Bangui climate

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Bangui is warmest in February, with average highs of 35 °C, and coldest in August, when nights average 22 °C. October is the wettest month (189 mm) and January the driest (11 mm). Figures are 1991–2020 climate normals.

Across a full year Bangui averages 1,180 mm of rain and 364 days above 25 °C.

Central African Republic · population 812,407 · 1991–2020 normals

Temperature below 0 °C to above 30 °C Rain band height is that month’s share of the wettest month

Warmest month February 35 °C
Coldest month August 22 °C
Driest month January 11 mm
Wettest month October 189 mm
Least cloud December 59 % cloud
Hottest on record February 40 °C
Coldest on record January 17 °C

What to expectBangui through the year

Bangui has a clear annual cycle: average daily highs run from 29 °C in August to 35 °C in February, a swing of 3.8 °C in mean temperature across the year.

Counted across a normal year, 364 days a year reach 25 °C, 245 of them reach 30 °C. The warmest reading in the 1991–2020 record is 40 °C, in February.

Rain is strongly seasonal. October averages 189 mm against 11 mm in January — 17 times as much. Planning around the dry months matters more here than planning around temperature.

Month by month

Month	Avg high	Rainfall	Cloud
January	34.4 °C	11 mm	60 %
February	34.9 °C	25 mm	66 %
March	33.2 °C	86 mm	72 %
April	31.8 °C	111 mm	74 %
May	31.2 °C	105 mm	70 %
June	30.4 °C	91 mm	71 %
July	29.5 °C	113 mm	76 %
August	29.0 °C	168 mm	81 %
September	29.3 °C	162 mm	80 %
October	29.4 °C	189 mm	79 %
November	30.5 °C	100 mm	73 %
December	32.5 °C	17 mm	59 %

Temperature month by month

Month	Avg high	Avg low	Mean	Record high	Record low	Days above 25 °C	Days above 30 °C
January	34.4 °C	22.7 °C	28.2 °C	39.2 °C	17.2 °C	31	31
February	34.9 °C	23.9 °C	29.0 °C	40.1 °C	19.1 °C	28	28
March	33.2 °C	24.3 °C	28.3 °C	38.9 °C	21.8 °C	31	29
April	31.8 °C	24.1 °C	27.5 °C	36.9 °C	21.0 °C	30	26
May	31.2 °C	23.8 °C	27.1 °C	36.2 °C	21.3 °C	31	25
June	30.4 °C	23.2 °C	26.3 °C	34.1 °C	20.9 °C	30	19
July	29.5 °C	22.6 °C	25.6 °C	33.5 °C	20.8 °C	31	12
August	29.0 °C	22.4 °C	25.2 °C	32.4 °C	20.5 °C	31	8
September	29.3 °C	22.4 °C	25.4 °C	32.2 °C	20.3 °C	30	10
October	29.4 °C	22.5 °C	25.5 °C	33.1 °C	20.3 °C	31	11
November	30.5 °C	22.8 °C	26.2 °C	34.6 °C	19.9 °C	30	19
December	32.5 °C	22.5 °C	27.1 °C	36.4 °C	17.8 °C	31	29

Rain, sun and wind month by month

Month	Rainfall	Wet days	Daylight	Cloud cover	Humidity	Wind
January	11 mm	2	12 h/day	60 %	51 %	11 km/h
February	25 mm	5	12 h/day	66 %	57 %	11 km/h
March	86 mm	13	12 h/day	72 %	71 %	12 km/h
April	111 mm	15	12 h/day	74 %	78 %	11 km/h
May	105 mm	17	12 h/day	70 %	80 %	9.3 km/h
June	91 mm	16	12 h/day	71 %	81 %	8.8 km/h
July	113 mm	20	12 h/day	76 %	83 %	8.7 km/h
August	168 mm	24	12 h/day	81 %	85 %	8.7 km/h
September	162 mm	24	12 h/day	80 %	86 %	8.4 km/h
October	189 mm	24	12 h/day	79 %	85 %	7.8 km/h
November	100 mm	15	12 h/day	73 %	82 %	8.6 km/h
December	17 mm	3	12 h/day	59 %	67 %	9.1 km/h

How Bangui compares

The same four figures for nearby destinations, so the numbers above have something to be read against. Summer high is the warmest month's average high; winter low is the coldest month's average low.

Destination	Summer high	Winter low	Rain per year	Days above 25 °C
Bangui	35 °C	22 °C	1,180 mm	364
Bégoua · Central African Republic	35 °C	22 °C	1,324 mm	363
Gemena · Democratic Republic of the Congo	33 °C	21 °C	1,375 mm	363
Bumba · Democratic Republic of the Congo	33 °C	22 °C	1,402 mm	363
Ngaoundéré · Cameroon	33 °C	16 °C	2,103 mm	326

Where Bangui ranks

Ranking	Position	Value
The warmest places in Africa in January	19th of 50	34 °C
The warmest places in the world in January	20th of 50	34 °C
The warmest places in Africa in February	45th of 50	35 °C
The warmest places in the world in February	46th of 50	35 °C

Planning a trip? See the best time to visit Bangui.

QuestionsCommon questions about Bangui’s climate

When is the best time to visit Bangui?

That depends on what you want, so the honest answer is a comparison rather than a single month. August, September, October sit closest to 20 °C on average, February is the warmest month and January the driest. The month-by-month table above has the full picture.

How hot does Bangui get?

In February, the warmest month, daily highs average 35 °C. About 245 days a year pass 30 °C. The highest value in the 1991–2020 record is 40 °C.

How cold does it get in winter?

Nights average 22 °C in August, the coldest month. Freezing nights are not part of a normal year here.

Which month is wettest in Bangui?

October, averaging 189 mm over 24 days with rain. The driest month is January with 11 mm. The year as a whole averages 1,180 mm.

Are these figures a forecast?

No. They are 1991–2020 climate normals: the average of thirty years, which describes what a month is usually like in Bangui rather than what any particular week will bring. Individual years can differ substantially from the normal.

Data sources and method

ERA5 / ERA5-Land reanalysis — Copernicus Climate Change Service (C3S), ECMWF. Copernicus Licence
Open-Meteo — Open-Meteo.com. CC BY 4.0
NOAA OISST v2.1 — NOAA Physical Sciences Laboratory. Public domain
GeoNames — GeoNames.org. CC BY 4.0

Normal period: 1991–2020
Data point: 4.361°, 18.555° (the coordinates the reanalysis values are taken for)
Dataset version: era5-1991-2020-scores1.1
Last processed: 1 August 2026

Measured values come from ERA5 reanalysis and are reproduced unchanged. Calculated by us: monthly rankings, daylight hours, beach and comfort scores. Full formulas are on the methodology page.

Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026. Neither the European Commission nor ECMWF is responsible for any use that may be made of the Copernicus information or data it contains.