Voinjama climate — normals and trends

Q: What is the climate of Voinjama?

Voinjama has a tropical monsoon climate (Köppen Am). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 23.6 °C and it receives 2,325 mm of precipitation per year.

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

The hottest day measured in Voinjama between 1940 and 2025 was 3 March 2023, reaching 38.5 °C.

Q: What is the coldest day in Voinjama?

The coldest day measured in Voinjama between 1940 and 2025 was 27 December 1971, at 11.4 °C.

Q: Does it snow in Voinjama?

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

Q: Has the climate of Voinjama warmed?

Yes: Voinjama warmed by +1.6 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.

Q: What is the wettest day in Voinjama?

The wettest day measured in Voinjama between 1940 and 2025 was 25 July 1980, with 240 mm of rain in 24 hours.

Q: What was the windiest day in Voinjama?

The windiest day measured in Voinjama between 1940 and 2025 was 22 February 1943, with winds reaching 24.7 km/h.

Q: What is the warmest month in Voinjama?

The warmest month in Voinjama is March (25.6 °C on average); the coldest is August (22.1 °C).

Q: How much does it rain in Voinjama?

Voinjama receives on average 2,325 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 240 rainy days.

Q: Is it sunny in Voinjama?

Voinjama gets on average 8.7 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,175 hours per year over 1940-2025.

Voinjama (Liberia) has a tropical monsoon climate (Am) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 23.6 °C and it receives 2,325 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 March (25.6 °C on average) and the coldest is August (22.1 °C). Rainfall peaks in September.

Voinjama averages 0 frost days, 121 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 240 rainy days per year.

Voinjama has warmed by +1.6 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.18 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.

The hottest day of the period reached 38.5 °C (on 3 March 2023) and the coldest 11.4 °C (on 27 December 1971).

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

VoinjamaLofa County

coords: 8.42°, -9.75°
period: 1940–2025 · 86 yrs

AmTropical monsoonWarmest monthMarchColdest monthAugustWettest monthSeptemberDriest monthJanuary

Mean daily temperature

23.6°C

Average daily high

28.9°C

Average daily low

20.1°C

Annual rainfall

2,325mm

Sunshine / day

8.7h

Mean relative humidity

81%

Average peak wind

9.0km/h

Seasonal range

3.5°C

Frost days (< 0 °C)

0 d/yr

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

121 d/yr

Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)

240 d/yr

Annual snowfall

0.0 cm

Average feels-like high

32.6 °C

Average feels-like low

22.8 °C

Average peak gust

25.9 km/h

Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)

228 d/yr

Solar radiation

17.0 MJ/m²

Has the climate changed?

One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025

+1.6 °C

since 1940

+0.2 °C per decade · r² = 0.76 · 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

38.5 °C

3 March 2023

Coldest day

11.4 °C

27 December 1971

Wettest day

240 mm

25 July 1980

Windiest day

24.7 km/h

22 February 1943

Strongest gust

62.3 km/h

1 March 1943

Hottest feels-like

42.3 °C

27 April 2024

Coldest feels-like

8.8 °C

10 January 1957

Sunniest day

12.3 h

31 May 2008

Year	Hottest day	Coldest day	Annual mean	Rainfall	Hot days
2025	37.4 °C3 March 2025	14.6 °C4 January 2025	24.6 °C	2,265 mm	161
2024	37.9 °C15 February 2024	14.0 °C20 December 2024	25.1 °C	1,943 mm	214
2023	38.5 °C3 March 2023	13.0 °C5 January 2023	24.6 °C	1,968 mm	188
2022	37.3 °C11 March 2022	14.1 °C24 January 2022	24.4 °C	2,123 mm	176
2021	37.4 °C9 February 2021	14.9 °C18 January 2021	24.6 °C	2,181 mm	202
2020	37.4 °C26 February 2020	14.9 °C3 January 2020	24.6 °C	1,894 mm	201
2019	38.3 °C6 March 2019	15.6 °C31 December 2019	24.7 °C	2,527 mm	187
2018	37.2 °C16 February 2018	14.3 °C14 January 2018	24.1 °C	2,281 mm	159
2017	35.6 °C7 February 2017	15.1 °C5 January 2017	24.4 °C	2,140 mm	182
2016	37.4 °C21 February 2016	13.5 °C6 January 2016	24.3 °C	1,980 mm	168
2015	34.8 °C7 March 2015	13.0 °C19 December 2015	24.0 °C	1,910 mm	156
2014	35.3 °C13 March 2014	14.7 °C30 December 2014	23.9 °C	2,134 mm	137
2013	36.9 °C9 February 2013	14.9 °C8 December 2013	24.0 °C	1,991 mm	133
2012	36.0 °C13 February 2012	14.8 °C17 January 2012	23.8 °C	2,392 mm	134
2011	36.5 °C20 February 2011	14.2 °C17 December 2011	23.7 °C	2,008 mm	122
2010	36.1 °C6 February 2010	15.7 °C13 January 2010	24.1 °C	2,307 mm	130
2009	34.9 °C10 February 2009	15.6 °C11 December 2009	24.0 °C	2,257 mm	159
2008	35.8 °C23 February 2008	14.9 °C2 January 2008	23.8 °C	2,572 mm	140
2007	36.4 °C5 March 2007	15.3 °C30 December 2007	24.1 °C	2,108 mm	130
2006	35.1 °C7 March 2006	15.5 °C31 December 2006	24.1 °C	2,047 mm	140
2005	34.9 °C12 February 2005	14.4 °C12 January 2005	23.8 °C	2,563 mm	85
2004	36.0 °C16 February 2004	15.3 °C4 January 2004	23.9 °C	2,374 mm	98
2003	36.8 °C16 February 2003	14.7 °C28 December 2003	24.0 °C	2,217 mm	130
2002	34.9 °C9 February 2002	14.4 °C24 December 2002	23.9 °C	2,252 mm	120
2001	36.5 °C27 February 2001	13.8 °C29 January 2001	23.8 °C	2,071 mm	113
2000	34.1 °C14 March 2000	13.0 °C11 February 2000	23.3 °C	2,528 mm	80
1999	36.6 °C6 March 1999	13.2 °C15 December 1999	23.6 °C	2,447 mm	116
1998	37.7 °C29 March 1998	13.6 °C20 January 1998	24.0 °C	2,303 mm	120
1997	36.7 °C19 March 1997	14.0 °C25 December 1997	23.7 °C	2,138 mm	94
1996	33.9 °C24 February 1996	16.4 °C14 December 1996	23.6 °C	2,368 mm	87
1995	34.8 °C21 February 1995	14.5 °C29 December 1995	23.7 °C	2,586 mm	99
1994	35.2 °C18 March 1994	12.3 °C18 December 1994	23.5 °C	2,286 mm	102
1993	34.3 °C11 February 1993	13.5 °C30 December 1993	23.6 °C	2,480 mm	109
1992	34.5 °C23 March 1992	13.6 °C1 December 1992	23.5 °C	2,133 mm	101
1991	33.9 °C2 February 1991	12.3 °C3 January 1991	23.6 °C	1,913 mm	102
1990	35.3 °C16 February 1990	13.9 °C29 December 1990	23.8 °C	2,209 mm	124
1989	36.2 °C28 February 1989	13.5 °C3 January 1989	23.9 °C	2,378 mm	140
1988	37.5 °C11 March 1988	12.4 °C19 December 1988	24.1 °C	2,298 mm	156
1987	36.9 °C23 February 1987	14.9 °C23 December 1987	24.4 °C	2,448 mm	160
1986	36.6 °C6 April 1986	13.7 °C18 December 1986	23.6 °C	2,168 mm	146
1985	35.7 °C25 February 1985	13.4 °C26 December 1985	23.6 °C	2,321 mm	120
1984	36.3 °C18 February 1984	13.6 °C15 January 1984	23.7 °C	2,489 mm	127
1983	36.6 °C22 February 1983	13.3 °C8 January 1983	23.9 °C	1,973 mm	124
1982	34.9 °C6 February 1982	13.3 °C11 January 1982	23.5 °C	2,411 mm	107
1981	34.2 °C26 February 1981	13.1 °C7 December 1981	23.6 °C	2,777 mm	131
1980	34.2 °C25 February 1980	13.9 °C20 December 1980	23.7 °C	2,962 mm	98
1979	34.4 °C4 March 1979	14.6 °C12 December 1979	23.7 °C	2,728 mm	92
1978	34.5 °C29 January 1978	14.3 °C4 December 1978	23.5 °C	2,882 mm	84
1977	35.2 °C27 February 1977	13.0 °C27 December 1977	23.9 °C	2,209 mm	138
1976	34.9 °C28 February 1976	12.7 °C14 January 1976	23.2 °C	2,581 mm	93
1975	35.3 °C11 February 1975	12.6 °C12 January 1975	23.5 °C	2,398 mm	110
1974	35.1 °C23 February 1974	13.1 °C11 January 1974	23.4 °C	2,405 mm	102
1973	37.2 °C10 February 1973	14.6 °C14 December 1973	24.2 °C	2,385 mm	156
1972	35.1 °C16 March 1972	13.7 °C3 January 1972	23.6 °C	2,627 mm	110
1971	35.0 °C26 March 1971	11.4 °C27 December 1971	23.2 °C	2,685 mm	114
1970	35.0 °C22 March 1970	12.1 °C14 December 1970	23.6 °C	2,363 mm	117
1969	34.5 °C7 February 1969	15.8 °C7 December 1969	23.4 °C	2,938 mm	99
1968	34.9 °C25 January 1968	14.6 °C5 January 1968	23.4 °C	3,221 mm	105
1967	34.4 °C21 February 1967	12.6 °C5 January 1967	23.3 °C	2,527 mm	105
1966	35.2 °C1 February 1966	13.6 °C24 December 1966	23.6 °C	2,617 mm	139
1965	35.4 °C12 March 1965	14.9 °C14 December 1965	23.2 °C	2,247 mm	119
1964	36.0 °C18 February 1964	15.9 °C13 January 1964	23.4 °C	2,089 mm	123
1963	34.3 °C17 December 1963	15.1 °C7 January 1963	23.6 °C	2,737 mm	136
1962	35.4 °C10 February 1962	15.5 °C23 January 1962	23.3 °C	2,496 mm	113
1961	36.6 °C25 February 1961	14.4 °C11 January 1961	23.4 °C	2,181 mm	143
1960	35.8 °C12 February 1960	15.0 °C29 December 1960	23.5 °C	2,245 mm	126
1959	35.8 °C28 February 1959	15.0 °C20 December 1959	23.4 °C	1,982 mm	126
1958	36.0 °C13 March 1958	15.6 °C31 December 1958	23.1 °C	2,263 mm	74
1957	35.3 °C18 February 1957	12.6 °C10 January 1957	22.8 °C	2,796 mm	61
1956	33.8 °C2 February 1956	14.3 °C30 December 1956	22.7 °C	2,222 mm	63
1955	34.9 °C4 February 1955	12.8 °C31 December 1955	22.9 °C	2,342 mm	96
1954	33.9 °C2 February 1954	14.6 °C15 December 1954	22.7 °C	2,295 mm	97
1953	35.9 °C9 February 1953	14.8 °C2 February 1953	23.4 °C	2,369 mm	125
1952	36.2 °C29 January 1952	14.8 °C2 January 1952	23.2 °C	2,449 mm	120
1951	33.7 °C28 January 1951	13.6 °C29 December 1951	23.0 °C	2,204 mm	94
1950	36.7 °C8 March 1950	14.5 °C17 January 1950	23.1 °C	2,207 mm	103
1949	34.7 °C18 February 1949	13.1 °C18 December 1949	23.0 °C	2,478 mm	84
1948	34.9 °C28 January 1948	14.2 °C5 January 1948	23.1 °C	2,290 mm	123
1947	35.6 °C30 January 1947	14.4 °C3 January 1947	23.3 °C	2,099 mm	136
1946	34.6 °C14 March 1946	14.0 °C1 January 1946	22.8 °C	2,290 mm	93
1945	36.3 °C15 March 1945	13.0 °C25 December 1945	23.0 °C	1,838 mm	110
1944	32.6 °C8 February 1944	14.4 °C20 December 1944	22.7 °C	2,407 mm	60
1943	36.5 °C22 March 1943	13.7 °C23 December 1943	22.7 °C	2,065 mm	102
1942	33.6 °C30 January 1942	13.9 °C25 December 1942	22.7 °C	1,873 mm	85
1941	33.9 °C28 February 1941	13.8 °C1 January 1941	22.8 °C	2,492 mm	79
1940	32.7 °C14 March 1940	14.0 °C30 December 1940	22.7 °C	2,325 mm	59

Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.

A specific year

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Year

Across the whole year

Average daily high

30.0 °C

+1.1 °C

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

161 d/yr

+40

Frost days (< 0 °C)

0 d/yr

Annual rainfall

2265 mm

-60 mm

Month by month

	High	vs. normal	Precipitation	vs. normal
Jan	34.2 °C	+2.7 °C	1 mm	-17 mm
Feb	34.9 °C	+2.4 °C	17 mm	-17 mm
Mar	34.4 °C	+2.7 °C	61 mm	-31 mm
Apr	31.5 °C	+1.5 °C	181 mm	+18 mm
May	29.8 °C	+0.9 °C	177 mm	-63 mm
Jun	28.9 °C	+1.0 °C	183 mm	-107 mm
Jul	26.3 °C	+0.1 °C	415 mm	+87 mm
Aug	26.1 °C	+0.4 °C	319 mm	-42 mm
Sep	27.2 °C	+0.5 °C	452 mm	+80 mm
Oct	28.6 °C	+0.9 °C	218 mm	-66 mm
Nov	28.6 °C	+0.2 °C	212 mm	+91 mm
Dec	30.0 °C	+0.3 °C	30 mm	+6 mm

The year's extremes

Hottest day

37.4 °C

3 Mar 2025

Coldest day

14.6 °C

4 Jan 2025

Wettest day

110.6 mm

17 Jul 2025

Windiest day

16.9 km/h

31 Aug 2025

Strongest gust

46.1 km/h

9 Oct 2025

Hottest feels-like

40.6 °C

12 Mar 2025

Coldest feels-like

13.1 °C

8 Dec 2025

Sunniest day

12.0 h

20 May 2025

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Frequently asked questions

What is the climate of Voinjama?

Voinjama has a tropical monsoon climate (Köppen Am). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 23.6 °C and it receives 2,325 mm of precipitation per year.

What is the hottest day ever recorded in Voinjama?

The hottest day measured in Voinjama between 1940 and 2025 was 3 March 2023, reaching 38.5 °C.

What is the coldest day in Voinjama?

The coldest day measured in Voinjama between 1940 and 2025 was 27 December 1971, at 11.4 °C.

Does it snow in Voinjama?

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

Has the climate of Voinjama warmed?

Yes: Voinjama warmed by +1.6 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.

What is the wettest day in Voinjama?

The wettest day measured in Voinjama between 1940 and 2025 was 25 July 1980, with 240 mm of rain in 24 hours.

What was the windiest day in Voinjama?

The windiest day measured in Voinjama between 1940 and 2025 was 22 February 1943, with winds reaching 24.7 km/h.

What is the warmest month in Voinjama?

The warmest month in Voinjama is March (25.6 °C on average); the coldest is August (22.1 °C).

How much does it rain in Voinjama?

Voinjama receives on average 2,325 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 240 rainy days.

Is it sunny in Voinjama?

Voinjama gets on average 8.7 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,175 hours per year over 1940-2025.

Are there tropical nights in Voinjama?

Yes: Voinjama has on average 228 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.

What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Voinjama?

In Voinjama, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 42.3 °C on 27 April 2024, and the lowest was 8.8 °C on 10 January 1957.

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