Kasungu climate — normals and trends

Q: What is the climate of Kasungu?

Kasungu has a hot semi-arid climate (Köppen BSh). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 21.0 °C and it receives 686 mm of precipitation per year.

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

The hottest day measured in Kasungu between 1940 and 2025 was 24 November 2021, reaching 37.0 °C.

Q: What is the coldest day in Kasungu?

The coldest day measured in Kasungu between 1940 and 2025 was 5 July 1965, at 5.8 °C.

Q: Does it snow in Kasungu?

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

Q: Has the climate of Kasungu warmed?

Yes: Kasungu warmed by +1.4 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.

Q: What is the wettest day in Kasungu?

The wettest day measured in Kasungu between 1940 and 2025 was 16 February 1983, with 111 mm of rain in 24 hours.

Q: What was the windiest day in Kasungu?

The windiest day measured in Kasungu between 1940 and 2025 was 29 October 1984, with winds reaching 33.7 km/h.

Q: What is the warmest month in Kasungu?

The warmest month in Kasungu is November (24.3 °C on average); the coldest is July (17.1 °C).

Q: How much does it rain in Kasungu?

Kasungu receives on average 686 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 108 rainy days.

Q: Is it sunny in Kasungu?

Kasungu gets on average 10.4 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,796 hours per year over 1940-2025.

Kasungu (Malawi) has a hot semi-arid climate (BSh) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 21.0 °C and it receives 686 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 November (24.3 °C on average) and the coldest is July (17.1 °C). Rainfall peaks in January.

Kasungu averages 0 frost days, 49 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 108 rainy days per year.

Kasungu has warmed by +1.4 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.17 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.

The hottest day of the period reached 37.0 °C (on 24 November 2021) and the coldest 5.8 °C (on 5 July 1965).

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

KasunguCentral Region

coords: -13.03°, 33.48°
period: 1940–2025 · 86 yrs

BShHot semi-aridWarmest monthNovemberColdest monthJulyWettest monthJanuaryDriest monthAugust

Mean daily temperature

21.0°C

Average daily high

26.6°C

Average daily low

16.4°C

Annual rainfall

686mm

Sunshine / day

10.4h

Mean relative humidity

67%

Average peak wind

17.7km/h

Seasonal range

7.2°C

Frost days (< 0 °C)

0 d/yr

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

49 d/yr

Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)

108 d/yr

Annual snowfall

0.0 cm

Average feels-like high

27.2 °C

Average feels-like low

16.3 °C

Average peak gust

37.4 km/h

Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)

28 d/yr

Solar radiation

20.0 MJ/m²

Has the climate changed?

One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025

+1.4 °C

since 1940

+0.2 °C per decade · r² = 0.57 · 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

37.0 °C

24 November 2021

Coldest day

5.8 °C

5 July 1965

Wettest day

111 mm

16 February 1983

Windiest day

33.7 km/h

29 October 1984

Strongest gust

74.5 km/h

4 February 1972

Hottest feels-like

38.6 °C

24 November 2021

Coldest feels-like

2.9 °C

5 July 1965

Sunniest day

12.7 h

8 December 2025

Year	Hottest day	Coldest day	Annual mean	Rainfall	Hot days
2025	34.0 °C26 October 2025	8.7 °C12 July 2025	21.4 °C	774 mm	60
2024	34.0 °C14 December 2024	7.9 °C15 June 2024	21.9 °C	747 mm	84
2023	34.9 °C14 October 2023	9.8 °C15 July 2023	21.9 °C	813 mm	78
2022	33.8 °C20 November 2022	10.1 °C29 July 2022	21.1 °C	930 mm	50
2021	37.0 °C24 November 2021	8.3 °C30 June 2021	21.3 °C	700 mm	83
2020	34.3 °C19 November 2020	8.9 °C1 August 2020	21.7 °C	642 mm	62
2019	35.0 °C15 November 2019	6.6 °C24 July 2019	21.7 °C	925 mm	55
2018	34.1 °C31 October 2018	9.8 °C24 July 2018	21.5 °C	740 mm	50
2017	36.5 °C18 October 2017	9.4 °C14 July 2017	21.8 °C	799 mm	51
2016	34.2 °C10 November 2016	9.0 °C22 July 2016	22.1 °C	470 mm	89
2015	35.8 °C22 November 2015	9.0 °C10 August 2015	22.0 °C	605 mm	71
2014	34.4 °C16 October 2014	9.2 °C13 July 2014	21.7 °C	729 mm	72
2013	35.4 °C1 November 2013	9.2 °C14 July 2013	21.7 °C	673 mm	65
2012	35.3 °C19 October 2012	7.4 °C20 July 2012	21.3 °C	665 mm	62
2011	35.8 °C26 October 2011	8.9 °C21 July 2011	21.4 °C	601 mm	55
2010	34.0 °C11 October 2010	8.1 °C16 August 2010	21.5 °C	637 mm	60
2009	33.2 °C11 December 2009	8.3 °C30 July 2009	21.1 °C	581 mm	50
2008	34.6 °C15 November 2008	7.8 °C30 June 2008	20.8 °C	614 mm	58
2007	33.4 °C25 November 2007	8.6 °C10 July 2007	21.0 °C	754 mm	38
2006	33.7 °C4 October 2006	8.7 °C6 June 2006	21.1 °C	606 mm	41
2005	34.8 °C15 November 2005	8.9 °C20 July 2005	21.6 °C	419 mm	58
2004	34.3 °C21 November 2004	8.0 °C16 July 2004	21.1 °C	689 mm	30
2003	34.7 °C6 November 2003	8.8 °C9 July 2003	21.1 °C	663 mm	52
2002	34.9 °C5 November 2002	8.6 °C27 June 2002	21.2 °C	634 mm	60
2001	34.2 °C23 November 2001	8.7 °C28 July 2001	21.3 °C	596 mm	74
2000	33.1 °C27 October 2000	9.1 °C6 July 2000	20.9 °C	659 mm	25
1999	33.5 °C25 October 1999	9.1 °C25 June 1999	21.0 °C	526 mm	52
1998	34.1 °C17 December 1998	9.1 °C2 July 1998	21.8 °C	455 mm	72
1997	34.8 °C13 November 1997	9.6 °C5 May 1997	21.3 °C	794 mm	49
1996	34.6 °C3 December 1996	6.3 °C3 July 1996	21.3 °C	692 mm	61
1995	35.9 °C26 November 1995	7.6 °C3 July 1995	21.8 °C	469 mm	71
1994	35.4 °C24 November 1994	6.8 °C14 July 1994	21.4 °C	525 mm	74
1993	33.4 °C4 December 1993	9.2 °C9 June 1993	21.1 °C	608 mm	51
1992	33.5 °C1 November 1992	7.5 °C29 July 1992	21.5 °C	531 mm	62
1991	33.1 °C31 October 1991	7.6 °C23 July 1991	21.3 °C	558 mm	45
1990	34.4 °C6 November 1990	7.7 °C5 July 1990	21.6 °C	425 mm	63
1989	33.3 °C11 November 1989	9.1 °C11 July 1989	20.6 °C	1,105 mm	36
1988	33.3 °C11 October 1988	9.0 °C17 July 1988	21.4 °C	498 mm	47
1987	33.5 °C19 December 1987	6.1 °C2 July 1987	21.6 °C	528 mm	72
1986	33.4 °C7 October 1986	7.8 °C22 June 1986	20.6 °C	732 mm	25
1985	33.5 °C3 November 1985	7.0 °C3 August 1985	20.6 °C	613 mm	19
1984	33.4 °C6 December 1984	9.3 °C18 June 1984	20.8 °C	657 mm	47
1983	34.8 °C16 November 1983	7.9 °C22 July 1983	21.8 °C	730 mm	67
1982	34.2 °C8 November 1982	7.9 °C18 May 1982	20.8 °C	746 mm	28
1981	34.7 °C8 November 1981	7.2 °C20 June 1981	21.0 °C	520 mm	55
1980	33.1 °C6 November 1980	7.7 °C21 June 1980	20.8 °C	733 mm	42
1979	32.9 °C12 October 1979	8.6 °C26 June 1979	20.7 °C	618 mm	47
1978	33.6 °C29 September 1978	8.0 °C16 June 1978	20.7 °C	1,068 mm	41
1977	35.2 °C23 October 1977	7.2 °C6 July 1977	21.2 °C	680 mm	49
1976	34.2 °C25 November 1976	7.8 °C4 July 1976	20.6 °C	672 mm	50
1975	33.1 °C5 November 1975	5.9 °C26 July 1975	20.8 °C	583 mm	37
1974	33.4 °C3 December 1974	7.9 °C28 July 1974	20.3 °C	769 mm	37
1973	34.4 °C6 November 1973	8.4 °C13 July 1973	21.1 °C	529 mm	49
1972	34.6 °C17 November 1972	8.3 °C25 July 1972	20.8 °C	638 mm	47
1971	33.3 °C9 November 1971	8.4 °C7 June 1971	20.2 °C	852 mm	22
1970	33.4 °C16 November 1970	9.0 °C20 June 1970	20.9 °C	708 mm	31
1969	32.8 °C9 November 1969	8.7 °C24 July 1969	21.0 °C	566 mm	48
1968	32.8 °C4 October 1968	8.1 °C24 June 1968	20.5 °C	641 mm	27
1967	33.1 °C6 October 1967	7.7 °C20 July 1967	20.8 °C	550 mm	27
1966	31.6 °C26 September 1966	7.2 °C23 August 1966	20.8 °C	566 mm	25
1965	32.3 °C20 November 1965	5.8 °C5 July 1965	19.9 °C	705 mm	17
1964	31.8 °C17 November 1964	6.3 °C29 June 1964	20.3 °C	577 mm	25
1963	31.3 °C9 October 1963	6.8 °C6 June 1963	20.3 °C	876 mm	25
1962	33.0 °C15 October 1962	9.8 °C5 May 1962	20.4 °C	803 mm	32
1961	32.5 °C25 October 1961	9.2 °C11 August 1961	20.4 °C	780 mm	18
1960	32.9 °C8 December 1960	9.3 °C6 August 1960	20.3 °C	671 mm	32
1959	32.7 °C17 November 1959	9.6 °C18 July 1959	20.4 °C	887 mm	23
1958	33.0 °C29 October 1958	7.3 °C20 July 1958	20.7 °C	900 mm	35
1957	33.0 °C12 November 1957	7.9 °C18 June 1957	20.1 °C	1,264 mm	39
1956	33.3 °C22 September 1956	7.1 °C29 July 1956	20.0 °C	913 mm	43
1955	32.5 °C14 November 1955	7.4 °C11 August 1955	20.0 °C	909 mm	40
1954	33.4 °C27 October 1954	7.6 °C22 June 1954	20.5 °C	446 mm	32
1953	32.9 °C28 October 1953	7.3 °C14 June 1953	20.2 °C	1,048 mm	34
1952	35.0 °C16 September 1952	8.6 °C15 July 1952	20.7 °C	688 mm	55
1951	36.2 °C28 November 1951	7.6 °C25 July 1951	21.2 °C	476 mm	57
1950	33.8 °C25 October 1950	7.9 °C20 August 1950	20.0 °C	823 mm	34
1949	34.2 °C3 November 1949	8.2 °C7 June 1949	20.8 °C	707 mm	54
1948	34.2 °C11 November 1948	9.2 °C16 July 1948	21.1 °C	700 mm	66
1947	33.4 °C27 November 1947	8.4 °C6 July 1947	20.5 °C	696 mm	56
1946	34.0 °C10 October 1946	7.2 °C10 July 1946	20.3 °C	715 mm	37
1945	32.6 °C26 November 1945	8.9 °C21 June 1945	20.2 °C	721 mm	47
1944	32.5 °C11 November 1944	8.4 °C13 July 1944	20.3 °C	721 mm	45
1943	34.8 °C25 November 1943	8.0 °C25 July 1943	20.9 °C	457 mm	93
1942	33.8 °C9 November 1942	7.9 °C29 July 1942	20.8 °C	487 mm	48
1941	35.5 °C24 September 1941	8.8 °C22 June 1941	20.8 °C	625 mm	48
1940	33.0 °C30 November 1940	7.6 °C18 July 1940	20.2 °C	877 mm	34

Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.

A specific year

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Year

Across the whole year

Average daily high

27.1 °C

+0.5 °C

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

60 d/yr

+11

Frost days (< 0 °C)

0 d/yr

Annual rainfall

774 mm

+88 mm

Month by month

	High	vs. normal	Precipitation	vs. normal
Jan	26.3 °C	+0.1 °C	246 mm	+61 mm
Feb	27.6 °C	+1.4 °C	96 mm	-68 mm
Mar	26.9 °C	+0.8 °C	81 mm	-29 mm
Apr	26.9 °C	+0.9 °C	22 mm	-12 mm
May	25.4 °C	0.0 °C	24 mm	+18 mm
Jun	24.7 °C	+0.7 °C	3 mm	+1 mm
Jul	23.4 °C	-0.3 °C	1 mm	0 mm
Aug	26.1 °C	+0.6 °C	0 mm	-1 mm
Sep	29.8 °C	+1.7 °C	1 mm	-1 mm
Oct	30.5 °C	+0.4 °C	3 mm	-5 mm
Nov	29.4 °C	-0.8 °C	84 mm	+47 mm
Dec	27.9 °C	+0.1 °C	214 mm	+77 mm

The year's extremes

Hottest day

34.0 °C

26 Oct 2025

Coldest day

8.7 °C

12 Jul 2025

Wettest day

54.2 mm

25 Jan 2025

Windiest day

29.0 km/h

20 Sep 2025

Strongest gust

60.8 km/h

3 Nov 2025

Hottest feels-like

34.8 °C

13 Jan 2025

Coldest feels-like

6.5 °C

31 Jul 2025

Sunniest day

12.7 h

8 Dec 2025

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Frequently asked questions

What is the climate of Kasungu?

Kasungu has a hot semi-arid climate (Köppen BSh). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 21.0 °C and it receives 686 mm of precipitation per year.

What is the hottest day ever recorded in Kasungu?

The hottest day measured in Kasungu between 1940 and 2025 was 24 November 2021, reaching 37.0 °C.

What is the coldest day in Kasungu?

The coldest day measured in Kasungu between 1940 and 2025 was 5 July 1965, at 5.8 °C.

Does it snow in Kasungu?

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

Has the climate of Kasungu warmed?

Yes: Kasungu warmed by +1.4 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.

What is the wettest day in Kasungu?

The wettest day measured in Kasungu between 1940 and 2025 was 16 February 1983, with 111 mm of rain in 24 hours.

What was the windiest day in Kasungu?

The windiest day measured in Kasungu between 1940 and 2025 was 29 October 1984, with winds reaching 33.7 km/h.

What is the warmest month in Kasungu?

The warmest month in Kasungu is November (24.3 °C on average); the coldest is July (17.1 °C).

How much does it rain in Kasungu?

Kasungu receives on average 686 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 108 rainy days.

Is it sunny in Kasungu?

Kasungu gets on average 10.4 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,796 hours per year over 1940-2025.

Are there tropical nights in Kasungu?

Yes: Kasungu has on average 28 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.

What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Kasungu?

In Kasungu, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 38.6 °C on 24 November 2021, and the lowest was 2.9 °C on 5 July 1965.

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