Katanda climate — normals and trends

Q: What is the climate of Katanda?

Katanda has a hot semi-arid climate (Köppen BSh). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 22.2 °C and it receives 558 mm of precipitation per year.

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

The hottest day measured in Katanda between 1940 and 2025 was 25 February 2005, reaching 35.2 °C.

Q: What is the coldest day in Katanda?

The coldest day measured in Katanda between 1940 and 2025 was 19 October 1964, at 12.8 °C.

Q: Does it snow in Katanda?

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

Q: Has the climate of Katanda warmed?

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

Q: What is the wettest day in Katanda?

The wettest day measured in Katanda between 1940 and 2025 was 14 May 1950, with 61 mm of rain in 24 hours.

Q: What was the windiest day in Katanda?

The windiest day measured in Katanda between 1940 and 2025 was 8 March 1956, with winds reaching 20.7 km/h.

Q: What is the warmest month in Katanda?

The warmest month in Katanda is February (22.6 °C on average); the coldest is November (21.7 °C).

Q: How much does it rain in Katanda?

Katanda receives on average 558 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 84 rainy days.

Q: Is it sunny in Katanda?

Katanda gets on average 10.6 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,869 hours per year over 1940-2025.

Katanda (Democratic Republic of Congo) has a hot semi-arid climate (BSh) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 22.2 °C and it receives 558 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 (22.6 °C on average) and the coldest is November (21.7 °C). Rainfall peaks in March.

Katanda averages 0 frost days, 50 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 84 rainy days per year.

Katanda 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 35.2 °C (on 25 February 2005) and the coldest 12.8 °C (on 19 October 1964).

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

KatandaNorth Kivu

coords: -0.83°, 29.36°
period: 1940–2025 · 86 yrs

BShHot semi-aridWarmest monthFebruaryColdest monthNovemberWettest monthMarchDriest monthJuly

Mean daily temperature

22.2°C

Average daily high

27.9°C

Average daily low

17.7°C

Annual rainfall

558mm

Sunshine / day

10.6h

Mean relative humidity

64%

Average peak wind

10.3km/h

Seasonal range

0.9°C

Frost days (< 0 °C)

0 d/yr

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

50 d/yr

Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)

84 d/yr

Annual snowfall

0.0 cm

Average feels-like high

29.0 °C

Average feels-like low

18.8 °C

Average peak gust

33.2 km/h

Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)

11 d/yr

Solar radiation

19.8 MJ/m²

Has the climate changed?

One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025

+2.0 °C

since 1940

+0.2 °C per decade · r² = 0.63 · 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

35.2 °C

25 February 2005

Coldest day

12.8 °C

19 October 1964

Wettest day

61 mm

14 May 1950

Windiest day

20.7 km/h

8 March 1956

Strongest gust

77.8 km/h

7 December 1987

Hottest feels-like

36.8 °C

25 February 2005

Coldest feels-like

12.4 °C

5 February 1957

Sunniest day

12.0 h

16 April 1940

Year	Hottest day	Coldest day	Annual mean	Rainfall	Hot days
2025	33.1 °C28 February 2025	16.0 °C24 March 2025	23.2 °C	481 mm	72
2024	33.9 °C18 March 2024	15.5 °C8 December 2024	23.7 °C	871 mm	127
2023	33.4 °C8 March 2023	15.4 °C28 November 2023	23.3 °C	662 mm	128
2022	33.2 °C6 March 2022	15.0 °C8 September 2022	22.9 °C	583 mm	80
2021	33.3 °C29 August 2021	16.0 °C14 April 2021	23.5 °C	435 mm	135
2020	35.1 °C12 February 2020	15.6 °C3 October 2020	23.5 °C	648 mm	157
2019	33.8 °C21 December 2019	15.9 °C15 October 2019	23.5 °C	475 mm	154
2018	33.8 °C27 September 2018	15.5 °C15 April 2018	23.1 °C	497 mm	123
2017	34.0 °C13 February 2017	16.4 °C13 July 2017	23.6 °C	292 mm	171
2016	33.5 °C18 February 2016	16.4 °C31 January 2016	23.5 °C	415 mm	120
2015	32.3 °C8 December 2015	15.0 °C13 July 2015	22.9 °C	451 mm	81
2014	32.2 °C4 February 2014	16.1 °C29 June 2014	23.2 °C	343 mm	99
2013	33.8 °C25 January 2013	15.7 °C29 August 2013	23.0 °C	480 mm	101
2012	34.0 °C30 March 2012	15.6 °C30 January 2012	22.8 °C	356 mm	99
2011	33.1 °C7 February 2011	15.8 °C14 July 2011	22.5 °C	537 mm	83
2010	33.3 °C2 February 2010	16.0 °C3 July 2010	23.1 °C	411 mm	107
2009	32.8 °C22 December 2009	15.2 °C6 April 2009	23.0 °C	341 mm	100
2008	32.1 °C8 September 2008	14.0 °C9 July 2008	22.3 °C	305 mm	43
2007	32.2 °C9 April 2007	15.3 °C21 December 2007	22.4 °C	417 mm	54
2006	34.0 °C9 February 2006	15.7 °C17 June 2006	22.7 °C	428 mm	73
2005	35.2 °C25 February 2005	15.1 °C15 July 2005	23.2 °C	363 mm	112
2004	32.2 °C7 March 2004	13.8 °C10 July 2004	23.0 °C	399 mm	67
2003	32.0 °C25 August 2003	15.6 °C13 January 2003	22.6 °C	307 mm	47
2002	31.5 °C28 March 2002	15.8 °C4 November 2002	22.1 °C	435 mm	24
2001	31.2 °C3 January 2001	14.5 °C1 August 2001	21.5 °C	472 mm	14
2000	31.9 °C22 February 2000	14.6 °C27 January 2000	22.3 °C	200 mm	41
1999	31.4 °C12 September 1999	15.3 °C15 March 1999	22.1 °C	284 mm	36
1998	32.8 °C3 February 1998	15.6 °C13 November 1998	22.4 °C	668 mm	33
1997	33.4 °C25 September 1997	15.0 °C19 July 1997	22.2 °C	485 mm	45
1996	31.0 °C4 January 1996	14.9 °C27 July 1996	22.3 °C	431 mm	25
1995	31.4 °C10 March 1995	15.6 °C22 July 1995	22.6 °C	386 mm	55
1994	32.4 °C23 April 1994	15.0 °C10 July 1994	22.1 °C	405 mm	33
1993	32.5 °C18 March 1993	15.2 °C24 January 1993	22.6 °C	340 mm	41
1992	32.6 °C15 March 1992	15.2 °C11 July 1992	22.5 °C	335 mm	40
1991	32.3 °C16 February 1991	15.4 °C9 July 1991	22.3 °C	498 mm	41
1990	31.7 °C15 February 1990	14.7 °C10 January 1990	22.6 °C	589 mm	45
1989	32.2 °C3 March 1989	13.9 °C18 February 1989	22.4 °C	504 mm	35
1988	33.5 °C2 March 1988	15.3 °C7 July 1988	22.4 °C	522 mm	41
1987	33.2 °C5 February 1987	16.0 °C18 June 1987	22.9 °C	770 mm	100
1986	33.4 °C24 February 1986	15.8 °C25 November 1986	22.3 °C	571 mm	46
1985	32.0 °C17 March 1985	15.2 °C30 July 1985	21.8 °C	618 mm	26
1984	31.8 °C22 March 1984	14.6 °C9 January 1984	22.1 °C	414 mm	18
1983	33.3 °C10 February 1983	15.1 °C31 December 1983	23.0 °C	426 mm	93
1982	32.2 °C22 February 1982	15.7 °C7 December 1982	22.6 °C	366 mm	62
1981	32.2 °C23 February 1981	15.1 °C24 April 1981	22.4 °C	573 mm	45
1980	32.9 °C25 February 1980	15.4 °C4 June 1980	22.5 °C	525 mm	46
1979	30.9 °C28 March 1979	14.9 °C4 March 1979	22.0 °C	677 mm	17
1978	31.4 °C7 February 1978	13.3 °C20 July 1978	21.9 °C	790 mm	23
1977	32.1 °C31 December 1977	14.3 °C21 June 1977	21.9 °C	814 mm	25
1976	32.7 °C22 March 1976	14.4 °C25 June 1976	21.7 °C	482 mm	46
1975	32.6 °C1 May 1975	13.6 °C31 July 1975	21.5 °C	527 mm	44
1974	33.2 °C13 March 1974	14.5 °C24 July 1974	21.6 °C	562 mm	44
1973	34.4 °C20 February 1973	14.2 °C29 June 1973	22.2 °C	462 mm	72
1972	33.4 °C31 March 1972	13.8 °C29 June 1972	21.4 °C	676 mm	28
1971	33.6 °C6 March 1971	14.0 °C8 June 1971	21.4 °C	662 mm	34
1970	33.3 °C28 February 1970	14.8 °C26 July 1970	21.9 °C	704 mm	41
1969	32.4 °C16 December 1969	14.8 °C16 June 1969	22.2 °C	677 mm	60
1968	32.1 °C3 January 1968	14.5 °C30 June 1968	21.5 °C	764 mm	26
1967	34.1 °C2 March 1967	14.6 °C28 November 1967	21.8 °C	749 mm	40
1966	31.8 °C8 January 1966	14.9 °C8 November 1966	22.1 °C	507 mm	36
1965	31.3 °C26 February 1965	13.4 °C21 January 1965	21.8 °C	585 mm	21
1964	32.0 °C31 January 1964	12.8 °C19 October 1964	21.3 °C	694 mm	12
1963	30.9 °C28 March 1963	14.4 °C9 January 1963	21.1 °C	854 mm	11
1962	29.0 °C8 September 1962	14.5 °C16 December 1962	20.5 °C	1,223 mm	0
1961	32.0 °C29 January 1961	13.9 °C17 September 1961	21.3 °C	753 mm	20
1960	31.1 °C30 December 1960	13.4 °C30 January 1960	21.8 °C	446 mm	17
1959	30.6 °C27 August 1959	13.9 °C22 September 1959	21.4 °C	926 mm	10
1958	32.0 °C16 January 1958	15.1 °C17 February 1958	22.2 °C	841 mm	43
1957	31.7 °C4 October 1957	13.2 °C5 February 1957	21.6 °C	1,169 mm	20
1956	30.9 °C11 October 1956	14.3 °C19 January 1956	21.2 °C	603 mm	17
1955	29.8 °C26 August 1955	14.5 °C16 June 1955	21.2 °C	793 mm	0
1954	29.0 °C23 October 1954	13.1 °C9 January 1954	20.4 °C	894 mm	0
1953	30.8 °C11 September 1953	13.2 °C23 July 1953	20.6 °C	1,150 mm	2
1952	31.1 °C30 March 1952	14.9 °C14 January 1952	21.7 °C	557 mm	20
1951	31.2 °C1 October 1951	14.7 °C21 July 1951	21.4 °C	777 mm	6
1950	31.3 °C4 March 1950	13.7 °C18 July 1950	21.1 °C	834 mm	8
1949	31.0 °C31 October 1949	14.2 °C28 July 1949	21.3 °C	532 mm	21
1948	30.5 °C29 March 1948	15.1 °C15 February 1948	21.9 °C	383 mm	9
1947	31.2 °C26 August 1947	14.9 °C19 December 1947	21.9 °C	388 mm	36
1946	31.7 °C25 February 1946	15.0 °C23 December 1946	22.0 °C	326 mm	39
1945	31.1 °C1 September 1945	14.3 °C10 December 1945	21.8 °C	404 mm	13
1944	32.0 °C21 September 1944	13.5 °C11 January 1944	22.1 °C	217 mm	31
1943	31.3 °C3 March 1943	14.5 °C28 May 1943	21.9 °C	421 mm	21
1942	31.0 °C9 February 1942	14.4 °C3 January 1942	22.1 °C	329 mm	24
1941	33.5 °C27 March 1941	13.8 °C13 December 1941	22.0 °C	868 mm	27
1940	30.3 °C3 May 1940	14.5 °C5 December 1940	21.5 °C	611 mm	3

Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.

A specific year

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Year

Across the whole year

Average daily high

28.5 °C

+0.6 °C

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

72 d/yr

+22

Frost days (< 0 °C)

0 d/yr

Annual rainfall

481 mm

-77 mm

Month by month

	High	vs. normal	Precipitation	vs. normal
Jan	29.9 °C	+1.6 °C	30 mm	-29 mm
Feb	30.4 °C	+1.7 °C	0 mm	-60 mm
Mar	28.5 °C	+0.2 °C	125 mm	+53 mm
Apr	27.8 °C	+0.1 °C	57 mm	-12 mm
May	28.3 °C	+1.2 °C	33 mm	-17 mm
Jun	28.0 °C	+0.3 °C	19 mm	+5 mm
Jul	28.0 °C	0.0 °C	13 mm	+4 mm
Aug	28.0 °C	-0.2 °C	38 mm	+17 mm
Sep	29.6 °C	+1.4 °C	13 mm	-25 mm
Oct	27.8 °C	-0.1 °C	66 mm	+12 mm
Nov	28.2 °C	+1.0 °C	18 mm	-40 mm
Dec	27.7 °C	0.0 °C	70 mm	+17 mm

The year's extremes

Hottest day

33.1 °C

28 Feb 2025

Coldest day

16.0 °C

24 Mar 2025

Wettest day

43.7 mm

10 Mar 2025

Windiest day

17.7 km/h

12 Nov 2025

Strongest gust

63.4 km/h

2 Oct 2025

Hottest feels-like

34.8 °C

8 Jan 2025

Coldest feels-like

17.2 °C

18 Nov 2025

Sunniest day

12.0 h

18 Apr 2025

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Frequently asked questions

What is the climate of Katanda?

Katanda has a hot semi-arid climate (Köppen BSh). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 22.2 °C and it receives 558 mm of precipitation per year.

What is the hottest day ever recorded in Katanda?

The hottest day measured in Katanda between 1940 and 2025 was 25 February 2005, reaching 35.2 °C.

What is the coldest day in Katanda?

The coldest day measured in Katanda between 1940 and 2025 was 19 October 1964, at 12.8 °C.

Does it snow in Katanda?

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

Has the climate of Katanda warmed?

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

What is the wettest day in Katanda?

The wettest day measured in Katanda between 1940 and 2025 was 14 May 1950, with 61 mm of rain in 24 hours.

What was the windiest day in Katanda?

The windiest day measured in Katanda between 1940 and 2025 was 8 March 1956, with winds reaching 20.7 km/h.

What is the warmest month in Katanda?

The warmest month in Katanda is February (22.6 °C on average); the coldest is November (21.7 °C).

How much does it rain in Katanda?

Katanda receives on average 558 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 84 rainy days.

Is it sunny in Katanda?

Katanda gets on average 10.6 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,869 hours per year over 1940-2025.

Are there tropical nights in Katanda?

Yes: Katanda has on average 11 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.

What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Katanda?

In Katanda, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 36.8 °C on 25 February 2005, and the lowest was 12.4 °C on 5 February 1957.

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