	160
2002	36.3 °C25 February 2002	15.9 °C30 December 2002	24.7 °C	1,217 mm	169
2001	35.7 °C27 February 2001	16.2 °C11 January 2001	24.4 °C	1,200 mm	146
2000	35.7 °C5 March 2000	17.9 °C3 March 2000	24.4 °C	1,375 mm	148
1999	36.1 °C18 February 1999	18.4 °C12 January 1999	24.2 °C	1,559 mm	118
1998	38.6 °C25 February 1998	16.4 °C16 January 1998	25.3 °C	1,306 mm	188
1997	37.3 °C27 February 1997	16.2 °C12 February 1997	24.5 °C	1,632 mm	143
1996	34.9 °C30 January 1996	19.0 °C31 December 1996	24.3 °C	1,779 mm	127
1995	37.1 °C15 March 1995	17.6 °C24 January 1995	24.6 °C	1,567 mm	146
1994	36.0 °C20 February 1994	16.0 °C13 December 1994	24.5 °C	1,768 mm	157
1993	35.7 °C28 January 1993	14.4 °C24 January 1993	24.4 °C	1,620 mm	158
1992	37.8 °C7 March 1992	15.6 °C25 December 1992	24.3 °C	1,591 mm	132
1991	35.9 °C3 March 1991	17.5 °C19 December 1991	24.4 °C	1,532 mm	123
1990	35.9 °C25 January 1990	16.9 °C19 January 1990	24.7 °C	1,559 mm	143
1989	37.7 °C28 January 1989	14.1 °C21 January 1989	24.4 °C	1,521 mm	137
1988	35.8 °C27 February 1988	18.3 °C29 December 1988	24.4 °C	1,803 mm	123
1987	35.7 °C22 March 1987	18.4 °C2 January 1987	24.8 °C	1,737 mm	182
1986	36.1 °C24 February 1986	16.7 °C9 December 1986	24.3 °C	1,741 mm	129
1985	38.2 °C12 March 1985	15.4 °C19 February 1985	24.0 °C	1,740 mm	91
1984	34.7 °C28 January 1984	15.6 °C18 January 1984	24.0 °C	1,632 mm	103
1983	38.2 °C9 February 1983	14.4 °C28 December 1983	24.9 °C	1,510 mm	170
1982	37.1 °C19 February 1982	16.6 °C10 February 1982	24.2 °C	1,566 mm	126
1981	36.3 °C1 March 1981	15.5 °C13 February 1981	24.2 °C	1,793 mm	102
1980	34.6 °C15 January 1980	17.3 °C14 December 1980	24.2 °C	1,731 mm	95
1979	33.4 °C6 February 1979	18.7 °C8 December 1979	24.2 °C	1,778 mm	123
1978	36.0 °C23 March 1978	16.5 °C18 January 1978	24.2 °C	1,699 mm	118
1977	34.5 °C28 February 1977	16.0 °C8 January 1977	24.0 °C	1,897 mm	94
1976	33.7 °C27 January 1976	16.4 °C2 January 1976	23.7 °C	1,957 mm	64
1975	34.4 °C23 January 1975	16.6 °C11 December 1975	23.7 °C	1,794 mm	86
1974	35.1 °C10 February 1974	16.9 °C26 January 1974	23.7 °C	1,862 mm	93
1973	36.6 °C20 February 1973	17.7 °C23 January 1973	24.5 °C	1,717 mm	154
1972	34.6 °C13 February 1972	17.0 °C9 February 1972	24.0 °C	2,098 mm	114
1971	35.8 °C5 March 1971	14.1 °C30 January 1971	23.9 °C	1,862 mm	130
1970	35.3 °C8 February 1970	15.5 °C3 December 1970	24.4 °C	2,055 mm	157
1969	34.3 °C4 February 1969	16.9 °C31 January 1969	24.1 °C	2,185 mm	115
1968	34.7 °C5 April 1968	17.4 °C19 January 1968	23.8 °C	1,908 mm	84
1967	34.2 °C9 March 1967	16.7 °C5 February 1967	23.8 °C	1,928 mm	102
1966	36.4 °C3 July 1966	18.6 °C22 March 1966	24.6 °C	1,474 mm	148
1965	35.6 °C23 July 1965	18.5 °C16 December 1965	24.2 °C	1,532 mm	116
1964	35.7 °C14 July 1964	18.9 °C29 October 1964	24.3 °C	1,624 mm	144
1963	33.7 °C24 March 1963	18.9 °C2 January 1963	23.7 °C	1,644 mm	59
1962	35.2 °C1 February 1962	18.4 °C1 January 1962	23.6 °C	1,964 mm	65
1961	35.4 °C22 February 1961	16.8 °C29 December 1961	23.8 °C	1,864 mm	100
1960	35.5 °C31 January 1960	17.1 °C31 January 1960	24.2 °C	1,823 mm	122
1959	40.2 °C10 March 1959	17.4 °C24 January 1959	24.5 °C	1,734 mm	138
1958	37.7 °C20 February 1958	16.9 °C9 February 1958	24.5 °C	1,764 mm	144
1957	35.7 °C14 February 1957	14.6 °C7 February 1957	24.1 °C	1,616 mm	115
1956	33.8 °C22 January 1956	16.5 °C22 January 1956	23.5 °C	1,822 mm	59
1955	33.7 °C15 February 1955	18.5 °C5 January 1955	23.4 °C	1,735 mm	43
1954	33.0 °C3 March 1954	18.6 °C23 January 1954	23.5 °C	1,624 mm	54
1953	33.9 °C25 December 1953	17.6 °C20 December 1953	23.6 °C	2,198 mm	63
1952	34.4 °C26 January 1952	18.8 °C26 February 1952	23.8 °C	2,164 mm	77
1951	34.7 °C28 February 1951	17.2 °C26 December 1951	23.8 °C	1,734 mm	93
1950	35.0 °C20 January 1950	15.5 °C18 July 1950	24.0 °C	1,455 mm	133
1949	35.8 °C19 February 1949	17.6 °C8 January 1949	24.2 °C	1,257 mm	121
1948	33.6 °C8 February 1948	16.7 °C7 January 1948	23.6 °C	1,798 mm	51
1947	35.8 °C12 February 1947	19.3 °C5 August 1947	24.1 °C	1,444 mm	98
1946	37.9 °C4 March 1946	17.0 °C14 January 1946	24.1 °C	1,310 mm	113
1945	36.9 °C16 February 1945	15.2 °C18 January 1945	23.8 °C	1,316 mm	98
1944	37.8 °C14 February 1944	16.4 °C13 January 1944	24.3 °C	1,286 mm	129
1943	38.2 °C2 March 1943	17.4 °C5 February 1943	24.3 °C	1,263 mm	135
1942	35.7 °C9 January 1942	16.4 °C6 January 1942	23.7 °C	1,466 mm	85
1941	36.1 °C11 March 1941	17.2 °C29 January 1941	24.3 °C	1,255 mm	137
1940	33.1 °C23 January 1940	17.1 °C5 March 1940	23.6 °C	1,501 mm	49

Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.

A specific year

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Year

Across the whole year

Average daily high

32.2 °C

+2.6 °C

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

279 d/yr

+132

Frost days (< 0 °C)

0 d/yr

Annual rainfall

795 mm

-725 mm

Month by month

	High	vs. normal	Precipitation	vs. normal
Jan	35.6 °C	+4.2 °C	4 mm	-48 mm
Feb	36.0 °C	+3.9 °C	7 mm	-71 mm
Mar	33.9 °C	+2.8 °C	50 mm	-98 mm
Apr	32.6 °C	+2.6 °C	71 mm	-84 mm
May	32.8 °C	+3.3 °C	58 mm	-84 mm
Jun	33.4 °C	+4.4 °C	36 mm	-82 mm
Jul	29.4 °C	+0.7 °C	142 mm	+29 mm
Aug	28.8 °C	+0.4 °C	136 mm	-7 mm
Sep	30.7 °C	+2.2 °C	75 mm	-78 mm
Oct	29.8 °C	+1.6 °C	170 mm	-20 mm
Nov	31.4 °C	+3.0 °C	30 mm	-134 mm
Dec	32.9 °C	+3.0 °C	18 mm	-50 mm

The year's extremes

Hottest day

39.3 °C

10 Feb 2025

Coldest day

18.9 °C

20 Dec 2025

Wettest day

43.4 mm

1 Oct 2025

Windiest day

17.6 km/h

14 Mar 2025

Strongest gust

38.2 km/h

26 Nov 2025

Hottest feels-like

42.3 °C

28 Feb 2025

Coldest feels-like

18.6 °C

13 Jan 2025

Sunniest day

11.9 h

18 Oct 2025

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Frequently asked questions

What is the climate of Buta?

Buta has a tropical monsoon climate (Köppen Am). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 24.6 °C and it receives 1,520 mm of precipitation per year.

What is the hottest day ever recorded in Buta?

The hottest day measured in Buta between 1940 and 2025 was 5 February 2016, reaching 40.8 °C.

What is the coldest day in Buta?

The coldest day measured in Buta between 1940 and 2025 was 30 January 1971, at 14.1 °C.

Does it snow in Buta?

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

Has the climate of Buta warmed?

Yes: Buta warmed by +2.3 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.

What is the wettest day in Buta?

The wettest day measured in Buta between 1940 and 2025 was 25 August 2019, with 135 mm of rain in 24 hours.

What was the windiest day in Buta?

The windiest day measured in Buta between 1940 and 2025 was 8 August 1950, with winds reaching 18.5 km/h.

What is the warmest month in Buta?

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

How much does it rain in Buta?

Buta receives on average 1,520 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 236 rainy days.

Is it sunny in Buta?

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

Are there tropical nights in Buta?

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

What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Buta?

In Buta, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 44.2 °C on 3 April 1998, and the lowest was 12.4 °C on 21 January 1989.

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