Malemba climate — normals and trends

Q: What is the climate of Malemba?

Malemba has a tropical savanna climate (Köppen Aw). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 22.0 °C and it receives 1,452 mm of precipitation per year.

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

The hottest day measured in Malemba between 1940 and 2025 was 28 September 2008, reaching 37.0 °C.

Q: What is the coldest day in Malemba?

The coldest day measured in Malemba between 1940 and 2025 was 17 June 1974, at 10.5 °C.

Q: Does it snow in Malemba?

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

Q: Has the climate of Malemba warmed?

Yes: Malemba warmed by +1.1 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.

Q: What is the wettest day in Malemba?

The wettest day measured in Malemba between 1940 and 2025 was 17 March 1983, with 76 mm of rain in 24 hours.

Q: What was the windiest day in Malemba?

The windiest day measured in Malemba between 1940 and 2025 was 11 August 2010, with winds reaching 24.6 km/h.

Q: What is the warmest month in Malemba?

The warmest month in Malemba is September (24.6 °C on average); the coldest is January (20.8 °C).

Q: How much does it rain in Malemba?

Malemba receives on average 1,452 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 171 rainy days.

Q: Is it sunny in Malemba?

Malemba gets on average 9.9 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,614 hours per year over 1940-2025.

Malemba (Democratic Republic of Congo) has a tropical savanna climate (Aw) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 22.0 °C and it receives 1,452 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 (24.6 °C on average) and the coldest is January (20.8 °C). Rainfall peaks in January.

Malemba averages 0 frost days, 95 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 171 rainy days per year.

Malemba has warmed by +1.1 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.13 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.

The hottest day of the period reached 37.0 °C (on 28 September 2008) and the coldest 10.5 °C (on 17 June 1974).

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

MalembaLualaba

coords: -10.38°, 24.55°
period: 1940–2025 · 86 yrs

AwTropical savannaWarmest monthSeptemberColdest monthJanuaryWettest monthJanuaryDriest monthJuly

Mean daily temperature

22.0°C

Average daily high

28.2°C

Average daily low

17.5°C

Annual rainfall

1,452mm

Sunshine / day

9.9h

Mean relative humidity

65%

Average peak wind

11.2km/h

Seasonal range

3.8°C

Frost days (< 0 °C)

0 d/yr

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

95 d/yr

Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)

171 d/yr

Annual snowfall

0.0 cm

Average feels-like high

30.0 °C

Average feels-like low

17.6 °C

Average peak gust

31.1 km/h

Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)

9 d/yr

Solar radiation

19.7 MJ/m²

Has the climate changed?

One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025

+1.1 °C

since 1940

+0.1 °C per decade · r² = 0.46 · 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

37.0 °C

28 September 2008

Coldest day

10.5 °C

17 June 1974

Wettest day

76 mm

17 March 1983

Windiest day

24.6 km/h

11 August 2010

Strongest gust

66.2 km/h

11 February 1950

Hottest feels-like

38.1 °C

15 October 2003

Coldest feels-like

5.6 °C

1 July 1994

Sunniest day

12.6 h

24 December 2024

Year	Hottest day	Coldest day	Annual mean	Rainfall	Hot days
2025	35.0 °C23 September 2025	12.1 °C12 July 2025	22.4 °C	1,347 mm	114
2024	35.9 °C27 September 2024	11.3 °C8 July 2024	22.9 °C	1,186 mm	170
2023	35.3 °C16 September 2023	14.0 °C9 July 2023	22.8 °C	1,630 mm	147
2022	34.9 °C14 October 2022	13.1 °C29 June 2022	22.2 °C	1,646 mm	99
2021	33.7 °C21 September 2021	12.8 °C27 July 2021	22.2 °C	1,168 mm	92
2020	35.0 °C4 October 2020	12.0 °C18 July 2020	22.4 °C	1,557 mm	111
2019	34.5 °C20 September 2019	14.1 °C24 July 2019	22.7 °C	1,272 mm	106
2018	35.2 °C28 September 2018	12.9 °C8 June 2018	22.5 °C	1,262 mm	113
2017	34.7 °C23 September 2017	14.8 °C29 July 2017	22.7 °C	1,304 mm	112
2016	35.2 °C11 September 2016	13.4 °C12 July 2016	22.9 °C	1,188 mm	122
2015	35.0 °C11 September 2015	14.1 °C26 June 2015	22.6 °C	1,297 mm	121
2014	35.5 °C13 September 2014	13.9 °C12 July 2014	22.6 °C	1,232 mm	125
2013	35.5 °C17 September 2013	13.6 °C19 June 2013	22.4 °C	1,278 mm	133
2012	34.4 °C10 October 2012	13.3 °C20 July 2012	22.4 °C	1,279 mm	118
2011	34.9 °C3 September 2011	13.6 °C10 July 2011	22.3 °C	1,268 mm	121
2010	36.8 °C4 October 2010	13.9 °C13 August 2010	22.8 °C	1,312 mm	132
2009	34.9 °C11 September 2009	13.9 °C3 July 2009	22.5 °C	1,292 mm	131
2008	37.0 °C28 September 2008	13.4 °C14 June 2008	22.6 °C	1,129 mm	122
2007	34.7 °C9 September 2007	13.4 °C27 June 2007	22.5 °C	1,520 mm	117
2006	34.8 °C21 October 2006	14.2 °C29 June 2006	22.5 °C	1,263 mm	112
2005	35.2 °C25 September 2005	14.0 °C22 June 2005	22.9 °C	1,110 mm	152
2004	34.3 °C8 October 2004	13.2 °C10 July 2004	22.3 °C	1,342 mm	101
2003	35.9 °C15 October 2003	12.7 °C8 July 2003	22.7 °C	1,206 mm	124
2002	34.3 °C21 October 2002	14.3 °C19 June 2002	22.5 °C	1,276 mm	118
2001	36.2 °C7 September 2001	14.5 °C18 June 2001	22.4 °C	1,344 mm	118
2000	34.8 °C2 September 2000	13.2 °C8 July 2000	22.4 °C	1,361 mm	120
1999	33.5 °C16 September 1999	13.5 °C29 June 1999	22.1 °C	1,319 mm	90
1998	34.7 °C11 September 1998	13.5 °C15 June 1998	22.8 °C	1,386 mm	139
1997	35.4 °C26 September 1997	13.6 °C7 May 1997	22.5 °C	1,558 mm	126
1996	34.7 °C8 September 1996	12.0 °C3 July 1996	22.3 °C	1,312 mm	117
1995	34.9 °C5 September 1995	12.1 °C19 June 1995	22.5 °C	1,327 mm	130
1994	34.5 °C27 September 1994	10.8 °C1 July 1994	21.9 °C	1,306 mm	84
1993	34.3 °C13 September 1993	13.4 °C11 June 1993	22.0 °C	1,359 mm	86
1992	33.5 °C20 September 1992	12.6 °C7 July 1992	22.1 °C	1,161 mm	81
1991	33.6 °C7 October 1991	10.5 °C23 July 1991	22.0 °C	1,239 mm	86
1990	33.1 °C9 September 1990	11.4 °C14 July 1990	22.0 °C	1,218 mm	79
1989	33.2 °C16 September 1989	10.6 °C18 June 1989	21.5 °C	1,663 mm	67
1988	33.5 °C2 September 1988	10.5 °C18 July 1988	22.1 °C	1,388 mm	84
1987	34.2 °C2 September 1987	11.8 °C22 June 1987	22.2 °C	1,311 mm	101
1986	33.7 °C18 September 1986	11.5 °C17 June 1986	21.6 °C	1,528 mm	62
1985	32.8 °C10 September 1985	10.9 °C23 June 1985	21.6 °C	1,442 mm	67
1984	33.7 °C21 September 1984	12.9 °C12 June 1984	21.7 °C	1,392 mm	71
1983	34.1 °C19 September 1983	12.9 °C23 June 1983	22.4 °C	1,279 mm	113
1982	34.0 °C11 September 1982	12.5 °C17 July 1982	21.7 °C	1,448 mm	56
1981	33.5 °C23 September 1981	12.0 °C20 June 1981	21.7 °C	1,303 mm	66
1980	34.4 °C20 September 1980	12.3 °C12 July 1980	22.1 °C	1,477 mm	86
1979	34.9 °C1 October 1979	11.2 °C5 July 1979	21.7 °C	1,555 mm	84
1978	34.5 °C23 September 1978	12.3 °C23 July 1978	21.7 °C	1,789 mm	81
1977	34.4 °C15 September 1977	12.3 °C8 July 1977	21.9 °C	1,571 mm	83
1976	33.8 °C13 September 1976	12.0 °C26 June 1976	21.3 °C	1,709 mm	45
1975	33.1 °C14 September 1975	11.2 °C28 July 1975	21.4 °C	1,346 mm	55
1974	33.3 °C24 September 1974	10.5 °C17 June 1974	21.0 °C	1,410 mm	63
1973	33.3 °C22 September 1973	11.7 °C13 July 1973	21.7 °C	1,511 mm	75
1972	33.1 °C14 September 1972	12.1 °C27 June 1972	21.3 °C	1,875 mm	51
1971	33.6 °C5 October 1971	13.2 °C15 June 1971	21.3 °C	1,454 mm	50
1970	34.3 °C24 September 1970	12.6 °C31 May 1970	21.7 °C	1,649 mm	53
1969	33.8 °C12 September 1969	14.0 °C24 June 1969	21.9 °C	1,585 mm	69
1968	33.6 °C24 October 1968	12.4 °C17 June 1968	21.4 °C	1,630 mm	71
1967	33.7 °C5 September 1967	12.9 °C21 July 1967	21.6 °C	1,513 mm	46
1966	33.0 °C5 August 1966	13.9 °C29 July 1966	21.7 °C	1,480 mm	56
1965	32.8 °C21 September 1965	12.2 °C18 July 1965	21.5 °C	1,465 mm	66
1964	32.6 °C12 August 1964	13.8 °C31 July 1964	21.7 °C	1,462 mm	80
1963	34.5 °C9 September 1963	12.0 °C9 June 1963	21.4 °C	1,708 mm	75
1962	33.2 °C14 September 1962	12.4 °C27 June 1962	21.3 °C	1,916 mm	57
1961	32.3 °C8 September 1961	12.4 °C13 August 1961	21.1 °C	1,776 mm	40
1960	33.8 °C28 October 1960	11.8 °C25 July 1960	21.2 °C	1,565 mm	59
1959	33.2 °C1 October 1959	13.1 °C20 May 1959	21.5 °C	2,015 mm	62
1958	33.8 °C9 September 1958	11.6 °C23 June 1958	21.5 °C	2,011 mm	56
1957	33.7 °C15 September 1957	10.9 °C31 May 1957	21.2 °C	2,140 mm	70
1956	34.0 °C7 September 1956	12.9 °C5 May 1956	21.4 °C	1,865 mm	80
1955	34.1 °C12 October 1955	13.6 °C28 July 1955	21.5 °C	1,512 mm	65
1954	34.1 °C12 September 1954	11.4 °C22 June 1954	22.5 °C	972 mm	158
1953	34.9 °C1 October 1953	13.2 °C21 June 1953	21.6 °C	1,892 mm	80
1952	34.8 °C30 August 1952	13.4 °C23 May 1952	22.1 °C	1,480 mm	103
1951	35.5 °C8 October 1951	13.3 °C15 June 1951	21.9 °C	1,373 mm	101
1950	34.2 °C15 September 1950	12.6 °C29 May 1950	21.4 °C	1,636 mm	63
1949	34.5 °C17 September 1949	12.6 °C7 June 1949	21.8 °C	1,516 mm	94
1948	34.9 °C13 September 1948	13.7 °C21 June 1948	21.8 °C	1,706 mm	105
1947	35.9 °C19 September 1947	12.3 °C20 July 1947	22.1 °C	1,566 mm	123
1946	34.3 °C25 August 1946	12.4 °C18 June 1946	21.8 °C	1,394 mm	89
1945	34.8 °C17 September 1945	12.8 °C18 June 1945	21.9 °C	1,516 mm	112
1944	35.6 °C20 September 1944	13.5 °C14 July 1944	22.2 °C	1,398 mm	122
1943	35.3 °C6 October 1943	12.3 °C26 May 1943	21.9 °C	1,074 mm	91
1942	35.4 °C16 September 1942	13.3 °C27 April 1942	22.2 °C	1,243 mm	126
1941	35.0 °C16 October 1941	13.6 °C9 May 1941	22.3 °C	1,498 mm	150
1940	33.8 °C18 August 1940	13.4 °C12 July 1940	21.3 °C	1,622 mm	83

Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.

A specific year

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Year

Across the whole year

Average daily high

28.9 °C

+0.7 °C

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

114 d/yr

+19

Frost days (< 0 °C)

0 d/yr

Annual rainfall

1347 mm

-105 mm

Month by month

	High	vs. normal	Precipitation	vs. normal
Jan	26.4 °C	+0.6 °C	367 mm	+77 mm
Feb	28.0 °C	+1.8 °C	190 mm	-65 mm
Mar	27.9 °C	+1.3 °C	179 mm	-53 mm
Apr	28.2 °C	+0.7 °C	116 mm	+29 mm
May	28.4 °C	-0.7 °C	14 mm	+6 mm
Jun	28.8 °C	0.0 °C	0 mm	-0 mm
Jul	28.0 °C	-1.0 °C	0 mm	0 mm
Aug	30.7 °C	-0.3 °C	0 mm	-2 mm
Sep	32.7 °C	+0.9 °C	3 mm	-17 mm
Oct	32.1 °C	+2.4 °C	29 mm	-73 mm
Nov	28.2 °C	+1.2 °C	185 mm	-10 mm
Dec	27.1 °C	+1.0 °C	265 mm	+3 mm

The year's extremes

Hottest day

35.0 °C

23 Sep 2025

Coldest day

12.1 °C

12 Jul 2025

Wettest day

75.3 mm

24 Jan 2025

Windiest day

21.2 km/h

9 Jul 2025

Strongest gust

51.8 km/h

9 Jul 2025

Hottest feels-like

35.9 °C

16 Feb 2025

Coldest feels-like

8.8 °C

31 Jul 2025

Sunniest day

12.4 h

10 Dec 2025

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Frequently asked questions

What is the climate of Malemba?

Malemba has a tropical savanna climate (Köppen Aw). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 22.0 °C and it receives 1,452 mm of precipitation per year.

What is the hottest day ever recorded in Malemba?

The hottest day measured in Malemba between 1940 and 2025 was 28 September 2008, reaching 37.0 °C.

What is the coldest day in Malemba?

The coldest day measured in Malemba between 1940 and 2025 was 17 June 1974, at 10.5 °C.

Does it snow in Malemba?

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

Has the climate of Malemba warmed?

Yes: Malemba warmed by +1.1 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.

What is the wettest day in Malemba?

The wettest day measured in Malemba between 1940 and 2025 was 17 March 1983, with 76 mm of rain in 24 hours.

What was the windiest day in Malemba?

The windiest day measured in Malemba between 1940 and 2025 was 11 August 2010, with winds reaching 24.6 km/h.

What is the warmest month in Malemba?

The warmest month in Malemba is September (24.6 °C on average); the coldest is January (20.8 °C).

How much does it rain in Malemba?

Malemba receives on average 1,452 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 171 rainy days.

Is it sunny in Malemba?

Malemba gets on average 9.9 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,614 hours per year over 1940-2025.

Are there tropical nights in Malemba?

Yes: Malemba has on average 9 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.

What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Malemba?

In Malemba, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 38.1 °C on 15 October 2003, and the lowest was 5.6 °C on 1 July 1994.

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