Yangambi climate — normals and trends

Q: What is the climate of Yangambi?

Yangambi has a tropical rainforest climate (Köppen Af). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 24.7 °C and it receives 1,741 mm of precipitation per year.

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

The hottest day measured in Yangambi between 1940 and 2025 was 4 March 2024, reaching 37.9 °C.

Q: What is the coldest day in Yangambi?

The coldest day measured in Yangambi between 1940 and 2025 was 30 November 1953, at 18.9 °C.

Q: Does it snow in Yangambi?

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

Q: Has the climate of Yangambi warmed?

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

Q: What is the wettest day in Yangambi?

The wettest day measured in Yangambi between 1940 and 2025 was 9 February 1973, with 237 mm of rain in 24 hours.

Q: What was the windiest day in Yangambi?

The windiest day measured in Yangambi between 1940 and 2025 was 2 April 2022, with winds reaching 21.1 km/h.

Q: What is the warmest month in Yangambi?

The warmest month in Yangambi is February (25.5 °C on average); the coldest is November (24.0 °C).

Q: How much does it rain in Yangambi?

Yangambi receives on average 1,741 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 266 rainy days.

Q: Is it sunny in Yangambi?

Yangambi gets on average 8.8 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,212 hours per year over 1940-2025.

Yangambi (Democratic Republic of Congo) has a tropical rainforest climate (Af) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 24.7 °C and it receives 1,741 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 (25.5 °C on average) and the coldest is November (24.0 °C). Rainfall peaks in November.

Yangambi averages 0 frost days, 72 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 266 rainy days per year.

Yangambi 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 37.9 °C (on 4 March 2024) and the coldest 18.9 °C (on 30 November 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

YangambiTshopo

coords: 0.77°, 24.44°
period: 1940–2025 · 86 yrs

AfTropical rainforestWarmest monthFebruaryColdest monthNovemberWettest monthNovemberDriest monthJanuary

Mean daily temperature

24.7°C

Average daily high

28.5°C

Average daily low

22.2°C

Annual rainfall

1,741mm

Sunshine / day

8.8h

Mean relative humidity

89%

Average peak wind

7.7km/h

Seasonal range

1.5°C

Frost days (< 0 °C)

0 d/yr

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

72 d/yr

Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)

266 d/yr

Annual snowfall

0.0 cm

Average feels-like high

34.3 °C

Average feels-like low

26.2 °C

Average peak gust

21.3 km/h

Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)

365 d/yr

Solar radiation

17.5 MJ/m²

Has the climate changed?

One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025

+2.0 °C

since 1940

+0.2 °C per decade · r² = 0.69 · 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

37.9 °C

4 March 2024

Coldest day

18.9 °C

30 November 1953

Wettest day

237 mm

9 February 1973

Windiest day

21.1 km/h

2 April 2022

Strongest gust

45.4 km/h

24 January 2013

Hottest feels-like

43.6 °C

18 March 2024

Coldest feels-like

19.0 °C

9 August 1950

Sunniest day

11.9 h

21 October 1946

Year	Hottest day	Coldest day	Annual mean	Rainfall	Hot days
2025	35.4 °C25 February 2025	20.9 °C24 August 2025	26.2 °C	1,320 mm	208
2024	37.9 °C4 March 2024	20.9 °C10 November 2024	27.1 °C	881 mm	263
2023	36.1 °C7 March 2023	21.6 °C3 March 2023	26.1 °C	1,420 mm	206
2022	36.7 °C20 March 2022	20.5 °C27 August 2022	25.8 °C	1,302 mm	163
2021	36.7 °C11 February 2021	20.9 °C8 September 2021	26.1 °C	1,230 mm	192
2020	36.0 °C16 February 2020	19.9 °C24 January 2020	26.0 °C	1,567 mm	186
2019	36.1 °C11 March 2019	20.7 °C14 July 2019	26.1 °C	1,475 mm	207
2018	35.9 °C8 February 2018	20.8 °C13 September 2018	25.7 °C	1,344 mm	182
2017	34.7 °C10 March 2017	20.7 °C10 September 2017	25.7 °C	1,458 mm	167
2016	36.1 °C6 February 2016	21.4 °C16 September 2016	26.0 °C	1,369 mm	191
2015	34.9 °C17 February 2015	21.2 °C25 February 2015	25.7 °C	1,305 mm	128
2014	36.3 °C21 February 2014	21.2 °C4 August 2014	25.6 °C	1,379 mm	144
2013	33.7 °C1 March 2013	21.2 °C22 October 2013	25.8 °C	1,160 mm	186
2012	34.9 °C29 January 2012	20.8 °C5 July 2012	25.2 °C	1,606 mm	100
2011	34.3 °C18 February 2011	20.8 °C24 October 2011	25.3 °C	1,279 mm	128
2010	36.1 °C2 February 2010	20.7 °C23 July 2010	25.2 °C	1,637 mm	97
2009	32.8 °C16 January 2009	21.1 °C20 July 2009	25.0 °C	1,504 mm	63
2008	34.2 °C5 February 2008	20.8 °C18 July 2008	24.8 °C	1,358 mm	66
2007	36.0 °C7 March 2007	20.7 °C23 August 2007	25.1 °C	1,417 mm	106
2006	33.7 °C3 February 2006	20.8 °C19 June 2006	24.8 °C	1,560 mm	52
2005	36.7 °C21 February 2005	20.7 °C9 July 2005	25.2 °C	1,555 mm	90
2004	33.8 °C29 March 2004	20.9 °C29 January 2004	25.1 °C	1,299 mm	94
2003	34.8 °C3 February 2003	20.6 °C10 July 2003	24.9 °C	1,447 mm	57
2002	33.3 °C8 April 2002	21.1 °C14 January 2002	24.9 °C	1,446 mm	68
2001	31.7 °C30 January 2001	20.5 °C1 August 2001	24.5 °C	1,544 mm	30
2000	32.6 °C4 March 2000	20.7 °C20 January 2000	24.5 °C	1,610 mm	32
1999	34.2 °C18 February 1999	20.0 °C14 March 1999	24.4 °C	1,786 mm	36
1998	35.5 °C6 February 1998	20.0 °C16 January 1998	25.3 °C	1,704 mm	105
1997	35.1 °C25 February 1997	20.7 °C6 July 1997	24.8 °C	1,731 mm	69
1996	32.0 °C30 January 1996	20.9 °C20 August 1996	24.5 °C	1,738 mm	33
1995	33.6 °C15 March 1995	20.2 °C19 January 1995	24.7 °C	1,852 mm	61
1994	33.5 °C20 February 1994	20.6 °C24 August 1994	24.7 °C	2,003 mm	73
1993	33.9 °C10 February 1993	20.6 °C24 July 1993	24.7 °C	1,764 mm	64
1992	35.2 °C8 March 1992	20.0 °C5 January 1992	24.6 °C	1,831 mm	63
1991	32.8 °C13 February 1991	20.6 °C22 August 1991	24.6 °C	1,879 mm	50
1990	32.7 °C8 April 1990	20.7 °C28 July 1990	24.8 °C	1,858 mm	69
1989	34.4 °C26 January 1989	20.0 °C21 January 1989	24.7 °C	1,648 mm	86
1988	33.5 °C29 February 1988	20.6 °C11 December 1988	24.6 °C	2,070 mm	63
1987	34.3 °C22 March 1987	21.2 °C2 January 1987	25.0 °C	1,820 mm	106
1986	33.7 °C24 February 1986	20.2 °C1 August 1986	24.5 °C	1,905 mm	51
1985	34.0 °C12 March 1985	20.0 °C18 June 1985	24.2 °C	1,773 mm	29
1984	33.1 °C2 February 1984	20.3 °C19 July 1984	24.3 °C	1,826 mm	39
1983	35.2 °C15 February 1983	20.3 °C31 December 1983	25.0 °C	1,626 mm	106
1982	33.7 °C19 February 1982	20.7 °C2 February 1982	24.4 °C	1,887 mm	38
1981	34.0 °C1 March 1981	20.3 °C2 January 1981	24.4 °C	1,862 mm	37
1980	31.4 °C23 March 1980	20.2 °C27 December 1980	24.4 °C	1,906 mm	25
1979	32.4 °C6 February 1979	19.5 °C30 July 1979	24.5 °C	1,966 mm	32
1978	32.9 °C22 March 1978	20.5 °C24 December 1978	24.3 °C	1,934 mm	42
1977	32.5 °C13 February 1977	20.6 °C9 April 1977	24.3 °C	1,964 mm	36
1976	31.7 °C8 March 1976	19.8 °C27 August 1976	23.9 °C	2,204 mm	10
1975	31.3 °C22 January 1975	19.7 °C8 December 1975	23.9 °C	2,114 mm	17
1974	32.2 °C10 February 1974	20.1 °C7 July 1974	23.9 °C	2,005 mm	20
1973	33.7 °C19 February 1973	20.4 °C2 August 1973	24.6 °C	2,177 mm	77
1972	32.6 °C10 February 1972	20.5 °C11 January 1972	24.1 °C	2,258 mm	41
1971	32.8 °C4 March 1971	18.9 °C31 January 1971	24.0 °C	1,863 mm	55
1970	32.8 °C27 April 1970	20.0 °C23 July 1970	24.4 °C	2,277 mm	62
1969	32.7 °C5 February 1969	19.5 °C13 August 1969	24.3 °C	2,305 mm	53
1968	32.1 °C27 February 1968	19.7 °C21 September 1968	24.0 °C	2,008 mm	23
1967	32.0 °C15 April 1967	19.8 °C24 July 1967	23.9 °C	2,186 mm	37
1966	34.6 °C4 July 1966	20.1 °C22 February 1966	24.5 °C	1,704 mm	85
1965	34.1 °C22 July 1965	19.8 °C1 January 1965	24.3 °C	1,700 mm	69
1964	33.5 °C14 July 1964	19.8 °C2 September 1964	24.4 °C	1,875 mm	66
1963	31.0 °C26 June 1963	20.3 °C23 November 1963	24.0 °C	1,982 mm	20
1962	32.6 °C31 January 1962	20.3 °C21 June 1962	23.7 °C	2,310 mm	12
1961	32.3 °C23 February 1961	20.0 °C4 October 1961	24.0 °C	2,336 mm	49
1960	32.4 °C24 April 1960	20.2 °C21 June 1960	24.2 °C	2,261 mm	52
1959	34.0 °C10 March 1959	20.0 °C22 September 1959	24.5 °C	1,975 mm	61
1958	33.9 °C18 March 1958	20.2 °C15 February 1958	24.7 °C	1,896 mm	80
1957	33.9 °C14 February 1957	18.9 °C10 January 1957	24.4 °C	1,753 mm	50
1956	32.2 °C1 March 1956	19.8 °C19 July 1956	23.7 °C	1,984 mm	14
1955	32.3 °C19 February 1955	19.8 °C17 July 1955	23.6 °C	1,979 mm	9
1954	32.3 °C2 March 1954	19.9 °C6 November 1954	23.9 °C	1,821 mm	15
1953	31.6 °C2 March 1953	18.9 °C30 November 1953	23.8 °C	2,311 mm	18
1952	32.1 °C23 March 1952	20.5 °C8 February 1952	24.0 °C	2,292 mm	37
1951	32.6 °C25 April 1951	20.2 °C20 January 1951	24.1 °C	1,989 mm	60
1950	34.0 °C15 August 1950	19.8 °C20 July 1950	24.4 °C	1,634 mm	76
1949	32.1 °C16 February 1949	20.2 °C28 July 1949	24.4 °C	1,289 mm	36
1948	31.5 °C21 March 1948	20.3 °C5 January 1948	23.8 °C	1,947 mm	9
1947	31.4 °C9 March 1947	20.0 °C1 December 1947	24.1 °C	1,756 mm	11
1946	34.6 °C4 March 1946	19.9 °C24 October 1946	24.2 °C	1,616 mm	44
1945	34.5 °C16 February 1945	20.1 °C2 December 1945	24.0 °C	1,552 mm	35
1944	34.8 °C2 March 1944	20.4 °C24 November 1944	24.4 °C	1,559 mm	44
1943	34.2 °C2 March 1943	20.3 °C3 September 1943	24.5 °C	1,400 mm	93
1942	31.9 °C14 January 1942	20.1 °C24 June 1942	24.0 °C	1,479 mm	16
1941	33.5 °C16 February 1941	20.4 °C10 November 1941	24.5 °C	1,478 mm	49
1940	32.1 °C14 February 1940	20.0 °C17 November 1940	23.8 °C	1,655 mm	10

Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.

A specific year

Pick a year and see how it compares to normal — warmer, drier or more extreme than usual?

Year

Across the whole year

Average daily high

30.3 °C

+1.8 °C

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

208 d/yr

+136

Frost days (< 0 °C)

0 d/yr

Annual rainfall

1320 mm

-421 mm

Month by month

	High	vs. normal	Precipitation	vs. normal
Jan	32.1 °C	+3.0 °C	29 mm	-59 mm
Feb	32.8 °C	+2.9 °C	38 mm	-73 mm
Mar	31.9 °C	+2.4 °C	57 mm	-108 mm
Apr	30.3 °C	+1.3 °C	234 mm	+75 mm
May	29.9 °C	+1.1 °C	115 mm	-23 mm
Jun	30.7 °C	+2.2 °C	42 mm	-66 mm
Jul	29.0 °C	+0.8 °C	137 mm	+29 mm
Aug	28.4 °C	+0.4 °C	230 mm	+82 mm
Sep	29.8 °C	+1.9 °C	133 mm	-47 mm
Oct	29.5 °C	+1.7 °C	136 mm	-69 mm
Nov	29.2 °C	+1.6 °C	119 mm	-88 mm
Dec	29.8 °C	+1.6 °C	50 mm	-74 mm

The year's extremes

Hottest day

35.4 °C

25 Feb 2025

Coldest day

20.9 °C

24 Aug 2025

Wettest day

138.5 mm

15 Aug 2025

Windiest day

18.2 km/h

26 Feb 2025

Strongest gust

34.9 km/h

19 Nov 2025

Hottest feels-like

40.7 °C

25 Feb 2025

Coldest feels-like

23.0 °C

24 Aug 2025

Sunniest day

11.9 h

6 Nov 2025

What was the weather like that day?

Your birthday, a wedding, a memorable trip: discover the actual weather for any date since 1940.

Date

Frequently asked questions

What is the climate of Yangambi?

Yangambi has a tropical rainforest climate (Köppen Af). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 24.7 °C and it receives 1,741 mm of precipitation per year.

What is the hottest day ever recorded in Yangambi?

The hottest day measured in Yangambi between 1940 and 2025 was 4 March 2024, reaching 37.9 °C.

What is the coldest day in Yangambi?

The coldest day measured in Yangambi between 1940 and 2025 was 30 November 1953, at 18.9 °C.

Does it snow in Yangambi?

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

Has the climate of Yangambi warmed?

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

What is the wettest day in Yangambi?

The wettest day measured in Yangambi between 1940 and 2025 was 9 February 1973, with 237 mm of rain in 24 hours.

What was the windiest day in Yangambi?

The windiest day measured in Yangambi between 1940 and 2025 was 2 April 2022, with winds reaching 21.1 km/h.

What is the warmest month in Yangambi?

The warmest month in Yangambi is February (25.5 °C on average); the coldest is November (24.0 °C).

How much does it rain in Yangambi?

Yangambi receives on average 1,741 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 266 rainy days.

Is it sunny in Yangambi?

Yangambi gets on average 8.8 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,212 hours per year over 1940-2025.

Are there tropical nights in Yangambi?

Yes: Yangambi has on average 365 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.

What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Yangambi?

In Yangambi, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 43.6 °C on 18 March 2024, and the lowest was 19.0 °C on 9 August 1950.

Compare Yangambi with another city

Pick a second city: its normals will be set against these, indicator by indicator.

Nearby cities

The climate around Yangambi

Other cities — Democratic Republic of Congo

All cities in Democratic Republic of Congo →