Kalabo climate — normals and trends

Q: What is the climate of Kalabo?

Kalabo has a tropical savanna climate (Köppen Aw). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 22.6 °C and it receives 1,017 mm of precipitation per year.

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

The hottest day measured in Kalabo between 1940 and 2025 was 27 September 1944, reaching 39.6 °C.

Q: What is the coldest day in Kalabo?

The coldest day measured in Kalabo between 1940 and 2025 was 15 June 1968, at 2.3 °C.

Q: Does it snow in Kalabo?

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

Q: Has the climate of Kalabo warmed?

Yes: Kalabo warmed by +1.2 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.

Q: What is the wettest day in Kalabo?

The wettest day measured in Kalabo between 1940 and 2025 was 12 February 1946, with 125 mm of rain in 24 hours.

Q: What was the windiest day in Kalabo?

The windiest day measured in Kalabo between 1940 and 2025 was 3 September 1961, with winds reaching 31.1 km/h.

Q: What is the warmest month in Kalabo?

The warmest month in Kalabo is October (27.0 °C on average); the coldest is July (18.5 °C).

Q: How much does it rain in Kalabo?

Kalabo receives on average 1,017 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 122 rainy days.

Q: Is it sunny in Kalabo?

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

Kalabo (Zambia) has a tropical savanna climate (Aw) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 22.6 °C and it receives 1,017 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 (27.0 °C on average) and the coldest is July (18.5 °C). Rainfall peaks in January.

Kalabo averages 0 frost days, 112 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 122 rainy days per year.

Kalabo has warmed by +1.2 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.14 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.

The hottest day of the period reached 39.6 °C (on 27 September 1944) and the coldest 2.3 °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

KalaboWestern Province

coords: -14.99°, 22.68°
period: 1940–2025 · 86 yrs

AwTropical savannaWarmest monthOctoberColdest monthJulyWettest monthJanuaryDriest monthJuly

Mean daily temperature

22.6°C

Average daily high

28.9°C

Average daily low

16.8°C

Annual rainfall

1,017mm

Sunshine / day

10.6h

Mean relative humidity

57%

Average peak wind

14.1km/h

Seasonal range

8.5°C

Frost days (< 0 °C)

0 d/yr

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

112 d/yr

Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)

122 d/yr

Annual snowfall

0.0 cm

Average feels-like high

30.0 °C

Average feels-like low

16.4 °C

Average peak gust

32.1 km/h

Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)

56 d/yr

Solar radiation

21.0 MJ/m²

Has the climate changed?

One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025

+1.2 °C

since 1940

+0.1 °C per decade · r² = 0.36 · 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

39.6 °C

27 September 1944

Coldest day

2.3 °C

15 June 1968

Wettest day

125 mm

12 February 1946

Windiest day

31.1 km/h

3 September 1961

Strongest gust

71.6 km/h

29 January 2022

Hottest feels-like

40.8 °C

9 November 2020

Coldest feels-like

-2.2 °C

30 June 1994

Sunniest day

12.9 h

15 December 1940

Year	Hottest day	Coldest day	Annual mean	Rainfall	Hot days
2025	38.5 °C17 October 2025	4.4 °C9 August 2025	22.8 °C	970 mm	148
2024	39.4 °C28 September 2024	5.3 °C7 July 2024	24.1 °C	584 mm	261
2023	37.8 °C18 November 2023	7.8 °C11 July 2023	23.6 °C	883 mm	188
2022	36.4 °C5 October 2022	8.3 °C30 July 2022	22.6 °C	1,153 mm	107
2021	38.5 °C10 October 2021	6.9 °C14 June 2021	22.9 °C	943 mm	145
2020	37.8 °C4 October 2020	6.7 °C21 June 2020	22.8 °C	1,319 mm	109
2019	38.2 °C23 October 2019	6.4 °C24 July 2019	23.7 °C	776 mm	183
2018	37.8 °C2 November 2018	8.0 °C10 June 2018	23.5 °C	853 mm	146
2017	38.2 °C19 October 2017	7.6 °C23 June 2017	23.0 °C	1,268 mm	109
2016	38.6 °C17 October 2016	7.9 °C24 July 2016	23.4 °C	1,028 mm	131
2015	37.6 °C13 November 2015	8.0 °C23 June 2015	23.3 °C	783 mm	140
2014	37.6 °C14 October 2014	6.7 °C18 July 2014	23.0 °C	891 mm	101
2013	38.0 °C28 September 2013	7.8 °C2 July 2013	23.1 °C	1,097 mm	139
2012	36.8 °C12 October 2012	4.6 °C22 July 2012	22.8 °C	1,120 mm	109
2011	37.8 °C25 October 2011	2.8 °C27 June 2011	22.6 °C	1,097 mm	97
2010	37.6 °C27 October 2010	5.4 °C11 July 2010	23.1 °C	1,119 mm	103
2009	37.1 °C9 October 2009	8.0 °C28 June 2009	22.8 °C	988 mm	104
2008	38.2 °C29 October 2008	6.5 °C29 June 2008	22.5 °C	1,355 mm	92
2007	36.2 °C16 October 2007	6.1 °C27 July 2007	22.6 °C	1,015 mm	105
2006	36.3 °C24 October 2006	4.4 °C4 August 2006	22.5 °C	920 mm	103
2005	37.9 °C13 October 2005	8.8 °C19 July 2005	23.7 °C	738 mm	162
2004	35.7 °C6 October 2004	6.8 °C30 July 2004	22.7 °C	982 mm	116
2003	38.9 °C15 October 2003	7.8 °C19 July 2003	23.2 °C	865 mm	125
2002	37.3 °C30 September 2002	6.9 °C27 June 2002	23.2 °C	722 mm	139
2001	36.9 °C7 October 2001	7.3 °C23 June 2001	22.5 °C	903 mm	85
2000	37.3 °C11 October 2000	8.4 °C20 July 2000	22.6 °C	1,021 mm	90
1999	36.4 °C23 October 1999	7.4 °C15 June 1999	22.5 °C	897 mm	85
1998	38.5 °C8 October 1998	7.0 °C15 June 1998	23.3 °C	901 mm	138
1997	37.8 °C25 September 1997	5.9 °C1 July 1997	22.9 °C	1,052 mm	130
1996	37.8 °C26 October 1996	4.0 °C3 July 1996	23.3 °C	903 mm	148
1995	37.6 °C12 October 1995	4.7 °C19 June 1995	23.7 °C	661 mm	186
1994	38.0 °C28 October 1994	2.5 °C1 July 1994	22.8 °C	865 mm	168
1993	36.4 °C23 October 1993	8.4 °C19 August 1993	22.3 °C	1,191 mm	90
1992	36.3 °C21 October 1992	6.1 °C7 July 1992	23.0 °C	797 mm	146
1991	36.7 °C9 October 1991	6.7 °C23 July 1991	22.5 °C	990 mm	100
1990	36.9 °C2 November 1990	5.5 °C18 July 1990	22.9 °C	972 mm	128
1989	37.2 °C3 December 1989	6.9 °C18 June 1989	22.7 °C	1,013 mm	115
1988	36.0 °C4 October 1988	5.5 °C19 July 1988	22.6 °C	855 mm	106
1987	38.7 °C17 November 1987	5.5 °C23 July 1987	23.4 °C	826 mm	168
1986	35.7 °C25 September 1986	7.5 °C26 July 1986	21.9 °C	1,000 mm	90
1985	36.1 °C26 October 1985	4.5 °C14 July 1985	22.5 °C	787 mm	108
1984	36.7 °C16 October 1984	7.6 °C23 July 1984	22.5 °C	823 mm	95
1983	36.3 °C19 September 1983	7.2 °C20 June 1983	23.1 °C	837 mm	134
1982	34.6 °C7 November 1982	7.1 °C6 June 1982	22.3 °C	964 mm	88
1981	36.2 °C6 November 1981	5.8 °C7 July 1981	22.0 °C	927 mm	97
1980	36.3 °C19 September 1980	5.3 °C27 June 1980	22.5 °C	740 mm	110
1979	36.9 °C3 October 1979	5.8 °C7 July 1979	21.8 °C	1,125 mm	67
1978	36.3 °C30 September 1978	7.0 °C26 July 1978	22.0 °C	1,397 mm	88
1977	36.7 °C12 October 1977	7.0 °C12 July 1977	22.7 °C	916 mm	110
1976	37.7 °C27 October 1976	6.0 °C19 July 1976	21.4 °C	1,046 mm	72
1975	36.2 °C20 November 1975	6.0 °C23 July 1975	21.9 °C	932 mm	92
1974	35.5 °C19 October 1974	4.2 °C4 July 1974	21.5 °C	1,236 mm	81
1973	36.8 °C28 October 1973	6.0 °C17 July 1973	22.7 °C	859 mm	144
1972	37.5 °C21 October 1972	6.6 °C20 June 1972	22.0 °C	862 mm	106
1971	36.4 °C8 October 1971	6.0 °C14 June 1971	22.1 °C	958 mm	99
1970	35.8 °C1 November 1970	5.9 °C9 July 1970	22.4 °C	888 mm	101
1969	35.6 °C27 September 1969	8.3 °C26 June 1969	21.8 °C	1,581 mm	56
1968	37.0 °C25 October 1968	2.3 °C15 June 1968	22.0 °C	1,066 mm	100
1967	36.2 °C20 October 1967	5.5 °C21 July 1967	22.1 °C	1,053 mm	64
1966	36.3 °C29 October 1966	7.1 °C3 August 1966	22.8 °C	886 mm	110
1965	36.0 °C30 October 1965	4.6 °C6 July 1965	22.0 °C	829 mm	92
1964	36.2 °C2 October 1964	4.8 °C29 June 1964	22.1 °C	833 mm	119
1963	35.0 °C22 September 1963	6.8 °C3 June 1963	22.1 °C	1,142 mm	73
1962	36.5 °C25 October 1962	5.7 °C30 June 1962	22.2 °C	1,160 mm	70
1961	37.0 °C16 October 1961	7.1 °C12 August 1961	22.0 °C	1,211 mm	71
1960	36.7 °C29 October 1960	6.4 °C17 July 1960	22.1 °C	915 mm	96
1959	36.7 °C13 October 1959	6.7 °C25 July 1959	22.4 °C	1,085 mm	98
1958	35.6 °C11 September 1958	4.5 °C16 June 1958	21.9 °C	1,630 mm	78
1957	36.2 °C23 October 1957	7.1 °C20 June 1957	22.2 °C	1,783 mm	89
1956	36.9 °C16 October 1956	5.7 °C24 July 1956	21.7 °C	1,032 mm	80
1955	36.7 °C13 October 1955	5.8 °C12 August 1955	21.9 °C	1,471 mm	77
1954	38.5 °C24 October 1954	4.9 °C25 June 1954	23.5 °C	446 mm	203
1953	38.1 °C30 October 1953	5.2 °C2 July 1953	21.8 °C	1,644 mm	75
1952	37.0 °C4 October 1952	3.7 °C6 August 1952	22.6 °C	1,071 mm	104
1951	38.2 °C5 October 1951	5.4 °C14 July 1951	22.4 °C	987 mm	112
1950	35.8 °C16 October 1950	7.4 °C11 August 1950	21.8 °C	1,205 mm	90
1949	38.0 °C5 October 1949	6.5 °C22 July 1949	22.6 °C	973 mm	112
1948	37.0 °C22 September 1948	6.5 °C21 July 1948	21.8 °C	1,370 mm	61
1947	37.5 °C9 October 1947	6.7 °C14 June 1947	22.3 °C	1,207 mm	82
1946	37.1 °C24 October 1946	4.9 °C11 July 1946	22.4 °C	1,132 mm	129
1945	37.3 °C5 October 1945	5.5 °C6 July 1945	22.6 °C	1,195 mm	118
1944	39.6 °C27 September 1944	7.1 °C15 July 1944	22.8 °C	977 mm	115
1943	37.1 °C11 October 1943	4.1 °C8 August 1943	22.3 °C	1,004 mm	95
1942	37.1 °C13 October 1942	4.8 °C21 July 1942	22.3 °C	1,060 mm	98
1941	39.4 °C13 October 1941	5.9 °C23 June 1941	22.9 °C	746 mm	152
1940	36.1 °C14 October 1940	5.9 °C18 July 1940	21.7 °C	1,190 mm	93

Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.

A specific year

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Year

Across the whole year

Average daily high

29.7 °C

+0.8 °C

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

148 d/yr

+36

Frost days (< 0 °C)

0 d/yr

Annual rainfall

970 mm

-47 mm

Month by month

	High	vs. normal	Precipitation	vs. normal
Jan	28.5 °C	+1.2 °C	252 mm	+7 mm
Feb	28.7 °C	+1.2 °C	216 mm	+7 mm
Mar	29.7 °C	+1.9 °C	86 mm	-60 mm
Apr	28.8 °C	+0.1 °C	69 mm	+37 mm
May	28.2 °C	+0.1 °C	1 mm	-1 mm
Jun	26.4 °C	+0.2 °C	0 mm	-0 mm
Jul	26.7 °C	+0.3 °C	0 mm	0 mm
Aug	30.6 °C	+1.0 °C	0 mm	-0 mm
Sep	35.0 °C	+1.8 °C	0 mm	-2 mm
Oct	35.4 °C	+1.7 °C	10 mm	-21 mm
Nov	30.5 °C	+0.6 °C	113 mm	-28 mm
Dec	28.5 °C	+0.7 °C	223 mm	+14 mm

The year's extremes

Hottest day

38.5 °C

17 Oct 2025

Coldest day

4.4 °C

9 Aug 2025

Wettest day

34.3 mm

29 Jan 2025

Windiest day

26.9 km/h

9 Jul 2025

Strongest gust

53.6 km/h

9 Jul 2025

Hottest feels-like

38.3 °C

1 Nov 2025

Coldest feels-like

0.3 °C

9 Aug 2025

Sunniest day

12.9 h

3 Jan 2025

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Frequently asked questions

What is the climate of Kalabo?

Kalabo has a tropical savanna climate (Köppen Aw). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 22.6 °C and it receives 1,017 mm of precipitation per year.

What is the hottest day ever recorded in Kalabo?

The hottest day measured in Kalabo between 1940 and 2025 was 27 September 1944, reaching 39.6 °C.

What is the coldest day in Kalabo?

The coldest day measured in Kalabo between 1940 and 2025 was 15 June 1968, at 2.3 °C.

Does it snow in Kalabo?

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

Has the climate of Kalabo warmed?

Yes: Kalabo warmed by +1.2 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.

What is the wettest day in Kalabo?

The wettest day measured in Kalabo between 1940 and 2025 was 12 February 1946, with 125 mm of rain in 24 hours.

What was the windiest day in Kalabo?

The windiest day measured in Kalabo between 1940 and 2025 was 3 September 1961, with winds reaching 31.1 km/h.

What is the warmest month in Kalabo?

The warmest month in Kalabo is October (27.0 °C on average); the coldest is July (18.5 °C).

How much does it rain in Kalabo?

Kalabo receives on average 1,017 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 122 rainy days.

Is it sunny in Kalabo?

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

Are there tropical nights in Kalabo?

Yes: Kalabo has on average 56 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.

What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Kalabo?

In Kalabo, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 40.8 °C on 9 November 2020, and the lowest was -2.2 °C on 30 June 1994.

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