Para climate — normals and trends

Q: What is the climate of Para?

Para has a tropical monsoon climate (Köppen Am). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 24.9 °C and it receives 1,473 mm of precipitation per year.

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

The hottest day measured in Para between 1940 and 2025 was 11 February 2024, reaching 37.6 °C.

Q: What is the coldest day in Para?

The coldest day measured in Para between 1940 and 2025 was 6 January 1989, at 13.9 °C.

Q: Does it snow in Para?

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

Q: Has the climate of Para warmed?

Yes: Para warmed by +1.7 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.

Q: What is the wettest day in Para?

The wettest day measured in Para between 1940 and 2025 was 21 September 2011, with 135 mm of rain in 24 hours.

Q: What was the windiest day in Para?

The windiest day measured in Para between 1940 and 2025 was 19 June 2018, with winds reaching 21.9 km/h.

Q: What is the warmest month in Para?

The warmest month in Para is February (25.8 °C on average); the coldest is July (24.0 °C).

Q: How much does it rain in Para?

Para receives on average 1,473 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 259 rainy days.

Q: Is it sunny in Para?

Para gets on average 8.6 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,139 hours per year over 1940-2025.

Para (Ivory Coast) has a tropical monsoon climate (Am) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 24.9 °C and it receives 1,473 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 (25.8 °C on average) and the coldest is July (24.0 °C). Rainfall peaks in October.

Para averages 0 frost days, 179 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 259 rainy days per year.

Para has warmed by +1.7 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.20 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.

The hottest day of the period reached 37.6 °C (on 11 February 2024) and the coldest 13.9 °C (on 6 January 1989).

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

ParaBas-Sassandra District

coords: 5.52°, -7.33°
period: 1940–2025 · 86 yrs

AmTropical monsoonWarmest monthFebruaryColdest monthJulyWettest monthOctoberDriest monthJanuary

Mean daily temperature

24.9°C

Average daily high

29.9°C

Average daily low

21.7°C

Annual rainfall

1,473mm

Sunshine / day

8.6h

Mean relative humidity

86%

Average peak wind

9.7km/h

Seasonal range

1.8°C

Frost days (< 0 °C)

0 d/yr

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

179 d/yr

Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)

259 d/yr

Annual snowfall

0.0 cm

Average feels-like high

35.1 °C

Average feels-like low

25.4 °C

Average peak gust

25.4 km/h

Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)

345 d/yr

Solar radiation

15.7 MJ/m²

Has the climate changed?

One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025

+1.7 °C

since 1940

+0.2 °C per decade · r² = 0.84 · 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

37.6 °C

11 February 2024

Coldest day

13.9 °C

6 January 1989

Wettest day

135 mm

21 September 2011

Windiest day

21.9 km/h

19 June 2018

Strongest gust

46.8 km/h

7 January 2016

Hottest feels-like

43.5 °C

2 April 2019

Coldest feels-like

12.9 °C

6 January 1989

Sunniest day

12.3 h

29 June 1953

Year	Hottest day	Coldest day	Annual mean	Rainfall	Hot days
2025	36.2 °C7 January 2025	19.0 °C16 July 2025	25.7 °C	1,341 mm	238
2024	37.6 °C11 February 2024	19.8 °C20 December 2024	26.4 °C	1,403 mm	262
2023	36.3 °C17 February 2023	17.0 °C23 December 2023	26.2 °C	1,457 mm	281
2022	36.2 °C25 January 2022	17.9 °C26 December 2022	25.7 °C	1,383 mm	271
2021	34.6 °C12 February 2021	19.5 °C17 January 2021	25.7 °C	1,836 mm	284
2020	36.2 °C8 February 2020	15.0 °C6 January 2020	25.9 °C	1,623 mm	264
2019	36.6 °C2 April 2019	18.5 °C9 January 2019	25.8 °C	1,577 mm	260
2018	35.3 °C16 February 2018	17.1 °C27 December 2018	25.5 °C	1,642 mm	257
2017	35.0 °C3 April 2017	17.0 °C25 December 2017	25.6 °C	1,623 mm	266
2016	37.2 °C11 February 2016	17.8 °C30 January 2016	25.9 °C	1,458 mm	265
2015	33.9 °C15 January 2015	17.3 °C15 January 2015	25.5 °C	1,352 mm	256
2014	35.3 °C31 March 2014	18.3 °C30 December 2014	25.3 °C	1,558 mm	229
2013	35.9 °C22 January 2013	17.3 °C2 January 2013	25.5 °C	1,309 mm	231
2012	34.1 °C12 January 2012	17.0 °C2 January 2012	25.3 °C	1,492 mm	232
2011	34.1 °C15 February 2011	18.0 °C14 January 2011	25.2 °C	1,498 mm	228
2010	35.0 °C6 February 2010	17.3 °C25 July 2010	25.5 °C	1,676 mm	253
2009	34.1 °C20 April 2009	16.3 °C24 January 2009	25.3 °C	1,330 mm	233
2008	35.1 °C4 February 2008	17.3 °C10 January 2008	25.3 °C	1,507 mm	231
2007	35.7 °C22 January 2007	16.9 °C6 January 2007	25.5 °C	1,433 mm	228
2006	33.6 °C30 March 2006	18.4 °C2 January 2006	25.3 °C	1,393 mm	217
2005	35.3 °C1 March 2005	17.2 °C13 January 2005	25.4 °C	1,513 mm	221
2004	35.0 °C12 March 2004	18.2 °C12 January 2004	25.3 °C	1,420 mm	221
2003	34.0 °C10 February 2003	18.6 °C29 January 2003	25.3 °C	1,380 mm	230
2002	34.3 °C2 April 2002	17.0 °C14 January 2002	25.0 °C	1,460 mm	204
2001	33.6 °C18 February 2001	17.2 °C16 February 2001	24.9 °C	1,385 mm	157
2000	34.9 °C16 February 2000	17.2 °C21 July 2000	25.0 °C	1,128 mm	160
1999	32.9 °C19 May 1999	17.1 °C8 February 1999	24.8 °C	1,362 mm	145
1998	35.5 °C28 February 1998	18.2 °C4 January 1998	25.5 °C	1,638 mm	189
1997	33.5 °C26 March 1997	17.9 °C3 February 1997	25.1 °C	1,265 mm	170
1996	32.9 °C17 March 1996	18.2 °C29 July 1996	24.9 °C	1,557 mm	131
1995	34.5 °C15 February 1995	15.8 °C13 January 1995	25.2 °C	1,519 mm	171
1994	33.5 °C11 April 1994	17.0 °C19 December 1994	25.0 °C	1,430 mm	202
1993	34.5 °C5 April 1993	14.5 °C9 January 1993	25.1 °C	1,624 mm	223
1992	34.9 °C9 February 1992	15.6 °C7 January 1992	25.0 °C	1,396 mm	171
1991	33.7 °C19 March 1991	15.7 °C3 January 1991	25.0 °C	1,472 mm	180
1990	34.8 °C22 April 1990	16.9 °C28 December 1990	25.1 °C	1,447 mm	209
1989	34.8 °C7 February 1989	13.9 °C6 January 1989	25.2 °C	1,540 mm	212
1988	34.9 °C25 February 1988	15.0 °C25 December 1988	25.3 °C	1,602 mm	216
1987	33.7 °C14 March 1987	16.2 °C31 December 1987	25.4 °C	1,690 mm	222
1986	34.3 °C2 February 1986	15.9 °C15 January 1986	25.0 °C	1,428 mm	199
1985	34.6 °C8 April 1985	16.4 °C20 December 1985	24.8 °C	1,590 mm	181
1984	34.2 °C19 February 1984	17.0 °C8 February 1984	24.9 °C	1,966 mm	201
1983	34.8 °C23 February 1983	14.1 °C8 January 1983	25.3 °C	1,408 mm	205
1982	34.2 °C2 February 1982	15.4 °C26 January 1982	25.0 °C	1,339 mm	189
1981	33.9 °C6 April 1981	18.2 °C30 January 1981	25.1 °C	1,548 mm	208
1980	33.4 °C30 March 1980	16.5 °C21 December 1980	25.0 °C	1,850 mm	171
1979	33.3 °C17 March 1979	15.0 °C26 December 1979	25.1 °C	1,618 mm	137
1978	33.0 °C23 February 1978	17.5 °C6 July 1978	24.8 °C	1,676 mm	147
1977	33.4 °C22 April 1977	17.3 °C29 December 1977	24.8 °C	1,478 mm	147
1976	32.5 °C23 January 1976	16.3 °C15 January 1976	24.3 °C	1,513 mm	104
1975	33.4 °C29 January 1975	15.7 °C23 January 1975	24.5 °C	1,469 mm	140
1974	33.2 °C10 March 1974	15.5 °C19 January 1974	24.6 °C	1,529 mm	133
1973	34.6 °C17 March 1973	18.2 °C28 November 1973	25.2 °C	1,555 mm	201
1972	33.4 °C15 April 1972	18.4 °C16 August 1972	24.6 °C	1,821 mm	145
1971	33.2 °C24 April 1971	17.5 °C21 August 1971	24.3 °C	1,795 mm	135
1970	33.5 °C29 March 1970	18.6 °C27 July 1970	24.7 °C	1,697 mm	155
1969	33.4 °C25 February 1969	19.1 °C31 July 1969	24.7 °C	1,651 mm	132
1968	33.3 °C16 February 1968	17.9 °C19 January 1968	24.5 °C	2,240 mm	127
1967	33.5 °C3 April 1967	16.5 °C6 January 1967	24.5 °C	1,459 mm	142
1966	34.2 °C13 February 1966	17.5 °C4 January 1966	24.8 °C	1,357 mm	182
1965	32.9 °C28 February 1965	15.6 °C19 January 1965	24.3 °C	1,412 mm	132
1964	36.1 °C18 February 1964	17.9 °C12 August 1964	24.6 °C	1,227 mm	144
1963	33.3 °C20 March 1963	19.4 °C10 December 1963	24.7 °C	1,492 mm	183
1962	34.6 °C11 February 1962	18.2 °C8 February 1962	24.6 °C	1,297 mm	174
1961	33.6 °C4 March 1961	17.8 °C12 August 1961	24.6 °C	1,136 mm	186
1960	34.2 °C11 February 1960	15.5 °C30 December 1960	24.6 °C	1,222 mm	164
1959	33.9 °C28 February 1959	17.7 °C1 January 1959	24.5 °C	1,331 mm	146
1958	32.5 °C27 February 1958	16.8 °C4 August 1958	24.4 °C	1,250 mm	121
1957	32.8 °C14 February 1957	14.7 °C10 January 1957	24.1 °C	1,789 mm	78
1956	32.2 °C9 April 1956	17.0 °C28 July 1956	24.0 °C	1,466 mm	80
1955	32.9 °C21 February 1955	18.0 °C30 December 1955	24.2 °C	1,491 mm	90
1954	33.2 °C9 February 1954	16.9 °C24 July 1954	24.2 °C	1,304 mm	112
1953	33.4 °C13 February 1953	17.4 °C3 September 1953	24.6 °C	1,298 mm	157
1952	33.0 °C4 February 1952	16.7 °C13 August 1952	24.4 °C	1,607 mm	139
1951	32.0 °C19 April 1951	17.4 °C13 August 1951	24.3 °C	1,388 mm	108
1950	34.1 °C17 February 1950	18.0 °C10 September 1950	24.2 °C	1,347 mm	107
1949	32.5 °C3 May 1949	16.7 °C4 August 1949	24.3 °C	1,456 mm	130
1948	33.4 °C9 February 1948	18.5 °C17 August 1948	24.4 °C	1,155 mm	130
1947	33.7 °C30 January 1947	16.2 °C2 January 1947	24.5 °C	1,322 mm	143
1946	33.3 °C1 February 1946	17.1 °C21 August 1946	24.3 °C	1,241 mm	145
1945	33.4 °C6 April 1945	18.4 °C12 August 1945	24.3 °C	1,175 mm	149
1944	33.2 °C5 February 1944	17.5 °C13 July 1944	24.2 °C	1,451 mm	136
1943	35.1 °C1 March 1943	17.3 °C13 July 1943	24.0 °C	1,075 mm	107
1942	33.7 °C30 January 1942	16.3 °C26 July 1942	24.2 °C	1,106 mm	139
1941	33.0 °C27 March 1941	19.3 °C6 July 1941	24.2 °C	1,611 mm	121
1940	32.3 °C26 February 1940	17.2 °C6 August 1940	24.2 °C	1,299 mm	105

Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.

A specific year

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Year

Across the whole year

Average daily high

30.8 °C

+0.9 °C

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

238 d/yr

+59

Frost days (< 0 °C)

0 d/yr

Annual rainfall

1341 mm

-132 mm

Month by month

	High	vs. normal	Precipitation	vs. normal
Jan	34.2 °C	+3.3 °C	23 mm	-20 mm
Feb	33.5 °C	+1.9 °C	52 mm	-19 mm
Mar	32.5 °C	+1.0 °C	111 mm	-19 mm
Apr	31.8 °C	+0.6 °C	121 mm	-28 mm
May	30.9 °C	+0.6 °C	123 mm	-58 mm
Jun	29.0 °C	+0.2 °C	199 mm	+28 mm
Jul	28.2 °C	+0.3 °C	48 mm	-49 mm
Aug	27.7 °C	-0.3 °C	45 mm	-55 mm
Sep	29.9 °C	+1.1 °C	123 mm	-53 mm
Oct	30.3 °C	+0.6 °C	290 mm	+107 mm
Nov	31.0 °C	+0.9 °C	155 mm	+41 mm
Dec	30.9 °C	+0.9 °C	50 mm	-6 mm

The year's extremes

Hottest day

36.2 °C

7 Jan 2025

Coldest day

19.0 °C

16 Jul 2025

Wettest day

76.6 mm

9 Oct 2025

Windiest day

14.6 km/h

20 Jan 2025

Strongest gust

34.9 km/h

25 Jan 2025

Hottest feels-like

41.6 °C

23 Mar 2025

Coldest feels-like

21.5 °C

16 Jul 2025

Sunniest day

12.0 h

20 May 2025

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Frequently asked questions

What is the climate of Para?

Para has a tropical monsoon climate (Köppen Am). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 24.9 °C and it receives 1,473 mm of precipitation per year.

What is the hottest day ever recorded in Para?

The hottest day measured in Para between 1940 and 2025 was 11 February 2024, reaching 37.6 °C.

What is the coldest day in Para?

The coldest day measured in Para between 1940 and 2025 was 6 January 1989, at 13.9 °C.

Does it snow in Para?

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

Has the climate of Para warmed?

Yes: Para warmed by +1.7 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.

What is the wettest day in Para?

The wettest day measured in Para between 1940 and 2025 was 21 September 2011, with 135 mm of rain in 24 hours.

What was the windiest day in Para?

The windiest day measured in Para between 1940 and 2025 was 19 June 2018, with winds reaching 21.9 km/h.

What is the warmest month in Para?

The warmest month in Para is February (25.8 °C on average); the coldest is July (24.0 °C).

How much does it rain in Para?

Para receives on average 1,473 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 259 rainy days.

Is it sunny in Para?

Para gets on average 8.6 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,139 hours per year over 1940-2025.

Are there tropical nights in Para?

Yes: Para has on average 345 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.

What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Para?

In Para, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 43.5 °C on 2 April 2019, and the lowest was 12.9 °C on 6 January 1989.

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