Luanshya climate — normals and trends

Q: What is the climate of Luanshya?

Luanshya has a humid subtropical, dry winter climate (Köppen Cwa). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 21.0 °C and it receives 1,013 mm of precipitation per year.

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

The hottest day measured in Luanshya between 1940 and 2025 was 18 October 2017, reaching 37.5 °C.

Q: What is the coldest day in Luanshya?

The coldest day measured in Luanshya between 1940 and 2025 was 17 June 1968, at 5.6 °C.

Q: Does it snow in Luanshya?

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

Q: Has the climate of Luanshya warmed?

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

Q: What is the wettest day in Luanshya?

The wettest day measured in Luanshya between 1940 and 2025 was 30 January 2025, with 75 mm of rain in 24 hours.

Q: What was the windiest day in Luanshya?

The windiest day measured in Luanshya between 1940 and 2025 was 13 September 2023, with winds reaching 34.0 km/h.

Q: What is the warmest month in Luanshya?

The warmest month in Luanshya is October (25.3 °C on average); the coldest is July (17.4 °C).

Q: How much does it rain in Luanshya?

Luanshya receives on average 1,013 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 125 rainy days.

Q: Is it sunny in Luanshya?

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

Luanshya (Zambia) has a humid subtropical, dry winter climate (Cwa) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 21.0 °C and it receives 1,013 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 (25.3 °C on average) and the coldest is July (17.4 °C). Rainfall peaks in January.

Luanshya averages 0 frost days, 61 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 125 rainy days per year.

Luanshya 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 37.5 °C (on 18 October 2017) and the coldest 5.6 °C (on 17 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

LuanshyaCopperbelt

coords: -13.14°, 28.42°
period: 1940–2025 · 86 yrs

CwaHumid subtropical, dry winterWarmest monthOctoberColdest monthJulyWettest monthJanuaryDriest monthJuly

Mean daily temperature

21.0°C

Average daily high

26.8°C

Average daily low

16.0°C

Annual rainfall

1,013mm

Sunshine / day

10.5h

Mean relative humidity

62%

Average peak wind

15.0km/h

Seasonal range

7.9°C

Frost days (< 0 °C)

0 d/yr

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

61 d/yr

Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)

125 d/yr

Annual snowfall

0.0 cm

Average feels-like high

27.9 °C

Average feels-like low

15.5 °C

Average peak gust

32.9 km/h

Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)

20 d/yr

Solar radiation

20.5 MJ/m²

Has the climate changed?

One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025

+0.9 °C

since 1940

+0.1 °C per decade · r² = 0.29 · 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

37.5 °C

18 October 2017

Coldest day

5.6 °C

17 June 1968

Wettest day

75 mm

30 January 2025

Windiest day

34.0 km/h

13 September 2023

Strongest gust

78.5 km/h

29 January 2004

Hottest feels-like

38.2 °C

18 October 2017

Coldest feels-like

1.7 °C

1 July 1994

Sunniest day

12.6 h

24 January 2024

Year	Hottest day	Coldest day	Annual mean	Rainfall	Hot days
2025	34.9 °C2 November 2025	7.2 °C31 July 2025	21.3 °C	1,068 mm	75
2024	35.5 °C30 September 2024	5.9 °C15 June 2024	22.0 °C	609 mm	111
2023	35.5 °C9 October 2023	8.7 °C15 July 2023	22.0 °C	1,035 mm	86
2022	34.7 °C27 October 2022	10.3 °C18 July 2022	21.2 °C	1,192 mm	60
2021	35.8 °C10 November 2021	8.1 °C27 July 2021	21.5 °C	910 mm	88
2020	35.7 °C6 November 2020	8.6 °C5 July 2020	21.4 °C	1,090 mm	69
2019	35.8 °C30 October 2019	8.8 °C21 June 2019	21.7 °C	894 mm	83
2018	35.9 °C7 November 2018	8.5 °C7 June 2018	21.5 °C	844 mm	75
2017	37.5 °C18 October 2017	9.7 °C16 July 2017	21.3 °C	1,108 mm	56
2016	34.8 °C9 October 2016	8.9 °C9 June 2016	21.6 °C	981 mm	78
2015	34.3 °C14 October 2015	7.2 °C17 June 2015	21.4 °C	977 mm	71
2014	35.8 °C10 October 2014	8.6 °C12 July 2014	21.5 °C	992 mm	78
2013	35.6 °C29 September 2013	9.9 °C20 June 2013	21.4 °C	963 mm	72
2012	35.0 °C18 October 2012	7.1 °C20 July 2012	21.2 °C	939 mm	71
2011	35.8 °C24 October 2011	8.1 °C9 July 2011	21.0 °C	872 mm	44
2010	35.4 °C12 October 2010	7.6 °C14 August 2010	21.3 °C	1,180 mm	69
2009	34.6 °C19 September 2009	7.7 °C1 July 2009	20.8 °C	1,075 mm	57
2008	35.1 °C27 September 2008	8.1 °C3 July 2008	20.8 °C	854 mm	64
2007	34.4 °C24 September 2007	8.3 °C6 July 2007	21.3 °C	936 mm	68
2006	34.2 °C5 October 2006	7.5 °C6 August 2006	21.0 °C	920 mm	53
2005	34.3 °C16 November 2005	9.0 °C3 July 2005	21.8 °C	781 mm	76
2004	35.0 °C27 September 2004	8.0 °C9 July 2004	20.8 °C	1,020 mm	52
2003	35.4 °C15 October 2003	7.6 °C9 July 2003	21.1 °C	932 mm	72
2002	34.8 °C30 September 2002	9.2 °C19 June 2002	21.4 °C	871 mm	70
2001	34.2 °C24 September 2001	8.4 °C27 July 2001	21.2 °C	1,069 mm	71
2000	34.4 °C27 October 2000	8.8 °C7 July 2000	21.0 °C	1,179 mm	48
1999	35.2 °C23 October 1999	9.2 °C11 June 1999	21.1 °C	857 mm	63
1998	35.8 °C7 November 1998	8.8 °C15 June 1998	21.9 °C	791 mm	78
1997	34.7 °C25 September 1997	8.8 °C17 July 1997	21.3 °C	1,103 mm	55
1996	34.9 °C5 November 1996	6.7 °C3 July 1996	21.5 °C	847 mm	80
1995	34.1 °C14 October 1995	7.0 °C18 June 1995	21.7 °C	770 mm	80
1994	34.8 °C16 November 1994	6.1 °C1 July 1994	21.3 °C	730 mm	78
1993	33.9 °C25 October 1993	7.2 °C17 August 1993	21.0 °C	1,068 mm	45
1992	34.4 °C22 October 1992	8.0 °C14 August 1992	21.8 °C	727 mm	75
1991	33.3 °C6 October 1991	6.4 °C23 July 1991	21.0 °C	809 mm	57
1990	35.4 °C6 November 1990	7.8 °C28 June 1990	21.2 °C	871 mm	58
1989	35.1 °C10 November 1989	6.2 °C17 June 1989	20.9 °C	1,092 mm	57
1988	33.9 °C10 October 1988	7.8 °C16 July 1988	21.2 °C	944 mm	50
1987	35.0 °C20 November 1987	7.1 °C27 June 1987	21.6 °C	774 mm	74
1986	33.9 °C7 October 1986	7.5 °C27 June 1986	20.5 °C	1,124 mm	31
1985	32.8 °C26 October 1985	7.6 °C14 July 1985	20.5 °C	1,007 mm	41
1984	33.9 °C16 October 1984	7.0 °C18 June 1984	20.9 °C	1,018 mm	58
1983	35.3 °C11 November 1983	9.0 °C22 July 1983	21.6 °C	1,043 mm	64
1982	34.3 °C5 November 1982	7.7 °C17 July 1982	20.9 °C	981 mm	44
1981	34.3 °C8 November 1981	6.9 °C19 June 1981	20.8 °C	897 mm	75
1980	33.7 °C13 November 1980	7.8 °C10 July 1980	20.7 °C	953 mm	42
1979	33.8 °C3 October 1979	7.7 °C15 June 1979	20.3 °C	903 mm	53
1978	35.0 °C30 September 1978	7.8 °C17 June 1978	20.6 °C	1,669 mm	52
1977	35.0 °C20 October 1977	8.7 °C11 July 1977	20.9 °C	1,165 mm	60
1976	33.7 °C26 October 1976	8.4 °C28 June 1976	20.1 °C	1,233 mm	43
1975	33.9 °C26 October 1975	7.2 °C26 July 1975	20.4 °C	867 mm	51
1974	34.4 °C14 November 1974	7.1 °C16 June 1974	20.1 °C	1,137 mm	54
1973	34.5 °C28 October 1973	8.5 °C12 July 1973	20.7 °C	909 mm	45
1972	34.0 °C26 September 1972	8.4 °C28 June 1972	20.6 °C	936 mm	53
1971	33.4 °C1 November 1971	8.7 °C2 June 1971	20.5 °C	1,022 mm	33
1970	34.1 °C8 October 1970	8.2 °C5 July 1970	20.8 °C	1,045 mm	39
1969	33.7 °C3 October 1969	6.6 °C25 July 1969	20.7 °C	1,393 mm	42
1968	35.5 °C4 October 1968	5.6 °C17 June 1968	20.7 °C	979 mm	44
1967	34.2 °C3 October 1967	6.7 °C20 July 1967	20.6 °C	869 mm	35
1966	34.0 °C15 October 1966	6.5 °C28 July 1966	21.1 °C	756 mm	58
1965	33.5 °C25 September 1965	7.7 °C5 July 1965	20.5 °C	676 mm	51
1964	34.1 °C26 October 1964	6.0 °C28 June 1964	20.7 °C	993 mm	48
1963	33.9 °C8 October 1963	8.7 °C7 June 1963	20.9 °C	1,161 mm	54
1962	34.0 °C15 October 1962	8.9 °C5 May 1962	20.8 °C	1,280 mm	50
1961	34.9 °C16 October 1961	7.6 °C12 August 1961	20.3 °C	1,276 mm	44
1960	33.5 °C10 October 1960	8.1 °C25 July 1960	20.4 °C	775 mm	48
1959	33.7 °C18 October 1959	9.7 °C9 June 1959	20.4 °C	1,233 mm	37
1958	33.9 °C18 October 1958	7.9 °C13 August 1958	20.6 °C	1,540 mm	41
1957	35.6 °C27 November 1957	8.1 °C29 May 1957	20.8 °C	1,525 mm	81
1956	34.1 °C16 October 1956	8.4 °C28 July 1956	20.3 °C	1,333 mm	49
1955	35.0 °C22 October 1955	8.3 °C12 August 1955	20.5 °C	1,239 mm	53
1954	36.0 °C24 October 1954	7.4 °C22 June 1954	21.6 °C	610 mm	82
1953	35.1 °C31 October 1953	7.0 °C13 June 1953	20.3 °C	1,485 mm	60
1952	34.9 °C13 September 1952	9.7 °C2 July 1952	21.2 °C	1,051 mm	65
1951	35.3 °C18 October 1951	9.1 °C14 June 1951	21.6 °C	834 mm	79
1950	33.4 °C15 October 1950	8.9 °C10 June 1950	20.3 °C	1,124 mm	45
1949	34.5 °C22 October 1949	9.1 °C8 June 1949	21.0 °C	1,223 mm	63
1948	35.1 °C13 October 1948	8.9 °C5 July 1948	20.8 °C	1,188 mm	58
1947	34.9 °C16 October 1947	8.1 °C2 July 1947	20.8 °C	1,164 mm	65
1946	34.8 °C25 October 1946	8.0 °C10 July 1946	20.6 °C	1,169 mm	57
1945	34.5 °C23 October 1945	9.4 °C5 July 1945	21.0 °C	942 mm	73
1944	35.7 °C20 September 1944	9.2 °C19 May 1944	21.0 °C	922 mm	67
1943	35.7 °C30 November 1943	8.1 °C27 July 1943	21.1 °C	852 mm	77
1942	34.7 °C13 October 1942	8.9 °C28 July 1942	21.0 °C	898 mm	65
1941	36.8 °C12 October 1941	9.1 °C25 June 1941	21.5 °C	876 mm	62
1940	33.7 °C18 October 1940	8.0 °C18 July 1940	20.5 °C	1,202 mm	52

Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.

A specific year

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Year

Across the whole year

Average daily high

27.4 °C

+0.6 °C

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

75 d/yr

+14

Frost days (< 0 °C)

0 d/yr

Annual rainfall

1068 mm

+55 mm

Month by month

	High	vs. normal	Precipitation	vs. normal
Jan	25.4 °C	-0.1 °C	359 mm	+109 mm
Feb	26.8 °C	+1.0 °C	161 mm	-51 mm
Mar	27.8 °C	+1.7 °C	66 mm	-77 mm
Apr	27.6 °C	+1.3 °C	59 mm	+26 mm
May	25.7 °C	-0.1 °C	8 mm	+4 mm
Jun	25.3 °C	+1.0 °C	0 mm	+0 mm
Jul	24.2 °C	-0.1 °C	0 mm	+0 mm
Aug	27.8 °C	+0.9 °C	0 mm	-0 mm
Sep	31.6 °C	+1.4 °C	0 mm	-1 mm
Oct	32.1 °C	+0.5 °C	4 mm	-12 mm
Nov	28.3 °C	-0.7 °C	170 mm	+51 mm
Dec	25.8 °C	-0.5 °C	240 mm	+5 mm

The year's extremes

Hottest day

34.9 °C

2 Nov 2025

Coldest day

7.2 °C

31 Jul 2025

Wettest day

74.7 mm

30 Jan 2025

Windiest day

27.3 km/h

9 Jul 2025

Strongest gust

54.4 km/h

28 Jul 2025

Hottest feels-like

35.4 °C

2 Nov 2025

Coldest feels-like

4.3 °C

31 Jul 2025

Sunniest day

12.4 h

14 Jan 2025

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Frequently asked questions

What is the climate of Luanshya?

Luanshya has a humid subtropical, dry winter climate (Köppen Cwa). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 21.0 °C and it receives 1,013 mm of precipitation per year.

What is the hottest day ever recorded in Luanshya?

The hottest day measured in Luanshya between 1940 and 2025 was 18 October 2017, reaching 37.5 °C.

What is the coldest day in Luanshya?

The coldest day measured in Luanshya between 1940 and 2025 was 17 June 1968, at 5.6 °C.

Does it snow in Luanshya?

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

Has the climate of Luanshya warmed?

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

What is the wettest day in Luanshya?

The wettest day measured in Luanshya between 1940 and 2025 was 30 January 2025, with 75 mm of rain in 24 hours.

What was the windiest day in Luanshya?

The windiest day measured in Luanshya between 1940 and 2025 was 13 September 2023, with winds reaching 34.0 km/h.

What is the warmest month in Luanshya?

The warmest month in Luanshya is October (25.3 °C on average); the coldest is July (17.4 °C).

How much does it rain in Luanshya?

Luanshya receives on average 1,013 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 125 rainy days.

Is it sunny in Luanshya?

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

Are there tropical nights in Luanshya?

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

What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Luanshya?

In Luanshya, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 38.2 °C on 18 October 2017, and the lowest was 1.7 °C on 1 July 1994.

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