Libreville climate — normals and trends

Q: What is the climate of Libreville?

Libreville has a tropical monsoon climate (Köppen Am). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 25.4 °C and it receives 2,650 mm of precipitation per year.

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

The hottest day measured in Libreville between 1940 and 2025 was 1 April 2024, reaching 31.9 °C.

Q: What is the coldest day in Libreville?

The coldest day measured in Libreville between 1940 and 2025 was 29 August 1950, at 16.1 °C.

Q: Does it snow in Libreville?

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

Q: Has the climate of Libreville warmed?

Yes: Libreville warmed by +1.5 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.

Q: What is the wettest day in Libreville?

The wettest day measured in Libreville between 1940 and 2025 was 21 November 2019, with 254 mm of rain in 24 hours.

Q: What was the windiest day in Libreville?

The windiest day measured in Libreville between 1940 and 2025 was 16 July 1950, with winds reaching 28.9 km/h.

Q: What is the warmest month in Libreville?

The warmest month in Libreville is April (26.6 °C on average); the coldest is July (23.9 °C).

Q: How much does it rain in Libreville?

Libreville receives on average 2,650 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 277 rainy days.

Q: Is it sunny in Libreville?

Libreville gets on average 9.1 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,322 hours per year over 1940-2025.

Libreville (Gabon) has a tropical monsoon climate (Am) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 25.4 °C and it receives 2,650 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 April (26.6 °C on average) and the coldest is July (23.9 °C). Rainfall peaks in November.

Libreville averages 0 frost days, 8 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 277 rainy days per year.

Libreville has warmed by +1.5 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.18 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.

The hottest day of the period reached 31.9 °C (on 1 April 2024) and the coldest 16.1 °C (on 29 August 1950).

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

LibrevilleEstuaire

coords: 0.39°, 9.45°
period: 1940–2025 · 86 yrs

AmTropical monsoonWarmest monthAprilColdest monthJulyWettest monthNovemberDriest monthJuly

Mean daily temperature

25.4°C

Average daily high

27.5°C

Average daily low

23.9°C

Annual rainfall

2,650mm

Sunshine / day

9.1h

Mean relative humidity

85%

Average peak wind

14.5km/h

Seasonal range

2.7°C

Frost days (< 0 °C)

0 d/yr

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

8 d/yr

Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)

277 d/yr

Annual snowfall

0.0 cm

Average feels-like high

32.5 °C

Average feels-like low

27.7 °C

Average peak gust

26.7 km/h

Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)

364 d/yr

Solar radiation

16.0 MJ/m²

Has the climate changed?

One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025

+1.5 °C

since 1940

+0.2 °C per decade · r² = 0.82 · 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

31.9 °C

1 April 2024

Coldest day

16.1 °C

29 August 1950

Wettest day

254 mm

21 November 2019

Windiest day

28.9 km/h

16 July 1950

Strongest gust

50.4 km/h

16 July 1950

Hottest feels-like

40.4 °C

27 March 2024

Coldest feels-like

13.5 °C

29 August 1950

Sunniest day

11.9 h

21 October 1940

Year	Hottest day	Coldest day	Annual mean	Rainfall	Hot days
2025	31.0 °C22 April 2025	21.2 °C12 August 2025	26.2 °C	2,238 mm	22
2024	31.9 °C1 April 2024	22.3 °C2 August 2024	26.7 °C	2,489 mm	89
2023	30.5 °C23 April 2023	22.4 °C3 August 2023	26.4 °C	2,723 mm	18
2022	30.5 °C7 April 2022	22.3 °C10 July 2022	26.1 °C	2,645 mm	18
2021	30.5 °C9 March 2021	22.9 °C24 July 2021	26.3 °C	2,957 mm	9
2020	31.7 °C27 March 2020	23.1 °C28 June 2020	26.4 °C	3,212 mm	36
2019	31.1 °C12 April 2019	22.8 °C12 August 2019	26.4 °C	3,230 mm	24
2018	30.7 °C21 April 2018	22.3 °C30 July 2018	26.2 °C	2,702 mm	11
2017	30.8 °C13 March 2017	22.4 °C18 July 2017	26.2 °C	2,459 mm	21
2016	30.9 °C1 May 2016	21.9 °C28 July 2016	26.3 °C	2,369 mm	28
2015	30.4 °C13 March 2015	21.8 °C1 August 2015	25.9 °C	2,406 mm	13
2014	30.6 °C4 April 2014	21.2 °C26 July 2014	25.8 °C	2,880 mm	5
2013	31.0 °C12 March 2013	21.5 °C1 August 2013	25.8 °C	2,571 mm	29
2012	30.5 °C24 March 2012	21.6 °C26 July 2012	25.8 °C	2,994 mm	8
2011	30.7 °C12 February 2011	21.2 °C26 July 2011	25.8 °C	2,286 mm	14
2010	31.0 °C12 March 2010	21.6 °C17 July 2010	26.0 °C	2,004 mm	33
2009	30.9 °C11 April 2009	21.8 °C11 July 2009	25.8 °C	2,525 mm	5
2008	30.6 °C27 March 2008	21.4 °C5 July 2008	25.7 °C	2,526 mm	2
2007	31.8 °C28 March 2007	21.7 °C28 June 2007	25.8 °C	2,990 mm	23
2006	31.1 °C2 April 2006	21.3 °C5 August 2006	25.8 °C	2,503 mm	20
2005	31.4 °C3 March 2005	21.1 °C30 June 2005	25.8 °C	1,952 mm	29
2004	30.6 °C25 March 2004	21.4 °C28 July 2004	25.8 °C	2,418 mm	16
2003	30.9 °C4 February 2003	22.5 °C31 July 2003	25.9 °C	2,961 mm	17
2002	31.4 °C13 April 2002	22.1 °C19 July 2002	25.8 °C	2,803 mm	13
2001	30.6 °C8 April 2001	20.3 °C22 July 2001	25.4 °C	2,311 mm	7
2000	30.5 °C8 March 2000	22.1 °C15 July 2000	25.5 °C	2,971 mm	5
1999	31.0 °C22 March 1999	22.1 °C29 July 1999	25.5 °C	2,993 mm	10
1998	31.2 °C22 February 1998	22.6 °C15 July 1998	26.2 °C	2,721 mm	49
1997	30.0 °C10 April 1997	20.7 °C2 July 1997	25.5 °C	2,640 mm	1
1996	30.0 °C9 March 1996	19.8 °C16 July 1996	25.4 °C	2,775 mm	4
1995	30.8 °C15 March 1995	21.4 °C16 July 1995	25.7 °C	2,459 mm	14
1994	30.4 °C21 March 1994	21.5 °C26 July 1994	25.5 °C	2,529 mm	10
1993	30.3 °C4 April 1993	22.1 °C25 July 1993	25.5 °C	2,282 mm	2
1992	30.7 °C5 March 1992	20.7 °C25 July 1992	25.2 °C	2,401 mm	2
1991	29.9 °C29 March 1991	21.7 °C5 August 1991	25.5 °C	2,304 mm	0
1990	30.7 °C4 April 1990	21.2 °C12 July 1990	25.4 °C	2,441 mm	11
1989	30.5 °C24 April 1989	20.4 °C21 July 1989	25.4 °C	2,618 mm	4
1988	30.9 °C4 April 1988	21.1 °C31 July 1988	25.7 °C	3,139 mm	9
1987	30.6 °C25 April 1987	22.5 °C15 August 1987	25.8 °C	2,518 mm	8
1986	30.4 °C8 April 1986	21.1 °C28 July 1986	25.3 °C	2,588 mm	7
1985	30.0 °C5 March 1985	21.3 °C7 July 1985	25.3 °C	2,531 mm	1
1984	30.2 °C18 March 1984	22.1 °C3 September 1984	25.5 °C	3,025 mm	2
1983	31.1 °C19 March 1983	21.1 °C19 August 1983	25.4 °C	2,195 mm	23
1982	30.2 °C28 March 1982	21.1 °C3 August 1982	25.2 °C	2,493 mm	5
1981	30.1 °C4 March 1981	20.5 °C5 August 1981	25.3 °C	2,551 mm	3
1980	30.1 °C13 March 1980	21.3 °C6 July 1980	25.2 °C	2,701 mm	3
1979	30.5 °C25 April 1979	21.5 °C4 August 1979	25.3 °C	2,353 mm	4
1978	29.6 °C21 March 1978	19.8 °C4 July 1978	25.1 °C	2,552 mm	0
1977	30.0 °C17 April 1977	20.9 °C30 June 1977	25.2 °C	3,053 mm	1
1976	30.0 °C7 April 1976	19.7 °C9 July 1976	24.7 °C	2,961 mm	1
1975	29.9 °C15 March 1975	19.4 °C27 July 1975	24.9 °C	3,038 mm	0
1974	30.3 °C27 April 1974	19.8 °C6 July 1974	25.0 °C	3,151 mm	1
1973	30.7 °C18 March 1973	21.3 °C11 August 1973	25.5 °C	3,005 mm	8
1972	29.8 °C28 February 1972	20.7 °C24 June 1972	25.2 °C	2,659 mm	0
1971	30.4 °C17 April 1971	20.2 °C21 July 1971	25.1 °C	2,837 mm	4
1970	29.9 °C26 April 1970	21.2 °C2 July 1970	25.3 °C	2,725 mm	0
1969	30.4 °C6 April 1969	20.5 °C2 July 1969	25.3 °C	2,366 mm	6
1968	29.7 °C4 April 1968	20.8 °C28 July 1968	25.2 °C	2,986 mm	0
1967	30.1 °C1 March 1967	21.0 °C23 July 1967	25.1 °C	3,653 mm	3
1966	29.9 °C18 March 1966	21.4 °C31 August 1966	25.4 °C	3,093 mm	0
1965	29.8 °C7 April 1965	21.1 °C6 July 1965	25.0 °C	2,912 mm	0
1964	30.1 °C3 April 1964	20.4 °C17 August 1964	25.1 °C	2,773 mm	4
1963	29.8 °C23 March 1963	21.5 °C13 August 1963	25.3 °C	3,251 mm	0
1962	29.7 °C6 March 1962	20.3 °C25 July 1962	24.9 °C	2,841 mm	0
1961	29.6 °C28 February 1961	19.3 °C31 July 1961	24.9 °C	3,039 mm	0
1960	29.6 °C13 February 1960	21.1 °C16 July 1960	25.1 °C	2,945 mm	0
1959	29.8 °C12 March 1959	20.6 °C28 July 1959	25.2 °C	2,259 mm	0
1958	29.7 °C11 February 1958	18.8 °C20 July 1958	24.9 °C	2,117 mm	0
1957	28.9 °C7 May 1957	20.3 °C27 July 1957	24.9 °C	1,789 mm	0
1956	29.4 °C14 March 1956	19.9 °C11 July 1956	24.7 °C	2,526 mm	0
1955	29.4 °C16 March 1955	19.9 °C14 August 1955	24.9 °C	2,554 mm	0
1954	29.4 °C2 March 1954	18.3 °C1 August 1954	24.6 °C	2,583 mm	0
1953	29.6 °C1 April 1953	19.5 °C9 August 1953	24.9 °C	2,459 mm	0
1952	29.9 °C13 March 1952	20.6 °C6 August 1952	25.1 °C	2,826 mm	0
1951	29.9 °C22 April 1951	20.7 °C19 July 1951	25.1 °C	2,751 mm	0
1950	30.2 °C7 April 1950	16.1 °C29 August 1950	24.9 °C	2,675 mm	1
1949	29.7 °C22 April 1949	21.4 °C17 July 1949	25.2 °C	2,395 mm	0
1948	29.5 °C9 March 1948	20.8 °C21 July 1948	24.8 °C	3,379 mm	0
1947	29.7 °C16 April 1947	20.2 °C16 July 1947	24.9 °C	2,535 mm	0
1946	30.4 °C25 April 1946	19.7 °C21 July 1946	24.9 °C	2,371 mm	1
1945	29.7 °C15 April 1945	20.5 °C9 July 1945	24.9 °C	2,596 mm	0
1944	29.6 °C15 April 1944	19.5 °C31 July 1944	25.0 °C	2,107 mm	0
1943	29.1 °C4 March 1943	18.7 °C6 July 1943	24.5 °C	2,487 mm	0
1942	29.6 °C8 April 1942	18.6 °C17 July 1942	24.8 °C	2,683 mm	0
1941	29.5 °C1 May 1941	20.7 °C31 August 1941	25.0 °C	2,147 mm	0
1940	29.7 °C27 March 1940	20.2 °C1 August 1940	24.8 °C	2,431 mm	0

Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.

A specific year

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Year

Across the whole year

Average daily high

28.2 °C

+0.7 °C

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

22 d/yr

+14

Frost days (< 0 °C)

0 d/yr

Annual rainfall

2239 mm

-412 mm

Month by month

	High	vs. normal	Precipitation	vs. normal
Jan	28.8 °C	+0.8 °C	199 mm	-70 mm
Feb	29.4 °C	+1.0 °C	126 mm	-109 mm
Mar	29.6 °C	+0.8 °C	291 mm	+6 mm
Apr	29.5 °C	+0.6 °C	191 mm	-83 mm
May	28.9 °C	+0.6 °C	223 mm	-23 mm
Jun	27.9 °C	+1.1 °C	107 mm	+37 mm
Jul	26.6 °C	+0.6 °C	17 mm	-5 mm
Aug	26.3 °C	+0.2 °C	13 mm	-19 mm
Sep	27.3 °C	+0.7 °C	170 mm	+32 mm
Oct	27.5 °C	+0.4 °C	269 mm	-77 mm
Nov	27.9 °C	+0.4 °C	389 mm	-10 mm
Dec	28.4 °C	+0.7 °C	245 mm	-91 mm

The year's extremes

Hottest day

31.0 °C

22 Apr 2025

Coldest day

21.2 °C

12 Aug 2025

Wettest day

60.7 mm

30 Sep 2025

Windiest day

22.9 km/h

24 Aug 2025

Strongest gust

41.8 km/h

31 Jul 2025

Hottest feels-like

38.9 °C

28 Feb 2025

Coldest feels-like

22.6 °C

12 Aug 2025

Sunniest day

11.9 h

22 Oct 2025

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Frequently asked questions

What is the climate of Libreville?

Libreville has a tropical monsoon climate (Köppen Am). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 25.4 °C and it receives 2,650 mm of precipitation per year.

What is the hottest day ever recorded in Libreville?

The hottest day measured in Libreville between 1940 and 2025 was 1 April 2024, reaching 31.9 °C.

What is the coldest day in Libreville?

The coldest day measured in Libreville between 1940 and 2025 was 29 August 1950, at 16.1 °C.

Does it snow in Libreville?

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

Has the climate of Libreville warmed?

Yes: Libreville warmed by +1.5 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.

What is the wettest day in Libreville?

The wettest day measured in Libreville between 1940 and 2025 was 21 November 2019, with 254 mm of rain in 24 hours.

What was the windiest day in Libreville?

The windiest day measured in Libreville between 1940 and 2025 was 16 July 1950, with winds reaching 28.9 km/h.

What is the warmest month in Libreville?

The warmest month in Libreville is April (26.6 °C on average); the coldest is July (23.9 °C).

How much does it rain in Libreville?

Libreville receives on average 2,650 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 277 rainy days.

Is it sunny in Libreville?

Libreville gets on average 9.1 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,322 hours per year over 1940-2025.

Are there tropical nights in Libreville?

Yes: Libreville has on average 364 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.

What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Libreville?

In Libreville, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 40.4 °C on 27 March 2024, and the lowest was 13.5 °C on 29 August 1950.

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