Manyama climate — normals and trends

Q: What is the climate of Manyama?

Manyama has a tropical savanna climate (Köppen Aw). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 21.0 °C and it receives 1,340 mm of precipitation per year.

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

The hottest day measured in Manyama between 1940 and 2025 was 13 October 1941, reaching 37.2 °C.

Q: What is the coldest day in Manyama?

The coldest day measured in Manyama between 1940 and 2025 was 1 July 1994, at 5.5 °C.

Q: Does it snow in Manyama?

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

Q: Has the climate of Manyama warmed?

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

Q: What is the wettest day in Manyama?

The wettest day measured in Manyama between 1940 and 2025 was 19 December 2007, with 104 mm of rain in 24 hours.

Q: What was the windiest day in Manyama?

The windiest day measured in Manyama between 1940 and 2025 was 28 August 2023, with winds reaching 29.5 km/h.

Q: What is the warmest month in Manyama?

The warmest month in Manyama is October (24.3 °C on average); the coldest is July (18.6 °C).

Q: How much does it rain in Manyama?

Manyama receives on average 1,340 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 152 rainy days.

Q: Is it sunny in Manyama?

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

Manyama (Zambia) has a tropical savanna climate (Aw) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 21.0 °C and it receives 1,340 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 (24.3 °C on average) and the coldest is July (18.6 °C). Rainfall peaks in January.

Manyama averages 0 frost days, 61 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 152 rainy days per year.

Manyama 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 37.2 °C (on 13 October 1941) and the coldest 5.5 °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

ManyamaNorth-Western

coords: -12.31°, 25.85°
period: 1940–2025 · 86 yrs

AwTropical savannaWarmest monthOctoberColdest monthJulyWettest monthJanuaryDriest monthJuly

Mean daily temperature

21.0°C

Average daily high

27.2°C

Average daily low

16.1°C

Annual rainfall

1,340mm

Sunshine / day

10.4h

Mean relative humidity

62%

Average peak wind

13.1km/h

Seasonal range

5.7°C

Frost days (< 0 °C)

0 d/yr

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

61 d/yr

Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)

152 d/yr

Annual snowfall

0.0 cm

Average feels-like high

28.3 °C

Average feels-like low

15.5 °C

Average peak gust

33.2 km/h

Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)

10 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 = 0.23 · 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

37.2 °C

13 October 1941

Coldest day

5.5 °C

1 July 1994

Wettest day

104 mm

19 December 2007

Windiest day

29.5 km/h

28 August 2023

Strongest gust

76.3 km/h

22 February 1958

Hottest feels-like

38.1 °C

28 October 2019

Coldest feels-like

1.1 °C

1 July 1994

Sunniest day

12.7 h

4 January 2011

Year	Hottest day	Coldest day	Annual mean	Rainfall	Hot days
2025	35.0 °C17 September 2025	8.4 °C12 July 2025	21.2 °C	1,186 mm	74
2024	35.6 °C27 September 2024	7.4 °C15 June 2024	21.9 °C	928 mm	97
2023	35.4 °C9 October 2023	10.4 °C12 July 2023	21.7 °C	1,457 mm	77
2022	33.8 °C5 October 2022	10.5 °C29 June 2022	21.1 °C	1,515 mm	63
2021	35.3 °C10 October 2021	9.2 °C27 July 2021	21.2 °C	1,251 mm	82
2020	35.3 °C4 October 2020	9.0 °C18 July 2020	21.3 °C	1,502 mm	61
2019	34.6 °C20 October 2019	10.1 °C24 July 2019	21.6 °C	1,243 mm	83
2018	34.2 °C2 November 2018	9.7 °C8 June 2018	21.4 °C	1,194 mm	79
2017	35.2 °C18 October 2017	10.9 °C29 July 2017	21.1 °C	1,277 mm	54
2016	35.5 °C17 October 2016	9.8 °C11 July 2016	21.7 °C	1,180 mm	76
2015	34.8 °C14 October 2015	10.7 °C21 June 2015	21.4 °C	1,315 mm	73
2014	35.2 °C30 September 2014	9.9 °C12 July 2014	21.4 °C	1,276 mm	74
2013	36.1 °C29 September 2013	10.5 °C25 June 2013	21.4 °C	1,246 mm	62
2012	35.0 °C11 October 2012	8.4 °C20 July 2012	21.3 °C	1,193 mm	76
2011	34.9 °C24 October 2011	9.5 °C9 July 2011	21.1 °C	1,179 mm	55
2010	36.0 °C13 October 2010	9.5 °C13 August 2010	21.5 °C	1,206 mm	66
2009	34.9 °C19 September 2009	9.2 °C3 July 2009	21.1 °C	1,337 mm	63
2008	35.9 °C27 September 2008	9.7 °C13 June 2008	21.3 °C	1,277 mm	77
2007	34.1 °C24 September 2007	9.8 °C6 July 2007	21.4 °C	1,387 mm	67
2006	33.9 °C22 October 2006	9.6 °C29 June 2006	21.2 °C	1,204 mm	57
2005	34.4 °C22 October 2005	10.1 °C3 July 2005	21.9 °C	1,004 mm	89
2004	34.3 °C8 October 2004	9.4 °C8 July 2004	21.1 °C	1,221 mm	69
2003	36.8 °C15 October 2003	8.6 °C9 July 2003	21.4 °C	1,200 mm	74
2002	34.8 °C30 September 2002	10.8 °C19 June 2002	21.4 °C	1,162 mm	59
2001	34.7 °C7 September 2001	10.2 °C27 July 2001	21.2 °C	1,420 mm	67
2000	34.5 °C19 October 2000	9.7 °C8 July 2000	21.3 °C	1,259 mm	61
1999	34.4 °C22 October 1999	10.4 °C22 July 1999	21.1 °C	1,087 mm	46
1998	35.3 °C8 October 1998	10.2 °C15 June 1998	22.0 °C	1,317 mm	89
1997	34.5 °C25 September 1997	10.0 °C14 July 1997	21.4 °C	1,329 mm	62
1996	33.9 °C26 September 1996	7.2 °C3 July 1996	21.3 °C	1,300 mm	87
1995	34.4 °C14 October 1995	6.3 °C19 June 1995	21.5 °C	1,067 mm	92
1994	34.3 °C27 September 1994	5.5 °C1 July 1994	20.9 °C	1,080 mm	62
1993	35.7 °C26 October 1993	8.9 °C17 August 1993	20.9 °C	1,500 mm	54
1992	33.3 °C1 October 1992	8.7 °C4 August 1992	21.1 °C	1,037 mm	60
1991	33.9 °C8 October 1991	7.1 °C24 July 1991	20.8 °C	1,142 mm	37
1990	33.6 °C11 November 1990	7.7 °C17 July 1990	20.9 °C	1,215 mm	60
1989	34.1 °C21 September 1989	6.9 °C18 June 1989	20.8 °C	1,228 mm	58
1988	33.3 °C2 September 1988	7.9 °C18 July 1988	21.1 °C	1,184 mm	51
1987	33.7 °C22 September 1987	7.5 °C28 June 1987	21.4 °C	1,153 mm	69
1986	32.5 °C17 September 1986	7.9 °C17 June 1986	20.4 °C	1,446 mm	32
1985	32.3 °C26 October 1985	8.0 °C14 July 1985	20.5 °C	1,256 mm	42
1984	34.2 °C16 October 1984	9.6 °C20 July 1984	20.8 °C	1,209 mm	55
1983	34.0 °C2 October 1983	9.5 °C27 July 1983	21.4 °C	1,300 mm	51
1982	32.0 °C2 September 1982	8.5 °C17 July 1982	20.7 °C	1,397 mm	30
1981	33.1 °C3 October 1981	8.0 °C18 June 1981	20.7 °C	1,228 mm	62
1980	34.9 °C19 September 1980	9.3 °C10 July 1980	21.0 °C	1,147 mm	49
1979	34.4 °C3 October 1979	8.4 °C5 July 1979	20.4 °C	1,575 mm	52
1978	34.5 °C30 September 1978	9.1 °C7 July 1978	20.7 °C	1,778 mm	57
1977	34.0 °C4 October 1977	8.6 °C27 June 1977	20.9 °C	1,538 mm	66
1976	32.1 °C25 October 1976	8.6 °C27 June 1976	20.0 °C	1,645 mm	31
1975	33.8 °C4 November 1975	7.1 °C23 July 1975	20.5 °C	1,183 mm	54
1974	33.2 °C20 October 1974	7.7 °C16 June 1974	20.2 °C	1,324 mm	69
1973	35.0 °C28 October 1973	8.8 °C13 July 1973	20.8 °C	1,107 mm	54
1972	33.9 °C22 September 1972	9.2 °C20 June 1972	20.3 °C	1,417 mm	39
1971	34.1 °C9 October 1971	10.3 °C2 June 1971	20.6 °C	1,303 mm	36
1970	33.8 °C10 October 1970	9.6 °C9 July 1970	20.7 °C	1,494 mm	37
1969	34.1 °C9 October 1969	9.4 °C23 June 1969	20.7 °C	1,802 mm	35
1968	33.8 °C31 October 1968	7.7 °C15 June 1968	20.7 °C	1,386 mm	57
1967	34.5 °C3 October 1967	9.9 °C12 July 1967	20.6 °C	1,428 mm	31
1966	33.5 °C6 October 1966	10.1 °C29 July 1966	21.0 °C	1,278 mm	41
1965	33.4 °C18 October 1965	9.8 °C5 July 1965	20.8 °C	1,329 mm	52
1964	34.3 °C2 October 1964	9.7 °C29 June 1964	20.9 °C	1,388 mm	27
1963	33.6 °C8 September 1963	10.2 °C9 June 1963	20.9 °C	1,525 mm	42
1962	33.6 °C2 November 1962	10.5 °C27 June 1962	21.0 °C	1,612 mm	55
1961	33.9 °C16 October 1961	9.0 °C10 August 1961	20.4 °C	1,808 mm	47
1960	33.1 °C28 October 1960	8.7 °C25 July 1960	20.3 °C	1,333 mm	38
1959	33.7 °C18 October 1959	10.6 °C9 June 1959	20.5 °C	1,684 mm	43
1958	33.6 °C10 September 1958	8.6 °C13 August 1958	20.4 °C	1,849 mm	23
1957	33.4 °C22 October 1957	9.7 °C31 May 1957	20.4 °C	1,887 mm	46
1956	34.9 °C16 October 1956	10.1 °C29 July 1956	20.7 °C	1,558 mm	74
1955	35.1 °C6 October 1955	10.5 °C28 July 1955	20.7 °C	1,349 mm	58
1954	35.1 °C23 October 1954	8.5 °C22 June 1954	22.1 °C	686 mm	138
1953	34.8 °C30 October 1953	9.6 °C13 June 1953	20.6 °C	1,969 mm	63
1952	35.5 °C12 October 1952	10.2 °C6 August 1952	21.4 °C	1,415 mm	70
1951	35.3 °C5 October 1951	9.7 °C14 July 1951	21.2 °C	1,443 mm	66
1950	33.2 °C11 October 1950	10.1 °C24 May 1950	20.5 °C	1,402 mm	44
1949	34.6 °C5 October 1949	9.5 °C8 June 1949	21.0 °C	1,539 mm	69
1948	34.6 °C16 September 1948	10.1 °C20 June 1948	20.7 °C	1,742 mm	46
1947	35.2 °C19 October 1947	9.9 °C2 July 1947	21.0 °C	1,409 mm	62
1946	33.7 °C30 September 1946	9.1 °C18 June 1946	21.0 °C	1,231 mm	65
1945	34.8 °C5 October 1945	10.5 °C18 June 1945	21.1 °C	1,317 mm	76
1944	36.3 °C20 September 1944	10.9 °C18 May 1944	21.2 °C	1,320 mm	79
1943	34.9 °C15 October 1943	10.0 °C28 June 1943	21.0 °C	1,140 mm	66
1942	34.3 °C18 September 1942	10.2 °C27 July 1942	21.2 °C	1,213 mm	84
1941	37.2 °C13 October 1941	11.0 °C6 July 1941	21.5 °C	1,199 mm	76
1940	33.7 °C13 October 1940	9.8 °C17 July 1940	20.6 °C	1,369 mm	61

Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.

A specific year

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Year

Across the whole year

Average daily high

27.6 °C

+0.4 °C

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

74 d/yr

+13

Frost days (< 0 °C)

0 d/yr

Annual rainfall

1186 mm

-154 mm

Month by month

	High	vs. normal	Precipitation	vs. normal
Jan	25.7 °C	+0.1 °C	237 mm	-37 mm
Feb	27.3 °C	+1.4 °C	224 mm	-13 mm
Mar	27.3 °C	+1.1 °C	107 mm	-110 mm
Apr	27.2 °C	+0.6 °C	93 mm	+32 mm
May	25.8 °C	-1.0 °C	21 mm	+14 mm
Jun	26.0 °C	+0.3 °C	1 mm	+1 mm
Jul	25.0 °C	-0.8 °C	0 mm	0 mm
Aug	28.7 °C	+0.2 °C	0 mm	-1 mm
Sep	32.2 °C	+1.0 °C	4 mm	-1 mm
Oct	32.0 °C	+1.1 °C	25 mm	-31 mm
Nov	27.8 °C	+0.5 °C	220 mm	+10 mm
Dec	26.2 °C	+0.4 °C	254 mm	-19 mm

The year's extremes

Hottest day

35.0 °C

17 Sep 2025

Coldest day

8.4 °C

12 Jul 2025

Wettest day

29.5 mm

6 Feb 2025

Windiest day

26.2 km/h

9 Jul 2025

Strongest gust

58.3 km/h

9 Jul 2025

Hottest feels-like

35.3 °C

1 Nov 2025

Coldest feels-like

5.3 °C

12 Jul 2025

Sunniest day

12.7 h

11 Jan 2025

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Frequently asked questions

What is the climate of Manyama?

Manyama has a tropical savanna climate (Köppen Aw). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 21.0 °C and it receives 1,340 mm of precipitation per year.

What is the hottest day ever recorded in Manyama?

The hottest day measured in Manyama between 1940 and 2025 was 13 October 1941, reaching 37.2 °C.

What is the coldest day in Manyama?

The coldest day measured in Manyama between 1940 and 2025 was 1 July 1994, at 5.5 °C.

Does it snow in Manyama?

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

Has the climate of Manyama warmed?

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

What is the wettest day in Manyama?

The wettest day measured in Manyama between 1940 and 2025 was 19 December 2007, with 104 mm of rain in 24 hours.

What was the windiest day in Manyama?

The windiest day measured in Manyama between 1940 and 2025 was 28 August 2023, with winds reaching 29.5 km/h.

What is the warmest month in Manyama?

The warmest month in Manyama is October (24.3 °C on average); the coldest is July (18.6 °C).

How much does it rain in Manyama?

Manyama receives on average 1,340 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 152 rainy days.

Is it sunny in Manyama?

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

Are there tropical nights in Manyama?

Yes: Manyama has on average 10 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.

What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Manyama?

In Manyama, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 38.1 °C on 28 October 2019, and the lowest was 1.1 °C on 1 July 1994.

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