Salima climate — normals and trends

Q: What is the climate of Salima?

Salima has a tropical savanna climate (Köppen Aw). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 23.9 °C and it receives 1,546 mm of precipitation per year.

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

The hottest day measured in Salima between 1940 and 2025 was 24 November 2021, reaching 33.6 °C.

Q: What is the coldest day in Salima?

The coldest day measured in Salima between 1940 and 2025 was 14 July 1985, at 14.3 °C.

Q: Does it snow in Salima?

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

Q: Has the climate of Salima warmed?

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

Q: What is the wettest day in Salima?

The wettest day measured in Salima between 1940 and 2025 was 27 January 1989, with 112 mm of rain in 24 hours.

Q: What was the windiest day in Salima?

The windiest day measured in Salima between 1940 and 2025 was 25 March 1944, with winds reaching 47.9 km/h.

Q: What is the warmest month in Salima?

The warmest month in Salima is November (26.9 °C on average); the coldest is July (20.2 °C).

Q: How much does it rain in Salima?

Salima receives on average 1,546 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 132 rainy days.

Q: Is it sunny in Salima?

Salima gets on average 10.9 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,979 hours per year over 1940-2025.

Salima (Malawi) has a tropical savanna climate (Aw) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 23.9 °C and it receives 1,546 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 (26.9 °C on average) and the coldest is July (20.2 °C). Rainfall peaks in January.

Salima averages 0 frost days, 21 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 132 rainy days per year.

Salima 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 33.6 °C (on 24 November 2021) and the coldest 14.3 °C (on 14 July 1985).

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

SalimaCentral Region

coords: -13.78°, 34.46°
period: 1940–2025 · 86 yrs

AwTropical savannaWarmest monthNovemberColdest monthJulyWettest monthJanuaryDriest monthAugust

Mean daily temperature

23.9°C

Average daily high

26.1°C

Average daily low

21.8°C

Annual rainfall

1,546mm

Sunshine / day

10.9h

Mean relative humidity

69%

Average peak wind

17.9km/h

Seasonal range

6.7°C

Frost days (< 0 °C)

0 d/yr

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

21 d/yr

Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)

132 d/yr

Annual snowfall

0.0 cm

Average feels-like high

28.4 °C

Average feels-like low

22.6 °C

Average peak gust

30.4 km/h

Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)

275 d/yr

Solar radiation

21.0 MJ/m²

Has the climate changed?

One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025

+0.9 °C

since 1940

+0.1 °C per decade · r² = 0.41 · 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

33.6 °C

24 November 2021

Coldest day

14.3 °C

14 July 1985

Wettest day

112 mm

27 January 1989

Windiest day

47.9 km/h

25 March 1944

Strongest gust

77.8 km/h

25 March 1944

Hottest feels-like

38.1 °C

6 December 2018

Coldest feels-like

9.9 °C

14 July 1985

Sunniest day

12.8 h

11 December 2024

Year	Hottest day	Coldest day	Annual mean	Rainfall	Hot days
2025	31.5 °C26 October 2025	16.0 °C4 August 2025	24.4 °C	1,432 mm	23
2024	32.0 °C29 October 2024	17.0 °C12 June 2024	24.9 °C	1,139 mm	43
2023	32.2 °C19 December 2023	16.4 °C15 July 2023	24.7 °C	1,769 mm	48
2022	31.7 °C20 November 2022	16.2 °C29 July 2022	24.1 °C	1,847 mm	29
2021	33.6 °C24 November 2021	15.5 °C26 July 2021	24.3 °C	1,702 mm	56
2020	32.9 °C25 November 2020	15.3 °C1 August 2020	24.5 °C	1,133 mm	35
2019	32.7 °C29 October 2019	15.7 °C24 July 2019	24.4 °C	1,643 mm	27
2018	31.4 °C7 November 2018	16.6 °C22 July 2018	24.3 °C	1,749 mm	16
2017	32.4 °C16 November 2017	17.7 °C14 July 2017	24.4 °C	1,646 mm	28
2016	32.5 °C11 November 2016	16.1 °C10 July 2016	24.7 °C	1,241 mm	44
2015	32.6 °C22 November 2015	16.3 °C11 July 2015	24.6 °C	1,018 mm	41
2014	32.2 °C25 November 2014	16.5 °C12 July 2014	24.3 °C	1,433 mm	40
2013	32.5 °C21 November 2013	16.6 °C12 July 2013	24.3 °C	1,268 mm	33
2012	32.0 °C19 October 2012	15.9 °C20 July 2012	24.2 °C	1,607 mm	37
2011	33.2 °C1 November 2011	16.2 °C24 July 2011	24.3 °C	1,379 mm	31
2010	31.9 °C30 October 2010	15.5 °C13 August 2010	24.4 °C	1,358 mm	39
2009	30.7 °C11 December 2009	15.7 °C30 July 2009	23.9 °C	1,415 mm	14
2008	32.5 °C15 November 2008	15.7 °C1 July 2008	23.8 °C	1,519 mm	25
2007	32.3 °C25 November 2007	16.2 °C6 July 2007	24.1 °C	1,535 mm	17
2006	31.6 °C3 November 2006	16.0 °C29 June 2006	24.0 °C	1,753 mm	17
2005	32.6 °C18 November 2005	17.0 °C3 July 2005	24.6 °C	918 mm	31
2004	31.2 °C21 November 2004	15.3 °C16 July 2004	23.8 °C	1,603 mm	5
2003	32.0 °C6 November 2003	15.0 °C8 July 2003	23.9 °C	1,429 mm	26
2002	31.9 °C5 November 2002	16.0 °C23 June 2002	24.1 °C	1,271 mm	15
2001	32.0 °C22 November 2001	15.7 °C26 July 2001	24.1 °C	1,636 mm	33
2000	30.6 °C27 October 2000	15.7 °C4 July 2000	23.7 °C	1,879 mm	2
1999	31.2 °C7 December 1999	16.4 °C22 July 1999	23.8 °C	1,404 mm	18
1998	31.8 °C19 December 1998	16.4 °C28 July 1998	24.5 °C	1,070 mm	28
1997	32.5 °C12 November 1997	16.2 °C14 July 1997	24.0 °C	1,829 mm	16
1996	32.8 °C3 December 1996	15.5 °C26 July 1996	24.1 °C	1,414 mm	42
1995	32.8 °C26 November 1995	16.2 °C3 July 1995	24.4 °C	1,149 mm	34
1994	32.9 °C21 November 1994	15.3 °C14 July 1994	24.0 °C	1,082 mm	27
1993	32.0 °C3 December 1993	16.4 °C15 August 1993	24.2 °C	1,288 mm	24
1992	31.1 °C30 October 1992	15.2 °C14 August 1992	24.5 °C	1,007 mm	24
1991	31.0 °C31 October 1991	15.9 °C14 August 1991	23.9 °C	1,442 mm	8
1990	31.7 °C7 December 1990	16.7 °C16 August 1990	24.2 °C	1,121 mm	20
1989	31.3 °C11 November 1989	16.1 °C23 July 1989	23.6 °C	2,047 mm	11
1988	30.2 °C11 October 1988	15.6 °C17 July 1988	24.1 °C	1,405 mm	6
1987	32.0 °C20 December 1987	15.7 °C1 July 1987	24.2 °C	1,323 mm	22
1986	29.9 °C16 October 1986	15.7 °C28 June 1986	23.5 °C	1,904 mm	0
1985	31.6 °C5 November 1985	14.3 °C14 July 1985	23.4 °C	1,559 mm	3
1984	30.5 °C16 October 1984	15.9 °C18 June 1984	23.8 °C	1,801 mm	5
1983	32.9 °C14 November 1983	15.8 °C21 July 1983	24.6 °C	1,389 mm	32
1982	30.3 °C10 November 1982	15.9 °C16 July 1982	23.6 °C	1,535 mm	3
1981	31.8 °C27 November 1981	15.5 °C12 June 1981	23.5 °C	1,192 mm	15
1980	31.4 °C28 November 1980	15.9 °C20 July 1980	23.5 °C	1,905 mm	15
1979	31.5 °C29 October 1979	15.6 °C6 July 1979	23.7 °C	1,260 mm	19
1978	30.7 °C19 October 1978	15.7 °C27 July 1978	23.5 °C	2,412 mm	9
1977	31.5 °C23 October 1977	14.6 °C5 July 1977	23.9 °C	1,815 mm	15
1976	32.1 °C30 November 1976	14.7 °C18 July 1976	23.4 °C	1,714 mm	23
1975	30.5 °C4 November 1975	14.4 °C26 July 1975	23.6 °C	1,207 mm	6
1974	32.0 °C3 December 1974	15.7 °C28 July 1974	23.2 °C	1,756 mm	13
1973	31.7 °C11 November 1973	15.2 °C12 July 1973	23.9 °C	1,301 mm	15
1972	30.4 °C24 November 1972	15.7 °C3 July 1972	23.5 °C	1,594 mm	4
1971	31.0 °C8 November 1971	16.0 °C11 June 1971	23.5 °C	1,669 mm	5
1970	31.2 °C20 November 1970	17.1 °C20 June 1970	24.0 °C	1,522 mm	13
1969	31.2 °C30 October 1969	15.9 °C24 July 1969	24.2 °C	1,379 mm	30
1968	31.1 °C29 October 1968	15.2 °C23 June 1968	23.6 °C	1,524 mm	6
1967	30.6 °C27 October 1967	15.1 °C19 July 1967	23.7 °C	1,370 mm	2
1966	30.4 °C6 November 1966	15.6 °C28 July 1966	24.0 °C	1,354 mm	6
1965	31.2 °C20 November 1965	15.2 °C5 July 1965	23.2 °C	1,393 mm	2
1964	31.0 °C17 November 1964	14.7 °C23 July 1964	23.6 °C	1,000 mm	13
1963	30.6 °C25 October 1963	15.2 °C6 June 1963	23.5 °C	1,910 mm	4
1962	31.8 °C23 November 1962	16.2 °C31 July 1962	23.8 °C	1,682 mm	19
1961	31.2 °C26 October 1961	15.6 °C10 August 1961	23.6 °C	2,000 mm	6
1960	31.7 °C11 December 1960	15.8 °C22 July 1960	23.7 °C	1,246 mm	27
1959	31.2 °C2 November 1959	17.2 °C22 August 1959	23.8 °C	1,834 mm	11
1958	30.6 °C29 October 1958	15.1 °C12 August 1958	24.0 °C	1,874 mm	7
1957	32.1 °C25 November 1957	16.6 °C11 July 1957	23.6 °C	2,779 mm	33
1956	30.9 °C24 November 1956	15.7 °C28 July 1956	23.4 °C	2,079 mm	12
1955	31.7 °C13 November 1955	15.0 °C10 August 1955	23.3 °C	2,196 mm	14
1954	31.5 °C26 October 1954	15.0 °C21 June 1954	23.8 °C	1,093 mm	13
1953	32.0 °C9 November 1953	14.8 °C23 July 1953	23.3 °C	2,606 mm	18
1952	31.2 °C3 November 1952	16.3 °C2 July 1952	23.8 °C	1,511 mm	11
1951	31.7 °C29 October 1951	15.2 °C24 July 1951	24.1 °C	1,229 mm	23
1950	31.5 °C25 October 1950	15.6 °C20 August 1950	23.2 °C	2,002 mm	8
1949	32.4 °C3 November 1949	16.1 °C7 June 1949	24.0 °C	1,537 mm	36
1948	32.6 °C11 November 1948	15.7 °C4 September 1948	23.9 °C	1,825 mm	30
1947	31.9 °C26 November 1947	15.5 °C17 July 1947	23.6 °C	1,575 mm	27
1946	31.3 °C24 October 1946	14.9 °C19 June 1946	23.4 °C	1,790 mm	17
1945	31.6 °C9 November 1945	16.1 °C30 June 1945	23.6 °C	1,689 mm	24
1944	32.1 °C11 November 1944	15.9 °C19 May 1944	23.7 °C	1,526 mm	21
1943	33.1 °C2 December 1943	15.9 °C28 June 1943	24.0 °C	1,206 mm	65
1942	32.3 °C9 November 1942	15.5 °C26 July 1942	24.0 °C	1,210 mm	15
1941	32.0 °C21 October 1941	16.0 °C5 July 1941	24.0 °C	1,379 mm	31
1940	31.7 °C20 November 1940	15.5 °C14 July 1940	23.6 °C	1,742 mm	15

Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.

A specific year

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Year

Across the whole year

Average daily high

26.5 °C

+0.4 °C

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

23 d/yr

Frost days (< 0 °C)

0 d/yr

Annual rainfall

1432 mm

-115 mm

Month by month

	High	vs. normal	Precipitation	vs. normal
Jan	27.2 °C	+0.4 °C	446 mm	+36 mm
Feb	28.2 °C	+1.4 °C	182 mm	-167 mm
Mar	27.5 °C	+0.7 °C	147 mm	-118 mm
Apr	27.1 °C	+0.8 °C	101 mm	+27 mm
May	25.2 °C	+0.3 °C	25 mm	+14 mm
Jun	24.1 °C	+1.0 °C	2 mm	-1 mm
Jul	22.7 °C	+0.2 °C	2 mm	+1 mm
Aug	23.9 °C	0.0 °C	0 mm	-1 mm
Sep	27.6 °C	+1.0 °C	1 mm	-1 mm
Oct	28.9 °C	+0.1 °C	5 mm	-7 mm
Nov	28.4 °C	-0.7 °C	96 mm	+3 mm
Dec	27.4 °C	-0.2 °C	427 mm	+100 mm

The year's extremes

Hottest day

31.5 °C

26 Oct 2025

Coldest day

16.0 °C

4 Aug 2025

Wettest day

58.7 mm

11 Mar 2025

Windiest day

36.7 km/h

22 May 2025

Strongest gust

56.9 km/h

11 Mar 2025

Hottest feels-like

36.8 °C

30 Nov 2025

Coldest feels-like

13.3 °C

4 Aug 2025

Sunniest day

12.8 h

1 Dec 2025

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Frequently asked questions

What is the climate of Salima?

Salima has a tropical savanna climate (Köppen Aw). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 23.9 °C and it receives 1,546 mm of precipitation per year.

What is the hottest day ever recorded in Salima?

The hottest day measured in Salima between 1940 and 2025 was 24 November 2021, reaching 33.6 °C.

What is the coldest day in Salima?

The coldest day measured in Salima between 1940 and 2025 was 14 July 1985, at 14.3 °C.

Does it snow in Salima?

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

Has the climate of Salima warmed?

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

What is the wettest day in Salima?

The wettest day measured in Salima between 1940 and 2025 was 27 January 1989, with 112 mm of rain in 24 hours.

What was the windiest day in Salima?

The windiest day measured in Salima between 1940 and 2025 was 25 March 1944, with winds reaching 47.9 km/h.

What is the warmest month in Salima?

The warmest month in Salima is November (26.9 °C on average); the coldest is July (20.2 °C).

How much does it rain in Salima?

Salima receives on average 1,546 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 132 rainy days.

Is it sunny in Salima?

Salima gets on average 10.9 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,979 hours per year over 1940-2025.

Are there tropical nights in Salima?

Yes: Salima has on average 275 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.

What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Salima?

In Salima, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 38.1 °C on 6 December 2018, and the lowest was 9.9 °C on 14 July 1985.

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