Mapalo climate — normals and trends

Q: What is the climate of Mapalo?

Mapalo has a humid subtropical, dry winter climate (Köppen Cwa). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 20.8 °C and it receives 1,175 mm of precipitation per year.

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

The hottest day measured in Mapalo between 1940 and 2025 was 18 October 2017, reaching 37.4 °C.

Q: What is the coldest day in Mapalo?

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

Q: Does it snow in Mapalo?

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

Q: Has the climate of Mapalo warmed?

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

Q: What is the wettest day in Mapalo?

The wettest day measured in Mapalo between 1940 and 2025 was 7 December 2010, with 104 mm of rain in 24 hours.

Q: What was the windiest day in Mapalo?

The windiest day measured in Mapalo between 1940 and 2025 was 11 August 2010, with winds reaching 30.9 km/h.

Q: What is the warmest month in Mapalo?

The warmest month in Mapalo is October (25.0 °C on average); the coldest is July (17.4 °C).

Q: How much does it rain in Mapalo?

Mapalo receives on average 1,175 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 132 rainy days.

Q: Is it sunny in Mapalo?

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

Mapalo (Zambia) has a humid subtropical, dry winter climate (Cwa) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 20.8 °C and it receives 1,175 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 (25.0 °C on average) and the coldest is July (17.4 °C). Rainfall peaks in January.

Mapalo averages 0 frost days, 57 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 132 rainy days per year.

Mapalo has warmed by +0.9 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.11 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.

The hottest day of the period reached 37.4 °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

MapaloCopperbelt

coords: -12.94°, 28.67°
period: 1940–2025 · 86 yrs

CwaHumid subtropical, dry winterWarmest monthOctoberColdest monthJulyWettest monthJanuaryDriest monthJuly

Mean daily temperature

20.8°C

Average daily high

26.7°C

Average daily low

15.8°C

Annual rainfall

1,175mm

Sunshine / day

10.4h

Mean relative humidity

62%

Average peak wind

14.2km/h

Seasonal range

7.6°C

Frost days (< 0 °C)

0 d/yr

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

57 d/yr

Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)

132 d/yr

Annual snowfall

0.0 cm

Average feels-like high

27.8 °C

Average feels-like low

15.2 °C

Average peak gust

32.9 km/h

Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)

15 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 = 0.37 · 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

37.4 °C

18 October 2017

Coldest day

5.6 °C

17 June 1968

Wettest day

104 mm

7 December 2010

Windiest day

30.9 km/h

11 August 2010

Strongest gust

79.9 km/h

29 January 2004

Hottest feels-like

38.2 °C

29 October 2019

Coldest feels-like

1.9 °C

17 June 1968

Sunniest day

12.6 h

7 January 1941

Year	Hottest day	Coldest day	Annual mean	Rainfall	Hot days
2025	34.5 °C2 November 2025	7.2 °C30 July 2025	21.0 °C	1,155 mm	73
2024	34.9 °C26 October 2024	5.7 °C15 June 2024	21.6 °C	754 mm	85
2023	35.6 °C14 October 2023	8.6 °C15 July 2023	21.7 °C	1,138 mm	80
2022	34.3 °C27 October 2022	10.3 °C14 June 2022	21.0 °C	1,352 mm	57
2021	35.4 °C10 November 2021	7.9 °C27 July 2021	21.3 °C	1,107 mm	88
2020	35.3 °C6 November 2020	8.7 °C5 July 2020	21.2 °C	1,198 mm	66
2019	35.6 °C29 October 2019	8.5 °C24 July 2019	21.5 °C	1,046 mm	80
2018	36.0 °C7 November 2018	8.8 °C7 June 2018	21.3 °C	1,040 mm	72
2017	37.4 °C18 October 2017	9.5 °C16 July 2017	21.1 °C	1,223 mm	55
2016	34.7 °C9 October 2016	9.0 °C9 June 2016	21.3 °C	1,097 mm	75
2015	34.2 °C14 October 2015	8.0 °C17 June 2015	21.2 °C	1,144 mm	69
2014	35.6 °C10 October 2014	8.5 °C12 July 2014	21.3 °C	1,108 mm	76
2013	35.4 °C29 September 2013	9.8 °C20 June 2013	21.3 °C	1,127 mm	75
2012	34.9 °C18 October 2012	7.0 °C20 July 2012	21.0 °C	1,052 mm	70
2011	35.6 °C24 October 2011	8.1 °C25 July 2011	20.8 °C	1,022 mm	40
2010	35.4 °C12 October 2010	7.8 °C14 August 2010	21.2 °C	1,304 mm	67
2009	34.6 °C19 September 2009	7.7 °C1 July 2009	20.7 °C	1,173 mm	56
2008	34.9 °C27 September 2008	7.5 °C3 July 2008	20.7 °C	996 mm	60
2007	33.9 °C24 September 2007	8.4 °C6 July 2007	21.1 °C	1,095 mm	65
2006	33.9 °C31 October 2006	8.6 °C27 June 2006	20.9 °C	1,113 mm	48
2005	34.1 °C16 November 2005	8.8 °C3 July 2005	21.5 °C	892 mm	71
2004	34.9 °C27 September 2004	8.0 °C9 July 2004	20.6 °C	1,134 mm	53
2003	35.4 °C15 October 2003	7.2 °C9 July 2003	20.9 °C	1,070 mm	67
2002	34.8 °C30 September 2002	9.1 °C19 June 2002	21.2 °C	1,098 mm	62
2001	34.0 °C24 September 2001	8.4 °C27 July 2001	21.0 °C	1,268 mm	74
2000	34.5 °C27 October 2000	8.9 °C7 July 2000	20.8 °C	1,259 mm	49
1999	35.1 °C23 October 1999	9.3 °C24 June 1999	20.9 °C	960 mm	59
1998	35.4 °C14 October 1998	9.0 °C15 June 1998	21.7 °C	979 mm	77
1997	34.4 °C25 September 1997	8.9 °C17 July 1997	21.1 °C	1,269 mm	54
1996	34.2 °C5 November 1996	6.4 °C3 July 1996	21.2 °C	1,042 mm	75
1995	34.0 °C14 October 1995	7.4 °C10 June 1995	21.4 °C	964 mm	74
1994	34.1 °C11 October 1994	6.7 °C12 June 1994	21.0 °C	910 mm	66
1993	33.7 °C25 October 1993	7.2 °C17 August 1993	20.8 °C	1,244 mm	47
1992	34.3 °C9 November 1992	7.8 °C14 August 1992	21.3 °C	859 mm	64
1991	32.9 °C7 October 1991	6.4 °C23 July 1991	20.7 °C	992 mm	45
1990	35.2 °C6 November 1990	7.6 °C28 June 1990	21.0 °C	1,029 mm	56
1989	34.9 °C10 November 1989	6.3 °C17 June 1989	20.7 °C	1,296 mm	51
1988	33.8 °C10 October 1988	8.3 °C16 July 1988	21.0 °C	1,116 mm	43
1987	34.5 °C17 November 1987	7.4 °C24 June 1987	21.4 °C	883 mm	70
1986	33.9 °C7 October 1986	7.6 °C27 June 1986	20.3 °C	1,286 mm	28
1985	32.6 °C16 October 1985	7.5 °C14 July 1985	20.3 °C	1,236 mm	40
1984	33.7 °C15 October 1984	7.1 °C18 June 1984	20.8 °C	1,132 mm	58
1983	35.2 °C11 November 1983	8.7 °C22 July 1983	21.4 °C	1,130 mm	59
1982	34.0 °C8 November 1982	7.7 °C17 July 1982	20.6 °C	1,193 mm	39
1981	34.2 °C8 November 1981	6.9 °C19 June 1981	20.6 °C	1,022 mm	72
1980	33.5 °C19 September 1980	8.1 °C10 July 1980	20.5 °C	1,126 mm	38
1979	33.7 °C3 October 1979	7.6 °C15 June 1979	20.1 °C	1,083 mm	47
1978	34.9 °C30 September 1978	7.9 °C17 June 1978	20.5 °C	1,865 mm	51
1977	34.7 °C20 October 1977	8.5 °C11 July 1977	20.7 °C	1,344 mm	49
1976	33.3 °C26 October 1976	8.1 °C28 June 1976	19.9 °C	1,415 mm	39
1975	33.7 °C26 October 1975	7.5 °C26 July 1975	20.3 °C	1,027 mm	50
1974	34.5 °C14 November 1974	7.4 °C28 July 1974	20.0 °C	1,391 mm	57
1973	34.2 °C26 October 1973	8.3 °C12 July 1973	20.5 °C	1,083 mm	42
1972	33.6 °C26 September 1972	8.3 °C28 June 1972	20.4 °C	1,176 mm	46
1971	33.2 °C1 November 1971	8.6 °C2 June 1971	20.3 °C	1,208 mm	34
1970	33.3 °C8 October 1970	8.5 °C5 July 1970	20.5 °C	1,228 mm	36
1969	33.5 °C3 October 1969	6.7 °C25 July 1969	20.5 °C	1,546 mm	41
1968	35.2 °C4 October 1968	5.6 °C17 June 1968	20.3 °C	1,105 mm	41
1967	33.8 °C3 October 1967	7.3 °C20 July 1967	20.3 °C	1,055 mm	31
1966	33.6 °C15 October 1966	6.2 °C28 July 1966	20.8 °C	931 mm	55
1965	33.5 °C25 September 1965	7.8 °C5 July 1965	20.3 °C	922 mm	50
1964	33.8 °C26 October 1964	5.9 °C28 June 1964	20.5 °C	1,071 mm	49
1963	33.9 °C8 October 1963	8.6 °C7 June 1963	20.7 °C	1,341 mm	54
1962	33.9 °C15 October 1962	9.0 °C5 May 1962	20.5 °C	1,492 mm	51
1961	34.7 °C16 October 1961	7.7 °C12 August 1961	20.1 °C	1,511 mm	43
1960	33.4 °C10 October 1960	8.0 °C25 July 1960	20.1 °C	974 mm	45
1959	33.3 °C18 October 1959	9.1 °C9 June 1959	20.2 °C	1,355 mm	34
1958	33.6 °C28 October 1958	7.8 °C13 August 1958	20.4 °C	1,647 mm	40
1957	35.5 °C25 November 1957	8.0 °C31 May 1957	20.5 °C	1,803 mm	80
1956	33.8 °C16 October 1956	8.3 °C28 July 1956	20.1 °C	1,527 mm	48
1955	35.0 °C22 October 1955	8.2 °C12 August 1955	20.2 °C	1,446 mm	52
1954	35.4 °C24 October 1954	7.3 °C22 June 1954	21.3 °C	678 mm	79
1953	34.8 °C28 October 1953	6.8 °C13 June 1953	20.1 °C	1,743 mm	60
1952	34.6 °C13 September 1952	9.7 °C2 July 1952	20.9 °C	1,177 mm	63
1951	34.8 °C30 October 1951	8.8 °C14 June 1951	21.2 °C	904 mm	69
1950	33.2 °C1 October 1950	8.7 °C10 June 1950	20.1 °C	1,315 mm	38
1949	34.2 °C2 November 1949	9.0 °C6 June 1949	20.8 °C	1,346 mm	65
1948	35.0 °C13 October 1948	8.7 °C5 July 1948	20.6 °C	1,377 mm	58
1947	34.8 °C16 October 1947	8.1 °C2 July 1947	20.5 °C	1,359 mm	62
1946	34.5 °C25 October 1946	8.1 °C10 July 1946	20.4 °C	1,333 mm	57
1945	34.2 °C11 November 1945	9.3 °C5 July 1945	20.7 °C	1,173 mm	69
1944	35.2 °C20 September 1944	9.0 °C19 May 1944	20.6 °C	1,066 mm	60
1943	35.1 °C30 November 1943	8.1 °C27 July 1943	20.9 °C	1,019 mm	79
1942	34.4 °C13 October 1942	8.7 °C28 July 1942	20.8 °C	1,014 mm	62
1941	36.2 °C12 October 1941	8.9 °C25 June 1941	21.0 °C	987 mm	53
1940	33.4 °C5 October 1940	8.2 °C18 July 1940	20.2 °C	1,407 mm	48

Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.

A specific year

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Year

Across the whole year

Average daily high

27.2 °C

+0.5 °C

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

73 d/yr

+16

Frost days (< 0 °C)

0 d/yr

Annual rainfall

1155 mm

-20 mm

Month by month

	High	vs. normal	Precipitation	vs. normal
Jan	25.1 °C	-0.2 °C	389 mm	+97 mm
Feb	26.7 °C	+1.1 °C	175 mm	-69 mm
Mar	27.6 °C	+1.7 °C	83 mm	-87 mm
Apr	27.3 °C	+1.1 °C	47 mm	+8 mm
May	25.5 °C	-0.4 °C	12 mm	+7 mm
Jun	25.3 °C	+0.9 °C	1 mm	+0 mm
Jul	24.2 °C	-0.2 °C	0 mm	+0 mm
Aug	27.5 °C	+0.5 °C	0 mm	-0 mm
Sep	31.2 °C	+1.1 °C	0 mm	-1 mm
Oct	31.8 °C	+0.4 °C	4 mm	-16 mm
Nov	28.3 °C	-0.4 °C	173 mm	+39 mm
Dec	25.6 °C	-0.4 °C	270 mm	+1 mm

The year's extremes

Hottest day

34.5 °C

2 Nov 2025

Coldest day

7.2 °C

30 Jul 2025

Wettest day

92.5 mm

30 Jan 2025

Windiest day

25.3 km/h

9 Jul 2025

Strongest gust

53.6 km/h

9 Jul 2025

Hottest feels-like

35.3 °C

26 Oct 2025

Coldest feels-like

4.3 °C

31 Jul 2025

Sunniest day

12.3 h

28 Nov 2025

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Frequently asked questions

What is the climate of Mapalo?

Mapalo has a humid subtropical, dry winter climate (Köppen Cwa). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 20.8 °C and it receives 1,175 mm of precipitation per year.

What is the hottest day ever recorded in Mapalo?

The hottest day measured in Mapalo between 1940 and 2025 was 18 October 2017, reaching 37.4 °C.

What is the coldest day in Mapalo?

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

Does it snow in Mapalo?

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

Has the climate of Mapalo warmed?

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

What is the wettest day in Mapalo?

The wettest day measured in Mapalo between 1940 and 2025 was 7 December 2010, with 104 mm of rain in 24 hours.

What was the windiest day in Mapalo?

The windiest day measured in Mapalo between 1940 and 2025 was 11 August 2010, with winds reaching 30.9 km/h.

What is the warmest month in Mapalo?

The warmest month in Mapalo is October (25.0 °C on average); the coldest is July (17.4 °C).

How much does it rain in Mapalo?

Mapalo receives on average 1,175 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 132 rainy days.

Is it sunny in Mapalo?

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

Are there tropical nights in Mapalo?

Yes: Mapalo has on average 15 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.

What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Mapalo?

In Mapalo, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 38.2 °C on 29 October 2019, and the lowest was 1.9 °C on 17 June 1968.

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