Kindu climate — normals and trends

Q: What is the climate of Kindu?

Kindu has a tropical monsoon climate (Köppen Am). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 24.3 °C and it receives 1,788 mm of precipitation per year.

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

The hottest day measured in Kindu between 1940 and 2025 was 22 July 2021, reaching 38.1 °C.

Q: What is the coldest day in Kindu?

The coldest day measured in Kindu between 1940 and 2025 was 27 May 1943, at 16.7 °C.

Q: Does it snow in Kindu?

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

Q: Has the climate of Kindu warmed?

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

Q: What is the wettest day in Kindu?

The wettest day measured in Kindu between 1940 and 2025 was 18 February 2018, with 108 mm of rain in 24 hours.

Q: What was the windiest day in Kindu?

The windiest day measured in Kindu between 1940 and 2025 was 25 February 2024, with winds reaching 17.4 km/h.

Q: What is the warmest month in Kindu?

The warmest month in Kindu is July (24.9 °C on average); the coldest is November (23.6 °C).

Q: How much does it rain in Kindu?

Kindu receives on average 1,788 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 243 rainy days.

Q: Is it sunny in Kindu?

Kindu gets on average 8.7 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,175 hours per year over 1940-2025.

Kindu (Democratic Republic of Congo) has a tropical monsoon climate (Am) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 24.3 °C and it receives 1,788 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 July (24.9 °C on average) and the coldest is November (23.6 °C). Rainfall peaks in November.

Kindu averages 0 frost days, 108 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 243 rainy days per year.

Kindu has warmed by +2.0 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.24 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.

The hottest day of the period reached 38.1 °C (on 22 July 2021) and the coldest 16.7 °C (on 27 May 1943).

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

KinduManiema Province

coords: -2.94°, 25.92°
period: 1940–2025 · 86 yrs

AmTropical monsoonWarmest monthJulyColdest monthNovemberWettest monthNovemberDriest monthJuly

Mean daily temperature

24.3°C

Average daily high

28.8°C

Average daily low

21.5°C

Annual rainfall

1,788mm

Sunshine / day

8.7h

Mean relative humidity

87%

Average peak wind

7.9km/h

Seasonal range

1.3°C

Frost days (< 0 °C)

0 d/yr

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

108 d/yr

Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)

243 d/yr

Annual snowfall

0.0 cm

Average feels-like high

34.2 °C

Average feels-like low

25.2 °C

Average peak gust

22.3 km/h

Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)

354 d/yr

Solar radiation

17.4 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

38.1 °C

22 July 2021

Coldest day

16.7 °C

27 May 1943

Wettest day

108 mm

18 February 2018

Windiest day

17.4 km/h

25 February 2024

Strongest gust

44.6 km/h

26 July 2021

Hottest feels-like

43.2 °C

19 March 2024

Coldest feels-like

15.4 °C

13 July 1944

Sunniest day

12.0 h

11 October 1941

Year	Hottest day	Coldest day	Annual mean	Rainfall	Hot days
2025	36.0 °C5 March 2025	19.8 °C31 July 2025	26.2 °C	1,224 mm	268
2024	38.1 °C1 July 2024	19.8 °C28 November 2024	27.1 °C	1,077 mm	291
2023	36.2 °C18 July 2023	19.9 °C3 July 2023	26.0 °C	1,466 mm	244
2022	36.7 °C25 July 2022	19.9 °C10 July 2022	25.8 °C	1,412 mm	251
2021	38.1 °C22 July 2021	20.0 °C13 August 2021	26.0 °C	1,265 mm	250
2020	35.8 °C31 July 2020	19.5 °C20 July 2020	26.0 °C	1,404 mm	250
2019	35.9 °C6 April 2019	19.8 °C5 June 2019	25.7 °C	1,563 mm	222
2018	36.0 °C23 July 2018	19.5 °C10 July 2018	25.4 °C	1,663 mm	206
2017	33.4 °C21 January 2017	20.0 °C24 January 2017	25.2 °C	1,600 mm	207
2016	35.5 °C11 August 2016	19.9 °C3 July 2016	25.8 °C	1,399 mm	242
2015	35.1 °C26 August 2015	20.2 °C13 July 2015	25.4 °C	1,341 mm	191
2014	35.9 °C15 July 2014	20.1 °C5 July 2014	25.1 °C	1,433 mm	191
2013	35.1 °C18 July 2013	19.3 °C9 June 2013	25.3 °C	1,162 mm	204
2012	33.5 °C5 February 2012	20.1 °C1 August 2012	24.8 °C	1,432 mm	164
2011	33.3 °C2 August 2011	19.3 °C8 July 2011	24.7 °C	1,576 mm	148
2010	34.1 °C2 February 2010	20.0 °C24 July 2010	25.1 °C	1,603 mm	183
2009	34.4 °C4 September 2009	19.1 °C8 July 2009	24.9 °C	1,653 mm	159
2008	33.9 °C27 September 2008	19.4 °C12 June 2008	24.5 °C	1,500 mm	135
2007	34.3 °C3 April 2007	17.9 °C20 June 2007	24.5 °C	1,672 mm	111
2006	34.0 °C25 January 2006	19.1 °C25 May 2006	24.5 °C	1,721 mm	121
2005	36.7 °C21 February 2005	18.2 °C9 July 2005	24.7 °C	1,617 mm	119
2004	35.6 °C14 July 2004	19.4 °C7 July 2004	24.8 °C	1,425 mm	151
2003	33.3 °C2 February 2003	19.3 °C8 July 2003	24.6 °C	1,497 mm	122
2002	34.0 °C15 July 2002	18.3 °C16 June 2002	24.7 °C	1,463 mm	141
2001	32.5 °C6 September 2001	19.7 °C19 July 2001	24.2 °C	1,552 mm	85
2000	32.4 °C21 March 2000	19.2 °C8 July 2000	24.2 °C	1,680 mm	93
1999	33.3 °C17 February 1999	19.5 °C1 December 1999	24.0 °C	1,761 mm	80
1998	34.3 °C5 February 1998	20.2 °C17 June 1998	25.0 °C	1,754 mm	151
1997	33.0 °C7 August 1997	19.6 °C12 July 1997	24.5 °C	1,883 mm	100
1996	33.6 °C8 August 1996	19.6 °C23 June 1996	24.3 °C	1,831 mm	92
1995	33.9 °C15 March 1995	20.2 °C7 March 1995	24.4 °C	1,683 mm	97
1994	32.2 °C2 April 1994	19.9 °C15 October 1994	24.1 °C	2,002 mm	62
1993	32.3 °C27 January 1993	19.5 °C19 March 1993	24.2 °C	1,836 mm	82
1992	36.1 °C14 March 1992	19.3 °C15 August 1992	24.2 °C	1,853 mm	67
1991	32.3 °C15 January 1991	20.0 °C17 July 1991	24.2 °C	1,845 mm	59
1990	32.9 °C14 April 1990	19.3 °C8 July 1990	24.5 °C	1,705 mm	106
1989	33.5 °C15 September 1989	18.9 °C18 June 1989	24.3 °C	1,711 mm	108
1988	34.0 °C29 February 1988	19.2 °C16 July 1988	24.4 °C	1,842 mm	89
1987	33.9 °C22 March 1987	19.6 °C13 March 1987	24.8 °C	2,053 mm	125
1986	33.1 °C21 August 1986	17.8 °C21 July 1986	24.1 °C	1,911 mm	82
1985	35.1 °C12 March 1985	19.7 °C12 September 1985	24.0 °C	1,789 mm	56
1984	33.9 °C23 March 1984	19.2 °C8 January 1984	24.0 °C	1,715 mm	63
1983	34.0 °C28 March 1983	19.6 °C21 July 1983	24.5 °C	1,657 mm	96
1982	32.8 °C21 February 1982	19.4 °C10 February 1982	24.1 °C	1,950 mm	59
1981	32.6 °C21 February 1981	19.8 °C24 November 1981	24.1 °C	1,876 mm	79
1980	32.8 °C18 March 1980	18.9 °C1 February 1980	24.2 °C	1,777 mm	70
1979	32.6 °C4 July 1979	18.9 °C1 August 1979	24.2 °C	2,022 mm	91
1978	33.8 °C21 July 1978	17.5 °C20 July 1978	24.0 °C	1,978 mm	73
1977	31.5 °C25 July 1977	19.5 °C10 July 1977	23.8 °C	1,996 mm	36
1976	31.7 °C31 March 1976	18.4 °C1 July 1976	23.4 °C	2,188 mm	32
1975	31.8 °C24 March 1975	18.6 °C30 July 1975	23.4 °C	2,121 mm	25
1974	33.4 °C13 March 1974	18.8 °C14 June 1974	23.7 °C	1,892 mm	72
1973	34.6 °C22 July 1973	17.6 °C10 July 1973	24.3 °C	1,789 mm	118
1972	31.5 °C11 August 1972	19.5 °C29 June 1972	23.7 °C	2,228 mm	41
1971	32.2 °C21 March 1971	19.0 °C11 June 1971	23.5 °C	2,048 mm	52
1970	31.9 °C8 February 1970	19.2 °C3 July 1970	23.8 °C	2,137 mm	58
1969	32.1 °C8 September 1969	19.1 °C24 August 1969	24.0 °C	2,120 mm	59
1968	32.2 °C4 October 1968	18.2 °C17 July 1968	23.6 °C	2,144 mm	53
1967	32.8 °C2 March 1967	18.8 °C21 July 1967	23.5 °C	2,239 mm	45
1966	35.8 °C31 July 1966	17.9 °C3 July 1966	24.0 °C	1,931 mm	87
1965	36.8 °C27 July 1965	18.0 °C18 July 1965	23.9 °C	1,863 mm	102
1964	34.4 °C22 July 1964	18.5 °C16 July 1964	23.9 °C	1,940 mm	94
1963	32.2 °C25 June 1963	19.4 °C30 January 1963	23.6 °C	2,054 mm	55
1962	31.3 °C24 February 1962	19.0 °C24 June 1962	23.2 °C	2,328 mm	22
1961	31.7 °C17 March 1961	18.7 °C14 June 1961	23.4 °C	2,575 mm	41
1960	32.6 °C22 March 1960	18.9 °C17 July 1960	23.8 °C	2,151 mm	75
1959	33.0 °C15 February 1959	19.1 °C16 July 1959	24.0 °C	2,214 mm	65
1958	32.9 °C3 March 1958	16.8 °C26 July 1958	24.1 °C	2,257 mm	88
1957	32.5 °C15 February 1957	18.2 °C6 February 1957	23.9 °C	2,077 mm	60
1956	33.0 °C1 March 1956	17.6 °C19 January 1956	23.4 °C	2,049 mm	42
1955	31.6 °C12 October 1955	18.1 °C21 June 1955	23.4 °C	2,033 mm	28
1954	33.2 °C29 July 1954	18.0 °C15 June 1954	23.9 °C	1,738 mm	81
1953	32.2 °C19 August 1953	18.3 °C6 July 1953	23.5 °C	2,468 mm	44
1952	34.0 °C1 July 1952	18.9 °C26 May 1952	23.9 °C	2,223 mm	94
1951	34.2 °C27 July 1951	18.2 °C20 July 1951	23.8 °C	2,125 mm	83
1950	37.0 °C16 August 1950	17.8 °C11 August 1950	24.2 °C	1,732 mm	128
1949	33.7 °C21 August 1949	18.9 °C28 June 1949	24.2 °C	1,525 mm	96
1948	33.5 °C17 July 1948	18.7 °C24 December 1948	23.7 °C	2,165 mm	51
1947	34.4 °C9 July 1947	17.3 °C6 July 1947	24.1 °C	1,606 mm	94
1946	33.5 °C18 January 1946	18.7 °C17 June 1946	24.0 °C	1,652 mm	90
1945	32.2 °C22 June 1945	17.9 °C9 June 1945	23.7 °C	1,544 mm	79
1944	34.0 °C2 March 1944	17.1 °C14 July 1944	24.1 °C	1,526 mm	117
1943	35.8 °C17 July 1943	16.7 °C27 May 1943	24.0 °C	1,549 mm	123
1942	33.3 °C7 September 1942	18.7 °C12 July 1942	23.9 °C	1,418 mm	90
1941	32.5 °C11 October 1941	19.4 °C11 July 1941	24.2 °C	1,477 mm	97
1940	32.8 °C17 August 1940	18.4 °C30 June 1940	23.6 °C	1,821 mm	51

Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.

A specific year

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Year

Across the whole year

Average daily high

31.1 °C

+2.3 °C

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

268 d/yr

+160

Frost days (< 0 °C)

0 d/yr

Annual rainfall

1224 mm

-565 mm

Month by month

	High	vs. normal	Precipitation	vs. normal
Jan	30.7 °C	+2.2 °C	67 mm	-96 mm
Feb	31.8 °C	+2.7 °C	91 mm	-62 mm
Mar	31.8 °C	+2.9 °C	142 mm	-42 mm
Apr	30.2 °C	+1.8 °C	182 mm	+3 mm
May	29.7 °C	+1.0 °C	151 mm	+29 mm
Jun	31.8 °C	+2.4 °C	29 mm	-16 mm
Jul	31.2 °C	+1.1 °C	42 mm	+7 mm
Aug	32.1 °C	+2.4 °C	30 mm	-50 mm
Sep	32.7 °C	+3.9 °C	62 mm	-85 mm
Oct	31.6 °C	+3.4 °C	129 mm	-98 mm
Nov	30.0 °C	+2.4 °C	170 mm	-72 mm
Dec	29.2 °C	+1.6 °C	129 mm	-82 mm

The year's extremes

Hottest day

36.0 °C

5 Mar 2025

Coldest day

19.8 °C

31 Jul 2025

Wettest day

46.0 mm

23 Apr 2025

Windiest day

15.3 km/h

11 Feb 2025

Strongest gust

37.1 km/h

11 Feb 2025

Hottest feels-like

43.0 °C

5 Mar 2025

Coldest feels-like

20.1 °C

17 Jun 2025

Sunniest day

12.0 h

10 Oct 2025

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Frequently asked questions

What is the climate of Kindu?

Kindu has a tropical monsoon climate (Köppen Am). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 24.3 °C and it receives 1,788 mm of precipitation per year.

What is the hottest day ever recorded in Kindu?

The hottest day measured in Kindu between 1940 and 2025 was 22 July 2021, reaching 38.1 °C.

What is the coldest day in Kindu?

The coldest day measured in Kindu between 1940 and 2025 was 27 May 1943, at 16.7 °C.

Does it snow in Kindu?

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

Has the climate of Kindu warmed?

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

What is the wettest day in Kindu?

The wettest day measured in Kindu between 1940 and 2025 was 18 February 2018, with 108 mm of rain in 24 hours.

What was the windiest day in Kindu?

The windiest day measured in Kindu between 1940 and 2025 was 25 February 2024, with winds reaching 17.4 km/h.

What is the warmest month in Kindu?

The warmest month in Kindu is July (24.9 °C on average); the coldest is November (23.6 °C).

How much does it rain in Kindu?

Kindu receives on average 1,788 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 243 rainy days.

Is it sunny in Kindu?

Kindu gets on average 8.7 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,175 hours per year over 1940-2025.

Are there tropical nights in Kindu?

Yes: Kindu has on average 354 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.

What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Kindu?

In Kindu, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 43.2 °C on 19 March 2024, and the lowest was 15.4 °C on 13 July 1944.

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