Kayna climate — normals and trends
Kayna (Democratic Republic of Congo) has a tropical rainforest climate (Af) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 19.0 °C and it receives 4,225 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 (19.4 °C on average) and the coldest is November (18.7 °C). Rainfall peaks in December.
Kayna averages 0 frost days, 0 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 255 rainy days per year.
Kayna has warmed by +1.8 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.21 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The hottest day of the period reached 30.0 °C (on 23 February 2005) and the coldest 11.4 °C (on 14 June 1965).
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
KaynaNorth Kivu
- coords
- -0.61°, 29.17°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
19.0°C
Average daily high
23.7°C
Average daily low
15.5°C
Annual rainfall
4,225mm
Sunshine / day
10.7h
Mean relative humidity
79%
Average peak wind
9.8km/h
Seasonal range
0.7°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
0 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
0 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
255 d/yr
Annual snowfall
0.0 cm
Average feels-like high
26.0 °C
Average feels-like low
16.4 °C
Average peak gust
32.6 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
0 d/yr
Solar radiation
20.1 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+1.8 °C
since 1940
+0.2 °C per decade · r² = 0.72 · p = < 0.001
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
30.0 °C
23 February 2005
Coldest day
11.4 °C
14 June 1965
Wettest day
337 mm
12 April 1957
Windiest day
20.9 km/h
22 October 2018
Strongest gust
70.6 km/h
23 August 1946
Hottest feels-like
34.5 °C
11 March 1964
Coldest feels-like
10.7 °C
5 February 1957
Sunniest day
12.0 h
18 April 1940
Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.
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Across the whole year
Month by month
| High | vs. normal | Precipitation | vs. normal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 24.8 °C | +0.8 °C | 258 mm | -269 mm |
| Feb | 25.7 °C | +1.3 °C | 93 mm | -357 mm |
| Mar | 24.6 °C | +0.4 °C | 753 mm | +276 mm |
| Apr | 24.2 °C | +0.4 °C | 306 mm | -55 mm |
| May | 24.0 °C | +0.7 °C | 178 mm | -57 mm |
| Jun | 23.6 °C | +0.3 °C | 126 mm | +9 mm |
| Jul | 23.6 °C | +0.2 °C | 124 mm | +13 mm |
| Aug | 23.3 °C | -0.4 °C | 212 mm | +11 mm |
| Sep | 24.9 °C | +1.0 °C | 194 mm | -112 mm |
| Oct | 23.9 °C | +0.1 °C | 535 mm | +99 mm |
| Nov | 24.2 °C | +0.9 °C | 215 mm | -250 mm |
| Dec | 23.8 °C | +0.2 °C | 894 mm | +354 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Kayna?
Kayna has a tropical rainforest climate (Köppen Af). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 19.0 °C and it receives 4,225 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Kayna?
The hottest day measured in Kayna between 1940 and 2025 was 23 February 2005, reaching 30.0 °C.
What is the coldest day in Kayna?
The coldest day measured in Kayna between 1940 and 2025 was 14 June 1965, at 11.4 °C.
Does it snow in Kayna?
Almost never: Kayna sees virtually no snow, with about 0 frost days per year.
Has the climate of Kayna warmed?
Yes: Kayna warmed by +1.8 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Kayna?
The wettest day measured in Kayna between 1940 and 2025 was 12 April 1957, with 337 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Kayna?
The windiest day measured in Kayna between 1940 and 2025 was 22 October 2018, with winds reaching 20.9 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Kayna?
The warmest month in Kayna is March (19.4 °C on average); the coldest is November (18.7 °C).
How much does it rain in Kayna?
Kayna receives on average 4,225 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 255 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Kayna?
Kayna gets on average 10.7 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,905 hours per year over 1940-2025.
Are there tropical nights in Kayna?
Almost never: tropical nights (temperature staying above 20 °C) are virtually non-existent in Kayna.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Kayna?
In Kayna, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 34.5 °C on 11 March 1964, and the lowest was 10.7 °C on 5 February 1957.
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