Chunga climate — normals and trends

Q: What is the climate of Chunga?

Chunga has a humid subtropical, dry winter climate (Köppen Cwa). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 20.9 °C and it receives 860 mm of precipitation per year.

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

The hottest day measured in Chunga between 1940 and 2025 was 18 October 2017, reaching 37.7 °C.

Q: What is the coldest day in Chunga?

The coldest day measured in Chunga between 1940 and 2025 was 15 June 1968, at 4.1 °C.

Q: Does it snow in Chunga?

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

Q: Has the climate of Chunga warmed?

Yes: Chunga warmed by +1.0 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.

Q: What is the wettest day in Chunga?

The wettest day measured in Chunga between 1940 and 2025 was 4 December 1998, with 157 mm of rain in 24 hours.

Q: What was the windiest day in Chunga?

The windiest day measured in Chunga between 1940 and 2025 was 13 September 2023, with winds reaching 36.1 km/h.

Q: What is the warmest month in Chunga?

The warmest month in Chunga is October (25.4 °C on average); the coldest is July (16.5 °C).

Q: How much does it rain in Chunga?

Chunga receives on average 860 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 111 rainy days.

Q: Is it sunny in Chunga?

Chunga gets on average 10.5 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,833 hours per year over 1940-2025.

Chunga (Zambia) has a humid subtropical, dry winter climate (Cwa) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 20.9 °C and it receives 860 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 (25.4 °C on average) and the coldest is July (16.5 °C). Rainfall peaks in January.

Chunga averages 0 frost days, 60 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 111 rainy days per year.

Chunga has warmed by +1.0 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.11 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.

The hottest day of the period reached 37.7 °C (on 18 October 2017) and the coldest 4.1 °C (on 15 June 1968).

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

ChungaLusaka Province

coords: -15.32°, 28.27°
period: 1940–2025 · 86 yrs

CwaHumid subtropical, dry winterWarmest monthOctoberColdest monthJulyWettest monthJanuaryDriest monthAugust

Mean daily temperature

20.9°C

Average daily high

26.5°C

Average daily low

16.2°C

Annual rainfall

860mm

Sunshine / day

10.5h

Mean relative humidity

62%

Average peak wind

17.8km/h

Seasonal range

8.9°C

Frost days (< 0 °C)

0 d/yr

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

60 d/yr

Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)

111 d/yr

Annual snowfall

0.0 cm

Average feels-like high

27.0 °C

Average feels-like low

15.4 °C

Average peak gust

38.2 km/h

Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)

36 d/yr

Solar radiation

20.6 MJ/m²

Has the climate changed?

One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025

+1.0 °C

since 1940

+0.1 °C per decade · r² = 0.23 · 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

37.7 °C

18 October 2017

Coldest day

4.1 °C

15 June 1968

Wettest day

157 mm

4 December 1998

Windiest day

36.1 km/h

13 September 2023

Strongest gust

70.9 km/h

13 September 2023

Hottest feels-like

39.9 °C

8 January 2016

Coldest feels-like

-0.5 °C

15 June 1968

Sunniest day

12.7 h

15 December 1950

Year	Hottest day	Coldest day	Annual mean	Rainfall	Hot days
2025	36.8 °C2 November 2025	7.8 °C11 July 2025	21.7 °C	1,005 mm	78
2024	36.6 °C30 September 2024	8.2 °C15 June 2024	22.5 °C	520 mm	123
2023	35.9 °C14 October 2023	8.7 °C16 July 2023	22.2 °C	878 mm	92
2022	34.9 °C27 October 2022	7.9 °C24 May 2022	21.2 °C	1,005 mm	59
2021	36.0 °C10 October 2021	7.0 °C27 May 2021	21.3 °C	677 mm	80
2020	36.8 °C8 November 2020	8.1 °C6 July 2020	21.5 °C	692 mm	83
2019	37.4 °C28 October 2019	7.0 °C24 July 2019	21.9 °C	677 mm	89
2018	34.9 °C1 November 2018	7.0 °C9 June 2018	21.4 °C	827 mm	73
2017	37.7 °C18 October 2017	8.4 °C8 June 2017	20.9 °C	1,123 mm	45
2016	36.1 °C1 November 2016	7.3 °C11 June 2016	21.6 °C	759 mm	86
2015	35.9 °C14 November 2015	6.9 °C15 June 2015	21.4 °C	750 mm	82
2014	36.2 °C10 October 2014	8.1 °C13 July 2014	21.5 °C	744 mm	77
2013	36.0 °C28 September 2013	8.4 °C20 June 2013	21.4 °C	774 mm	76
2012	35.6 °C8 November 2012	5.6 °C20 July 2012	21.0 °C	844 mm	70
2011	37.0 °C26 October 2011	5.7 °C27 June 2011	20.8 °C	742 mm	52
2010	36.2 °C12 October 2010	7.2 °C27 June 2010	21.0 °C	1,018 mm	58
2009	34.1 °C9 October 2009	7.2 °C22 July 2009	20.3 °C	844 mm	46
2008	34.6 °C27 September 2008	6.4 °C29 June 2008	20.6 °C	851 mm	61
2007	34.1 °C24 September 2007	7.3 °C6 July 2007	20.8 °C	1,131 mm	47
2006	34.6 °C31 October 2006	7.1 °C6 June 2006	20.9 °C	756 mm	52
2005	35.5 °C21 October 2005	7.9 °C8 July 2005	21.7 °C	608 mm	67
2004	34.6 °C8 October 2004	6.8 °C10 July 2004	20.6 °C	786 mm	45
2003	35.8 °C15 October 2003	7.0 °C10 July 2003	20.9 °C	877 mm	62
2002	34.1 °C30 September 2002	7.5 °C19 June 2002	21.3 °C	601 mm	58
2001	35.2 °C19 October 2001	7.5 °C27 July 2001	20.9 °C	982 mm	56
2000	33.9 °C26 October 2000	8.0 °C5 July 2000	20.7 °C	954 mm	43
1999	35.4 °C23 October 1999	8.1 °C22 July 1999	20.8 °C	722 mm	49
1998	37.1 °C7 November 1998	8.3 °C15 June 1998	21.8 °C	866 mm	80
1997	36.5 °C12 November 1997	8.7 °C17 July 1997	21.2 °C	787 mm	43
1996	35.9 °C9 November 1996	5.3 °C3 July 1996	21.4 °C	907 mm	66
1995	35.7 °C11 October 1995	6.8 °C10 June 1995	22.0 °C	637 mm	95
1994	36.4 °C21 November 1994	4.8 °C1 July 1994	21.3 °C	634 mm	80
1993	35.6 °C4 November 1993	7.4 °C7 June 1993	21.1 °C	877 mm	52
1992	35.7 °C18 October 1992	8.0 °C14 August 1992	21.9 °C	673 mm	84
1991	34.1 °C31 October 1991	7.7 °C13 June 1991	21.0 °C	760 mm	59
1990	35.6 °C6 November 1990	7.2 °C7 July 1990	21.1 °C	623 mm	58
1989	34.8 °C2 November 1989	5.3 °C19 June 1989	20.7 °C	1,112 mm	60
1988	34.3 °C10 October 1988	7.0 °C14 June 1988	21.0 °C	734 mm	49
1987	37.1 °C20 November 1987	7.0 °C2 July 1987	21.7 °C	578 mm	98
1986	33.8 °C7 October 1986	5.9 °C27 June 1986	20.1 °C	918 mm	32
1985	32.2 °C16 October 1985	5.8 °C14 July 1985	20.2 °C	856 mm	30
1984	34.9 °C5 September 1984	6.8 °C18 June 1984	20.9 °C	811 mm	51
1983	34.1 °C31 October 1983	8.0 °C22 July 1983	21.5 °C	765 mm	72
1982	33.2 °C7 November 1982	6.6 °C16 July 1982	20.4 °C	983 mm	30
1981	34.6 °C8 November 1981	6.3 °C18 June 1981	20.3 °C	928 mm	63
1980	33.5 °C23 October 1980	6.9 °C21 June 1980	20.4 °C	778 mm	43
1979	34.2 °C3 October 1979	7.2 °C6 July 1979	20.0 °C	715 mm	45
1978	34.9 °C30 September 1978	6.5 °C16 June 1978	20.2 °C	1,278 mm	49
1977	35.1 °C20 October 1977	7.4 °C20 June 1977	20.9 °C	855 mm	61
1976	34.5 °C26 October 1976	7.2 °C4 July 1976	19.9 °C	973 mm	45
1975	35.2 °C26 October 1975	6.8 °C26 July 1975	20.1 °C	762 mm	46
1974	35.2 °C18 October 1974	6.6 °C15 June 1974	19.6 °C	1,113 mm	43
1973	34.8 °C27 October 1973	7.4 °C10 July 1973	20.8 °C	772 mm	48
1972	34.3 °C23 November 1972	7.7 °C24 July 1972	20.7 °C	731 mm	64
1971	33.5 °C31 October 1971	8.7 °C7 June 1971	20.4 °C	793 mm	33
1970	35.2 °C8 October 1970	8.6 °C9 June 1970	21.0 °C	662 mm	43
1969	34.5 °C3 October 1969	7.6 °C25 July 1969	20.6 °C	996 mm	44
1968	35.7 °C28 October 1968	4.1 °C15 June 1968	21.1 °C	689 mm	56
1967	35.1 °C7 October 1967	5.9 °C13 July 1967	20.6 °C	746 mm	46
1966	34.9 °C31 October 1966	5.5 °C28 July 1966	21.2 °C	637 mm	63
1965	34.3 °C31 October 1965	6.6 °C4 July 1965	20.4 °C	465 mm	36
1964	34.5 °C26 October 1964	5.7 °C28 June 1964	20.6 °C	740 mm	50
1963	34.3 °C7 October 1963	6.7 °C22 May 1963	20.5 °C	884 mm	34
1962	34.8 °C18 October 1962	8.9 °C28 June 1962	20.5 °C	1,092 mm	46
1961	35.9 °C15 October 1961	9.0 °C11 August 1961	20.3 °C	1,006 mm	44
1960	34.4 °C10 October 1960	7.3 °C3 July 1960	20.5 °C	599 mm	60
1959	34.5 °C4 October 1959	9.4 °C23 July 1959	20.4 °C	954 mm	49
1958	33.8 °C17 October 1958	8.1 °C14 July 1958	20.3 °C	1,481 mm	32
1957	36.1 °C25 November 1957	8.5 °C20 June 1957	20.8 °C	1,169 mm	76
1956	34.0 °C16 October 1956	8.3 °C18 June 1956	19.9 °C	1,363 mm	38
1955	35.7 °C14 November 1955	7.9 °C22 July 1955	20.1 °C	1,175 mm	47
1954	36.7 °C27 October 1954	7.6 °C23 June 1954	21.5 °C	497 mm	80
1953	35.3 °C31 October 1953	6.2 °C1 July 1953	20.0 °C	1,143 mm	48
1952	35.6 °C2 October 1952	9.5 °C6 August 1952	21.0 °C	989 mm	64
1951	36.6 °C28 November 1951	7.5 °C21 July 1951	22.1 °C	483 mm	114
1950	34.9 °C24 October 1950	8.5 °C20 August 1950	20.2 °C	962 mm	57
1949	36.3 °C3 November 1949	8.7 °C19 July 1949	20.9 °C	1,051 mm	71
1948	35.4 °C14 October 1948	9.0 °C5 July 1948	20.4 °C	1,192 mm	62
1947	35.0 °C16 October 1947	8.1 °C7 July 1947	20.6 °C	1,026 mm	60
1946	36.1 °C25 October 1946	6.4 °C10 July 1946	20.2 °C	1,234 mm	48
1945	34.8 °C13 October 1945	8.1 °C20 June 1945	20.8 °C	866 mm	60
1944	35.4 °C17 October 1944	9.4 °C13 July 1944	20.7 °C	912 mm	59
1943	36.0 °C25 November 1943	7.0 °C28 June 1943	20.7 °C	983 mm	68
1942	35.4 °C13 October 1942	9.3 °C11 July 1942	20.7 °C	975 mm	53
1941	37.2 °C12 October 1941	9.2 °C5 July 1941	21.8 °C	711 mm	87
1940	33.8 °C5 October 1940	7.2 °C17 July 1940	20.3 °C	891 mm	54

Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.

A specific year

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Year

Across the whole year

Average daily high

27.4 °C

+0.9 °C

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

78 d/yr

+18

Frost days (< 0 °C)

0 d/yr

Annual rainfall

1005 mm

+145 mm

Month by month

	High	vs. normal	Precipitation	vs. normal
Jan	26.7 °C	+0.8 °C	328 mm	+102 mm
Feb	27.1 °C	+1.1 °C	201 mm	+9 mm
Mar	27.7 °C	+1.5 °C	68 mm	-39 mm
Apr	27.0 °C	+0.9 °C	40 mm	+17 mm
May	25.3 °C	+0.3 °C	8 mm	+4 mm
Jun	24.4 °C	+1.3 °C	0 mm	-1 mm
Jul	23.3 °C	+0.3 °C	1 mm	+1 mm
Aug	27.6 °C	+1.8 °C	0 mm	-0 mm
Sep	31.8 °C	+2.4 °C	2 mm	+1 mm
Oct	32.7 °C	+1.3 °C	1 mm	-12 mm
Nov	28.7 °C	-0.8 °C	153 mm	+60 mm
Dec	26.4 °C	-0.4 °C	203 mm	+3 mm

The year's extremes

Hottest day

36.8 °C

2 Nov 2025

Coldest day

7.8 °C

11 Jul 2025

Wettest day

40.4 mm

21 Jan 2025

Windiest day

35.3 km/h

28 Jul 2025

Strongest gust

67.0 km/h

3 Nov 2025

Hottest feels-like

36.6 °C

26 Oct 2025

Coldest feels-like

5.2 °C

11 Jul 2025

Sunniest day

12.7 h

13 Jan 2025

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Frequently asked questions

What is the climate of Chunga?

Chunga has a humid subtropical, dry winter climate (Köppen Cwa). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 20.9 °C and it receives 860 mm of precipitation per year.

What is the hottest day ever recorded in Chunga?

The hottest day measured in Chunga between 1940 and 2025 was 18 October 2017, reaching 37.7 °C.

What is the coldest day in Chunga?

The coldest day measured in Chunga between 1940 and 2025 was 15 June 1968, at 4.1 °C.

Does it snow in Chunga?

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

Has the climate of Chunga warmed?

Yes: Chunga warmed by +1.0 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.

What is the wettest day in Chunga?

The wettest day measured in Chunga between 1940 and 2025 was 4 December 1998, with 157 mm of rain in 24 hours.

What was the windiest day in Chunga?

The windiest day measured in Chunga between 1940 and 2025 was 13 September 2023, with winds reaching 36.1 km/h.

What is the warmest month in Chunga?

The warmest month in Chunga is October (25.4 °C on average); the coldest is July (16.5 °C).

How much does it rain in Chunga?

Chunga receives on average 860 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 111 rainy days.

Is it sunny in Chunga?

Chunga gets on average 10.5 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,833 hours per year over 1940-2025.

Are there tropical nights in Chunga?

Yes: Chunga has on average 36 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.

What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Chunga?

In Chunga, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 39.9 °C on 8 January 2016, and the lowest was -0.5 °C on 15 June 1968.

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