Inkisi climate — normals and trends

Q: What is the climate of Inkisi?

Inkisi has a tropical savanna climate (Köppen Aw). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 23.4 °C and it receives 1,094 mm of precipitation per year.

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

The hottest day measured in Inkisi between 1940 and 2025 was 20 February 2020, reaching 35.3 °C.

Q: What is the coldest day in Inkisi?

The coldest day measured in Inkisi between 1940 and 2025 was 18 July 1950, at 8.3 °C.

Q: Does it snow in Inkisi?

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

Q: Has the climate of Inkisi warmed?

Yes: Inkisi warmed by +1.2 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.

Q: What is the wettest day in Inkisi?

The wettest day measured in Inkisi between 1940 and 2025 was 22 November 1947, with 124 mm of rain in 24 hours.

Q: What was the windiest day in Inkisi?

The windiest day measured in Inkisi between 1940 and 2025 was 22 August 1950, with winds reaching 22.9 km/h.

Q: What is the warmest month in Inkisi?

The warmest month in Inkisi is March (24.5 °C on average); the coldest is July (21.7 °C).

Q: How much does it rain in Inkisi?

Inkisi receives on average 1,094 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 173 rainy days.

Q: Is it sunny in Inkisi?

Inkisi gets on average 9.4 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,431 hours per year over 1940-2025.

Inkisi (Democratic Republic of Congo) has a tropical savanna climate (Aw) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 23.4 °C and it receives 1,094 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 March (24.5 °C on average) and the coldest is July (21.7 °C). Rainfall peaks in November.

Inkisi averages 0 frost days, 70 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 173 rainy days per year.

Inkisi has warmed by +1.2 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.14 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.

The hottest day of the period reached 35.3 °C (on 20 February 2020) and the coldest 8.3 °C (on 18 July 1950).

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

InkisiBas-Congo Province

coords: -5.13°, 15.05°
period: 1940–2025 · 86 yrs

AwTropical savannaWarmest monthMarchColdest monthJulyWettest monthNovemberDriest monthJuly

Mean daily temperature

23.4°C

Average daily high

28.3°C

Average daily low

19.9°C

Annual rainfall

1,094mm

Sunshine / day

9.4h

Mean relative humidity

79%

Average peak wind

10.6km/h

Seasonal range

2.8°C

Frost days (< 0 °C)

0 d/yr

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

70 d/yr

Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)

173 d/yr

Annual snowfall

0.0 cm

Average feels-like high

32.1 °C

Average feels-like low

22.0 °C

Average peak gust

27.2 km/h

Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)

212 d/yr

Solar radiation

17.7 MJ/m²

Has the climate changed?

One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025

+1.2 °C

since 1940

+0.1 °C per decade · r² = 0.49 · 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

20 February 2020

Coldest day

8.3 °C

18 July 1950

Wettest day

124 mm

22 November 1947

Windiest day

22.9 km/h

22 August 1950

Strongest gust

49.3 km/h

17 August 1950

Hottest feels-like

41.4 °C

4 February 1998

Coldest feels-like

6.1 °C

18 July 1950

Sunniest day

12.0 h

12 January 1949

Year	Hottest day	Coldest day	Annual mean	Rainfall	Hot days
2025	33.9 °C27 September 2025	15.4 °C17 August 2025	24.0 °C	1,137 mm	123
2024	34.2 °C12 March 2024	16.5 °C21 July 2024	24.5 °C	1,377 mm	160
2023	33.2 °C2 March 2023	17.4 °C13 July 2023	24.1 °C	1,247 mm	130
2022	33.5 °C23 March 2022	16.1 °C19 June 2022	24.0 °C	1,196 mm	118
2021	33.6 °C25 August 2021	17.9 °C14 July 2021	24.5 °C	1,112 mm	157
2020	35.3 °C20 February 2020	17.4 °C8 July 2020	24.5 °C	1,158 mm	151
2019	34.1 °C21 March 2019	16.5 °C27 June 2019	24.5 °C	1,240 mm	138
2018	33.3 °C16 February 2018	15.5 °C8 June 2018	24.3 °C	1,250 mm	122
2017	33.7 °C27 March 2017	16.1 °C7 July 2017	24.1 °C	1,057 mm	103
2016	33.2 °C6 October 2016	15.8 °C26 July 2016	24.4 °C	1,172 mm	128
2015	32.3 °C11 February 2015	16.4 °C9 August 2015	24.0 °C	1,135 mm	93
2014	32.6 °C18 February 2014	14.8 °C7 July 2014	23.9 °C	1,104 mm	85
2013	33.8 °C22 February 2013	15.3 °C8 August 2013	23.9 °C	1,082 mm	105
2012	33.8 °C14 March 2012	15.1 °C24 July 2012	23.8 °C	938 mm	87
2011	34.0 °C7 March 2011	15.5 °C23 July 2011	23.8 °C	1,187 mm	89
2010	33.9 °C6 March 2010	16.1 °C15 July 2010	24.2 °C	996 mm	122
2009	33.5 °C22 March 2009	15.8 °C12 July 2009	23.9 °C	1,215 mm	103
2008	33.0 °C6 October 2008	14.4 °C5 July 2008	23.7 °C	1,031 mm	96
2007	33.5 °C1 April 2007	15.8 °C27 July 2007	23.7 °C	1,256 mm	86
2006	32.6 °C2 March 2006	14.7 °C8 August 2006	23.6 °C	1,161 mm	89
2005	32.9 °C4 March 2005	15.4 °C30 June 2005	23.6 °C	1,060 mm	92
2004	32.3 °C3 March 2004	16.0 °C24 July 2004	23.5 °C	1,129 mm	72
2003	32.2 °C28 September 2003	16.5 °C26 June 2003	23.7 °C	1,048 mm	72
2002	33.1 °C24 February 2002	14.5 °C19 July 2002	23.4 °C	1,334 mm	43
2001	32.7 °C25 September 2001	14.9 °C18 August 2001	23.4 °C	968 mm	41
2000	32.8 °C20 March 2000	15.6 °C17 July 2000	23.2 °C	1,146 mm	40
1999	33.0 °C31 March 1999	15.4 °C29 July 1999	23.4 °C	1,421 mm	56
1998	33.8 °C17 April 1998	17.3 °C29 July 1998	24.2 °C	1,282 mm	106
1997	33.4 °C11 April 1997	15.0 °C3 July 1997	23.7 °C	1,167 mm	64
1996	31.9 °C7 September 1996	14.1 °C18 July 1996	23.2 °C	1,106 mm	51
1995	33.6 °C31 March 1995	15.6 °C12 July 1995	23.5 °C	1,183 mm	55
1994	32.6 °C18 February 1994	16.0 °C4 July 1994	23.3 °C	1,126 mm	67
1993	32.1 °C4 April 1993	16.0 °C5 July 1993	23.3 °C	1,160 mm	55
1992	32.5 °C21 April 1992	14.8 °C23 June 1992	23.1 °C	1,117 mm	53
1991	32.6 °C23 February 1991	16.2 °C4 August 1991	23.4 °C	1,022 mm	60
1990	32.9 °C27 March 1990	15.1 °C28 June 1990	23.4 °C	1,127 mm	67
1989	31.7 °C9 December 1989	15.4 °C21 July 1989	23.2 °C	1,188 mm	40
1988	32.7 °C4 April 1988	16.1 °C25 July 1988	23.7 °C	1,140 mm	79
1987	32.5 °C10 May 1987	16.1 °C14 June 1987	23.7 °C	1,126 mm	67
1986	32.6 °C29 January 1986	15.8 °C14 July 1986	23.3 °C	1,122 mm	62
1985	32.7 °C6 March 1985	14.6 °C17 June 1985	23.2 °C	1,081 mm	49
1984	33.7 °C19 March 1984	16.3 °C31 July 1984	23.6 °C	1,220 mm	64
1983	33.4 °C23 February 1983	14.8 °C26 June 1983	23.4 °C	927 mm	77
1982	31.9 °C20 February 1982	15.4 °C15 June 1982	23.1 °C	925 mm	42
1981	32.7 °C10 March 1981	13.8 °C21 July 1981	23.3 °C	846 mm	66
1980	32.8 °C21 March 1980	15.1 °C7 August 1980	23.3 °C	915 mm	70
1979	32.5 °C4 March 1979	15.6 °C8 July 1979	23.3 °C	985 mm	47
1978	33.2 °C21 March 1978	14.3 °C28 July 1978	23.3 °C	681 mm	45
1977	32.3 °C19 April 1977	13.2 °C30 June 1977	23.1 °C	1,113 mm	35
1976	32.0 °C13 September 1976	12.0 °C9 July 1976	22.7 °C	1,062 mm	18
1975	31.7 °C23 March 1975	14.3 °C2 August 1975	22.8 °C	1,211 mm	28
1974	31.7 °C11 March 1974	14.5 °C3 July 1974	22.7 °C	1,089 mm	23
1973	32.8 °C11 March 1973	15.2 °C10 August 1973	23.1 °C	1,157 mm	39
1972	31.7 °C28 March 1972	13.3 °C26 June 1972	22.8 °C	1,155 mm	25
1971	31.8 °C11 March 1971	13.6 °C21 July 1971	22.7 °C	1,145 mm	31
1970	31.8 °C24 March 1970	14.9 °C2 July 1970	22.9 °C	1,274 mm	38
1969	31.8 °C4 March 1969	15.4 °C16 July 1969	22.9 °C	1,094 mm	37
1968	31.6 °C25 February 1968	13.9 °C7 July 1968	22.7 °C	1,064 mm	19
1967	33.0 °C5 April 1967	14.2 °C23 July 1967	22.6 °C	1,200 mm	11
1966	32.1 °C17 October 1966	16.2 °C27 August 1966	23.4 °C	1,179 mm	40
1965	31.4 °C10 October 1965	15.4 °C13 July 1965	22.9 °C	1,066 mm	31
1964	31.1 °C12 February 1964	14.1 °C3 August 1964	23.0 °C	909 mm	30
1963	31.7 °C11 September 1963	14.8 °C13 July 1963	23.5 °C	756 mm	50
1962	32.0 °C24 September 1962	15.5 °C16 June 1962	22.9 °C	1,000 mm	19
1961	32.2 °C30 March 1961	14.4 °C4 August 1961	22.6 °C	1,185 mm	20
1960	31.9 °C12 April 1960	14.7 °C22 June 1960	23.0 °C	1,187 mm	24
1959	31.7 °C17 April 1959	15.7 °C4 August 1959	23.0 °C	1,205 mm	39
1958	33.4 °C13 March 1958	12.5 °C27 June 1958	23.2 °C	695 mm	71
1957	33.6 °C1 October 1957	14.1 °C28 June 1957	23.4 °C	979 mm	86
1956	33.6 °C1 March 1956	13.4 °C23 July 1956	23.1 °C	897 mm	70
1955	34.4 °C13 March 1955	14.7 °C22 August 1955	23.2 °C	877 mm	87
1954	33.5 °C15 September 1954	12.7 °C3 August 1954	22.9 °C	1,076 mm	59
1953	32.4 °C13 March 1953	13.9 °C28 June 1953	22.9 °C	1,049 mm	27
1952	31.3 °C23 February 1952	13.4 °C19 July 1952	22.7 °C	1,348 mm	26
1951	31.5 °C26 April 1951	14.7 °C27 July 1951	22.9 °C	1,328 mm	23
1950	32.4 °C27 February 1950	8.3 °C18 July 1950	22.5 °C	1,227 mm	31
1949	30.9 °C21 October 1949	15.2 °C26 July 1949	22.9 °C	1,259 mm	13
1948	32.0 °C20 August 1948	14.9 °C4 August 1948	23.0 °C	1,235 mm	45
1947	34.1 °C22 September 1947	12.3 °C20 July 1947	23.6 °C	1,147 mm	140
1946	32.8 °C1 February 1946	13.9 °C10 August 1946	23.3 °C	782 mm	91
1945	33.9 °C20 September 1945	15.0 °C29 June 1945	23.0 °C	1,168 mm	52
1944	34.1 °C19 September 1944	14.3 °C5 August 1944	23.4 °C	1,055 mm	85
1943	33.6 °C18 October 1943	12.1 °C3 July 1943	23.1 °C	969 mm	108
1942	34.0 °C14 October 1942	14.0 °C17 July 1942	23.6 °C	889 mm	131
1941	34.1 °C30 March 1941	14.4 °C4 August 1941	24.1 °C	560 mm	189
1940	33.3 °C12 February 1940	14.7 °C2 August 1940	23.5 °C	925 mm	126

Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.

A specific year

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Year

Across the whole year

Average daily high

28.8 °C

+0.5 °C

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

123 d/yr

+53

Frost days (< 0 °C)

0 d/yr

Annual rainfall

1137 mm

+43 mm

Month by month

	High	vs. normal	Precipitation	vs. normal
Jan	29.1 °C	+0.8 °C	95 mm	-27 mm
Feb	29.9 °C	+0.8 °C	83 mm	-12 mm
Mar	30.3 °C	+0.8 °C	151 mm	+18 mm
Apr	30.2 °C	+1.0 °C	185 mm	+17 mm
May	29.5 °C	+1.0 °C	96 mm	+7 mm
Jun	28.6 °C	+1.1 °C	10 mm	+5 mm
Jul	26.5 °C	-0.6 °C	0 mm	-1 mm
Aug	26.6 °C	-0.8 °C	1 mm	-4 mm
Sep	28.7 °C	+0.2 °C	14 mm	-8 mm
Oct	29.1 °C	+0.4 °C	63 mm	-38 mm
Nov	28.7 °C	+0.7 °C	277 mm	+91 mm
Dec	29.0 °C	+1.1 °C	164 mm	-6 mm

The year's extremes

Hottest day

33.9 °C

27 Sep 2025

Coldest day

15.4 °C

17 Aug 2025

Wettest day

38.5 mm

27 Apr 2025

Windiest day

16.1 km/h

23 Sep 2025

Strongest gust

43.2 km/h

23 May 2025

Hottest feels-like

40.0 °C

23 Apr 2025

Coldest feels-like

15.1 °C

17 Aug 2025

Sunniest day

12.0 h

8 Jan 2025

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Frequently asked questions

What is the climate of Inkisi?

Inkisi has a tropical savanna climate (Köppen Aw). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 23.4 °C and it receives 1,094 mm of precipitation per year.

What is the hottest day ever recorded in Inkisi?

The hottest day measured in Inkisi between 1940 and 2025 was 20 February 2020, reaching 35.3 °C.

What is the coldest day in Inkisi?

The coldest day measured in Inkisi between 1940 and 2025 was 18 July 1950, at 8.3 °C.

Does it snow in Inkisi?

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

Has the climate of Inkisi warmed?

Yes: Inkisi warmed by +1.2 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.

What is the wettest day in Inkisi?

The wettest day measured in Inkisi between 1940 and 2025 was 22 November 1947, with 124 mm of rain in 24 hours.

What was the windiest day in Inkisi?

The windiest day measured in Inkisi between 1940 and 2025 was 22 August 1950, with winds reaching 22.9 km/h.

What is the warmest month in Inkisi?

The warmest month in Inkisi is March (24.5 °C on average); the coldest is July (21.7 °C).

How much does it rain in Inkisi?

Inkisi receives on average 1,094 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 173 rainy days.

Is it sunny in Inkisi?

Inkisi gets on average 9.4 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,431 hours per year over 1940-2025.

Are there tropical nights in Inkisi?

Yes: Inkisi has on average 212 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.

What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Inkisi?

In Inkisi, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 41.4 °C on 4 February 1998, and the lowest was 6.1 °C on 18 July 1950.

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