Kambove climate — normals and trends

Q: What is the climate of Kambove?

Kambove has a tropical savanna climate (Köppen Aw). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 20.8 °C and it receives 1,253 mm of precipitation per year.

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

The hottest day measured in Kambove between 1940 and 2025 was 15 October 2003, reaching 36.0 °C.

Q: What is the coldest day in Kambove?

The coldest day measured in Kambove between 1940 and 2025 was 23 July 1991, at 6.5 °C.

Q: Does it snow in Kambove?

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

Q: Has the climate of Kambove warmed?

Yes: Kambove warmed by +0.8 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.

Q: What is the wettest day in Kambove?

The wettest day measured in Kambove between 1940 and 2025 was 14 February 2020, with 93 mm of rain in 24 hours.

Q: What was the windiest day in Kambove?

The windiest day measured in Kambove between 1940 and 2025 was 22 February 1958, with winds reaching 28.6 km/h.

Q: What is the warmest month in Kambove?

The warmest month in Kambove is September (23.7 °C on average); the coldest is July (18.8 °C).

Q: How much does it rain in Kambove?

Kambove receives on average 1,253 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 157 rainy days.

Q: Is it sunny in Kambove?

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

Kambove (Democratic Republic of Congo) has a tropical savanna climate (Aw) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 20.8 °C and it receives 1,253 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 September (23.7 °C on average) and the coldest is July (18.8 °C). Rainfall peaks in January.

Kambove averages 0 frost days, 48 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 157 rainy days per year.

Kambove has warmed by +0.8 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.10 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.

The hottest day of the period reached 36.0 °C (on 15 October 2003) and the coldest 6.5 °C (on 23 July 1991).

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

KamboveHaut-Katanga

coords: -10.87°, 26.60°
period: 1940–2025 · 86 yrs

AwTropical savannaWarmest monthSeptemberColdest monthJulyWettest monthJanuaryDriest monthJuly

Mean daily temperature

20.8°C

Average daily high

26.8°C

Average daily low

16.1°C

Annual rainfall

1,253mm

Sunshine / day

10.4h

Mean relative humidity

65%

Average peak wind

12.2km/h

Seasonal range

4.9°C

Frost days (< 0 °C)

0 d/yr

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

48 d/yr

Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)

157 d/yr

Annual snowfall

0.0 cm

Average feels-like high

28.2 °C

Average feels-like low

15.9 °C

Average peak gust

33.1 km/h

Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)

5 d/yr

Solar radiation

20.7 MJ/m²

Has the climate changed?

One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025

+0.8 °C

since 1940

+0.1 °C per decade · r² = 0.34 · 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

36.0 °C

15 October 2003

Coldest day

6.5 °C

23 July 1991

Wettest day

93 mm

14 February 2020

Windiest day

28.6 km/h

22 February 1958

Strongest gust

65.2 km/h

22 February 1958

Hottest feels-like

36.5 °C

24 February 2005

Coldest feels-like

3.7 °C

23 July 1991

Sunniest day

12.6 h

8 January 2017

Year	Hottest day	Coldest day	Annual mean	Rainfall	Hot days
2025	33.7 °C11 October 2025	9.6 °C12 July 2025	21.0 °C	1,268 mm	65
2024	34.8 °C27 September 2024	9.2 °C8 July 2024	21.6 °C	1,090 mm	65
2023	34.0 °C8 October 2023	11.5 °C15 July 2023	21.4 °C	1,469 mm	61
2022	33.0 °C5 October 2022	10.7 °C29 June 2022	20.9 °C	1,523 mm	53
2021	33.5 °C11 November 2021	9.9 °C27 July 2021	21.0 °C	1,189 mm	56
2020	34.0 °C6 November 2020	9.8 °C18 July 2020	21.1 °C	1,598 mm	48
2019	33.3 °C15 September 2019	10.8 °C24 July 2019	21.4 °C	1,107 mm	63
2018	33.4 °C27 September 2018	10.6 °C8 June 2018	21.1 °C	1,216 mm	56
2017	32.9 °C17 October 2017	12.0 °C14 July 2017	21.1 °C	1,139 mm	52
2016	34.8 °C17 October 2016	10.8 °C11 June 2016	21.5 °C	1,093 mm	65
2015	33.5 °C12 October 2015	11.6 °C22 June 2015	21.2 °C	1,199 mm	61
2014	33.9 °C15 October 2014	10.9 °C12 July 2014	21.3 °C	1,212 mm	64
2013	34.2 °C28 September 2013	10.7 °C9 June 2013	21.2 °C	1,083 mm	60
2012	33.9 °C10 October 2012	9.8 °C20 July 2012	21.2 °C	1,075 mm	68
2011	32.8 °C24 October 2011	10.9 °C1 July 2011	20.9 °C	1,198 mm	43
2010	34.3 °C4 October 2010	10.7 °C13 August 2010	21.5 °C	1,133 mm	64
2009	34.2 °C28 September 2009	10.5 °C3 July 2009	21.1 °C	1,170 mm	59
2008	35.1 °C27 September 2008	11.1 °C27 June 2008	21.2 °C	1,125 mm	66
2007	34.2 °C24 September 2007	10.7 °C6 July 2007	21.3 °C	1,388 mm	52
2006	34.1 °C22 October 2006	10.8 °C7 June 2006	21.1 °C	1,116 mm	52
2005	33.6 °C11 October 2005	11.6 °C3 July 2005	21.7 °C	917 mm	71
2004	34.6 °C8 October 2004	10.5 °C8 July 2004	21.0 °C	1,107 mm	62
2003	36.0 °C15 October 2003	9.8 °C9 July 2003	21.2 °C	1,064 mm	63
2002	34.4 °C30 September 2002	11.3 °C19 June 2002	21.2 °C	1,155 mm	52
2001	33.9 °C7 September 2001	11.7 °C18 June 2001	21.1 °C	1,087 mm	60
2000	33.7 °C2 October 2000	10.7 °C8 July 2000	21.1 °C	1,189 mm	56
1999	33.1 °C22 October 1999	11.4 °C29 June 1999	21.0 °C	1,044 mm	39
1998	34.3 °C8 October 1998	10.8 °C15 June 1998	21.7 °C	1,209 mm	82
1997	34.2 °C25 September 1997	11.0 °C7 May 1997	21.2 °C	1,312 mm	57
1996	33.1 °C26 September 1996	8.7 °C3 July 1996	21.1 °C	1,177 mm	70
1995	33.1 °C25 September 1995	8.8 °C30 June 1995	21.2 °C	1,195 mm	72
1994	33.7 °C28 September 1994	8.0 °C14 June 1994	20.7 °C	1,121 mm	40
1993	33.8 °C24 October 1993	9.8 °C17 August 1993	20.8 °C	1,317 mm	42
1992	32.7 °C8 October 1992	9.8 °C5 July 1992	20.8 °C	1,074 mm	41
1991	32.5 °C7 October 1991	6.5 °C23 July 1991	20.5 °C	1,074 mm	25
1990	32.9 °C11 November 1990	7.9 °C13 July 1990	20.7 °C	1,107 mm	41
1989	33.0 °C8 November 1989	7.7 °C18 June 1989	20.5 °C	1,314 mm	48
1988	32.8 °C10 October 1988	9.6 °C18 July 1988	20.9 °C	1,143 mm	34
1987	32.6 °C5 September 1987	9.5 °C22 June 1987	21.0 °C	1,145 mm	41
1986	31.9 °C26 September 1986	8.7 °C17 June 1986	20.3 °C	1,210 mm	21
1985	31.5 °C3 October 1985	9.0 °C20 July 1985	20.3 °C	1,208 mm	25
1984	33.0 °C16 October 1984	11.0 °C11 June 1984	20.6 °C	1,130 mm	46
1983	33.8 °C1 October 1983	10.7 °C27 July 1983	21.2 °C	1,062 mm	38
1982	32.3 °C11 September 1982	9.8 °C17 July 1982	20.4 °C	1,324 mm	21
1981	32.4 °C19 September 1981	9.5 °C18 June 1981	20.5 °C	1,084 mm	40
1980	33.9 °C20 September 1980	10.1 °C12 July 1980	20.7 °C	1,345 mm	33
1979	33.7 °C3 October 1979	9.0 °C6 July 1979	20.2 °C	1,381 mm	42
1978	33.0 °C30 September 1978	10.2 °C7 July 1978	20.6 °C	1,762 mm	47
1977	32.6 °C20 October 1977	9.6 °C10 July 1977	20.7 °C	1,329 mm	36
1976	31.6 °C15 October 1976	9.6 °C26 June 1976	20.0 °C	1,528 mm	20
1975	31.7 °C26 October 1975	8.5 °C26 July 1975	20.3 °C	1,157 mm	32
1974	32.4 °C23 October 1974	8.2 °C17 June 1974	20.0 °C	1,317 mm	46
1973	34.8 °C28 October 1973	9.3 °C17 July 1973	20.5 °C	1,212 mm	38
1972	32.5 °C21 September 1972	10.4 °C27 June 1972	20.2 °C	1,469 mm	23
1971	33.6 °C5 October 1971	10.5 °C16 July 1971	20.3 °C	1,240 mm	23
1970	32.7 °C27 September 1970	10.8 °C5 July 1970	20.5 °C	1,422 mm	23
1969	32.0 °C25 September 1969	10.7 °C23 June 1969	20.7 °C	1,259 mm	32
1968	33.9 °C5 October 1968	9.2 °C17 June 1968	20.4 °C	1,397 mm	50
1967	32.7 °C3 October 1967	9.7 °C21 July 1967	20.4 °C	1,189 mm	26
1966	32.6 °C6 October 1966	10.5 °C29 July 1966	20.7 °C	1,194 mm	28
1965	32.1 °C20 September 1965	10.0 °C6 July 1965	20.3 °C	1,246 mm	32
1964	33.4 °C1 October 1964	10.0 °C29 June 1964	20.7 °C	1,381 mm	20
1963	32.8 °C8 September 1963	10.7 °C8 June 1963	20.5 °C	1,558 mm	28
1962	32.4 °C3 November 1962	11.5 °C7 May 1962	20.7 °C	1,436 mm	32
1961	32.9 °C16 October 1961	9.7 °C13 August 1961	20.2 °C	1,487 mm	34
1960	31.8 °C28 October 1960	8.9 °C25 July 1960	20.1 °C	1,331 mm	24
1959	32.9 °C1 October 1959	10.3 °C9 June 1959	20.3 °C	1,641 mm	23
1958	33.8 °C10 September 1958	8.9 °C23 June 1958	20.4 °C	1,490 mm	21
1957	31.9 °C14 October 1957	9.4 °C2 June 1957	20.0 °C	1,767 mm	32
1956	33.5 °C16 October 1956	10.2 °C28 July 1956	20.3 °C	1,501 mm	57
1955	33.8 °C5 October 1955	11.2 °C21 July 1955	20.4 °C	1,370 mm	48
1954	33.9 °C23 October 1954	9.1 °C22 June 1954	21.4 °C	791 mm	95
1953	33.6 °C2 October 1953	10.3 °C24 June 1953	20.5 °C	1,609 mm	58
1952	34.1 °C12 October 1952	11.7 °C16 July 1952	20.9 °C	1,169 mm	64
1951	34.3 °C8 October 1951	10.4 °C7 June 1951	20.7 °C	1,290 mm	57
1950	32.4 °C13 October 1950	10.2 °C19 June 1950	20.2 °C	1,263 mm	35
1949	33.8 °C1 November 1949	10.2 °C8 June 1949	20.8 °C	1,155 mm	65
1948	33.4 °C16 September 1948	11.2 °C5 July 1948	20.6 °C	1,391 mm	46
1947	34.0 °C8 October 1947	9.8 °C2 July 1947	20.8 °C	1,309 mm	61
1946	32.7 °C8 October 1946	9.7 °C18 June 1946	20.7 °C	1,193 mm	52
1945	33.8 °C5 October 1945	10.8 °C21 June 1945	20.9 °C	1,257 mm	66
1944	35.2 °C20 September 1944	11.3 °C13 July 1944	21.0 °C	1,141 mm	75
1943	33.7 °C13 October 1943	9.7 °C27 July 1943	20.8 °C	940 mm	57
1942	33.8 °C23 October 1942	11.0 °C16 July 1942	21.0 °C	1,105 mm	77
1941	35.4 °C13 October 1941	10.7 °C25 June 1941	21.1 °C	1,285 mm	61
1940	32.4 °C12 September 1940	10.7 °C17 July 1940	20.3 °C	1,297 mm	35

Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.

A specific year

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Year

Across the whole year

Average daily high

27.2 °C

+0.4 °C

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

65 d/yr

+17

Frost days (< 0 °C)

0 d/yr

Annual rainfall

1268 mm

+15 mm

Month by month

	High	vs. normal	Precipitation	vs. normal
Jan	25.6 °C	+0.5 °C	261 mm	+3 mm
Feb	27.5 °C	+2.0 °C	236 mm	+2 mm
Mar	26.8 °C	+1.3 °C	205 mm	-6 mm
Apr	26.4 °C	+0.7 °C	90 mm	+24 mm
May	25.2 °C	-1.4 °C	15 mm	+9 mm
Jun	25.8 °C	0.0 °C	0 mm	+0 mm
Jul	24.7 °C	-1.1 °C	0 mm	0 mm
Aug	28.0 °C	-0.2 °C	0 mm	-1 mm
Sep	31.5 °C	+0.9 °C	0 mm	-7 mm
Oct	31.6 °C	+1.5 °C	17 mm	-41 mm
Nov	27.8 °C	+0.9 °C	193 mm	+18 mm
Dec	26.0 °C	+0.6 °C	250 mm	+13 mm

The year's extremes

Hottest day

33.7 °C

11 Oct 2025

Coldest day

9.6 °C

12 Jul 2025

Wettest day

51.7 mm

3 Feb 2025

Windiest day

22.6 km/h

28 Jul 2025

Strongest gust

53.3 km/h

28 Jul 2025

Hottest feels-like

35.3 °C

5 Nov 2025

Coldest feels-like

5.9 °C

3 Aug 2025

Sunniest day

12.4 h

13 Jan 2025

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Frequently asked questions

What is the climate of Kambove?

Kambove has a tropical savanna climate (Köppen Aw). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 20.8 °C and it receives 1,253 mm of precipitation per year.

What is the hottest day ever recorded in Kambove?

The hottest day measured in Kambove between 1940 and 2025 was 15 October 2003, reaching 36.0 °C.

What is the coldest day in Kambove?

The coldest day measured in Kambove between 1940 and 2025 was 23 July 1991, at 6.5 °C.

Does it snow in Kambove?

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

Has the climate of Kambove warmed?

Yes: Kambove warmed by +0.8 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.

What is the wettest day in Kambove?

The wettest day measured in Kambove between 1940 and 2025 was 14 February 2020, with 93 mm of rain in 24 hours.

What was the windiest day in Kambove?

The windiest day measured in Kambove between 1940 and 2025 was 22 February 1958, with winds reaching 28.6 km/h.

What is the warmest month in Kambove?

The warmest month in Kambove is September (23.7 °C on average); the coldest is July (18.8 °C).

How much does it rain in Kambove?

Kambove receives on average 1,253 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 157 rainy days.

Is it sunny in Kambove?

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

Are there tropical nights in Kambove?

Yes: Kambove has on average 5 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.

What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Kambove?

In Kambove, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 36.5 °C on 24 February 2005, and the lowest was 3.7 °C on 23 July 1991.

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