Kaoma climate — normals and trends

Q: What is the climate of Kaoma?

Kaoma has a tropical savanna climate (Köppen Aw). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 21.9 °C and it receives 940 mm of precipitation per year.

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

The hottest day measured in Kaoma between 1940 and 2025 was 13 October 1941, reaching 38.7 °C.

Q: What is the coldest day in Kaoma?

The coldest day measured in Kaoma between 1940 and 2025 was 1 July 1994, at 3.6 °C.

Q: Does it snow in Kaoma?

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

Q: Has the climate of Kaoma warmed?

Yes: Kaoma warmed by +0.8 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.

Q: What is the wettest day in Kaoma?

The wettest day measured in Kaoma between 1940 and 2025 was 13 January 2019, with 112 mm of rain in 24 hours.

Q: What was the windiest day in Kaoma?

The windiest day measured in Kaoma between 1940 and 2025 was 28 August 2023, with winds reaching 32.4 km/h.

Q: What is the warmest month in Kaoma?

The warmest month in Kaoma is October (26.3 °C on average); the coldest is July (18.2 °C).

Q: How much does it rain in Kaoma?

Kaoma receives on average 940 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 118 rainy days.

Q: Is it sunny in Kaoma?

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

Kaoma (Zambia) has a tropical savanna climate (Aw) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 21.9 °C and it receives 940 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 (26.3 °C on average) and the coldest is July (18.2 °C). Rainfall peaks in January.

Kaoma averages 0 frost days, 91 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 118 rainy days per year.

Kaoma has warmed by +0.8 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.09 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.

The hottest day of the period reached 38.7 °C (on 13 October 1941) and the coldest 3.6 °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

KaomaWestern Province

coords: -14.78°, 24.80°
period: 1940–2025 · 86 yrs

AwTropical savannaWarmest monthOctoberColdest monthJulyWettest monthJanuaryDriest monthJuly

Mean daily temperature

21.9°C

Average daily high

28.0°C

Average daily low

16.8°C

Annual rainfall

940mm

Sunshine / day

10.5h

Mean relative humidity

57%

Average peak wind

14.2km/h

Seasonal range

8.1°C

Frost days (< 0 °C)

0 d/yr

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

91 d/yr

Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)

118 d/yr

Annual snowfall

0.0 cm

Average feels-like high

28.7 °C

Average feels-like low

16.2 °C

Average peak gust

34.4 km/h

Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)

39 d/yr

Solar radiation

20.5 MJ/m²

Has the climate changed?

One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025

+0.8 °C

since 1940

+0.1 °C per decade · r² = 0.22 · 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

38.7 °C

13 October 1941

Coldest day

3.6 °C

1 July 1994

Wettest day

112 mm

13 January 2019

Windiest day

32.4 km/h

28 August 2023

Strongest gust

72.0 km/h

27 January 1943

Hottest feels-like

38.9 °C

8 February 2024

Coldest feels-like

-1.2 °C

1 July 1994

Sunniest day

12.9 h

4 January 1966

Year	Hottest day	Coldest day	Annual mean	Rainfall	Hot days
2025	37.0 °C28 September 2025	7.3 °C9 August 2025	22.1 °C	854 mm	116
2024	37.7 °C28 September 2024	7.1 °C11 July 2024	23.1 °C	567 mm	205
2023	37.1 °C10 October 2023	9.0 °C11 July 2023	22.9 °C	884 mm	143
2022	35.2 °C5 October 2022	9.2 °C24 May 2022	21.9 °C	1,032 mm	89
2021	37.6 °C10 October 2021	9.0 °C14 June 2021	22.2 °C	862 mm	114
2020	37.7 °C4 October 2020	9.2 °C6 July 2020	22.2 °C	1,077 mm	94
2019	37.5 °C26 October 2019	9.2 °C8 July 2019	22.8 °C	688 mm	146
2018	35.6 °C18 September 2018	9.7 °C10 June 2018	22.6 °C	879 mm	118
2017	37.5 °C17 October 2017	10.4 °C23 June 2017	22.0 °C	1,064 mm	78
2016	37.8 °C17 October 2016	9.5 °C11 June 2016	22.6 °C	934 mm	112
2015	36.2 °C14 October 2015	9.5 °C17 June 2015	22.4 °C	908 mm	109
2014	36.3 °C9 October 2014	9.4 °C12 July 2014	22.4 °C	903 mm	98
2013	37.9 °C28 September 2013	10.3 °C13 July 2013	22.3 °C	953 mm	104
2012	36.3 °C10 October 2012	8.0 °C20 July 2012	22.1 °C	995 mm	95
2011	37.4 °C1 November 2011	6.5 °C27 June 2011	21.9 °C	1,010 mm	78
2010	37.6 °C12 October 2010	9.1 °C11 July 2010	22.3 °C	1,079 mm	94
2009	35.7 °C17 September 2009	9.3 °C3 July 2009	21.8 °C	1,050 mm	74
2008	37.1 °C28 September 2008	9.3 °C2 July 2008	21.9 °C	1,076 mm	80
2007	35.7 °C8 October 2007	8.8 °C6 July 2007	22.0 °C	937 mm	91
2006	35.6 °C25 October 2006	7.0 °C4 August 2006	21.8 °C	842 mm	76
2005	36.6 °C13 October 2005	9.4 °C21 June 2005	22.8 °C	659 mm	142
2004	35.7 °C8 October 2004	9.6 °C16 July 2004	21.9 °C	877 mm	99
2003	37.3 °C15 October 2003	9.2 °C9 July 2003	22.2 °C	824 mm	103
2002	36.0 °C19 October 2002	9.9 °C24 June 2002	22.3 °C	707 mm	85
2001	35.8 °C27 September 2001	8.5 °C27 July 2001	21.8 °C	949 mm	84
2000	35.5 °C6 October 2000	9.5 °C11 August 2000	21.8 °C	984 mm	78
1999	37.0 °C23 October 1999	9.8 °C29 June 1999	21.7 °C	852 mm	65
1998	37.2 °C4 November 1998	9.0 °C15 June 1998	22.7 °C	816 mm	117
1997	36.5 °C27 October 1997	9.4 °C1 July 1997	22.2 °C	904 mm	88
1996	36.4 °C20 October 1996	7.0 °C3 July 1996	22.5 °C	867 mm	107
1995	36.8 °C12 October 1995	5.5 °C19 June 1995	22.6 °C	706 mm	128
1994	35.9 °C28 September 1994	3.6 °C1 July 1994	22.0 °C	763 mm	131
1993	35.6 °C3 November 1993	8.0 °C11 June 1993	21.7 °C	1,000 mm	71
1992	35.8 °C23 September 1992	8.7 °C5 July 1992	22.3 °C	753 mm	114
1991	35.4 °C8 October 1991	8.6 °C23 July 1991	21.9 °C	881 mm	93
1990	36.5 °C6 November 1990	8.0 °C26 July 1990	22.1 °C	817 mm	92
1989	35.6 °C24 September 1989	7.0 °C17 June 1989	21.7 °C	908 mm	97
1988	34.9 °C9 October 1988	7.2 °C16 July 1988	21.9 °C	807 mm	91
1987	38.0 °C5 November 1987	6.6 °C28 June 1987	22.7 °C	787 mm	136
1986	35.4 °C25 September 1986	7.1 °C28 June 1986	21.3 °C	789 mm	64
1985	34.7 °C26 October 1985	5.3 °C14 July 1985	21.6 °C	818 mm	76
1984	35.3 °C16 October 1984	9.4 °C18 June 1984	21.9 °C	840 mm	90
1983	36.3 °C2 October 1983	9.5 °C20 June 1983	22.6 °C	759 mm	122
1982	34.2 °C7 November 1982	7.4 °C13 July 1982	21.7 °C	889 mm	84
1981	35.7 °C6 November 1981	7.5 °C22 June 1981	21.5 °C	1,091 mm	90
1980	35.6 °C19 September 1980	9.1 °C10 July 1980	21.8 °C	728 mm	83
1979	36.5 °C24 September 1979	7.8 °C5 July 1979	21.2 °C	759 mm	68
1978	36.6 °C30 September 1978	7.8 °C16 June 1978	21.4 °C	1,317 mm	74
1977	36.1 °C24 October 1977	8.8 °C27 June 1977	21.9 °C	1,053 mm	97
1976	35.5 °C25 October 1976	8.3 °C28 June 1976	20.6 °C	1,032 mm	58
1975	35.7 °C4 November 1975	7.1 °C23 July 1975	21.2 °C	903 mm	73
1974	35.9 °C18 October 1974	6.8 °C4 July 1974	21.0 °C	1,061 mm	76
1973	36.8 °C26 October 1973	8.5 °C17 July 1973	22.0 °C	716 mm	104
1972	36.1 °C23 September 1972	8.9 °C13 June 1972	21.3 °C	854 mm	90
1971	34.9 °C8 October 1971	8.9 °C16 July 1971	21.5 °C	954 mm	68
1970	35.6 °C10 October 1970	9.8 °C9 July 1970	21.9 °C	736 mm	84
1969	36.0 °C9 October 1969	9.3 °C27 July 1969	21.3 °C	1,335 mm	43
1968	37.1 °C17 October 1968	5.0 °C15 June 1968	21.8 °C	825 mm	81
1967	35.6 °C3 October 1967	8.9 °C14 July 1967	21.8 °C	834 mm	49
1966	34.8 °C15 October 1966	9.7 °C29 July 1966	22.3 °C	832 mm	88
1965	36.2 °C30 October 1965	8.9 °C5 July 1965	21.8 °C	692 mm	73
1964	36.2 °C2 October 1964	8.0 °C21 June 1964	21.7 °C	870 mm	80
1963	35.3 °C24 September 1963	9.4 °C8 July 1963	21.7 °C	1,058 mm	61
1962	36.0 °C16 October 1962	8.8 °C28 June 1962	21.8 °C	1,113 mm	64
1961	36.6 °C16 October 1961	9.1 °C11 August 1961	21.3 °C	1,108 mm	57
1960	35.7 °C10 October 1960	8.4 °C27 July 1960	21.4 °C	689 mm	74
1959	35.9 °C18 October 1959	9.7 °C19 May 1959	21.7 °C	1,100 mm	75
1958	34.7 °C10 September 1958	8.6 °C16 June 1958	21.2 °C	1,873 mm	46
1957	35.8 °C22 October 1957	9.4 °C20 June 1957	21.6 °C	1,527 mm	85
1956	36.3 °C16 October 1956	9.6 °C19 June 1956	21.3 °C	1,051 mm	77
1955	35.8 °C13 October 1955	9.9 °C10 August 1955	21.3 °C	1,300 mm	71
1954	37.5 °C24 October 1954	8.0 °C22 June 1954	23.0 °C	387 mm	179
1953	37.2 °C31 October 1953	8.1 °C1 July 1953	21.1 °C	1,452 mm	64
1952	36.3 °C29 October 1952	9.0 °C6 August 1952	22.3 °C	966 mm	92
1951	36.8 °C10 October 1951	9.1 °C15 July 1951	22.1 °C	874 mm	102
1950	35.0 °C19 October 1950	10.2 °C23 May 1950	21.3 °C	1,055 mm	80
1949	36.5 °C5 October 1949	9.7 °C9 June 1949	22.0 °C	993 mm	97
1948	36.2 °C22 September 1948	9.7 °C20 June 1948	21.4 °C	1,338 mm	50
1947	36.7 °C14 October 1947	9.0 °C15 July 1947	21.8 °C	1,165 mm	72
1946	35.1 °C5 October 1946	8.7 °C10 July 1946	21.7 °C	1,075 mm	90
1945	36.4 °C5 October 1945	10.0 °C6 July 1945	22.0 °C	919 mm	94
1944	37.8 °C27 September 1944	10.8 °C13 July 1944	22.1 °C	965 mm	88
1943	35.9 °C5 October 1943	9.2 °C28 June 1943	21.8 °C	945 mm	82
1942	36.5 °C23 October 1942	9.0 °C21 July 1942	21.8 °C	1,007 mm	91
1941	38.7 °C13 October 1941	10.4 °C29 June 1941	22.5 °C	765 mm	120
1940	35.2 °C5 October 1940	9.4 °C16 July 1940	21.3 °C	1,001 mm	68

Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.

A specific year

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Year

Across the whole year

Average daily high

28.8 °C

+0.8 °C

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

116 d/yr

+25

Frost days (< 0 °C)

0 d/yr

Annual rainfall

854 mm

-86 mm

Month by month

	High	vs. normal	Precipitation	vs. normal
Jan	27.6 °C	+0.8 °C	220 mm	-8 mm
Feb	28.4 °C	+1.4 °C	168 mm	-25 mm
Mar	29.3 °C	+1.9 °C	77 mm	-47 mm
Apr	28.2 °C	+0.4 °C	63 mm	+39 mm
May	26.5 °C	-0.5 °C	1 mm	-1 mm
Jun	25.6 °C	+0.4 °C	0 mm	-0 mm
Jul	24.9 °C	-0.4 °C	0 mm	0 mm
Aug	29.3 °C	+0.9 °C	0 mm	-0 mm
Sep	33.5 °C	+1.5 °C	2 mm	-0 mm
Oct	33.9 °C	+1.1 °C	8 mm	-18 mm
Nov	29.8 °C	+0.4 °C	102 mm	-30 mm
Dec	28.1 °C	+0.8 °C	214 mm	+4 mm

The year's extremes

Hottest day

37.0 °C

28 Sep 2025

Coldest day

7.3 °C

9 Aug 2025

Wettest day

24.0 mm

16 Dec 2025

Windiest day

27.9 km/h

9 Jul 2025

Strongest gust

58.7 km/h

9 Jul 2025

Hottest feels-like

37.0 °C

28 Sep 2025

Coldest feels-like

3.9 °C

9 Aug 2025

Sunniest day

12.8 h

12 Jan 2025

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Frequently asked questions

What is the climate of Kaoma?

Kaoma has a tropical savanna climate (Köppen Aw). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 21.9 °C and it receives 940 mm of precipitation per year.

What is the hottest day ever recorded in Kaoma?

The hottest day measured in Kaoma between 1940 and 2025 was 13 October 1941, reaching 38.7 °C.

What is the coldest day in Kaoma?

The coldest day measured in Kaoma between 1940 and 2025 was 1 July 1994, at 3.6 °C.

Does it snow in Kaoma?

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

Has the climate of Kaoma warmed?

Yes: Kaoma warmed by +0.8 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.

What is the wettest day in Kaoma?

The wettest day measured in Kaoma between 1940 and 2025 was 13 January 2019, with 112 mm of rain in 24 hours.

What was the windiest day in Kaoma?

The windiest day measured in Kaoma between 1940 and 2025 was 28 August 2023, with winds reaching 32.4 km/h.

What is the warmest month in Kaoma?

The warmest month in Kaoma is October (26.3 °C on average); the coldest is July (18.2 °C).

How much does it rain in Kaoma?

Kaoma receives on average 940 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 118 rainy days.

Is it sunny in Kaoma?

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

Are there tropical nights in Kaoma?

Yes: Kaoma has on average 39 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.

What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Kaoma?

In Kaoma, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 38.9 °C on 8 February 2024, and the lowest was -1.2 °C on 1 July 1994.

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