Congo - Kinshasa vs Zimbabwe: Temperature

Temperature in 2025: 24.9 °C in Congo - Kinshasa and 21.8 °C in Zimbabwe, by ERA5 observations. In 2025 the value was higher in Congo - Kinshasa, by 3.1 °C, or 1.14 times that in Zimbabwe.

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°C · ERA5

Congo - KinshasaZimbabweCMIP6 historical run, model medianCMIP6 model median (SSP2-4.5, middle of the road)models’ 10th–90th percentile

What the numbers say

Congo - Kinshasa has been higher in every year both have figures for since 1950.
In 2025, Congo - Kinshasa ranked 99 and Zimbabwe ranked 132 of 233 countries, counting from the highest.
The CMIP6 model median (SSP2-4.5, middle of the road) puts Congo - Kinshasa at 26.9 °C and Zimbabwe at 24.3 °C in 2100.

Every year

°C · ERA5

Year	Congo - Kinshasa	Congo - Kinshasa: CMIP6 historical run, model median	Zimbabwe	Zimbabwe: CMIP6 historical run, model median
2025	24.9	25.1	21.8	22.1
2024	25.6	25.3	22.9	22.4
2023	24.9	25.2	22.3	22.3
2022	24.6	25.1	21.6	22.2
2021	24.8	25.1	21.6	22.1
2020	24.8	25.1	21.8	22.2
2019	24.7	25	22.4	22.1
2018	24.5	25	21.9	22.1
2017	24.6	25	21.2	22.1
2016	24.9	24.8	22.3	22
2015	24.5	25	22.2	22
2014	24.4	24.8	21.5	21.9
2013	24.4	24.9	21.6	22
2012	24.1	24.9	21.8	21.8
2011	24.1	24.8	21.5	21.7
2010	24.5	24.8	21.8	21.8
2009	24.2	24.7	21	21.6
2008	23.9	24.7	21.3	21.8
2007	24	24.6	21.4	21.7
2006	23.9	24.7	21.3	21.6
2005	24.3	24.7	22.3	21.8
2004	24	24.7	21.2	21.8
2003	24	24.7	21.5	21.8
2002	23.9	24.7	21.7	21.8
2001	23.7	24.8	21.1	21.7
2000	23.6	24.6	20.6	21.7
1999	23.5	24.5	21	21.4
1998	24.4	24.5	21.6	21.7
1997	23.9	24.5	21	21.4
1996	23.7	24.4	21	21.4
1995	23.8	24.3	22.1	21.3
1994	23.6	24.3	21.3	21.3
1993	23.6	24.1	21.5	21
1992	23.5	24.1	22.4	21.1
1991	23.6	24.4	21.4	21.3
1990	23.8	24.5	21.5	21.6
1989	23.5	24.4	21.1	21.4
1988	23.7	24.4	21.1	21.4
1987	24	24.4	22.1	21.3
1986	23.4	24.4	20.7	21.3
1985	23.2	24.2	20.7	21.1
1984	23.4	24.2	21.2	21.1
1983	24	24.2	22.1	21.1
1982	23.4	24.3	21.2	21
1981	23.5	24.3	20.1	21.2
1980	23.5	24.3	20.7	21.2
1979	23.5	24.3	20.6	21.2
1978	23.4	24.1	20.2	21
1977	23.3	24.2	20.8	21.1
1976	22.9	24.2	20	21.1
1975	22.9	24.2	20.2	21.1
1974	22.9	24.2	19.9	21.2
1973	23.6	24.2	20.9	21.1
1972	23.2	24.2	20.6	21.2
1971	23	24.1	21	21.1
1970	23.3	24.1	21.5	21.1
1969	23.4	24.1	20.7	21.2
1968	23	24.1	20.9	21.1
1967	22.9	24	20.7	21
1966	23.5	24	21.1	20.8
1965	23.2	24	20.7	21
1964	23.3	23.8	20.8	20.8
1963	23.1	23.9	20.5	20.7
1962	22.8	24.2	20.8	21.1
1961	23	24.2	21.2	21.1
1960	23.2	24.3	20.9	21.3
1959	23.3	24.2	20.8	21.2
1958	23.5	24.2	20.4	21.2
1957	23.2	24.2	20.9	21.2
1956	23	24.1	20.2	20.9
1955	22.9	24.2	19.9	21.2
1954	23.3	24.1	21.6	21.1
1953	23	24.2	20.2	21
1952	23.3	24.1	21	21
1951	23.2	24.2	22.3	21.1
1950	23.3	24.1	20.7	21

12.3Projected

CMIP6 model median (SSP2-4.5, middle of the road) · 2026–2100

Year	Congo - Kinshasa	Congo - Kinshasa: CMIP6 historical run, model median	Zimbabwe	Zimbabwe: CMIP6 historical run, model median
2026	–	25.224.5–25.9	–	22.321.6–23.1
2027	–	25.224.6–25.9	–	22.521.8–23.5
2028	–	25.324.7–25.9	–	22.521.8–23.2
2029	–	25.424.8–25.9	–	22.821.9–23.3
2030	–	25.224.7–26	–	22.622.1–23.4
2031	–	25.424.8–26	–	22.621.8–23.4
2032	–	25.424.9–26.1	–	22.621.9–23.4
2033	–	25.524.8–26	–	22.621.8–23.5
2034	–	25.424.8–26.2	–	22.721.8–23.8
2035	–	25.524.8–26.3	–	22.822–23.5
2036	–	25.424.8–26	–	22.722–23.4
2037	–	25.624.9–26.4	–	2322.1–23.8
2038	–	25.725.1–26.2	–	23.122.1–24
2039	–	25.624.9–26.2	–	22.722–23.6
2040	–	25.625–26.5	–	22.622.1–23.7
2041	–	25.725–26.3	–	22.822.1–23.6
2042	–	25.725–26.6	–	2322.2–23.9
2043	–	25.625–26.5	–	2322.2–23.9
2044	–	25.624.9–26.4	–	2322.3–23.9
2045	–	25.725–26.5	–	22.922.1–23.7
2046	–	2625.1–26.7	–	23.122.3–23.9
2047	–	2625.3–26.8	–	23.322.2–24.1
2048	–	2625.3–26.8	–	23.222.4–24.1
2049	–	2625.2–26.8	–	23.322.4–24.2
2050	–	25.925.3–26.7	–	23.422.6–24.2
2051	–	25.925.3–26.9	–	23.422.7–24.3
2052	–	26.125.3–26.8	–	23.622.4–24.5
2053	–	2625.2–26.8	–	23.322.4–24.1
2054	–	2625.3–26.9	–	23.522.3–24.7
2055	–	26.125.3–27	–	23.622.5–24.6
2056	–	2625.3–27.2	–	23.522.4–24.6
2057	–	26.225.4–27	–	23.322.7–24.4
2058	–	26.325.3–27	–	23.422.8–24.3
2059	–	26.125.5–27.1	–	23.722.9–24.6
2060	–	26.425.4–27.1	–	23.822.5–24.5
2061	–	26.225.4–27.2	–	23.622.7–24.7
2062	–	26.125.3–27.4	–	23.522.7–24.6
2063	–	26.225.5–27.2	–	23.622.6–24.6
2064	–	26.425.5–27.2	–	23.622.6–24.3
2065	–	26.425.6–27.2	–	23.622.5–24.9
2066	–	26.225.7–27.3	–	23.822.9–24.6
2067	–	26.225.5–27.5	–	23.422.6–24.7
2068	–	26.425.6–27.5	–	23.622.7–24.8
2069	–	26.425.3–27.4	–	23.822.8–24.8
2070	–	26.325.5–27.5	–	23.722.8–24.9
2071	–	26.425.5–27.6	–	23.822.9–25
2072	–	26.525.7–27.4	–	2422.6–24.9
2073	–	26.625.8–27.9	–	24.123.1–25.1
2074	–	26.325.6–27.6	–	2422.9–25.1
2075	–	26.425.5–27.6	–	23.923–24.8
2076	–	26.525.7–27.8	–	23.722.8–25
2077	–	26.725.7–27.7	–	2423–25.3
2078	–	26.525.6–27.8	–	2423.1–24.9
2079	–	26.625.8–27.6	–	23.922.8–25.2
2080	–	26.725.7–27.6	–	24.123–25.2
2081	–	26.625.7–27.7	–	2423–25.3
2082	–	26.625.7–27.7	–	2423.1–25.1
2083	–	26.725.8–27.9	–	23.922.8–25.5
2084	–	26.725.8–27.9	–	24.123–25.1
2085	–	26.825.8–28.1	–	24.423–25.4
2086	–	26.725.8–27.8	–	2423.1–25.2
2087	–	26.725.7–28	–	24.123.2–25.1
2088	–	26.725.9–27.8	–	24.423.3–25.4
2089	–	26.825.9–27.8	–	24.323.5–25.2
2090	–	26.725.9–28	–	24.323–25.2
2091	–	26.925.8–28.1	–	24.422.9–25.3
2092	–	26.825.9–28	–	24.323.3–25.3
2093	–	26.926–28.1	–	24.423–25.4
2094	–	26.925.9–28.1	–	24.523.1–25.7
2095	–	26.926–28.2	–	24.623.3–25.4
2096	–	26.726–28.1	–	24.323.4–25.5
2097	–	26.925.8–27.9	–	2423.2–25.3
2098	–	26.825.9–28.4	–	24.523.2–25.9
2099	–	26.825.7–28.3	–	24.423.2–25.6
2100	–	26.925.7–28.2	–	24.323.2–25.4

Each country on its own

Good to know

The average air temperature near the ground, over the whole country and the whole year.
Source: ERA5 reanalysis (Copernicus, ECMWF) and CMIP6, via the World Bank Climate Change Knowledge Portal.
The dashed line is the CMIP6 model median (SSP2-4.5, middle of the road), a scenario rather than a forecast; the band is its models’ 10th–90th percentile.
Climate model values are the median of the CMIP6 models, run on past emissions to 2014 and on SSP2-4.5, a middle-of-the-road path, after: they are not measurements.
Ranks count the 233 countries with a value in 2025, highest first.

How the layers work, where their data comes from and what they can’t tell you: Countries through time