Kirumba climate — normals and trends

Q: What is the climate of Kirumba?

Kirumba has a hot semi-arid climate (Köppen BSh). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 21.9 °C and it receives 438 mm of precipitation per year.

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

The hottest day measured in Kirumba between 1940 and 2025 was 25 February 2005, reaching 35.4 °C.

Q: What is the coldest day in Kirumba?

The coldest day measured in Kirumba between 1940 and 2025 was 6 July 1953, at 11.0 °C.

Q: Does it snow in Kirumba?

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

Q: Has the climate of Kirumba warmed?

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

Q: What is the wettest day in Kirumba?

The wettest day measured in Kirumba between 1940 and 2025 was 2 May 2024, with 54 mm of rain in 24 hours.

Q: What was the windiest day in Kirumba?

The windiest day measured in Kirumba between 1940 and 2025 was 2 January 1941, with winds reaching 18.8 km/h.

Q: What is the warmest month in Kirumba?

The warmest month in Kirumba is February (22.5 °C on average); the coldest is November (21.1 °C).

Q: How much does it rain in Kirumba?

Kirumba receives on average 438 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 100 rainy days.

Q: Is it sunny in Kirumba?

Kirumba gets on average 10.2 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,723 hours per year over 1940-2025.

Kirumba (Democratic Republic of Congo) has a hot semi-arid climate (BSh) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 21.9 °C and it receives 438 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 (22.5 °C on average) and the coldest is November (21.1 °C). Rainfall peaks in October.

Kirumba averages 0 frost days, 43 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 100 rainy days per year.

Kirumba 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 35.4 °C (on 25 February 2005) and the coldest 11.0 °C (on 6 July 1953).

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

KirumbaNorth Kivu

coords: -1.09°, 29.29°
period: 1940–2025 · 86 yrs

BShHot semi-aridWarmest monthFebruaryColdest monthNovemberWettest monthOctoberDriest monthJuly

Mean daily temperature

21.9°C

Average daily high

27.7°C

Average daily low

17.0°C

Annual rainfall

438mm

Sunshine / day

10.2h

Mean relative humidity

65%

Average peak wind

9.3km/h

Seasonal range

1.4°C

Frost days (< 0 °C)

0 d/yr

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

43 d/yr

Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)

100 d/yr

Annual snowfall

0.0 cm

Average feels-like high

29.2 °C

Average feels-like low

17.9 °C

Average peak gust

31.0 km/h

Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)

5 d/yr

Solar radiation

19.2 MJ/m²

Has the climate changed?

One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025

+2.0 °C

since 1940

+0.2 °C per decade · r² = 0.58 · 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

35.4 °C

25 February 2005

Coldest day

11.0 °C

6 July 1953

Wettest day

54 mm

2 May 2024

Windiest day

18.8 km/h

2 January 1941

Strongest gust

63.7 km/h

25 September 1942

Hottest feels-like

36.6 °C

25 February 2005

Coldest feels-like

9.6 °C

12 July 1944

Sunniest day

12.0 h

18 April 1940

Year	Hottest day	Coldest day	Annual mean	Rainfall	Hot days
2025	33.1 °C1 March 2025	15.5 °C30 August 2025	22.9 °C	413 mm	70
2024	34.0 °C18 March 2024	14.1 °C26 June 2024	23.6 °C	539 mm	134
2023	33.9 °C8 March 2023	15.1 °C28 November 2023	23.1 °C	534 mm	123
2022	33.2 °C6 March 2022	14.7 °C8 September 2022	22.7 °C	550 mm	89
2021	34.3 °C12 March 2021	15.3 °C14 April 2021	23.3 °C	341 mm	132
2020	34.8 °C12 February 2020	14.9 °C3 October 2020	23.3 °C	470 mm	148
2019	33.7 °C27 February 2019	14.7 °C29 March 2019	23.1 °C	359 mm	137
2018	33.9 °C27 September 2018	14.6 °C15 April 2018	22.8 °C	426 mm	117
2017	33.1 °C9 February 2017	15.6 °C18 January 2017	23.2 °C	276 mm	124
2016	32.8 °C18 February 2016	14.9 °C2 July 2016	22.8 °C	309 mm	63
2015	32.5 °C28 August 2015	13.2 °C7 July 2015	22.4 °C	400 mm	52
2014	32.8 °C30 March 2014	14.5 °C8 September 2014	22.9 °C	310 mm	101
2013	32.9 °C25 January 2013	14.0 °C23 June 2013	22.6 °C	338 mm	79
2012	34.2 °C30 March 2012	15.2 °C9 March 2012	22.5 °C	316 mm	85
2011	33.1 °C7 February 2011	14.7 °C14 July 2011	22.2 °C	391 mm	70
2010	33.3 °C2 February 2010	14.8 °C31 May 2010	22.8 °C	400 mm	110
2009	32.0 °C10 March 2009	13.9 °C7 July 2009	22.6 °C	326 mm	81
2008	31.6 °C28 September 2008	13.0 °C9 July 2008	22.0 °C	281 mm	31
2007	32.5 °C21 February 2007	14.3 °C15 December 2007	22.1 °C	334 mm	48
2006	33.9 °C9 February 2006	14.2 °C15 August 2006	22.4 °C	317 mm	73
2005	35.4 °C25 February 2005	13.9 °C14 July 2005	22.9 °C	292 mm	111
2004	32.0 °C25 March 2004	13.3 °C10 July 2004	22.7 °C	292 mm	69
2003	31.4 °C9 April 2003	14.3 °C13 July 2003	22.2 °C	255 mm	33
2002	30.9 °C9 April 2002	14.4 °C25 February 2002	21.3 °C	345 mm	4
2001	31.3 °C3 February 2001	13.5 °C9 July 2001	21.0 °C	401 mm	16
2000	31.4 °C22 February 2000	13.9 °C27 January 2000	21.9 °C	238 mm	34
1999	32.2 °C23 March 1999	14.1 °C5 September 1999	21.9 °C	339 mm	45
1998	33.0 °C10 April 1998	15.1 °C7 December 1998	22.6 °C	317 mm	69
1997	33.3 °C25 September 1997	13.2 °C12 July 1997	22.0 °C	380 mm	53
1996	31.1 °C13 April 1996	13.3 °C8 August 1996	21.9 °C	465 mm	25
1995	32.0 °C15 March 1995	14.7 °C3 December 1995	22.1 °C	318 mm	43
1994	32.4 °C23 April 1994	14.5 °C8 July 1994	22.1 °C	306 mm	37
1993	32.2 °C18 March 1993	14.8 °C1 January 1993	22.4 °C	303 mm	39
1992	33.3 °C15 March 1992	14.4 °C11 July 1992	22.2 °C	323 mm	37
1991	31.7 °C16 February 1991	14.2 °C21 July 1991	21.8 °C	381 mm	29
1990	31.4 °C17 April 1990	13.5 °C10 January 1990	22.3 °C	424 mm	43
1989	32.2 °C3 March 1989	12.9 °C18 February 1989	21.9 °C	384 mm	15
1988	32.5 °C2 March 1988	14.6 °C7 July 1988	21.9 °C	511 mm	19
1987	33.4 °C5 February 1987	14.6 °C23 June 1987	22.6 °C	454 mm	77
1986	33.8 °C24 February 1986	13.9 °C20 July 1986	22.0 °C	432 mm	31
1985	32.8 °C17 March 1985	13.5 °C18 August 1985	21.5 °C	520 mm	19
1984	32.2 °C22 March 1984	14.2 °C10 January 1984	21.8 °C	369 mm	23
1983	33.9 °C10 February 1983	14.6 °C5 December 1983	22.6 °C	397 mm	79
1982	32.7 °C25 March 1982	15.2 °C27 June 1982	22.3 °C	326 mm	55
1981	32.7 °C23 February 1981	14.6 °C4 December 1981	22.1 °C	409 mm	28
1980	32.7 °C25 February 1980	13.9 °C4 June 1980	22.2 °C	408 mm	42
1979	31.6 °C25 August 1979	14.1 °C11 July 1979	21.8 °C	430 mm	9
1978	32.0 °C7 February 1978	12.6 °C20 July 1978	21.7 °C	554 mm	27
1977	31.2 °C21 August 1977	13.4 °C21 June 1977	21.7 °C	577 mm	20
1976	32.3 °C18 April 1976	12.9 °C25 June 1976	21.2 °C	485 mm	32
1975	32.2 °C22 February 1975	12.8 °C31 July 1975	21.2 °C	519 mm	32
1974	33.6 °C13 March 1974	13.7 °C21 July 1974	21.2 °C	509 mm	29
1973	34.9 °C20 February 1973	13.3 °C29 June 1973	21.8 °C	462 mm	59
1972	33.3 °C31 March 1972	11.5 °C1 July 1972	21.1 °C	683 mm	26
1971	33.9 °C6 March 1971	12.7 °C8 June 1971	21.1 °C	602 mm	36
1970	33.0 °C28 February 1970	14.1 °C5 June 1970	21.7 °C	566 mm	38
1969	32.7 °C5 April 1969	12.7 °C23 June 1969	21.9 °C	473 mm	57
1968	31.5 °C15 January 1968	12.9 °C30 June 1968	21.4 °C	492 mm	19
1967	32.8 °C2 March 1967	14.1 °C8 October 1967	21.6 °C	455 mm	34
1966	31.1 °C6 October 1966	12.3 °C28 June 1966	21.8 °C	403 mm	21
1965	30.8 °C26 February 1965	12.7 °C21 January 1965	21.4 °C	423 mm	10
1964	31.7 °C16 March 1964	12.3 °C10 August 1964	20.9 °C	575 mm	7
1963	30.7 °C13 September 1963	13.3 °C26 January 1963	20.7 °C	650 mm	5
1962	29.9 °C5 February 1962	12.8 °C10 July 1962	20.1 °C	948 mm	0
1961	31.7 °C29 January 1961	12.7 °C11 January 1961	20.6 °C	586 mm	5
1960	30.3 °C15 June 1960	12.5 °C22 February 1960	21.2 °C	474 mm	3
1959	30.5 °C17 March 1959	12.9 °C11 July 1959	20.9 °C	602 mm	3
1958	32.1 °C15 April 1958	14.2 °C29 December 1958	21.9 °C	484 mm	45
1957	31.7 °C10 October 1957	12.8 °C5 February 1957	21.5 °C	544 mm	17
1956	31.2 °C8 March 1956	13.2 °C11 January 1956	20.9 °C	548 mm	8
1955	29.3 °C21 August 1955	11.5 °C15 June 1955	20.8 °C	457 mm	0
1954	27.6 °C17 March 1954	12.5 °C9 January 1954	19.9 °C	628 mm	0
1953	30.7 °C9 September 1953	11.0 °C6 July 1953	20.1 °C	1,041 mm	4
1952	30.7 °C22 February 1952	13.9 °C1 January 1952	21.2 °C	594 mm	7
1951	30.1 °C1 March 1951	12.6 °C15 June 1951	20.9 °C	632 mm	1
1950	31.7 °C4 March 1950	12.0 °C3 June 1950	20.7 °C	574 mm	4
1949	30.1 °C23 August 1949	13.3 °C28 July 1949	20.8 °C	448 mm	4
1948	30.2 °C30 March 1948	14.3 °C1 January 1948	21.6 °C	382 mm	5
1947	31.0 °C5 September 1947	13.8 °C22 July 1947	21.7 °C	311 mm	17
1946	32.0 °C15 February 1946	14.0 °C15 July 1946	21.7 °C	372 mm	52
1945	31.8 °C17 September 1945	13.1 °C10 December 1945	21.6 °C	338 mm	14
1944	31.4 °C4 September 1944	11.3 °C12 July 1944	21.6 °C	205 mm	24
1943	31.8 °C3 March 1943	13.1 °C9 June 1943	21.8 °C	333 mm	24
1942	31.5 °C7 February 1942	13.7 °C15 July 1942	22.0 °C	241 mm	45
1941	34.0 °C27 March 1941	13.4 °C9 July 1941	22.0 °C	360 mm	29
1940	30.1 °C23 February 1940	13.4 °C5 December 1940	21.1 °C	468 mm	1

Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.

A specific year

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Year

Across the whole year

Average daily high

28.4 °C

+0.7 °C

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

70 d/yr

+27

Frost days (< 0 °C)

0 d/yr

Annual rainfall

413 mm

-25 mm

Month by month

	High	vs. normal	Precipitation	vs. normal
Jan	30.0 °C	+2.0 °C	18 mm	-2 mm
Feb	30.2 °C	+1.5 °C	0 mm	-25 mm
Mar	28.4 °C	+0.1 °C	68 mm	+26 mm
Apr	27.4 °C	-0.2 °C	60 mm	+8 mm
May	28.5 °C	+1.2 °C	34 mm	-9 mm
Jun	28.1 °C	+0.4 °C	31 mm	+15 mm
Jul	28.0 °C	0.0 °C	12 mm	-1 mm
Aug	28.0 °C	0.0 °C	40 mm	+10 mm
Sep	29.1 °C	+1.4 °C	40 mm	-13 mm
Oct	27.5 °C	+0.3 °C	63 mm	-2 mm
Nov	28.1 °C	+1.5 °C	21 mm	-32 mm
Dec	27.3 °C	+0.2 °C	26 mm	+1 mm

The year's extremes

Hottest day

33.1 °C

1 Mar 2025

Coldest day

15.5 °C

30 Aug 2025

Wettest day

17.7 mm

12 Apr 2025

Windiest day

16.3 km/h

5 Jan 2025

Strongest gust

50.0 km/h

15 May 2025

Hottest feels-like

34.9 °C

7 Mar 2025

Coldest feels-like

15.7 °C

30 Aug 2025

Sunniest day

12.0 h

25 Apr 2025

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Frequently asked questions

What is the climate of Kirumba?

Kirumba has a hot semi-arid climate (Köppen BSh). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 21.9 °C and it receives 438 mm of precipitation per year.

What is the hottest day ever recorded in Kirumba?

The hottest day measured in Kirumba between 1940 and 2025 was 25 February 2005, reaching 35.4 °C.

What is the coldest day in Kirumba?

The coldest day measured in Kirumba between 1940 and 2025 was 6 July 1953, at 11.0 °C.

Does it snow in Kirumba?

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

Has the climate of Kirumba warmed?

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

What is the wettest day in Kirumba?

The wettest day measured in Kirumba between 1940 and 2025 was 2 May 2024, with 54 mm of rain in 24 hours.

What was the windiest day in Kirumba?

The windiest day measured in Kirumba between 1940 and 2025 was 2 January 1941, with winds reaching 18.8 km/h.

What is the warmest month in Kirumba?

The warmest month in Kirumba is February (22.5 °C on average); the coldest is November (21.1 °C).

How much does it rain in Kirumba?

Kirumba receives on average 438 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 100 rainy days.

Is it sunny in Kirumba?

Kirumba gets on average 10.2 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,723 hours per year over 1940-2025.

Are there tropical nights in Kirumba?

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

What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Kirumba?

In Kirumba, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 36.6 °C on 25 February 2005, and the lowest was 9.6 °C on 12 July 1944.

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