Kansanshi climate — normals and trends

Q: What is the climate of Kansanshi?

Kansanshi has a humid subtropical, dry winter climate (Köppen Cwa). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 20.0 °C and it receives 1,533 mm of precipitation per year.

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

The hottest day measured in Kansanshi between 1940 and 2025 was 13 October 1941, reaching 35.7 °C.

Q: What is the coldest day in Kansanshi?

The coldest day measured in Kansanshi between 1940 and 2025 was 1 July 1994, at 5.2 °C.

Q: Does it snow in Kansanshi?

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

Q: Has the climate of Kansanshi warmed?

Yes: Kansanshi warmed by +0.7 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.

Q: What is the wettest day in Kansanshi?

The wettest day measured in Kansanshi between 1940 and 2025 was 8 March 1957, with 79 mm of rain in 24 hours.

Q: What was the windiest day in Kansanshi?

The windiest day measured in Kansanshi between 1940 and 2025 was 22 February 1958, with winds reaching 29.9 km/h.

Q: What is the warmest month in Kansanshi?

The warmest month in Kansanshi is October (23.3 °C on average); the coldest is July (17.4 °C).

Q: How much does it rain in Kansanshi?

Kansanshi receives on average 1,533 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 158 rainy days.

Q: Is it sunny in Kansanshi?

Kansanshi gets on average 10.4 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,796 hours per year over 1940-2025.

Kansanshi (Zambia) has a humid subtropical, dry winter climate (Cwa) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 20.0 °C and it receives 1,533 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 (23.3 °C on average) and the coldest is July (17.4 °C). Rainfall peaks in January.

Kansanshi averages 0 frost days, 42 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 158 rainy days per year.

Kansanshi has warmed by +0.7 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.08 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.

The hottest day of the period reached 35.7 °C (on 13 October 1941) and the coldest 5.2 °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

KansanshiNorth-Western

coords: -12.10°, 26.43°
period: 1940–2025 · 86 yrs

CwaHumid subtropical, dry winterWarmest monthOctoberColdest monthJulyWettest monthJanuaryDriest monthJuly

Mean daily temperature

20.0°C

Average daily high

26.2°C

Average daily low

15.1°C

Annual rainfall

1,533mm

Sunshine / day

10.4h

Mean relative humidity

65%

Average peak wind

12.5km/h

Seasonal range

5.9°C

Frost days (< 0 °C)

0 d/yr

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

42 d/yr

Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)

158 d/yr

Annual snowfall

0.0 cm

Average feels-like high

27.3 °C

Average feels-like low

14.5 °C

Average peak gust

33.4 km/h

Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)

2 d/yr

Solar radiation

20.2 MJ/m²

Has the climate changed?

One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025

+0.7 °C

since 1940

+0.1 °C per decade · r² = 0.24 · 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

35.7 °C

13 October 1941

Coldest day

5.2 °C

1 July 1994

Wettest day

79 mm

8 March 1957

Windiest day

29.9 km/h

22 February 1958

Strongest gust

84.6 km/h

22 February 1958

Hottest feels-like

36.6 °C

10 November 1989

Coldest feels-like

0.7 °C

1 July 1994

Sunniest day

12.7 h

11 January 1944

Year	Hottest day	Coldest day	Annual mean	Rainfall	Hot days
2025	33.5 °C17 September 2025	7.4 °C31 July 2025	20.1 °C	1,379 mm	53
2024	34.5 °C27 September 2024	6.8 °C15 June 2024	20.8 °C	1,112 mm	52
2023	34.0 °C9 October 2023	8.9 °C15 July 2023	20.6 °C	1,569 mm	57
2022	32.5 °C5 October 2022	9.5 °C29 June 2022	20.1 °C	1,851 mm	45
2021	33.6 °C10 October 2021	7.9 °C27 July 2021	20.2 °C	1,545 mm	58
2020	33.9 °C27 September 2020	8.0 °C19 July 2020	20.2 °C	1,687 mm	41
2019	33.5 °C4 November 2019	9.5 °C24 July 2019	20.6 °C	1,408 mm	60
2018	32.6 °C7 November 2018	8.3 °C9 June 2018	20.2 °C	1,435 mm	57
2017	33.9 °C17 October 2017	9.9 °C14 July 2017	20.0 °C	1,539 mm	43
2016	34.7 °C23 October 2016	8.8 °C11 July 2016	20.5 °C	1,479 mm	63
2015	33.7 °C14 October 2015	9.3 °C22 June 2015	20.4 °C	1,593 mm	58
2014	34.2 °C1 October 2014	8.6 °C12 July 2014	20.4 °C	1,413 mm	58
2013	34.6 °C28 September 2013	9.3 °C13 July 2013	20.3 °C	1,368 mm	49
2012	33.9 °C11 October 2012	6.5 °C20 July 2012	20.3 °C	1,351 mm	56
2011	33.2 °C24 October 2011	8.4 °C9 July 2011	20.0 °C	1,407 mm	32
2010	35.6 °C13 October 2010	8.3 °C13 August 2010	20.4 °C	1,450 mm	58
2009	33.6 °C19 September 2009	8.1 °C3 July 2009	20.1 °C	1,512 mm	46
2008	34.7 °C27 September 2008	8.3 °C27 June 2008	20.2 °C	1,385 mm	60
2007	33.4 °C25 September 2007	8.3 °C6 July 2007	20.4 °C	1,550 mm	45
2006	32.9 °C22 October 2006	8.4 °C27 June 2006	20.1 °C	1,387 mm	39
2005	33.5 °C22 October 2005	9.0 °C3 July 2005	20.8 °C	1,133 mm	61
2004	33.3 °C8 October 2004	8.4 °C8 July 2004	20.0 °C	1,414 mm	46
2003	35.7 °C15 October 2003	7.4 °C9 July 2003	20.3 °C	1,440 mm	56
2002	33.7 °C29 September 2002	9.4 °C19 June 2002	20.3 °C	1,366 mm	39
2001	33.5 °C7 September 2001	9.2 °C27 July 2001	20.1 °C	1,604 mm	56
2000	33.7 °C19 October 2000	8.7 °C8 July 2000	20.2 °C	1,454 mm	56
1999	33.8 °C22 October 1999	9.1 °C22 July 1999	20.1 °C	1,281 mm	33
1998	34.3 °C8 October 1998	9.2 °C15 July 1998	21.0 °C	1,393 mm	71
1997	33.4 °C7 October 1997	9.1 °C14 July 1997	20.3 °C	1,529 mm	40
1996	33.1 °C26 September 1996	6.0 °C3 July 1996	20.3 °C	1,418 mm	68
1995	33.8 °C14 October 1995	6.1 °C19 June 1995	20.4 °C	1,406 mm	62
1994	33.0 °C28 September 1994	5.2 °C1 July 1994	19.9 °C	1,259 mm	39
1993	33.8 °C24 October 1993	7.1 °C17 August 1993	19.9 °C	1,686 mm	36
1992	32.2 °C22 September 1992	7.7 °C5 July 1992	20.1 °C	1,266 mm	33
1991	32.4 °C7 October 1991	6.0 °C21 July 1991	19.7 °C	1,272 mm	18
1990	32.2 °C6 November 1990	6.4 °C13 July 1990	19.9 °C	1,279 mm	41
1989	33.3 °C25 September 1989	5.8 °C18 June 1989	19.7 °C	1,476 mm	41
1988	32.2 °C10 October 1988	8.3 °C16 July 1988	20.1 °C	1,397 mm	31
1987	32.5 °C25 September 1987	6.9 °C28 June 1987	20.3 °C	1,319 mm	39
1986	32.5 °C7 October 1986	6.5 °C17 June 1986	19.4 °C	1,631 mm	19
1985	31.0 °C26 October 1985	7.3 °C23 June 1985	19.4 °C	1,489 mm	17
1984	33.5 °C16 October 1984	8.8 °C18 June 1984	19.9 °C	1,452 mm	45
1983	32.6 °C1 October 1983	8.6 °C27 July 1983	20.3 °C	1,415 mm	31
1982	31.0 °C2 September 1982	7.5 °C17 July 1982	19.7 °C	1,610 mm	19
1981	32.4 °C3 October 1981	7.1 °C18 June 1981	19.7 °C	1,379 mm	45
1980	33.7 °C19 September 1980	8.2 °C10 July 1980	19.9 °C	1,432 mm	28
1979	33.1 °C3 October 1979	7.4 °C6 July 1979	19.3 °C	1,686 mm	33
1978	33.0 °C30 September 1978	8.0 °C7 July 1978	19.7 °C	2,136 mm	45
1977	32.7 °C20 October 1977	7.6 °C12 July 1977	19.8 °C	1,663 mm	31
1976	31.9 °C26 October 1976	7.6 °C27 June 1976	19.1 °C	1,891 mm	13
1975	32.9 °C26 October 1975	6.5 °C26 July 1975	19.5 °C	1,471 mm	31
1974	32.8 °C13 November 1974	6.9 °C17 June 1974	19.2 °C	1,590 mm	40
1973	33.6 °C28 October 1973	7.5 °C13 July 1973	19.7 °C	1,329 mm	31
1972	32.6 °C21 September 1972	8.4 °C20 June 1972	19.3 °C	1,672 mm	22
1971	32.4 °C9 October 1971	8.7 °C16 July 1971	19.4 °C	1,607 mm	18
1970	32.6 °C28 September 1970	9.0 °C5 July 1970	19.7 °C	1,752 mm	16
1969	33.2 °C9 October 1969	8.2 °C23 June 1969	19.7 °C	1,955 mm	25
1968	33.3 °C10 October 1968	7.2 °C15 June 1968	19.7 °C	1,481 mm	37
1967	33.3 °C3 October 1967	8.6 °C12 July 1967	19.6 °C	1,557 mm	18
1966	32.6 °C6 October 1966	8.8 °C28 July 1966	20.0 °C	1,430 mm	28
1965	32.7 °C18 October 1965	8.2 °C5 July 1965	19.8 °C	1,409 mm	36
1964	33.3 °C2 October 1964	8.1 °C29 June 1964	19.9 °C	1,528 mm	24
1963	32.3 °C8 September 1963	9.2 °C9 June 1963	19.9 °C	1,791 mm	28
1962	32.7 °C2 November 1962	9.9 °C27 June 1962	20.0 °C	1,748 mm	43
1961	33.5 °C16 October 1961	7.8 °C11 August 1961	19.4 °C	2,094 mm	33
1960	31.6 °C11 October 1960	7.4 °C25 July 1960	19.2 °C	1,539 mm	26
1959	32.6 °C18 October 1959	9.5 °C9 June 1959	19.4 °C	1,850 mm	22
1958	33.0 °C10 September 1958	7.3 °C13 August 1958	19.5 °C	1,946 mm	18
1957	32.2 °C22 October 1957	8.4 °C16 June 1957	19.4 °C	2,046 mm	20
1956	33.7 °C15 October 1956	8.7 °C28 July 1956	19.6 °C	1,728 mm	53
1955	34.3 °C6 October 1955	9.2 °C28 July 1955	19.7 °C	1,601 mm	38
1954	34.0 °C23 October 1954	7.4 °C22 June 1954	20.9 °C	826 mm	86
1953	33.9 °C30 October 1953	8.0 °C14 June 1953	19.6 °C	2,103 mm	53
1952	34.5 °C12 October 1952	9.3 °C6 August 1952	20.3 °C	1,611 mm	60
1951	34.0 °C5 October 1951	8.6 °C14 July 1951	20.2 °C	1,530 mm	54
1950	32.4 °C13 October 1950	8.6 °C12 June 1950	19.4 °C	1,534 mm	27
1949	33.7 °C1 November 1949	8.3 °C8 June 1949	20.0 °C	1,654 mm	60
1948	34.1 °C12 October 1948	9.1 °C20 June 1948	19.8 °C	1,808 mm	37
1947	34.0 °C19 October 1947	8.9 °C6 July 1947	19.9 °C	1,610 mm	52
1946	32.9 °C7 October 1946	7.9 °C18 June 1946	20.0 °C	1,500 mm	50
1945	33.8 °C11 October 1945	9.1 °C5 July 1945	20.0 °C	1,672 mm	56
1944	35.4 °C20 September 1944	9.4 °C13 July 1944	20.1 °C	1,438 mm	64
1943	33.7 °C11 October 1943	8.6 °C27 July 1943	19.9 °C	1,339 mm	48
1942	33.3 °C18 September 1942	9.1 °C27 July 1942	20.1 °C	1,410 mm	61
1941	35.7 °C13 October 1941	9.6 °C6 July 1941	20.3 °C	1,420 mm	52
1940	32.6 °C5 October 1940	8.5 °C17 July 1940	19.6 °C	1,653 mm	40

Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.

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Year

Across the whole year

Average daily high

26.5 °C

+0.3 °C

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

53 d/yr

+11

Frost days (< 0 °C)

0 d/yr

Annual rainfall

1379 mm

-154 mm

Month by month

	High	vs. normal	Precipitation	vs. normal
Jan	25.0 °C	+0.3 °C	333 mm	+12 mm
Feb	26.4 °C	+1.4 °C	253 mm	-32 mm
Mar	26.3 °C	+1.1 °C	151 mm	-102 mm
Apr	26.1 °C	+0.7 °C	96 mm	+21 mm
May	24.5 °C	-1.2 °C	34 mm	+25 mm
Jun	24.8 °C	+0.1 °C	1 mm	+0 mm
Jul	23.8 °C	-1.0 °C	0 mm	-0 mm
Aug	27.4 °C	0.0 °C	0 mm	-1 mm
Sep	30.8 °C	+0.7 °C	5 mm	-1 mm
Oct	30.9 °C	+0.8 °C	17 mm	-37 mm
Nov	26.9 °C	+0.3 °C	202 mm	-18 mm
Dec	25.2 °C	+0.2 °C	288 mm	-22 mm

The year's extremes

Hottest day

33.5 °C

17 Sep 2025

Coldest day

7.4 °C

31 Jul 2025

Wettest day

47.3 mm

6 Feb 2025

Windiest day

23.8 km/h

9 Jul 2025

Strongest gust

59.4 km/h

9 Jul 2025

Hottest feels-like

34.4 °C

28 Sep 2025

Coldest feels-like

4.2 °C

3 Aug 2025

Sunniest day

12.5 h

13 Jan 2025

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Frequently asked questions

What is the climate of Kansanshi?

Kansanshi has a humid subtropical, dry winter climate (Köppen Cwa). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 20.0 °C and it receives 1,533 mm of precipitation per year.

What is the hottest day ever recorded in Kansanshi?

The hottest day measured in Kansanshi between 1940 and 2025 was 13 October 1941, reaching 35.7 °C.

What is the coldest day in Kansanshi?

The coldest day measured in Kansanshi between 1940 and 2025 was 1 July 1994, at 5.2 °C.

Does it snow in Kansanshi?

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

Has the climate of Kansanshi warmed?

Yes: Kansanshi warmed by +0.7 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.

What is the wettest day in Kansanshi?

The wettest day measured in Kansanshi between 1940 and 2025 was 8 March 1957, with 79 mm of rain in 24 hours.

What was the windiest day in Kansanshi?

The windiest day measured in Kansanshi between 1940 and 2025 was 22 February 1958, with winds reaching 29.9 km/h.

What is the warmest month in Kansanshi?

The warmest month in Kansanshi is October (23.3 °C on average); the coldest is July (17.4 °C).

How much does it rain in Kansanshi?

Kansanshi receives on average 1,533 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 158 rainy days.

Is it sunny in Kansanshi?

Kansanshi gets on average 10.4 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,796 hours per year over 1940-2025.

Are there tropical nights in Kansanshi?

Yes: Kansanshi has on average 2 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.

What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Kansanshi?

In Kansanshi, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 36.6 °C on 10 November 1989, and the lowest was 0.7 °C on 1 July 1994.

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