Mangbwalu climate — normals and trends

Q: What is the climate of Mangbwalu?

Mangbwalu has a tropical monsoon climate (Köppen Am). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 20.4 °C and it receives 1,828 mm of precipitation per year.

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

The hottest day measured in Mangbwalu between 1940 and 2025 was 22 February 2005, reaching 37.0 °C.

Q: What is the coldest day in Mangbwalu?

The coldest day measured in Mangbwalu between 1940 and 2025 was 6 February 1957, at 10.1 °C.

Q: Does it snow in Mangbwalu?

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

Q: Has the climate of Mangbwalu warmed?

Yes: Mangbwalu warmed by +1.9 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.

Q: What is the wettest day in Mangbwalu?

The wettest day measured in Mangbwalu between 1940 and 2025 was 9 January 1957, with 154 mm of rain in 24 hours.

Q: What was the windiest day in Mangbwalu?

The windiest day measured in Mangbwalu between 1940 and 2025 was 14 March 1992, with winds reaching 21.6 km/h.

Q: What is the warmest month in Mangbwalu?

The warmest month in Mangbwalu is February (21.7 °C on average); the coldest is July (19.5 °C).

Q: How much does it rain in Mangbwalu?

Mangbwalu receives on average 1,828 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 263 rainy days.

Q: Is it sunny in Mangbwalu?

Mangbwalu gets on average 9.4 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,431 hours per year over 1940-2025.

Mangbwalu (Democratic Republic of Congo) has a tropical monsoon climate (Am) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 20.4 °C and it receives 1,828 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 (21.7 °C on average) and the coldest is July (19.5 °C). Rainfall peaks in October.

Mangbwalu averages 0 frost days, 18 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 263 rainy days per year.

Mangbwalu has warmed by +1.9 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.23 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.

The hottest day of the period reached 37.0 °C (on 22 February 2005) and the coldest 10.1 °C (on 6 February 1957).

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

MangbwaluIturi

coords: 1.94°, 30.04°
period: 1940–2025 · 86 yrs

AmTropical monsoonWarmest monthFebruaryColdest monthJulyWettest monthOctoberDriest monthJanuary

Mean daily temperature

20.4°C

Average daily high

26.1°C

Average daily low

16.3°C

Annual rainfall

1,828mm

Sunshine / day

9.4h

Mean relative humidity

85%

Average peak wind

7.5km/h

Seasonal range

2.2°C

Frost days (< 0 °C)

0 d/yr

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

18 d/yr

Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)

263 d/yr

Annual snowfall

0.0 cm

Average feels-like high

29.4 °C

Average feels-like low

17.7 °C

Average peak gust

27.0 km/h

Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)

1 d/yr

Solar radiation

17.7 MJ/m²

Has the climate changed?

One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025

+1.9 °C

since 1940

+0.2 °C per decade · r² = 0.76 · 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

22 February 2005

Coldest day

10.1 °C

6 February 1957

Wettest day

154 mm

9 January 1957

Windiest day

21.6 km/h

14 March 1992

Strongest gust

61.9 km/h

8 March 1985

Hottest feels-like

37.5 °C

25 February 2005

Coldest feels-like

8.5 °C

5 February 1957

Sunniest day

12.0 h

12 April 1940

Year	Hottest day	Coldest day	Annual mean	Rainfall	Hot days
2025	33.4 °C14 March 2025	12.3 °C23 November 2025	21.6 °C	1,566 mm	60
2024	33.1 °C13 March 2024	14.4 °C8 January 2024	22.0 °C	1,570 mm	53
2023	33.3 °C20 February 2023	14.6 °C4 February 2023	21.5 °C	1,944 mm	29
2022	33.3 °C5 March 2022	14.6 °C7 February 2022	21.2 °C	1,631 mm	39
2021	33.8 °C2 February 2021	14.2 °C8 June 2021	21.7 °C	1,399 mm	50
2020	34.7 °C6 March 2020	14.7 °C12 December 2020	21.4 °C	1,747 mm	37
2019	34.0 °C23 March 2019	14.2 °C1 September 2019	21.4 °C	1,579 mm	50
2018	35.1 °C15 February 2018	13.9 °C7 January 2018	21.3 °C	1,561 mm	29
2017	34.6 °C17 January 2017	14.1 °C13 January 2017	21.6 °C	1,432 mm	61
2016	34.7 °C16 February 2016	14.1 °C19 August 2016	21.9 °C	1,354 mm	67
2015	35.1 °C16 March 2015	13.1 °C12 January 2015	21.5 °C	1,615 mm	60
2014	33.2 °C25 January 2014	13.4 °C15 February 2014	21.3 °C	1,381 mm	48
2013	33.2 °C26 February 2013	13.2 °C18 December 2013	20.8 °C	1,596 mm	24
2012	34.6 °C5 February 2012	12.7 °C21 January 2012	20.8 °C	1,763 mm	33
2011	32.5 °C28 January 2011	13.3 °C8 January 2011	20.8 °C	1,607 mm	26
2010	31.6 °C1 February 2010	14.5 °C10 January 2010	21.0 °C	1,692 mm	20
2009	32.7 °C17 January 2009	14.4 °C11 February 2009	20.9 °C	1,700 mm	17
2008	31.6 °C23 December 2008	12.4 °C21 July 2008	20.6 °C	1,576 mm	15
2007	33.5 °C20 February 2007	12.8 °C2 January 2007	20.8 °C	1,597 mm	35
2006	34.6 °C9 February 2006	13.4 °C20 June 2006	20.7 °C	1,738 mm	24
2005	37.0 °C22 February 2005	13.2 °C15 December 2005	21.1 °C	1,483 mm	48
2004	33.7 °C11 February 2004	13.0 °C28 December 2004	20.9 °C	1,506 mm	28
2003	33.4 °C20 February 2003	13.6 °C29 December 2003	20.7 °C	1,638 mm	26
2002	34.8 °C26 February 2002	12.8 °C28 December 2002	20.7 °C	1,468 mm	22
2001	32.8 °C28 February 2001	12.0 °C28 January 2001	20.5 °C	1,510 mm	11
2000	32.2 °C23 March 2000	13.4 °C12 December 2000	20.4 °C	1,366 mm	16
1999	33.3 °C8 February 1999	13.3 °C5 September 1999	20.5 °C	1,476 mm	23
1998	33.5 °C13 March 1998	13.4 °C14 January 1998	21.2 °C	1,562 mm	29
1997	33.4 °C5 March 1997	13.6 °C24 January 1997	20.9 °C	1,776 mm	22
1996	30.2 °C30 December 1996	12.9 °C8 August 1996	20.3 °C	1,862 mm	2
1995	31.6 °C2 February 1995	14.0 °C26 July 1995	20.6 °C	1,738 mm	5
1994	32.5 °C31 March 1994	12.8 °C18 February 1994	20.5 °C	1,724 mm	23
1993	31.3 °C16 March 1993	12.5 °C10 February 1993	20.4 °C	1,659 mm	4
1992	34.2 °C12 March 1992	13.8 °C6 January 1992	20.5 °C	1,738 mm	25
1991	30.7 °C17 March 1991	13.5 °C14 October 1991	20.4 °C	1,926 mm	4
1990	32.1 °C28 January 1990	13.7 °C8 January 1990	20.5 °C	1,810 mm	7
1989	34.0 °C3 March 1989	12.7 °C21 January 1989	20.5 °C	1,618 mm	22
1988	33.0 °C29 February 1988	13.7 °C6 December 1988	20.7 °C	1,841 mm	15
1987	32.5 °C30 December 1987	13.3 °C5 January 1987	20.9 °C	1,681 mm	11
1986	29.7 °C24 February 1986	13.3 °C21 July 1986	20.1 °C	1,962 mm	0
1985	34.3 °C13 March 1985	12.8 °C3 January 1985	20.1 °C	1,822 mm	20
1984	33.0 °C21 February 1984	12.4 °C20 January 1984	20.3 °C	1,782 mm	12
1983	32.3 °C28 February 1983	11.8 °C30 December 1983	20.8 °C	1,710 mm	39
1982	32.2 °C20 February 1982	13.0 °C11 February 1982	20.3 °C	1,700 mm	8
1981	31.6 °C22 February 1981	12.8 °C12 February 1981	20.3 °C	1,961 mm	9
1980	32.5 °C18 March 1980	13.0 °C29 January 1980	20.4 °C	1,713 mm	12
1979	30.2 °C28 February 1979	13.2 °C11 July 1979	20.4 °C	2,068 mm	1
1978	32.1 °C5 February 1978	12.6 °C30 November 1978	20.0 °C	2,064 mm	7
1977	30.3 °C13 February 1977	13.0 °C10 February 1977	20.1 °C	2,007 mm	4
1976	31.6 °C29 January 1976	13.4 °C22 August 1976	19.7 °C	2,436 mm	6
1975	31.3 °C25 March 1975	13.1 °C17 July 1975	19.7 °C	2,136 mm	8
1974	33.9 °C11 February 1974	13.1 °C24 January 1974	19.8 °C	2,164 mm	11
1973	33.5 °C5 February 1973	13.4 °C13 December 1973	20.4 °C	1,796 mm	30
1972	32.0 °C31 March 1972	12.0 °C9 February 1972	20.0 °C	2,251 mm	3
1971	32.7 °C5 March 1971	10.5 °C30 January 1971	19.8 °C	1,986 mm	14
1970	31.5 °C27 February 1970	13.0 °C30 July 1970	20.1 °C	1,844 mm	5
1969	30.2 °C11 February 1969	13.1 °C2 February 1969	20.2 °C	2,017 mm	3
1968	29.9 °C6 April 1968	12.6 °C4 February 1968	19.8 °C	2,090 mm	0
1967	31.4 °C13 February 1967	12.1 °C10 January 1967	19.7 °C	2,271 mm	3
1966	30.5 °C5 April 1966	13.8 °C16 March 1966	20.1 °C	1,942 mm	1
1965	28.8 °C24 April 1965	12.0 °C18 December 1965	19.7 °C	2,258 mm	0
1964	30.1 °C6 March 1964	13.5 °C5 February 1964	19.8 °C	2,142 mm	1
1963	30.6 °C23 March 1963	12.5 °C5 August 1963	19.6 °C	2,393 mm	2
1962	31.2 °C5 February 1962	13.2 °C5 January 1962	19.5 °C	2,419 mm	9
1961	33.3 °C8 March 1961	11.6 °C18 February 1961	19.7 °C	2,452 mm	11
1960	30.1 °C30 January 1960	12.5 °C22 July 1960	19.9 °C	2,235 mm	2
1959	33.4 °C14 March 1959	11.6 °C18 February 1959	20.1 °C	2,153 mm	9
1958	33.7 °C27 February 1958	11.3 °C17 February 1958	20.4 °C	2,015 mm	21
1957	30.4 °C15 February 1957	10.1 °C6 February 1957	19.9 °C	2,291 mm	3
1956	30.7 °C9 March 1956	10.9 °C18 January 1956	19.5 °C	2,014 mm	4
1955	29.3 °C16 January 1955	13.1 °C14 June 1955	19.4 °C	2,016 mm	0
1954	29.4 °C9 January 1954	13.2 °C23 July 1954	19.5 °C	1,774 mm	0
1953	30.5 °C15 March 1953	12.2 °C25 July 1953	19.5 °C	2,669 mm	2
1952	30.7 °C27 January 1952	12.9 °C11 September 1952	19.7 °C	2,565 mm	7
1951	30.0 °C1 March 1951	12.1 °C4 July 1951	19.7 °C	2,138 mm	1
1950	31.1 °C28 February 1950	10.6 °C18 July 1950	19.5 °C	1,857 mm	6
1949	30.4 °C26 February 1949	12.1 °C2 January 1949	19.7 °C	1,776 mm	2
1948	29.6 °C23 March 1948	12.6 °C27 December 1948	19.6 °C	2,052 mm	0
1947	30.1 °C1 January 1947	12.6 °C1 January 1947	19.7 °C	1,898 mm	1
1946	34.5 °C13 February 1946	13.0 °C24 December 1946	20.1 °C	1,710 mm	51
1945	32.9 °C22 February 1945	11.2 °C18 January 1945	19.7 °C	1,475 mm	4
1944	33.9 °C1 March 1944	11.8 °C13 July 1944	20.5 °C	1,415 mm	36
1943	34.1 °C1 March 1943	12.0 °C1 June 1943	20.3 °C	1,377 mm	57
1942	33.7 °C7 February 1942	12.1 °C27 November 1942	19.7 °C	1,405 mm	15
1941	33.6 °C6 February 1941	11.5 °C27 January 1941	20.2 °C	1,463 mm	23
1940	30.2 °C30 December 1940	12.1 °C5 March 1940	19.3 °C	2,051 mm	1

Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.

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Year

Across the whole year

Average daily high

27.5 °C

+1.4 °C

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

60 d/yr

+42

Frost days (< 0 °C)

0 d/yr

Annual rainfall

1566 mm

-262 mm

Month by month

	High	vs. normal	Precipitation	vs. normal
Jan	30.1 °C	+2.5 °C	6 mm	-52 mm
Feb	31.0 °C	+2.9 °C	7 mm	-78 mm
Mar	29.0 °C	+1.9 °C	145 mm	-25 mm
Apr	27.2 °C	+0.9 °C	172 mm	-19 mm
May	27.1 °C	+0.9 °C	136 mm	-25 mm
Jun	27.1 °C	+1.6 °C	67 mm	-66 mm
Jul	25.7 °C	+0.7 °C	223 mm	+90 mm
Aug	25.2 °C	+0.1 °C	214 mm	+52 mm
Sep	26.6 °C	+1.3 °C	189 mm	+7 mm
Oct	26.1 °C	+1.1 °C	223 mm	-11 mm
Nov	27.5 °C	+2.3 °C	128 mm	-94 mm
Dec	27.4 °C	+1.1 °C	56 mm	-40 mm

The year's extremes

Hottest day

33.4 °C

14 Mar 2025

Coldest day

12.3 °C

23 Nov 2025

Wettest day

58.8 mm

10 Jul 2025

Windiest day

15.8 km/h

17 Jan 2025

Strongest gust

42.5 km/h

18 Nov 2025

Hottest feels-like

35.9 °C

4 Mar 2025

Coldest feels-like

11.9 °C

23 Nov 2025

Sunniest day

12.0 h

3 Apr 2025

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Frequently asked questions

What is the climate of Mangbwalu?

Mangbwalu has a tropical monsoon climate (Köppen Am). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 20.4 °C and it receives 1,828 mm of precipitation per year.

What is the hottest day ever recorded in Mangbwalu?

The hottest day measured in Mangbwalu between 1940 and 2025 was 22 February 2005, reaching 37.0 °C.

What is the coldest day in Mangbwalu?

The coldest day measured in Mangbwalu between 1940 and 2025 was 6 February 1957, at 10.1 °C.

Does it snow in Mangbwalu?

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

Has the climate of Mangbwalu warmed?

Yes: Mangbwalu warmed by +1.9 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.

What is the wettest day in Mangbwalu?

The wettest day measured in Mangbwalu between 1940 and 2025 was 9 January 1957, with 154 mm of rain in 24 hours.

What was the windiest day in Mangbwalu?

The windiest day measured in Mangbwalu between 1940 and 2025 was 14 March 1992, with winds reaching 21.6 km/h.

What is the warmest month in Mangbwalu?

The warmest month in Mangbwalu is February (21.7 °C on average); the coldest is July (19.5 °C).

How much does it rain in Mangbwalu?

Mangbwalu receives on average 1,828 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 263 rainy days.

Is it sunny in Mangbwalu?

Mangbwalu gets on average 9.4 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,431 hours per year over 1940-2025.

Are there tropical nights in Mangbwalu?

Yes: Mangbwalu has on average 1 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.

What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Mangbwalu?

In Mangbwalu, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 37.5 °C on 25 February 2005, and the lowest was 8.5 °C on 5 February 1957.

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