Sassandra climate — normals and trends
Sassandra (Ivory Coast) has a tropical monsoon climate (Am) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 25.6 °C and it receives 1,540 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 (26.8 °C on average) and the coldest is August (24.0 °C). Rainfall peaks in June.
Sassandra averages 0 frost days, 18 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 271 rainy days per year.
Sassandra has warmed by +1.1 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.13 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The hottest day of the period reached 32.1 °C (on 29 February 2020) and the coldest 20.0 °C (on 6 September 1943).
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
SassandraBas-Sassandra District
- coords
- 4.95°, -6.09°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
25.6°C
Average daily high
27.6°C
Average daily low
24.0°C
Annual rainfall
1,540mm
Sunshine / day
10.0h
Mean relative humidity
86%
Average peak wind
15.2km/h
Seasonal range
2.8°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
0 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
18 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
271 d/yr
Annual snowfall
0.0 cm
Average feels-like high
32.4 °C
Average feels-like low
27.9 °C
Average peak gust
25.7 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
365 d/yr
Solar radiation
17.0 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+1.1 °C
since 1940
+0.1 °C per decade · r² = 0.70 · p = < 0.001
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
32.1 °C
29 February 2020
Coldest day
20.0 °C
6 September 1943
Wettest day
223 mm
31 May 2019
Windiest day
28.8 km/h
19 June 2018
Strongest gust
43.2 km/h
31 July 1967
Hottest feels-like
39.2 °C
16 February 2020
Coldest feels-like
20.8 °C
9 January 1993
Sunniest day
12.3 h
12 July 2017
Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.
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Month by month
| High | vs. normal | Precipitation | vs. normal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 29.9 °C | +1.5 °C | 32 mm | -24 mm |
| Feb | 30.0 °C | +1.1 °C | 41 mm | -27 mm |
| Mar | 30.0 °C | +0.8 °C | 35 mm | -65 mm |
| Apr | 29.7 °C | +0.5 °C | 87 mm | -39 mm |
| May | 28.7 °C | +0.5 °C | 238 mm | +17 mm |
| Jun | 27.1 °C | +0.3 °C | 386 mm | +104 mm |
| Jul | 26.0 °C | 0.0 °C | 52 mm | -83 mm |
| Aug | 24.9 °C | -0.6 °C | 50 mm | -33 mm |
| Sep | 26.2 °C | +0.3 °C | 103 mm | -13 mm |
| Oct | 27.4 °C | +0.5 °C | 317 mm | +176 mm |
| Nov | 28.2 °C | +0.4 °C | 145 mm | +18 mm |
| Dec | 28.5 °C | +0.4 °C | 111 mm | +26 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Sassandra?
Sassandra has a tropical monsoon climate (Köppen Am). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 25.6 °C and it receives 1,540 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Sassandra?
The hottest day measured in Sassandra between 1940 and 2025 was 29 February 2020, reaching 32.1 °C.
What is the coldest day in Sassandra?
The coldest day measured in Sassandra between 1940 and 2025 was 6 September 1943, at 20.0 °C.
Does it snow in Sassandra?
Almost never: Sassandra sees virtually no snow, with about 0 frost days per year.
Has the climate of Sassandra warmed?
Yes: Sassandra warmed by +1.1 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Sassandra?
The wettest day measured in Sassandra between 1940 and 2025 was 31 May 2019, with 223 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Sassandra?
The windiest day measured in Sassandra between 1940 and 2025 was 19 June 2018, with winds reaching 28.8 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Sassandra?
The warmest month in Sassandra is April (26.8 °C on average); the coldest is August (24.0 °C).
How much does it rain in Sassandra?
Sassandra receives on average 1,540 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 271 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Sassandra?
Sassandra gets on average 10.0 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,650 hours per year over 1940-2025.
Are there tropical nights in Sassandra?
Yes: Sassandra has on average 365 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Sassandra?
In Sassandra, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 39.2 °C on 16 February 2020, and the lowest was 20.8 °C on 9 January 1993.
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