Kapiri Mposhi climate — normals and trends

Q: What is the climate of Kapiri Mposhi?

Kapiri Mposhi has a humid subtropical, dry winter climate (Köppen Cwa). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 20.4 °C and it receives 1,008 mm of precipitation per year.

Q: What is the hottest day ever recorded in Kapiri Mposhi?

The hottest day measured in Kapiri Mposhi between 1940 and 2025 was 18 October 2017, reaching 37.9 °C.

Q: What is the coldest day in Kapiri Mposhi?

The coldest day measured in Kapiri Mposhi between 1940 and 2025 was 15 June 1968, at 2.7 °C.

Q: Does it snow in Kapiri Mposhi?

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

Q: Has the climate of Kapiri Mposhi warmed?

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

Q: What is the wettest day in Kapiri Mposhi?

The wettest day measured in Kapiri Mposhi between 1940 and 2025 was 8 February 2018, with 82 mm of rain in 24 hours.

Q: What was the windiest day in Kapiri Mposhi?

The windiest day measured in Kapiri Mposhi between 1940 and 2025 was 28 July 2025, with winds reaching 32.7 km/h.

Q: What is the warmest month in Kapiri Mposhi?

The warmest month in Kapiri Mposhi is October (24.7 °C on average); the coldest is July (16.1 °C).

Q: How much does it rain in Kapiri Mposhi?

Kapiri Mposhi receives on average 1,008 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 120 rainy days.

Q: Is it sunny in Kapiri Mposhi?

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

Kapiri Mposhi (Zambia) has a humid subtropical, dry winter climate (Cwa) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 20.4 °C and it receives 1,008 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 (24.7 °C on average) and the coldest is July (16.1 °C). Rainfall peaks in January.

Kapiri Mposhi averages 0 frost days, 54 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 120 rainy days per year.

Kapiri Mposhi has warmed by +1.0 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.12 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.

The hottest day of the period reached 37.9 °C (on 18 October 2017) and the coldest 2.7 °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

Kapiri MposhiCentral Province

coords: -13.97°, 28.67°
period: 1940–2025 · 86 yrs

CwaHumid subtropical, dry winterWarmest monthOctoberColdest monthJulyWettest monthJanuaryDriest monthAugust

Mean daily temperature

20.4°C

Average daily high

26.3°C

Average daily low

15.5°C

Annual rainfall

1,008mm

Sunshine / day

10.4h

Mean relative humidity

64%

Average peak wind

15.5km/h

Seasonal range

8.6°C

Frost days (< 0 °C)

0 d/yr

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

54 d/yr

Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)

120 d/yr

Annual snowfall

0.0 cm

Average feels-like high

27.0 °C

Average feels-like low

14.9 °C

Average peak gust

35.0 km/h

Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)

17 d/yr

Solar radiation

20.3 MJ/m²

Has the climate changed?

One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025

+1.0 °C

since 1940

+0.1 °C per decade · r² = 0.32 · 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

37.9 °C

18 October 2017

Coldest day

2.7 °C

15 June 1968

Wettest day

82 mm

8 February 2018

Windiest day

32.7 km/h

28 July 2025

Strongest gust

74.5 km/h

31 January 1949

Hottest feels-like

38.9 °C

29 October 2019

Coldest feels-like

-1.3 °C

15 June 1968

Sunniest day

12.6 h

13 January 2025

Year	Hottest day	Coldest day	Annual mean	Rainfall	Hot days
2025	35.5 °C2 November 2025	5.9 °C31 July 2025	20.9 °C	1,227 mm	68
2024	35.9 °C30 September 2024	6.3 °C15 June 2024	21.6 °C	565 mm	101
2023	35.4 °C13 October 2023	8.1 °C15 July 2023	21.5 °C	1,028 mm	82
2022	34.4 °C27 October 2022	7.8 °C14 June 2022	20.6 °C	1,273 mm	48
2021	35.9 °C9 November 2021	6.7 °C29 May 2021	20.8 °C	997 mm	74
2020	36.2 °C7 November 2020	7.1 °C6 July 2020	21.0 °C	948 mm	70
2019	36.6 °C28 October 2019	6.8 °C24 July 2019	21.3 °C	807 mm	76
2018	34.9 °C2 November 2018	6.6 °C8 June 2018	21.0 °C	945 mm	64
2017	37.9 °C18 October 2017	7.6 °C16 July 2017	20.6 °C	1,279 mm	46
2016	35.1 °C9 October 2016	6.9 °C16 June 2016	21.1 °C	934 mm	83
2015	34.8 °C14 November 2015	7.3 °C16 June 2015	20.9 °C	927 mm	75
2014	35.7 °C16 October 2014	7.2 °C12 July 2014	21.0 °C	947 mm	73
2013	35.2 °C28 September 2013	7.9 °C10 July 2013	20.9 °C	805 mm	68
2012	35.0 °C18 October 2012	5.0 °C20 July 2012	20.6 °C	1,054 mm	68
2011	36.0 °C26 October 2011	7.1 °C27 June 2011	20.4 °C	875 mm	42
2010	35.4 °C12 October 2010	6.5 °C15 August 2010	20.6 °C	1,150 mm	55
2009	33.7 °C8 October 2009	6.9 °C1 July 2009	20.1 °C	1,072 mm	42
2008	34.7 °C27 September 2008	6.6 °C27 June 2008	20.2 °C	971 mm	55
2007	33.9 °C24 September 2007	6.9 °C15 June 2007	20.6 °C	1,186 mm	43
2006	34.1 °C31 October 2006	6.4 °C6 June 2006	20.5 °C	967 mm	44
2005	34.1 °C21 October 2005	7.7 °C18 July 2005	21.3 °C	683 mm	65
2004	34.7 °C9 October 2004	6.4 °C9 July 2004	20.3 °C	926 mm	46
2003	35.5 °C15 October 2003	6.6 °C16 July 2003	20.5 °C	1,068 mm	57
2002	34.2 °C30 September 2002	7.3 °C25 June 2002	20.9 °C	770 mm	60
2001	34.0 °C18 October 2001	6.8 °C27 July 2001	20.6 °C	1,069 mm	61
2000	33.9 °C26 October 2000	7.7 °C7 July 2000	20.4 °C	1,180 mm	40
1999	35.2 °C23 October 1999	7.3 °C11 June 1999	20.4 °C	942 mm	46
1998	36.3 °C7 November 1998	6.5 °C15 June 1998	21.3 °C	807 mm	64
1997	34.7 °C27 October 1997	8.1 °C9 May 1997	20.7 °C	978 mm	41
1996	34.7 °C9 November 1996	5.1 °C3 July 1996	20.9 °C	925 mm	65
1995	34.9 °C11 October 1995	4.9 °C10 June 1995	21.4 °C	845 mm	80
1994	35.2 °C21 November 1994	4.4 °C1 July 1994	20.9 °C	727 mm	81
1993	34.3 °C4 November 1993	6.4 °C10 June 1993	20.6 °C	1,010 mm	53
1992	35.3 °C29 October 1992	6.7 °C14 August 1992	21.4 °C	722 mm	70
1991	33.4 °C9 October 1991	6.3 °C23 July 1991	20.6 °C	948 mm	55
1990	35.8 °C6 November 1990	6.0 °C11 July 1990	20.8 °C	770 mm	53
1989	34.8 °C10 November 1989	5.5 °C18 June 1989	20.4 °C	1,148 mm	55
1988	33.9 °C10 October 1988	6.1 °C14 June 1988	20.7 °C	1,004 mm	42
1987	35.5 °C20 November 1987	5.9 °C2 July 1987	21.1 °C	804 mm	68
1986	34.4 °C7 October 1986	6.0 °C26 July 1986	19.9 °C	1,099 mm	26
1985	32.2 °C16 October 1985	6.6 °C16 July 1985	19.9 °C	1,025 mm	28
1984	34.5 °C15 October 1984	6.7 °C18 June 1984	20.6 °C	859 mm	53
1983	35.3 °C11 November 1983	7.6 °C22 July 1983	21.2 °C	900 mm	63
1982	33.3 °C15 October 1982	6.4 °C17 July 1982	20.3 °C	1,102 mm	33
1981	34.5 °C4 October 1981	6.1 °C19 June 1981	20.2 °C	877 mm	60
1980	33.3 °C8 September 1980	6.2 °C10 July 1980	20.1 °C	893 mm	39
1979	33.7 °C2 September 1979	7.1 °C6 July 1979	19.8 °C	861 mm	46
1978	34.8 °C30 September 1978	6.0 °C17 June 1978	20.0 °C	1,659 mm	50
1977	35.0 °C21 October 1977	6.9 °C6 July 1977	20.4 °C	1,034 mm	55
1976	34.2 °C26 October 1976	6.5 °C7 August 1976	19.5 °C	1,249 mm	38
1975	34.3 °C26 October 1975	5.3 °C26 July 1975	19.7 °C	875 mm	40
1974	33.9 °C13 November 1974	5.9 °C28 July 1974	19.5 °C	1,168 mm	50
1973	34.6 °C28 October 1973	6.9 °C12 July 1973	20.2 °C	923 mm	39
1972	33.5 °C23 September 1972	7.1 °C3 July 1972	20.2 °C	873 mm	55
1971	33.1 °C1 November 1971	7.5 °C1 June 1971	19.9 °C	958 mm	28
1970	34.2 °C8 October 1970	6.8 °C5 July 1970	20.3 °C	959 mm	37
1969	34.0 °C3 October 1969	5.1 °C25 July 1969	20.2 °C	1,213 mm	43
1968	35.6 °C4 October 1968	2.7 °C15 June 1968	20.3 °C	930 mm	40
1967	34.8 °C7 October 1967	4.7 °C19 July 1967	20.1 °C	874 mm	38
1966	34.1 °C1 November 1966	4.5 °C28 July 1966	20.7 °C	824 mm	54
1965	34.1 °C25 September 1965	5.7 °C28 June 1965	19.9 °C	599 mm	43
1964	34.1 °C26 October 1964	4.2 °C28 June 1964	20.2 °C	887 mm	46
1963	33.9 °C8 October 1963	6.9 °C23 May 1963	20.2 °C	1,052 mm	36
1962	33.8 °C15 October 1962	7.7 °C26 June 1962	20.1 °C	1,174 mm	44
1961	34.8 °C15 October 1961	7.8 °C11 August 1961	19.8 °C	1,220 mm	38
1960	33.4 °C10 October 1960	6.6 °C3 July 1960	20.0 °C	776 mm	52
1959	33.3 °C4 October 1959	7.8 °C19 July 1959	19.8 °C	1,055 mm	30
1958	33.3 °C17 October 1958	6.3 °C14 July 1958	19.9 °C	1,596 mm	33
1957	35.8 °C25 November 1957	7.0 °C21 June 1957	20.2 °C	1,408 mm	74
1956	33.6 °C16 October 1956	5.3 °C30 July 1956	19.5 °C	1,424 mm	37
1955	34.9 °C22 October 1955	6.1 °C11 August 1955	19.7 °C	1,221 mm	42
1954	35.7 °C27 October 1954	6.3 °C10 June 1954	20.8 °C	634 mm	60
1953	34.9 °C31 October 1953	5.7 °C2 July 1953	19.6 °C	1,311 mm	47
1952	35.3 °C2 October 1952	7.5 °C3 August 1952	20.6 °C	1,107 mm	56
1951	35.6 °C10 October 1951	6.5 °C14 July 1951	21.3 °C	653 mm	83
1950	33.5 °C22 October 1950	6.8 °C20 August 1950	19.7 °C	1,054 mm	38
1949	35.1 °C3 November 1949	7.1 °C10 August 1949	20.4 °C	1,227 mm	62
1948	34.9 °C13 October 1948	7.8 °C15 July 1948	20.1 °C	1,317 mm	57
1947	34.6 °C20 October 1947	6.0 °C2 July 1947	20.1 °C	1,140 mm	59
1946	35.5 °C25 October 1946	5.6 °C11 July 1946	19.9 °C	1,215 mm	49
1945	34.2 °C6 October 1945	7.7 °C5 July 1945	20.2 °C	1,006 mm	58
1944	35.2 °C27 September 1944	8.5 °C6 June 1944	20.3 °C	1,071 mm	55
1943	35.4 °C30 November 1943	6.5 °C28 June 1943	20.3 °C	1,009 mm	69
1942	34.9 °C13 October 1942	8.0 °C28 July 1942	20.3 °C	995 mm	55
1941	36.4 °C12 October 1941	7.8 °C22 June 1941	21.0 °C	795 mm	65
1940	33.6 °C18 October 1940	5.2 °C17 July 1940	19.7 °C	1,290 mm	42

Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.

A specific year

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Year

Across the whole year

Average daily high

27.0 °C

+0.7 °C

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

68 d/yr

+14

Frost days (< 0 °C)

0 d/yr

Annual rainfall

1227 mm

+219 mm

Month by month

	High	vs. normal	Precipitation	vs. normal
Jan	26.2 °C	+0.5 °C	368 mm	+113 mm
Feb	27.0 °C	+1.1 °C	190 mm	-26 mm
Mar	27.8 °C	+1.8 °C	88 mm	-52 mm
Apr	26.9 °C	+1.2 °C	53 mm	+24 mm
May	24.4 °C	-0.3 °C	14 mm	+9 mm
Jun	24.2 °C	+1.2 °C	1 mm	+0 mm
Jul	22.9 °C	0.0 °C	3 mm	+2 mm
Aug	27.0 °C	+1.2 °C	0 mm	-0 mm
Sep	31.2 °C	+1.9 °C	0 mm	-1 mm
Oct	31.8 °C	+0.7 °C	6 mm	-9 mm
Nov	28.5 °C	-0.6 °C	168 mm	+59 mm
Dec	25.8 °C	-0.7 °C	338 mm	+100 mm

The year's extremes

Hottest day

35.5 °C

2 Nov 2025

Coldest day

5.9 °C

31 Jul 2025

Wettest day

50.7 mm

31 Jan 2025

Windiest day

32.7 km/h

28 Jul 2025

Strongest gust

64.8 km/h

28 Jul 2025

Hottest feels-like

37.1 °C

26 Oct 2025

Coldest feels-like

3.4 °C

31 Jul 2025

Sunniest day

12.6 h

13 Jan 2025

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Frequently asked questions

What is the climate of Kapiri Mposhi?

Kapiri Mposhi has a humid subtropical, dry winter climate (Köppen Cwa). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 20.4 °C and it receives 1,008 mm of precipitation per year.

What is the hottest day ever recorded in Kapiri Mposhi?

The hottest day measured in Kapiri Mposhi between 1940 and 2025 was 18 October 2017, reaching 37.9 °C.

What is the coldest day in Kapiri Mposhi?

The coldest day measured in Kapiri Mposhi between 1940 and 2025 was 15 June 1968, at 2.7 °C.

Does it snow in Kapiri Mposhi?

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

Has the climate of Kapiri Mposhi warmed?

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

What is the wettest day in Kapiri Mposhi?

The wettest day measured in Kapiri Mposhi between 1940 and 2025 was 8 February 2018, with 82 mm of rain in 24 hours.

What was the windiest day in Kapiri Mposhi?

The windiest day measured in Kapiri Mposhi between 1940 and 2025 was 28 July 2025, with winds reaching 32.7 km/h.

What is the warmest month in Kapiri Mposhi?

The warmest month in Kapiri Mposhi is October (24.7 °C on average); the coldest is July (16.1 °C).

How much does it rain in Kapiri Mposhi?

Kapiri Mposhi receives on average 1,008 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 120 rainy days.

Is it sunny in Kapiri Mposhi?

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

Are there tropical nights in Kapiri Mposhi?

Yes: Kapiri Mposhi has on average 17 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.

What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Kapiri Mposhi?

In Kapiri Mposhi, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 38.9 °C on 29 October 2019, and the lowest was -1.3 °C on 15 June 1968.

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