Tshilenge climate — normals and trends

Q: What is the climate of Tshilenge?

Tshilenge has a tropical savanna climate (Köppen Aw). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 21.9 °C and it receives 1,665 mm of precipitation per year.

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

The hottest day measured in Tshilenge between 1940 and 2025 was 28 September 2008, reaching 37.5 °C.

Q: What is the coldest day in Tshilenge?

The coldest day measured in Tshilenge between 1940 and 2025 was 1 July 1994, at 9.3 °C.

Q: Does it snow in Tshilenge?

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

Q: Has the climate of Tshilenge warmed?

Yes: Tshilenge warmed by +1.2 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.

Q: What is the wettest day in Tshilenge?

The wettest day measured in Tshilenge between 1940 and 2025 was 6 January 1956, with 94 mm of rain in 24 hours.

Q: What was the windiest day in Tshilenge?

The windiest day measured in Tshilenge between 1940 and 2025 was 28 August 2023, with winds reaching 22.7 km/h.

Q: What is the warmest month in Tshilenge?

The warmest month in Tshilenge is September (24.3 °C on average); the coldest is January (20.9 °C).

Q: How much does it rain in Tshilenge?

Tshilenge receives on average 1,665 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 187 rainy days.

Q: Is it sunny in Tshilenge?

Tshilenge gets on average 9.7 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,540 hours per year over 1940-2025.

Tshilenge (Democratic Republic of Congo) has a tropical savanna climate (Aw) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 21.9 °C and it receives 1,665 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 (24.3 °C on average) and the coldest is January (20.9 °C). Rainfall peaks in December.

Tshilenge averages 0 frost days, 89 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 187 rainy days per year.

Tshilenge has warmed by +1.2 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.14 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.

The hottest day of the period reached 37.5 °C (on 28 September 2008) and the coldest 9.3 °C (on 1 July 1994).

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

TshilengeLualaba

coords: -10.97°, 22.90°
period: 1940–2025 · 86 yrs

AwTropical savannaWarmest monthSeptemberColdest monthJanuaryWettest monthDecemberDriest monthJuly

Mean daily temperature

21.9°C

Average daily high

28.1°C

Average daily low

17.4°C

Annual rainfall

1,665mm

Sunshine / day

9.7h

Mean relative humidity

66%

Average peak wind

11.0km/h

Seasonal range

3.4°C

Frost days (< 0 °C)

0 d/yr

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

89 d/yr

Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)

187 d/yr

Annual snowfall

0.0 cm

Average feels-like high

30.0 °C

Average feels-like low

17.5 °C

Average peak gust

30.3 km/h

Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)

9 d/yr

Solar radiation

19.2 MJ/m²

Has the climate changed?

One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025

+1.2 °C

since 1940

+0.1 °C per decade · r² = 0.52 · 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

37.5 °C

28 September 2008

Coldest day

9.3 °C

1 July 1994

Wettest day

94 mm

6 January 1956

Windiest day

22.7 km/h

28 August 2023

Strongest gust

64.4 km/h

31 January 1949

Hottest feels-like

38.3 °C

15 October 2015

Coldest feels-like

4.3 °C

1 July 1994

Sunniest day

12.6 h

31 December 2025

Year	Hottest day	Coldest day	Annual mean	Rainfall	Hot days
2025	34.4 °C24 September 2025	11.4 °C12 July 2025	22.2 °C	1,489 mm	117
2024	35.7 °C27 September 2024	10.5 °C8 July 2024	23.0 °C	1,221 mm	191
2023	35.5 °C24 August 2023	12.9 °C12 July 2023	22.8 °C	1,635 mm	148
2022	35.1 °C14 October 2022	13.1 °C29 June 2022	22.2 °C	1,818 mm	106
2021	34.2 °C21 September 2021	12.7 °C15 June 2021	22.2 °C	1,423 mm	96
2020	33.9 °C9 November 2020	12.0 °C18 July 2020	22.3 °C	1,798 mm	111
2019	34.9 °C19 September 2019	13.7 °C24 June 2019	22.8 °C	1,515 mm	119
2018	34.8 °C20 September 2018	12.0 °C10 June 2018	22.5 °C	1,389 mm	104
2017	35.0 °C23 September 2017	14.1 °C23 June 2017	22.6 °C	1,415 mm	105
2016	35.4 °C13 October 2016	13.1 °C24 July 2016	22.8 °C	1,285 mm	131
2015	34.9 °C11 September 2015	12.9 °C18 June 2015	22.5 °C	1,672 mm	110
2014	35.7 °C13 September 2014	13.4 °C13 July 2014	22.4 °C	1,463 mm	129
2013	35.9 °C17 September 2013	13.1 °C13 July 2013	22.2 °C	1,561 mm	109
2012	34.7 °C4 September 2012	12.8 °C20 July 2012	22.3 °C	1,373 mm	117
2011	34.8 °C3 September 2011	12.8 °C3 July 2011	22.1 °C	1,396 mm	106
2010	36.2 °C4 October 2010	13.4 °C10 July 2010	22.5 °C	1,561 mm	113
2009	34.5 °C11 September 2009	13.1 °C3 July 2009	22.3 °C	1,552 mm	125
2008	37.5 °C28 September 2008	12.8 °C14 June 2008	22.4 °C	1,361 mm	115
2007	35.1 °C25 September 2007	12.0 °C26 June 2007	22.2 °C	1,616 mm	110
2006	33.9 °C31 August 2006	12.9 °C29 June 2006	22.3 °C	1,607 mm	108
2005	34.9 °C8 September 2005	13.6 °C22 June 2005	22.6 °C	1,373 mm	130
2004	34.3 °C8 October 2004	12.8 °C10 July 2004	22.1 °C	1,601 mm	93
2003	34.4 °C26 September 2003	12.2 °C8 July 2003	22.3 °C	1,443 mm	113
2002	34.7 °C28 September 2002	12.9 °C27 June 2002	22.2 °C	1,644 mm	112
2001	35.8 °C7 September 2001	13.3 °C18 June 2001	22.1 °C	1,689 mm	105
2000	34.7 °C1 September 2000	12.7 °C10 July 2000	22.1 °C	1,496 mm	101
1999	33.9 °C22 September 1999	13.2 °C30 June 1999	22.0 °C	1,626 mm	86
1998	35.0 °C15 September 1998	13.1 °C15 June 1998	22.6 °C	1,636 mm	135
1997	35.3 °C4 October 1997	12.6 °C16 July 1997	22.3 °C	1,659 mm	117
1996	35.0 °C8 September 1996	11.1 °C3 July 1996	22.1 °C	1,630 mm	106
1995	35.0 °C5 September 1995	11.1 °C11 July 1995	22.4 °C	1,410 mm	141
1994	34.3 °C26 September 1994	9.3 °C1 July 1994	21.8 °C	1,514 mm	78
1993	33.8 °C13 September 1993	12.3 °C11 June 1993	21.7 °C	1,741 mm	71
1992	33.8 °C18 September 1992	11.9 °C6 July 1992	21.9 °C	1,488 mm	83
1991	33.1 °C8 September 1991	11.0 °C23 July 1991	22.0 °C	1,542 mm	101
1990	33.6 °C9 September 1990	11.5 °C11 July 1990	21.9 °C	1,549 mm	81
1989	33.5 °C14 September 1989	10.2 °C18 June 1989	21.5 °C	1,769 mm	68
1988	33.2 °C5 September 1988	9.4 °C18 July 1988	21.9 °C	1,869 mm	73
1987	33.5 °C12 September 1987	10.8 °C26 June 1987	22.2 °C	1,514 mm	108
1986	34.1 °C9 September 1986	11.1 °C17 June 1986	21.5 °C	1,934 mm	72
1985	33.3 °C6 September 1985	9.8 °C23 June 1985	21.6 °C	1,559 mm	75
1984	34.5 °C10 September 1984	11.9 °C13 June 1984	21.6 °C	1,759 mm	73
1983	34.9 °C19 September 1983	12.0 °C23 June 1983	22.3 °C	1,461 mm	116
1982	34.4 °C11 September 1982	11.9 °C17 July 1982	21.7 °C	1,805 mm	65
1981	33.2 °C24 September 1981	11.3 °C27 June 1981	21.6 °C	1,562 mm	72
1980	33.4 °C18 September 1980	11.8 °C12 July 1980	21.9 °C	1,555 mm	93
1979	34.8 °C24 September 1979	10.5 °C6 July 1979	21.6 °C	1,772 mm	89
1978	33.2 °C5 September 1978	11.5 °C4 July 1978	21.5 °C	1,946 mm	67
1977	33.5 °C6 September 1977	11.4 °C10 July 1977	21.7 °C	1,941 mm	65
1976	34.3 °C13 September 1976	10.7 °C29 June 1976	21.0 °C	1,996 mm	42
1975	33.1 °C24 September 1975	11.2 °C26 July 1975	21.2 °C	1,658 mm	46
1974	33.7 °C23 September 1974	10.6 °C15 June 1974	21.0 °C	1,761 mm	50
1973	33.3 °C21 September 1973	11.7 °C12 July 1973	21.8 °C	1,561 mm	78
1972	32.8 °C15 September 1972	11.3 °C21 June 1972	21.2 °C	1,931 mm	44
1971	31.6 °C28 August 1971	12.1 °C16 June 1971	21.2 °C	1,610 mm	40
1970	33.1 °C4 September 1970	11.9 °C1 July 1970	21.6 °C	1,898 mm	45
1969	33.9 °C21 September 1969	12.9 °C10 June 1969	21.6 °C	1,863 mm	50
1968	32.9 °C9 September 1968	10.2 °C16 June 1968	21.2 °C	1,726 mm	64
1967	33.6 °C14 September 1967	10.7 °C21 July 1967	21.3 °C	1,855 mm	37
1966	32.1 °C14 August 1966	13.1 °C29 July 1966	21.5 °C	1,766 mm	40
1965	33.0 °C21 September 1965	11.9 °C6 July 1965	21.2 °C	1,663 mm	37
1964	32.4 °C6 October 1964	11.7 °C28 July 1964	21.3 °C	1,777 mm	48
1963	33.2 °C9 September 1963	12.1 °C8 June 1963	21.3 °C	2,053 mm	57
1962	31.7 °C16 September 1962	11.6 °C30 June 1962	21.2 °C	1,991 mm	34
1961	32.2 °C2 September 1961	12.6 °C11 August 1961	21.1 °C	2,077 mm	37
1960	34.0 °C28 October 1960	11.4 °C11 July 1960	21.1 °C	1,857 mm	57
1959	32.5 °C16 October 1959	11.9 °C20 May 1959	21.4 °C	2,076 mm	56
1958	34.2 °C10 September 1958	10.7 °C23 June 1958	21.4 °C	2,059 mm	52
1957	32.7 °C12 August 1957	11.3 °C31 May 1957	21.2 °C	2,208 mm	54
1956	34.4 °C7 September 1956	12.3 °C5 July 1956	21.3 °C	1,894 mm	73
1955	33.3 °C21 August 1955	12.4 °C12 August 1955	21.4 °C	1,548 mm	59
1954	34.5 °C8 September 1954	10.5 °C24 June 1954	22.4 °C	1,026 mm	172
1953	34.5 °C24 August 1953	10.8 °C24 June 1953	21.4 °C	1,924 mm	66
1952	34.8 °C30 August 1952	11.8 °C6 August 1952	21.9 °C	1,669 mm	88
1951	34.9 °C15 September 1951	11.5 °C28 July 1951	21.7 °C	1,800 mm	93
1950	35.1 °C14 September 1950	12.2 °C29 May 1950	21.2 °C	1,943 mm	55
1949	34.5 °C17 September 1949	11.0 °C9 June 1949	21.5 °C	1,798 mm	71
1948	34.4 °C12 September 1948	12.7 °C21 June 1948	21.5 °C	2,106 mm	88
1947	35.9 °C18 September 1947	11.5 °C2 July 1947	21.9 °C	1,591 mm	113
1946	34.6 °C1 September 1946	10.5 °C18 June 1946	21.6 °C	1,542 mm	84
1945	34.8 °C17 September 1945	12.0 °C20 June 1945	21.7 °C	1,694 mm	100
1944	35.4 °C20 September 1944	13.1 °C14 July 1944	22.0 °C	1,576 mm	120
1943	34.7 °C6 October 1943	11.0 °C4 July 1943	21.5 °C	1,408 mm	85
1942	35.7 °C16 September 1942	12.1 °C15 July 1942	22.0 °C	1,397 mm	116
1941	35.3 °C4 September 1941	12.8 °C20 June 1941	22.2 °C	1,416 mm	158
1940	34.0 °C17 August 1940	12.1 °C12 July 1940	21.1 °C	1,834 mm	73

Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.

A specific year

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Year

Across the whole year

Average daily high

28.8 °C

+0.7 °C

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

117 d/yr

+28

Frost days (< 0 °C)

0 d/yr

Annual rainfall

1489 mm

-176 mm

Month by month

	High	vs. normal	Precipitation	vs. normal
Jan	26.9 °C	+1.0 °C	229 mm	-51 mm
Feb	27.9 °C	+1.5 °C	218 mm	-39 mm
Mar	27.9 °C	+1.2 °C	249 mm	-25 mm
Apr	28.5 °C	+0.6 °C	219 mm	+95 mm
May	28.7 °C	-0.3 °C	10 mm	-0 mm
Jun	28.6 °C	+0.3 °C	0 mm	-0 mm
Jul	28.0 °C	-0.7 °C	0 mm	-0 mm
Aug	30.6 °C	-0.3 °C	0 mm	-2 mm
Sep	32.2 °C	+0.6 °C	9 mm	-22 mm
Oct	31.5 °C	+2.1 °C	88 mm	-56 mm
Nov	27.7 °C	+0.8 °C	201 mm	-47 mm
Dec	27.3 °C	+1.3 °C	266 mm	-28 mm

The year's extremes

Hottest day

34.4 °C

24 Sep 2025

Coldest day

11.4 °C

12 Jul 2025

Wettest day

29.3 mm

30 Jan 2025

Windiest day

18.5 km/h

4 Sep 2025

Strongest gust

49.7 km/h

30 Jan 2025

Hottest feels-like

36.5 °C

7 Mar 2025

Coldest feels-like

8.5 °C

31 Jul 2025

Sunniest day

12.6 h

31 Dec 2025

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Frequently asked questions

What is the climate of Tshilenge?

Tshilenge has a tropical savanna climate (Köppen Aw). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 21.9 °C and it receives 1,665 mm of precipitation per year.

What is the hottest day ever recorded in Tshilenge?

The hottest day measured in Tshilenge between 1940 and 2025 was 28 September 2008, reaching 37.5 °C.

What is the coldest day in Tshilenge?

The coldest day measured in Tshilenge between 1940 and 2025 was 1 July 1994, at 9.3 °C.

Does it snow in Tshilenge?

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

Has the climate of Tshilenge warmed?

Yes: Tshilenge warmed by +1.2 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.

What is the wettest day in Tshilenge?

The wettest day measured in Tshilenge between 1940 and 2025 was 6 January 1956, with 94 mm of rain in 24 hours.

What was the windiest day in Tshilenge?

The windiest day measured in Tshilenge between 1940 and 2025 was 28 August 2023, with winds reaching 22.7 km/h.

What is the warmest month in Tshilenge?

The warmest month in Tshilenge is September (24.3 °C on average); the coldest is January (20.9 °C).

How much does it rain in Tshilenge?

Tshilenge receives on average 1,665 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 187 rainy days.

Is it sunny in Tshilenge?

Tshilenge gets on average 9.7 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,540 hours per year over 1940-2025.

Are there tropical nights in Tshilenge?

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

What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Tshilenge?

In Tshilenge, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 38.3 °C on 15 October 2015, and the lowest was 4.3 °C on 1 July 1994.

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