Manzini climate — normals and trends

Q: What is the climate of Manzini?

Manzini has a humid subtropical, dry winter climate (Köppen Cwa). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 20.3 °C and it receives 829 mm of precipitation per year.

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

The hottest day measured in Manzini between 1940 and 2025 was 26 February 1992, reaching 43.3 °C.

Q: What is the coldest day in Manzini?

The coldest day measured in Manzini between 1940 and 2025 was 14 June 2020, at 2.5 °C.

Q: Does it snow in Manzini?

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

Q: Has the climate of Manzini warmed?

Yes: Manzini warmed by +0.9 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.

Q: What is the wettest day in Manzini?

The wettest day measured in Manzini between 1940 and 2025 was 29 January 1984, with 146 mm of rain in 24 hours.

Q: What was the windiest day in Manzini?

The windiest day measured in Manzini between 1940 and 2025 was 29 January 1984, with winds reaching 40.0 km/h.

Q: What is the warmest month in Manzini?

The warmest month in Manzini is January (24.0 °C on average); the coldest is July (15.5 °C).

Q: How much does it rain in Manzini?

Manzini receives on average 829 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 109 rainy days.

Q: Is it sunny in Manzini?

Manzini gets on average 9.1 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,322 hours per year over 1940-2025.

Manzini (Eswatini) has a humid subtropical, dry winter climate (Cwa) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 20.3 °C and it receives 829 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 January (24.0 °C on average) and the coldest is July (15.5 °C). Rainfall peaks in January.

Manzini averages 0 frost days, 86 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 109 rainy days per year.

Manzini has warmed by +0.9 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.10 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.

The hottest day of the period reached 43.3 °C (on 26 February 1992) and the coldest 2.5 °C (on 14 June 2020).

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

ManziniManzini Region

coords: -26.50°, 31.38°
period: 1940–2025 · 86 yrs

CwaHumid subtropical, dry winterWarmest monthJanuaryColdest monthJulyWettest monthJanuaryDriest monthJune

Mean daily temperature

20.3°C

Average daily high

26.6°C

Average daily low

15.6°C

Annual rainfall

829mm

Sunshine / day

9.1h

Mean relative humidity

69%

Average peak wind

14.3km/h

Seasonal range

8.5°C

Frost days (< 0 °C)

0 d/yr

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

86 d/yr

Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)

109 d/yr

Annual snowfall

0.0 cm

Average feels-like high

27.5 °C

Average feels-like low

15.6 °C

Average peak gust

31.2 km/h

Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)

62 d/yr

Solar radiation

17.0 MJ/m²

Has the climate changed?

One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025

+0.9 °C

since 1940

+0.1 °C per decade · r² = 0.21 · 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

43.3 °C

26 February 1992

Coldest day

2.5 °C

14 June 2020

Wettest day

146 mm

29 January 1984

Windiest day

40.0 km/h

29 January 1984

Strongest gust

79.6 km/h

29 January 1984

Hottest feels-like

44.7 °C

25 February 1992

Coldest feels-like

-1.3 °C

27 June 1964

Sunniest day

13.7 h

25 December 1941

Year	Hottest day	Coldest day	Annual mean	Rainfall	Hot days
2025	37.1 °C3 September 2025	3.9 °C29 July 2025	20.8 °C	1,015 mm	75
2024	38.6 °C13 December 2024	4.3 °C7 July 2024	21.2 °C	796 mm	106
2023	37.7 °C30 September 2023	6.1 °C15 July 2023	20.8 °C	912 mm	86
2022	38.2 °C14 October 2022	3.7 °C17 June 2022	20.7 °C	938 mm	78
2021	36.7 °C14 October 2021	5.1 °C19 July 2021	20.3 °C	911 mm	86
2020	38.8 °C8 November 2020	2.5 °C14 June 2020	20.6 °C	791 mm	89
2019	38.3 °C7 November 2019	6.0 °C3 July 2019	21.0 °C	730 mm	83
2018	36.8 °C17 November 2018	6.8 °C7 June 2018	20.6 °C	725 mm	88
2017	37.1 °C13 September 2017	7.1 °C20 August 2017	20.6 °C	856 mm	77
2016	40.9 °C22 December 2016	5.3 °C10 August 2016	21.6 °C	633 mm	129
2015	39.7 °C8 October 2015	6.3 °C18 July 2015	21.6 °C	532 mm	114
2014	37.1 °C12 September 2014	4.2 °C11 July 2014	20.4 °C	819 mm	73
2013	38.7 °C12 October 2013	5.7 °C11 June 2013	20.3 °C	799 mm	77
2012	36.7 °C1 May 2012	6.4 °C8 August 2012	20.9 °C	767 mm	107
2011	40.6 °C23 October 2011	5.9 °C27 June 2011	20.6 °C	773 mm	88
2010	39.7 °C11 October 2010	4.4 °C21 June 2010	20.9 °C	1,011 mm	98
2009	36.4 °C9 January 2009	5.7 °C26 July 2009	20.3 °C	829 mm	79
2008	36.4 °C2 October 2008	7.2 °C6 June 2008	20.3 °C	691 mm	91
2007	36.7 °C23 March 2007	5.0 °C24 May 2007	20.4 °C	627 mm	103
2006	35.8 °C20 February 2006	5.2 °C7 June 2006	20.2 °C	1,044 mm	84
2005	38.0 °C2 October 2005	7.3 °C11 July 2005	20.9 °C	677 mm	102
2004	40.0 °C7 October 2004	6.0 °C12 June 2004	20.5 °C	824 mm	97
2003	39.6 °C5 October 2003	5.1 °C22 August 2003	21.2 °C	587 mm	128
2002	36.8 °C23 January 2002	5.8 °C6 July 2002	20.5 °C	592 mm	98
2001	36.2 °C12 March 2001	6.1 °C20 July 2001	20.2 °C	1,005 mm	64
2000	35.9 °C10 September 2000	4.7 °C17 July 2000	19.8 °C	1,427 mm	45
1999	37.3 °C17 September 1999	6.5 °C1 July 1999	20.6 °C	799 mm	66
1998	38.2 °C5 April 1998	6.7 °C5 July 1998	20.5 °C	960 mm	87
1997	36.9 °C21 November 1997	5.8 °C9 July 1997	19.7 °C	1,104 mm	64
1996	36.4 °C2 December 1996	4.8 °C27 June 1996	19.8 °C	889 mm	70
1995	38.4 °C12 October 1995	4.9 °C20 July 1995	19.8 °C	916 mm	75
1994	37.4 °C28 September 1994	3.1 °C13 July 1994	20.0 °C	611 mm	93
1993	38.3 °C8 January 1993	4.6 °C22 June 1993	20.7 °C	650 mm	92
1992	43.3 °C26 February 1992	4.7 °C27 June 1992	21.9 °C	451 mm	177
1991	37.3 °C16 September 1991	4.0 °C30 July 1991	20.4 °C	811 mm	100
1990	38.5 °C14 November 1990	4.2 °C15 June 1990	20.0 °C	934 mm	66
1989	37.4 °C20 December 1989	5.6 °C23 July 1989	20.3 °C	869 mm	80
1988	38.5 °C30 September 1988	5.1 °C13 July 1988	20.3 °C	902 mm	102
1987	38.5 °C19 February 1987	5.0 °C21 June 1987	20.9 °C	815 mm	121
1986	37.8 °C2 December 1986	6.2 °C22 July 1986	20.6 °C	672 mm	103
1985	37.1 °C3 October 1985	6.2 °C19 May 1985	20.5 °C	910 mm	90
1984	37.4 °C11 January 1984	6.0 °C3 June 1984	19.5 °C	1,193 mm	65
1983	40.6 °C11 January 1983	3.6 °C7 July 1983	20.9 °C	570 mm	119
1982	38.4 °C18 December 1982	4.6 °C17 June 1982	20.3 °C	533 mm	88
1981	38.1 °C4 January 1981	4.3 °C17 June 1981	19.7 °C	797 mm	74
1980	37.1 °C4 January 1980	3.8 °C11 July 1980	19.9 °C	692 mm	78
1979	38.3 °C1 October 1979	4.7 °C26 July 1979	20.4 °C	735 mm	111
1978	34.5 °C17 August 1978	5.6 °C26 June 1978	20.1 °C	932 mm	72
1977	37.1 °C23 January 1977	4.4 °C5 July 1977	20.4 °C	1,096 mm	76
1976	40.0 °C18 December 1976	4.5 °C21 June 1976	19.9 °C	937 mm	71
1975	36.8 °C2 January 1975	3.0 °C25 July 1975	19.4 °C	1,308 mm	44
1974	37.8 °C22 September 1974	6.9 °C26 July 1974	20.6 °C	864 mm	102
1973	37.1 °C5 January 1973	4.9 °C12 August 1973	20.1 °C	1,018 mm	99
1972	36.8 °C29 December 1972	4.6 °C3 August 1972	20.2 °C	767 mm	83
1971	39.9 °C11 January 1971	6.3 °C15 July 1971	20.2 °C	918 mm	94
1970	37.5 °C13 December 1970	5.3 °C24 July 1970	20.8 °C	661 mm	127
1969	38.1 °C26 January 1969	4.0 °C24 July 1969	20.4 °C	865 mm	103
1968	38.6 °C15 October 1968	3.8 °C30 June 1968	19.3 °C	869 mm	61
1967	38.4 °C24 October 1967	5.1 °C20 July 1967	20.0 °C	825 mm	84
1966	37.1 °C5 December 1966	5.5 °C21 August 1966	20.5 °C	643 mm	106
1965	36.8 °C30 October 1965	4.2 °C26 June 1965	20.1 °C	650 mm	120
1964	37.1 °C6 March 1964	2.6 °C28 June 1964	19.9 °C	956 mm	92
1963	40.4 °C29 December 1963	5.4 °C16 July 1963	21.0 °C	619 mm	132
1962	40.1 °C3 February 1962	5.8 °C13 July 1962	20.8 °C	776 mm	126
1961	37.0 °C28 January 1961	5.4 °C8 August 1961	20.4 °C	826 mm	98
1960	37.8 °C6 March 1960	5.6 °C24 July 1960	20.4 °C	868 mm	116
1959	38.2 °C17 December 1959	7.1 °C22 June 1959	20.7 °C	673 mm	120
1958	39.4 °C26 September 1958	4.5 °C17 June 1958	20.6 °C	975 mm	94
1957	37.0 °C17 November 1957	5.4 °C4 August 1957	20.2 °C	1,001 mm	76
1956	38.1 °C5 October 1956	4.9 °C14 June 1956	19.9 °C	938 mm	68
1955	37.7 °C11 November 1955	4.1 °C9 August 1955	18.9 °C	920 mm	24
1954	41.2 °C26 October 1954	5.3 °C23 July 1954	19.1 °C	554 mm	50
1953	41.5 °C16 October 1953	5.3 °C31 July 1953	20.3 °C	656 mm	68
1952	36.8 °C15 January 1952	6.6 °C3 July 1952	20.4 °C	968 mm	71
1951	40.8 °C8 October 1951	5.3 °C11 July 1951	20.4 °C	607 mm	100
1950	38.1 °C21 December 1950	5.8 °C27 May 1950	20.1 °C	925 mm	67
1949	35.3 °C4 September 1949	6.3 °C6 June 1949	19.3 °C	1,009 mm	35
1948	36.2 °C5 October 1948	6.8 °C3 September 1948	19.5 °C	1,066 mm	38
1947	40.8 °C7 October 1947	4.5 °C18 July 1947	19.8 °C	803 mm	56
1946	36.6 °C5 December 1946	4.9 °C17 June 1946	19.8 °C	848 mm	60
1945	35.8 °C19 October 1945	4.2 °C27 June 1945	19.6 °C	894 mm	42
1944	36.4 °C11 December 1944	6.3 °C15 May 1944	19.6 °C	904 mm	46
1943	33.3 °C3 October 1943	5.8 °C22 July 1943	19.2 °C	1,052 mm	27
1942	37.8 °C10 September 1942	4.9 °C26 July 1942	19.7 °C	970 mm	50
1941	39.9 °C8 October 1941	5.4 °C22 July 1941	21.4 °C	369 mm	141
1940	40.6 °C15 November 1940	4.9 °C15 July 1940	20.7 °C	614 mm	103

Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.

A specific year

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Year

Across the whole year

Average daily high

26.6 °C

0.0 °C

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

75 d/yr

-11

Frost days (< 0 °C)

0 d/yr

Annual rainfall

1015 mm

+186 mm

Month by month

	High	vs. normal	Precipitation	vs. normal
Jan	29.7 °C	+0.6 °C	246 mm	+113 mm
Feb	28.5 °C	-0.5 °C	114 mm	-3 mm
Mar	29.0 °C	+0.7 °C	52 mm	-41 mm
Apr	25.9 °C	-0.7 °C	104 mm	+43 mm
May	25.5 °C	+0.3 °C	11 mm	-12 mm
Jun	24.3 °C	+0.9 °C	2 mm	-9 mm
Jul	23.7 °C	+0.4 °C	6 mm	-7 mm
Aug	25.9 °C	+1.2 °C	3 mm	-19 mm
Sep	26.8 °C	+0.3 °C	43 mm	+3 mm
Oct	26.4 °C	-0.6 °C	58 mm	-17 mm
Nov	26.2 °C	-1.5 °C	144 mm	+33 mm
Dec	27.4 °C	-1.3 °C	233 mm	+101 mm

The year's extremes

Hottest day

37.1 °C

3 Sep 2025

Coldest day

3.9 °C

29 Jul 2025

Wettest day

53.0 mm

19 Feb 2025

Windiest day

29.1 km/h

10 Jun 2025

Strongest gust

61.9 km/h

10 Jun 2025

Hottest feels-like

40.7 °C

5 Jan 2025

Coldest feels-like

1.2 °C

29 Jul 2025

Sunniest day

13.7 h

23 Dec 2025

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Frequently asked questions

What is the climate of Manzini?

Manzini has a humid subtropical, dry winter climate (Köppen Cwa). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 20.3 °C and it receives 829 mm of precipitation per year.

What is the hottest day ever recorded in Manzini?

The hottest day measured in Manzini between 1940 and 2025 was 26 February 1992, reaching 43.3 °C.

What is the coldest day in Manzini?

The coldest day measured in Manzini between 1940 and 2025 was 14 June 2020, at 2.5 °C.

Does it snow in Manzini?

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

Has the climate of Manzini warmed?

Yes: Manzini warmed by +0.9 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.

What is the wettest day in Manzini?

The wettest day measured in Manzini between 1940 and 2025 was 29 January 1984, with 146 mm of rain in 24 hours.

What was the windiest day in Manzini?

The windiest day measured in Manzini between 1940 and 2025 was 29 January 1984, with winds reaching 40.0 km/h.

What is the warmest month in Manzini?

The warmest month in Manzini is January (24.0 °C on average); the coldest is July (15.5 °C).

How much does it rain in Manzini?

Manzini receives on average 829 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 109 rainy days.

Is it sunny in Manzini?

Manzini gets on average 9.1 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,322 hours per year over 1940-2025.

Are there tropical nights in Manzini?

Yes: Manzini has on average 62 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.

What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Manzini?

In Manzini, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 44.7 °C on 25 February 1992, and the lowest was -1.3 °C on 27 June 1964.

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