Itezhi-Tezhi climate — normals and trends

Q: What is the climate of Itezhi-Tezhi?

Itezhi-Tezhi has a humid subtropical, dry winter climate (Köppen Cwa). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 21.9 °C and it receives 878 mm of precipitation per year.

Q: What is the hottest day ever recorded in Itezhi-Tezhi?

The hottest day measured in Itezhi-Tezhi between 1940 and 2025 was 13 October 1941, reaching 39.1 °C.

Q: What is the coldest day in Itezhi-Tezhi?

The coldest day measured in Itezhi-Tezhi between 1940 and 2025 was 1 July 1994, at 3.3 °C.

Q: Does it snow in Itezhi-Tezhi?

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

Q: Has the climate of Itezhi-Tezhi warmed?

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

Q: What is the wettest day in Itezhi-Tezhi?

The wettest day measured in Itezhi-Tezhi between 1940 and 2025 was 17 January 1996, with 91 mm of rain in 24 hours.

Q: What was the windiest day in Itezhi-Tezhi?

The windiest day measured in Itezhi-Tezhi between 1940 and 2025 was 9 June 2009, with winds reaching 35.5 km/h.

Q: What is the warmest month in Itezhi-Tezhi?

The warmest month in Itezhi-Tezhi is October (26.6 °C on average); the coldest is July (17.1 °C).

Q: How much does it rain in Itezhi-Tezhi?

Itezhi-Tezhi receives on average 878 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 106 rainy days.

Q: Is it sunny in Itezhi-Tezhi?

Itezhi-Tezhi gets on average 10.7 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,905 hours per year over 1940-2025.

Itezhi-Tezhi (Zambia) has a humid subtropical, dry winter climate (Cwa) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 21.9 °C and it receives 878 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 (26.6 °C on average) and the coldest is July (17.1 °C). Rainfall peaks in January.

Itezhi-Tezhi averages 0 frost days, 97 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 106 rainy days per year.

Itezhi-Tezhi 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 39.1 °C (on 13 October 1941) and the coldest 3.3 °C (on 1 July 1994).

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

Itezhi-TezhiSouthern Province

coords: -15.74°, 26.04°
period: 1940–2025 · 86 yrs

CwaHumid subtropical, dry winterWarmest monthOctoberColdest monthJulyWettest monthJanuaryDriest monthJuly

Mean daily temperature

21.9°C

Average daily high

28.0°C

Average daily low

16.5°C

Annual rainfall

878mm

Sunshine / day

10.7h

Mean relative humidity

60%

Average peak wind

15.5km/h

Seasonal range

9.5°C

Frost days (< 0 °C)

0 d/yr

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

97 d/yr

Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)

106 d/yr

Annual snowfall

0.0 cm

Average feels-like high

28.8 °C

Average feels-like low

16.3 °C

Average peak gust

34.3 km/h

Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)

64 d/yr

Solar radiation

21.2 MJ/m²

Has the climate changed?

One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025

+0.9 °C

since 1940

+0.1 °C per decade · r² = 0.17 · 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

39.1 °C

13 October 1941

Coldest day

3.3 °C

1 July 1994

Wettest day

91 mm

17 January 1996

Windiest day

35.5 km/h

9 June 2009

Strongest gust

71.6 km/h

9 February 1977

Hottest feels-like

40.6 °C

8 January 2016

Coldest feels-like

-1.1 °C

1 July 1994

Sunniest day

12.8 h

15 January 2025

Year	Hottest day	Coldest day	Annual mean	Rainfall	Hot days
2025	36.8 °C28 September 2025	6.0 °C11 July 2025	22.4 °C	933 mm	122
2024	38.1 °C29 September 2024	5.3 °C11 July 2024	23.6 °C	480 mm	207
2023	37.5 °C9 October 2023	7.3 °C22 June 2023	22.8 °C	839 mm	136
2022	35.5 °C17 October 2022	7.6 °C24 May 2022	21.8 °C	1,003 mm	83
2021	37.6 °C10 October 2021	6.4 °C5 July 2021	22.0 °C	797 mm	107
2020	38.1 °C8 November 2020	7.8 °C6 July 2020	22.4 °C	963 mm	109
2019	38.3 °C23 October 2019	7.3 °C10 July 2019	22.9 °C	555 mm	167
2018	36.4 °C2 November 2018	8.2 °C9 June 2018	22.4 °C	852 mm	118
2017	38.2 °C18 October 2017	8.9 °C23 June 2017	21.8 °C	1,094 mm	69
2016	37.4 °C18 October 2016	7.1 °C11 June 2016	22.4 °C	1,028 mm	112
2015	36.8 °C13 November 2015	7.1 °C4 August 2015	22.3 °C	679 mm	117
2014	37.0 °C25 October 2014	7.5 °C14 July 2014	22.3 °C	843 mm	97
2013	37.8 °C28 September 2013	7.9 °C27 July 2013	22.1 °C	993 mm	100
2012	36.6 °C8 November 2012	5.1 °C20 July 2012	22.0 °C	941 mm	94
2011	38.1 °C25 October 2011	5.2 °C27 June 2011	21.8 °C	860 mm	78
2010	37.5 °C13 October 2010	7.4 °C15 August 2010	22.0 °C	1,101 mm	84
2009	35.9 °C26 October 2009	7.4 °C27 June 2009	21.4 °C	941 mm	63
2008	36.7 °C26 September 2008	6.2 °C1 July 2008	21.4 °C	1,087 mm	78
2007	36.0 °C7 October 2007	7.1 °C6 July 2007	21.8 °C	993 mm	85
2006	36.5 °C5 October 2006	7.0 °C7 July 2006	21.7 °C	923 mm	78
2005	37.0 °C21 October 2005	7.3 °C21 June 2005	22.8 °C	669 mm	150
2004	36.1 °C27 October 2004	7.4 °C11 July 2004	22.0 °C	733 mm	104
2003	37.9 °C15 October 2003	7.7 °C9 July 2003	22.2 °C	757 mm	108
2002	36.8 °C30 September 2002	7.8 °C24 June 2002	22.6 °C	529 mm	132
2001	35.9 °C27 September 2001	7.0 °C27 July 2001	21.8 °C	856 mm	97
2000	35.2 °C27 October 2000	7.9 °C19 July 2000	21.8 °C	992 mm	81
1999	36.8 °C23 October 1999	7.5 °C11 June 1999	21.9 °C	750 mm	80
1998	38.1 °C4 November 1998	7.8 °C15 June 1998	23.0 °C	752 mm	139
1997	36.6 °C10 November 1997	7.6 °C16 June 1997	22.0 °C	830 mm	89
1996	37.3 °C21 October 1996	6.1 °C3 July 1996	22.5 °C	927 mm	105
1995	37.2 °C11 October 1995	4.9 °C19 June 1995	23.1 °C	540 mm	153
1994	36.8 °C19 November 1994	3.3 °C1 July 1994	21.9 °C	707 mm	122
1993	36.1 °C4 November 1993	6.9 °C11 June 1993	21.8 °C	947 mm	77
1992	37.3 °C21 October 1992	7.7 °C5 July 1992	22.7 °C	558 mm	158
1991	35.4 °C9 October 1991	7.6 °C3 July 1991	22.0 °C	751 mm	94
1990	37.9 °C6 November 1990	5.2 °C26 July 1990	22.2 °C	750 mm	96
1989	36.4 °C9 November 1989	5.0 °C19 June 1989	21.7 °C	759 mm	105
1988	36.0 °C10 October 1988	5.3 °C16 June 1988	21.9 °C	681 mm	100
1987	39.0 °C20 November 1987	5.7 °C23 July 1987	22.9 °C	590 mm	167
1986	35.3 °C20 November 1986	5.5 °C26 June 1986	21.2 °C	818 mm	81
1985	35.1 °C24 November 1985	4.3 °C14 July 1985	21.7 °C	806 mm	82
1984	36.6 °C16 October 1984	8.6 °C19 June 1984	22.4 °C	635 mm	131
1983	36.7 °C6 November 1983	6.8 °C11 August 1983	22.8 °C	774 mm	149
1982	36.6 °C5 November 1982	6.2 °C18 July 1982	21.9 °C	622 mm	101
1981	36.2 °C7 November 1981	4.8 °C17 June 1981	21.1 °C	1,001 mm	80
1980	34.8 °C19 September 1980	7.3 °C10 July 1980	21.6 °C	736 mm	82
1979	36.1 °C24 September 1979	7.2 °C5 July 1979	21.3 °C	723 mm	76
1978	36.1 °C30 September 1978	6.2 °C16 June 1978	21.0 °C	1,242 mm	62
1977	37.1 °C24 October 1977	7.6 °C23 July 1977	22.1 °C	972 mm	103
1976	35.7 °C27 October 1976	7.0 °C6 July 1976	20.6 °C	959 mm	65
1975	36.4 °C20 November 1975	5.9 °C26 July 1975	20.9 °C	857 mm	71
1974	35.7 °C18 October 1974	7.0 °C28 July 1974	20.6 °C	1,184 mm	74
1973	37.7 °C16 October 1973	8.0 °C10 July 1973	22.1 °C	709 mm	112
1972	36.5 °C20 October 1972	7.6 °C3 July 1972	21.6 °C	790 mm	105
1971	35.5 °C1 November 1971	7.6 °C16 June 1971	21.6 °C	752 mm	76
1970	36.1 °C2 November 1970	8.6 °C7 July 1970	21.9 °C	607 mm	88
1969	36.2 °C3 October 1969	7.7 °C25 July 1969	21.3 °C	1,326 mm	57
1968	37.8 °C28 October 1968	4.5 °C15 June 1968	22.4 °C	700 mm	123
1967	37.0 °C6 October 1967	6.2 °C19 July 1967	22.2 °C	728 mm	77
1966	37.4 °C31 October 1966	6.8 °C28 July 1966	22.6 °C	778 mm	113
1965	36.8 °C31 October 1965	6.0 °C26 June 1965	21.9 °C	464 mm	92
1964	36.9 °C26 October 1964	5.9 °C21 June 1964	22.0 °C	779 mm	102
1963	35.5 °C8 October 1963	7.5 °C22 May 1963	21.6 °C	967 mm	64
1962	37.0 °C18 October 1962	7.4 °C27 June 1962	21.6 °C	1,184 mm	62
1961	36.6 °C15 October 1961	8.4 °C11 August 1961	21.5 °C	1,002 mm	60
1960	35.9 °C10 October 1960	7.0 °C3 July 1960	21.3 °C	705 mm	71
1959	35.8 °C19 October 1959	8.1 °C24 July 1959	21.4 °C	909 mm	68
1958	34.8 °C17 October 1958	7.7 °C16 June 1958	21.1 °C	1,637 mm	47
1957	36.2 °C26 November 1957	8.3 °C18 June 1957	21.5 °C	1,354 mm	80
1956	36.0 °C16 October 1956	6.7 °C2 August 1956	20.8 °C	1,098 mm	56
1955	36.0 °C14 October 1955	8.0 °C10 August 1955	21.0 °C	1,380 mm	64
1954	38.0 °C25 October 1954	7.3 °C23 June 1954	22.8 °C	454 mm	177
1953	37.4 °C31 October 1953	7.4 °C13 June 1953	20.9 °C	1,167 mm	62
1952	37.0 °C29 October 1952	8.6 °C14 June 1952	21.9 °C	1,066 mm	80
1951	38.2 °C10 October 1951	7.9 °C12 July 1951	22.9 °C	654 mm	142
1950	35.5 °C15 October 1950	8.3 °C4 August 1950	21.2 °C	896 mm	85
1949	37.9 °C3 November 1949	8.5 °C8 June 1949	22.0 °C	920 mm	104
1948	36.5 °C14 October 1948	8.2 °C20 June 1948	21.2 °C	1,411 mm	69
1947	36.6 °C14 October 1947	7.8 °C7 July 1947	21.5 °C	1,213 mm	65
1946	37.4 °C25 October 1946	6.4 °C10 July 1946	21.3 °C	1,206 mm	74
1945	36.5 °C5 October 1945	8.3 °C6 July 1945	21.8 °C	973 mm	82
1944	38.3 °C27 September 1944	9.3 °C14 July 1944	22.0 °C	925 mm	83
1943	36.6 °C26 October 1943	7.4 °C28 June 1943	21.5 °C	873 mm	78
1942	36.9 °C23 October 1942	7.7 °C21 July 1942	21.7 °C	921 mm	74
1941	39.1 °C13 October 1941	8.7 °C23 June 1941	22.7 °C	764 mm	140
1940	35.7 °C7 October 1940	7.4 °C16 July 1940	21.2 °C	864 mm	78

Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.

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Year

Across the whole year

Average daily high

28.8 °C

+0.8 °C

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

122 d/yr

+25

Frost days (< 0 °C)

0 d/yr

Annual rainfall

933 mm

+55 mm

Month by month

	High	vs. normal	Precipitation	vs. normal
Jan	27.7 °C	+0.5 °C	360 mm	+136 mm
Feb	28.8 °C	+1.5 °C	154 mm	-30 mm
Mar	29.6 °C	+2.0 °C	27 mm	-78 mm
Apr	29.0 °C	+1.2 °C	41 mm	+20 mm
May	26.8 °C	+0.3 °C	3 mm	+1 mm
Jun	25.2 °C	+0.7 °C	0 mm	-0 mm
Jul	24.7 °C	+0.3 °C	0 mm	0 mm
Aug	28.9 °C	+1.4 °C	0 mm	-0 mm
Sep	33.3 °C	+1.9 °C	1 mm	0 mm
Oct	34.2 °C	+1.0 °C	1 mm	-16 mm
Nov	29.4 °C	-1.1 °C	118 mm	+6 mm
Dec	28.3 °C	+0.3 °C	228 mm	+15 mm

The year's extremes

Hottest day

36.8 °C

28 Sep 2025

Coldest day

6.0 °C

11 Jul 2025

Wettest day

34.9 mm

28 Jan 2025

Windiest day

31.7 km/h

28 Jul 2025

Strongest gust

62.3 km/h

28 Jul 2025

Hottest feels-like

37.1 °C

8 Feb 2025

Coldest feels-like

3.3 °C

11 Jul 2025

Sunniest day

12.8 h

15 Jan 2025

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Frequently asked questions

What is the climate of Itezhi-Tezhi?

Itezhi-Tezhi has a humid subtropical, dry winter climate (Köppen Cwa). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 21.9 °C and it receives 878 mm of precipitation per year.

What is the hottest day ever recorded in Itezhi-Tezhi?

The hottest day measured in Itezhi-Tezhi between 1940 and 2025 was 13 October 1941, reaching 39.1 °C.

What is the coldest day in Itezhi-Tezhi?

The coldest day measured in Itezhi-Tezhi between 1940 and 2025 was 1 July 1994, at 3.3 °C.

Does it snow in Itezhi-Tezhi?

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

Has the climate of Itezhi-Tezhi warmed?

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

What is the wettest day in Itezhi-Tezhi?

The wettest day measured in Itezhi-Tezhi between 1940 and 2025 was 17 January 1996, with 91 mm of rain in 24 hours.

What was the windiest day in Itezhi-Tezhi?

The windiest day measured in Itezhi-Tezhi between 1940 and 2025 was 9 June 2009, with winds reaching 35.5 km/h.

What is the warmest month in Itezhi-Tezhi?

The warmest month in Itezhi-Tezhi is October (26.6 °C on average); the coldest is July (17.1 °C).

How much does it rain in Itezhi-Tezhi?

Itezhi-Tezhi receives on average 878 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 106 rainy days.

Is it sunny in Itezhi-Tezhi?

Itezhi-Tezhi gets on average 10.7 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,905 hours per year over 1940-2025.

Are there tropical nights in Itezhi-Tezhi?

Yes: Itezhi-Tezhi has on average 64 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.

What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Itezhi-Tezhi?

In Itezhi-Tezhi, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 40.6 °C on 8 January 2016, and the lowest was -1.1 °C on 1 July 1994.

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