Chinsali climate — normals and trends

Q: What is the climate of Chinsali?

Chinsali has a tropical savanna climate (Köppen Aw). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 21.1 °C and it receives 853 mm of precipitation per year.

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

The hottest day measured in Chinsali between 1940 and 2025 was 18 October 2017, reaching 37.6 °C.

Q: What is the coldest day in Chinsali?

The coldest day measured in Chinsali between 1940 and 2025 was 26 July 2024, at 7.0 °C.

Q: Does it snow in Chinsali?

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

Q: Has the climate of Chinsali warmed?

Yes: Chinsali warmed by +1.6 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.

Q: What is the wettest day in Chinsali?

The wettest day measured in Chinsali between 1940 and 2025 was 12 January 2007, with 69 mm of rain in 24 hours.

Q: What was the windiest day in Chinsali?

The windiest day measured in Chinsali between 1940 and 2025 was 28 August 2023, with winds reaching 33.0 km/h.

Q: What is the warmest month in Chinsali?

The warmest month in Chinsali is October (24.7 °C on average); the coldest is July (18.2 °C).

Q: How much does it rain in Chinsali?

Chinsali receives on average 853 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 132 rainy days.

Q: Is it sunny in Chinsali?

Chinsali gets on average 10.6 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,869 hours per year over 1940-2025.

Chinsali (Zambia) has a tropical savanna climate (Aw) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 21.1 °C and it receives 853 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 October (24.7 °C on average) and the coldest is July (18.2 °C). Rainfall peaks in January.

Chinsali averages 0 frost days, 62 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 132 rainy days per year.

Chinsali has warmed by +1.6 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.18 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.

The hottest day of the period reached 37.6 °C (on 18 October 2017) and the coldest 7.0 °C (on 26 July 2024).

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

ChinsaliMuchinga

coords: -10.54°, 32.08°
period: 1940–2025 · 86 yrs

AwTropical savannaWarmest monthOctoberColdest monthJulyWettest monthJanuaryDriest monthJuly

Mean daily temperature

21.1°C

Average daily high

26.9°C

Average daily low

16.1°C

Annual rainfall

853mm

Sunshine / day

10.6h

Mean relative humidity

63%

Average peak wind

14.8km/h

Seasonal range

6.5°C

Frost days (< 0 °C)

0 d/yr

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

62 d/yr

Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)

132 d/yr

Annual snowfall

0.0 cm

Average feels-like high

27.8 °C

Average feels-like low

15.8 °C

Average peak gust

32.9 km/h

Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)

10 d/yr

Solar radiation

20.4 MJ/m²

Has the climate changed?

One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025

+1.6 °C

since 1940

+0.2 °C per decade · r² = 0.60 · 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

37.6 °C

18 October 2017

Coldest day

7.0 °C

26 July 2024

Wettest day

69 mm

12 January 2007

Windiest day

33.0 km/h

28 August 2023

Strongest gust

71.6 km/h

5 February 1957

Hottest feels-like

37.9 °C

13 November 1997

Coldest feels-like

3.5 °C

26 July 1975

Sunniest day

12.6 h

26 November 1940

Year	Hottest day	Coldest day	Annual mean	Rainfall	Hot days
2025	34.4 °C28 October 2025	8.8 °C5 August 2025	21.2 °C	945 mm	71
2024	35.0 °C26 October 2024	7.0 °C26 July 2024	21.6 °C	1,012 mm	83
2023	36.8 °C14 October 2023	10.7 °C15 July 2023	22.4 °C	991 mm	95
2022	34.9 °C26 October 2022	10.9 °C4 June 2022	21.6 °C	1,143 mm	74
2021	36.6 °C9 November 2021	8.3 °C26 July 2021	22.1 °C	706 mm	102
2020	34.9 °C6 November 2020	10.0 °C19 July 2020	21.8 °C	1,025 mm	78
2019	36.2 °C30 October 2019	11.3 °C22 June 2019	22.3 °C	953 mm	84
2018	35.0 °C7 November 2018	10.7 °C9 June 2018	21.8 °C	945 mm	73
2017	37.6 °C18 October 2017	11.3 °C15 July 2017	21.9 °C	792 mm	78
2016	35.3 °C10 November 2016	10.4 °C14 July 2016	22.0 °C	864 mm	84
2015	35.9 °C14 November 2015	11.4 °C14 June 2015	22.2 °C	816 mm	79
2014	36.8 °C10 October 2014	10.2 °C12 July 2014	22.0 °C	831 mm	85
2013	36.1 °C1 November 2013	10.6 °C8 June 2013	22.2 °C	770 mm	91
2012	35.6 °C18 October 2012	9.6 °C20 July 2012	21.6 °C	779 mm	84
2011	35.4 °C25 October 2011	9.9 °C9 July 2011	21.3 °C	848 mm	46
2010	35.2 °C6 November 2010	10.2 °C13 August 2010	21.7 °C	795 mm	73
2009	33.9 °C9 October 2009	9.5 °C22 July 2009	21.4 °C	772 mm	63
2008	34.6 °C30 October 2008	9.4 °C2 July 2008	21.2 °C	733 mm	68
2007	34.5 °C24 September 2007	9.3 °C6 July 2007	21.6 °C	853 mm	80
2006	34.9 °C4 October 2006	9.3 °C28 June 2006	21.5 °C	745 mm	64
2005	35.8 °C23 November 2005	10.0 °C7 July 2005	22.2 °C	558 mm	107
2004	35.2 °C21 November 2004	8.2 °C9 July 2004	21.3 °C	779 mm	69
2003	35.0 °C27 October 2003	8.2 °C10 July 2003	21.4 °C	741 mm	79
2002	35.4 °C29 October 2002	10.5 °C23 June 2002	21.3 °C	927 mm	76
2001	33.9 °C28 October 2001	10.6 °C16 July 2001	21.3 °C	714 mm	73
2000	35.1 °C27 October 2000	10.3 °C7 July 2000	21.1 °C	855 mm	49
1999	35.6 °C23 October 1999	10.5 °C24 June 1999	21.3 °C	670 mm	67
1998	35.5 °C5 November 1998	10.5 °C15 June 1998	21.7 °C	766 mm	79
1997	35.0 °C25 September 1997	10.7 °C16 July 1997	21.7 °C	874 mm	70
1996	34.9 °C21 November 1996	9.2 °C3 July 1996	21.6 °C	581 mm	77
1995	34.5 °C17 November 1995	9.4 °C4 July 1995	21.8 °C	687 mm	88
1994	35.6 °C11 November 1994	9.1 °C14 July 1994	21.5 °C	702 mm	75
1993	34.2 °C4 December 1993	8.8 °C17 August 1993	21.5 °C	674 mm	89
1992	36.7 °C9 November 1992	9.8 °C6 July 1992	21.7 °C	743 mm	67
1991	33.8 °C11 November 1991	9.3 °C23 July 1991	21.3 °C	794 mm	66
1990	34.5 °C21 November 1990	9.2 °C17 July 1990	21.6 °C	679 mm	67
1989	34.8 °C9 November 1989	9.2 °C17 June 1989	20.9 °C	847 mm	55
1988	33.6 °C20 October 1988	9.9 °C17 July 1988	21.4 °C	774 mm	48
1987	34.9 °C20 November 1987	9.2 °C2 July 1987	21.9 °C	688 mm	75
1986	33.9 °C8 October 1986	7.9 °C23 July 1986	20.8 °C	903 mm	32
1985	34.3 °C3 November 1985	8.9 °C2 August 1985	20.7 °C	934 mm	44
1984	34.2 °C15 October 1984	10.4 °C21 August 1984	20.9 °C	833 mm	51
1983	36.4 °C16 November 1983	8.5 °C15 August 1983	21.7 °C	799 mm	69
1982	34.7 °C8 November 1982	8.9 °C10 June 1982	20.8 °C	920 mm	31
1981	35.2 °C8 November 1981	8.4 °C19 June 1981	21.3 °C	564 mm	74
1980	32.9 °C13 November 1980	8.9 °C14 June 1980	20.9 °C	790 mm	51
1979	34.1 °C30 October 1979	8.2 °C24 June 1979	20.6 °C	1,008 mm	57
1978	33.6 °C30 September 1978	8.5 °C17 June 1978	20.8 °C	1,131 mm	56
1977	34.7 °C20 October 1977	10.2 °C11 July 1977	21.4 °C	856 mm	59
1976	34.7 °C30 November 1976	7.1 °C28 June 1976	20.6 °C	774 mm	61
1975	34.4 °C4 November 1975	7.7 °C26 July 1975	20.8 °C	798 mm	43
1974	34.8 °C14 November 1974	9.2 °C28 July 1974	20.6 °C	907 mm	49
1973	33.6 °C3 November 1973	9.4 °C11 July 1973	20.9 °C	733 mm	52
1972	33.5 °C5 November 1972	9.3 °C5 July 1972	20.6 °C	1,016 mm	45
1971	32.5 °C2 November 1971	9.3 °C12 June 1971	20.3 °C	980 mm	33
1970	33.4 °C14 November 1970	9.4 °C20 June 1970	20.6 °C	990 mm	45
1969	33.5 °C30 October 1969	8.9 °C11 July 1969	20.9 °C	865 mm	58
1968	34.3 °C4 October 1968	7.2 °C24 June 1968	20.6 °C	771 mm	50
1967	33.7 °C6 October 1967	8.6 °C12 July 1967	20.7 °C	745 mm	36
1966	34.1 °C15 October 1966	8.7 °C1 August 1966	21.0 °C	742 mm	50
1965	32.4 °C20 November 1965	9.1 °C5 July 1965	20.4 °C	798 mm	45
1964	32.5 °C5 November 1964	8.1 °C29 June 1964	20.5 °C	811 mm	41
1963	33.5 °C21 October 1963	8.8 °C7 June 1963	20.4 °C	1,040 mm	39
1962	32.9 °C15 October 1962	10.2 °C27 June 1962	20.6 °C	981 mm	50
1961	32.9 °C16 October 1961	9.5 °C11 August 1961	20.2 °C	1,132 mm	26
1960	33.0 °C9 December 1960	9.5 °C26 July 1960	20.4 °C	762 mm	52
1959	32.3 °C18 October 1959	10.4 °C8 July 1959	20.3 °C	1,155 mm	18
1958	33.5 °C29 October 1958	8.5 °C21 July 1958	20.7 °C	1,053 mm	42
1957	33.6 °C25 November 1957	9.0 °C4 July 1957	20.1 °C	1,782 mm	64
1956	33.7 °C25 November 1956	9.1 °C13 July 1956	20.2 °C	1,048 mm	57
1955	33.6 °C22 October 1955	9.0 °C12 August 1955	20.1 °C	1,128 mm	46
1954	33.9 °C24 October 1954	8.8 °C21 June 1954	20.8 °C	597 mm	47
1953	32.9 °C11 November 1953	8.3 °C15 June 1953	20.2 °C	1,296 mm	49
1952	33.9 °C16 September 1952	9.8 °C8 July 1952	20.6 °C	965 mm	57
1951	35.1 °C17 October 1951	9.8 °C14 June 1951	21.2 °C	876 mm	73
1950	33.1 °C1 October 1950	9.6 °C2 June 1950	20.3 °C	820 mm	45
1949	34.1 °C30 November 1949	10.2 °C6 June 1949	21.1 °C	611 mm	72
1948	34.2 °C14 October 1948	9.6 °C5 July 1948	21.1 °C	927 mm	68
1947	34.4 °C21 October 1947	9.4 °C13 August 1947	20.6 °C	824 mm	59
1946	34.3 °C11 October 1946	9.2 °C15 August 1946	20.9 °C	874 mm	58
1945	34.3 °C25 November 1945	9.8 °C15 June 1945	20.7 °C	675 mm	71
1944	34.3 °C21 October 1944	9.6 °C20 May 1944	20.8 °C	749 mm	51
1943	35.1 °C30 November 1943	8.5 °C27 July 1943	21.3 °C	535 mm	106
1942	33.6 °C7 November 1942	9.6 °C28 July 1942	21.1 °C	609 mm	67
1941	34.8 °C12 October 1941	10.4 °C7 July 1941	20.6 °C	868 mm	49
1940	32.0 °C8 October 1940	9.9 °C28 June 1940	20.3 °C	1,043 mm	23

Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.

A specific year

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Year

Across the whole year

Average daily high

27.3 °C

+0.4 °C

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

71 d/yr

Frost days (< 0 °C)

0 d/yr

Annual rainfall

945 mm

+92 mm

Month by month

	High	vs. normal	Precipitation	vs. normal
Jan	26.3 °C	+0.7 °C	210 mm	+6 mm
Feb	27.5 °C	+1.7 °C	110 mm	-63 mm
Mar	26.8 °C	+1.1 °C	155 mm	+6 mm
Apr	26.8 °C	+1.3 °C	75 mm	+20 mm
May	25.0 °C	-0.6 °C	26 mm	+19 mm
Jun	25.6 °C	+0.9 °C	1 mm	+1 mm
Jul	24.2 °C	-0.4 °C	0 mm	+0 mm
Aug	26.7 °C	-0.1 °C	0 mm	-0 mm
Sep	30.8 °C	+1.1 °C	0 mm	-1 mm
Oct	31.9 °C	+0.5 °C	1 mm	-10 mm
Nov	29.2 °C	-0.8 °C	167 mm	+89 mm
Dec	26.7 °C	-0.2 °C	200 mm	+25 mm

The year's extremes

Hottest day

34.4 °C

28 Oct 2025

Coldest day

8.8 °C

5 Aug 2025

Wettest day

28.2 mm

14 Nov 2025

Windiest day

27.2 km/h

14 May 2025

Strongest gust

53.3 km/h

20 Sep 2025

Hottest feels-like

35.9 °C

29 Sep 2025

Coldest feels-like

5.7 °C

3 Aug 2025

Sunniest day

12.6 h

26 Nov 2025

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Frequently asked questions

What is the climate of Chinsali?

Chinsali has a tropical savanna climate (Köppen Aw). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 21.1 °C and it receives 853 mm of precipitation per year.

What is the hottest day ever recorded in Chinsali?

The hottest day measured in Chinsali between 1940 and 2025 was 18 October 2017, reaching 37.6 °C.

What is the coldest day in Chinsali?

The coldest day measured in Chinsali between 1940 and 2025 was 26 July 2024, at 7.0 °C.

Does it snow in Chinsali?

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

Has the climate of Chinsali warmed?

Yes: Chinsali warmed by +1.6 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.

What is the wettest day in Chinsali?

The wettest day measured in Chinsali between 1940 and 2025 was 12 January 2007, with 69 mm of rain in 24 hours.

What was the windiest day in Chinsali?

The windiest day measured in Chinsali between 1940 and 2025 was 28 August 2023, with winds reaching 33.0 km/h.

What is the warmest month in Chinsali?

The warmest month in Chinsali is October (24.7 °C on average); the coldest is July (18.2 °C).

How much does it rain in Chinsali?

Chinsali receives on average 853 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 132 rainy days.

Is it sunny in Chinsali?

Chinsali gets on average 10.6 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,869 hours per year over 1940-2025.

Are there tropical nights in Chinsali?

Yes: Chinsali has on average 10 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.

What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Chinsali?

In Chinsali, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 37.9 °C on 13 November 1997, and the lowest was 3.5 °C on 26 July 1975.

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