Monze climate — normals and trends

Q: What is the climate of Monze?

Monze has a humid subtropical, dry winter climate (Köppen Cwa). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 21.0 °C and it receives 905 mm of precipitation per year.

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

The hottest day measured in Monze between 1940 and 2025 was 18 October 2017, reaching 38.4 °C.

Q: What is the coldest day in Monze?

The coldest day measured in Monze between 1940 and 2025 was 17 June 1968, at 4.1 °C.

Q: Does it snow in Monze?

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

Q: Has the climate of Monze warmed?

Yes: Monze warmed by +1.1 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.

Q: What is the wettest day in Monze?

The wettest day measured in Monze between 1940 and 2025 was 29 February 1980, with 111 mm of rain in 24 hours.

Q: What was the windiest day in Monze?

The windiest day measured in Monze between 1940 and 2025 was 1 September 1959, with winds reaching 34.9 km/h.

Q: What is the warmest month in Monze?

The warmest month in Monze is October (25.7 °C on average); the coldest is July (16.4 °C).

Q: How much does it rain in Monze?

Monze receives on average 905 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 115 rainy days.

Q: Is it sunny in Monze?

Monze gets on average 10.6 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,869 hours per year over 1940-2025.

Monze (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 905 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 (25.7 °C on average) and the coldest is July (16.4 °C). Rainfall peaks in January.

Monze averages 0 frost days, 68 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 115 rainy days per year.

Monze has warmed by +1.1 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.13 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.

The hottest day of the period reached 38.4 °C (on 18 October 2017) and the coldest 4.1 °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

MonzeSouthern Province

coords: -16.27°, 27.48°
period: 1940–2025 · 86 yrs

CwaHumid subtropical, dry winterWarmest monthOctoberColdest monthJulyWettest monthJanuaryDriest monthAugust

Mean daily temperature

21.0°C

Average daily high

26.8°C

Average daily low

16.2°C

Annual rainfall

905mm

Sunshine / day

10.6h

Mean relative humidity

62%

Average peak wind

16.4km/h

Seasonal range

9.3°C

Frost days (< 0 °C)

0 d/yr

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

68 d/yr

Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)

115 d/yr

Annual snowfall

0.0 cm

Average feels-like high

27.4 °C

Average feels-like low

15.5 °C

Average peak gust

34.9 km/h

Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)

41 d/yr

Solar radiation

20.6 MJ/m²

Has the climate changed?

One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025

+1.1 °C

since 1940

+0.1 °C per decade · r² = 0.27 · 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

38.4 °C

18 October 2017

Coldest day

4.1 °C

17 June 1968

Wettest day

111 mm

29 February 1980

Windiest day

34.9 km/h

1 September 1959

Strongest gust

69.1 km/h

1 September 1959

Hottest feels-like

39.5 °C

18 October 2017

Coldest feels-like

-0.8 °C

1 July 1994

Sunniest day

12.8 h

22 January 1940

Year	Hottest day	Coldest day	Annual mean	Rainfall	Hot days
2025	36.1 °C28 September 2025	6.7 °C11 July 2025	22.0 °C	1,007 mm	86
2024	37.7 °C29 September 2024	8.9 °C16 June 2024	23.0 °C	542 mm	140
2023	36.9 °C19 November 2023	7.9 °C13 July 2023	22.3 °C	912 mm	104
2022	34.5 °C4 October 2022	7.4 °C24 May 2022	21.1 °C	1,088 mm	60
2021	37.3 °C10 October 2021	7.4 °C4 July 2021	21.6 °C	809 mm	87
2020	37.7 °C8 November 2020	7.4 °C6 July 2020	21.6 °C	935 mm	85
2019	38.1 °C28 October 2019	6.8 °C24 July 2019	22.2 °C	531 mm	128
2018	36.3 °C22 November 2018	8.0 °C9 June 2018	21.6 °C	902 mm	83
2017	38.4 °C18 October 2017	8.3 °C23 June 2017	21.0 °C	1,121 mm	61
2016	37.1 °C31 October 2016	7.2 °C10 June 2016	21.7 °C	901 mm	91
2015	36.6 °C14 November 2015	6.6 °C4 August 2015	21.6 °C	800 mm	96
2014	36.6 °C10 October 2014	7.3 °C13 July 2014	21.6 °C	805 mm	77
2013	37.2 °C28 September 2013	7.7 °C20 June 2013	21.5 °C	766 mm	85
2012	36.6 °C18 November 2012	5.8 °C21 July 2012	21.3 °C	923 mm	77
2011	37.9 °C26 October 2011	4.1 °C27 June 2011	20.9 °C	920 mm	58
2010	37.0 °C12 October 2010	7.1 °C22 June 2010	21.2 °C	1,172 mm	72
2009	34.8 °C8 October 2009	6.7 °C22 July 2009	20.6 °C	944 mm	55
2008	35.9 °C26 September 2008	6.6 °C12 June 2008	20.7 °C	969 mm	71
2007	35.1 °C7 October 2007	7.3 °C15 June 2007	21.0 °C	1,161 mm	62
2006	35.3 °C31 October 2006	6.6 °C30 June 2006	21.0 °C	838 mm	55
2005	36.1 °C3 November 2005	7.0 °C31 July 2005	21.5 °C	731 mm	74
2004	34.6 °C7 October 2004	7.0 °C11 July 2004	20.7 °C	935 mm	50
2003	36.8 °C16 October 2003	6.8 °C10 July 2003	21.2 °C	1,087 mm	77
2002	34.9 °C30 September 2002	7.8 °C24 June 2002	21.4 °C	677 mm	68
2001	36.7 °C19 October 2001	6.7 °C27 July 2001	21.0 °C	946 mm	79
2000	34.5 °C10 October 2000	7.6 °C5 July 2000	20.8 °C	1,092 mm	56
1999	35.5 °C23 October 1999	7.1 °C14 June 1999	20.8 °C	801 mm	49
1998	37.6 °C4 November 1998	7.6 °C3 July 1998	21.7 °C	842 mm	79
1997	36.8 °C10 November 1997	7.6 °C17 July 1997	21.1 °C	902 mm	53
1996	36.4 °C21 October 1996	5.9 °C3 July 1996	21.4 °C	965 mm	75
1995	36.6 °C13 October 1995	6.7 °C10 July 1995	22.0 °C	633 mm	105
1994	36.6 °C24 November 1994	4.8 °C1 July 1994	21.2 °C	698 mm	89
1993	35.3 °C4 November 1993	6.9 °C11 June 1993	21.1 °C	924 mm	52
1992	36.5 °C4 December 1992	7.2 °C6 July 1992	22.0 °C	652 mm	107
1991	34.3 °C9 October 1991	7.0 °C11 July 1991	21.0 °C	798 mm	67
1990	37.0 °C6 November 1990	7.4 °C16 August 1990	21.2 °C	749 mm	61
1989	35.7 °C2 November 1989	5.3 °C19 June 1989	20.8 °C	953 mm	79
1988	34.8 °C10 October 1988	6.8 °C16 July 1988	21.0 °C	708 mm	64
1987	37.6 °C20 November 1987	6.2 °C24 June 1987	21.7 °C	582 mm	104
1986	34.2 °C7 October 1986	6.3 °C16 June 1986	20.0 °C	1,032 mm	41
1985	33.2 °C24 November 1985	5.8 °C16 July 1985	20.3 °C	852 mm	46
1984	34.5 °C15 October 1984	7.4 °C18 June 1984	20.9 °C	769 mm	62
1983	34.6 °C4 October 1983	6.9 °C14 August 1983	21.6 °C	771 mm	92
1982	34.0 °C5 November 1982	5.7 °C17 July 1982	20.7 °C	802 mm	45
1981	35.4 °C8 November 1981	5.8 °C12 June 1981	20.2 °C	887 mm	65
1980	33.8 °C14 November 1980	6.3 °C21 June 1980	20.5 °C	941 mm	51
1979	35.4 °C23 September 1979	6.9 °C15 June 1979	20.2 °C	713 mm	61
1978	35.9 °C30 September 1978	6.8 °C17 June 1978	20.2 °C	1,246 mm	49
1977	35.8 °C20 October 1977	6.9 °C20 June 1977	20.9 °C	976 mm	72
1976	35.0 °C25 October 1976	7.0 °C5 July 1976	19.9 °C	957 mm	48
1975	35.6 °C26 October 1975	6.8 °C26 July 1975	20.0 °C	787 mm	59
1974	35.2 °C18 October 1974	6.7 °C28 July 1974	19.7 °C	1,038 mm	51
1973	35.6 °C27 October 1973	7.2 °C10 July 1973	20.8 °C	844 mm	58
1972	35.2 °C24 November 1972	6.9 °C3 July 1972	20.7 °C	739 mm	78
1971	33.9 °C5 October 1971	8.3 °C12 June 1971	20.6 °C	832 mm	39
1970	35.9 °C8 October 1970	8.9 °C20 June 1970	21.0 °C	748 mm	54
1969	35.3 °C3 October 1969	7.8 °C25 July 1969	20.6 °C	1,194 mm	44
1968	37.0 °C28 October 1968	4.1 °C17 June 1968	21.1 °C	788 mm	61
1967	36.2 °C6 October 1967	5.7 °C13 July 1967	20.8 °C	662 mm	58
1966	37.0 °C31 October 1966	5.7 °C28 July 1966	21.3 °C	743 mm	73
1965	35.6 °C31 October 1965	6.5 °C4 July 1965	20.5 °C	522 mm	52
1964	35.4 °C26 October 1964	4.9 °C29 June 1964	20.8 °C	793 mm	65
1963	35.4 °C6 October 1963	6.6 °C9 July 1963	20.6 °C	846 mm	44
1962	36.4 °C19 October 1962	9.6 °C29 August 1962	20.6 °C	1,055 mm	51
1961	36.8 °C15 October 1961	9.0 °C11 August 1961	20.5 °C	1,047 mm	51
1960	35.9 °C10 October 1960	7.6 °C3 July 1960	20.6 °C	697 mm	61
1959	34.6 °C18 October 1959	9.6 °C3 July 1959	20.6 °C	942 mm	55
1958	34.0 °C17 October 1958	8.4 °C14 July 1958	20.3 °C	1,554 mm	38
1957	35.9 °C26 November 1957	8.9 °C18 June 1957	20.8 °C	1,254 mm	75
1956	34.8 °C15 October 1956	8.3 °C17 June 1956	19.9 °C	1,268 mm	41
1955	35.8 °C14 October 1955	7.5 °C12 August 1955	20.1 °C	1,374 mm	52
1954	37.5 °C27 October 1954	8.5 °C21 June 1954	21.8 °C	454 mm	126
1953	36.2 °C31 October 1953	7.1 °C24 June 1953	20.1 °C	1,205 mm	51
1952	36.2 °C2 October 1952	8.5 °C6 August 1952	21.0 °C	1,066 mm	64
1951	37.5 °C10 October 1951	8.0 °C14 July 1951	22.1 °C	594 mm	117
1950	35.4 °C24 October 1950	8.3 °C21 August 1950	20.3 °C	920 mm	65
1949	37.4 °C3 November 1949	8.4 °C8 June 1949	21.0 °C	1,022 mm	71
1948	35.8 °C13 October 1948	8.5 °C5 July 1948	20.4 °C	1,318 mm	58
1947	35.7 °C14 October 1947	8.2 °C1 July 1947	20.6 °C	1,038 mm	53
1946	37.2 °C25 October 1946	6.5 °C10 July 1946	20.3 °C	1,350 mm	56
1945	35.9 °C13 October 1945	8.6 °C20 June 1945	20.9 °C	900 mm	69
1944	37.0 °C27 September 1944	9.4 °C21 May 1944	20.9 °C	968 mm	62
1943	36.5 °C26 October 1943	8.7 °C28 June 1943	20.7 °C	898 mm	66
1942	35.9 °C23 October 1942	8.7 °C11 July 1942	20.7 °C	994 mm	55
1941	38.0 °C13 October 1941	9.6 °C6 July 1941	21.7 °C	763 mm	90
1940	34.8 °C6 October 1940	7.8 °C16 July 1940	20.4 °C	956 mm	59

Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.

A specific year

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Year

Across the whole year

Average daily high

27.7 °C

+0.9 °C

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

86 d/yr

+18

Frost days (< 0 °C)

0 d/yr

Annual rainfall

1007 mm

+102 mm

Month by month

	High	vs. normal	Precipitation	vs. normal
Jan	26.9 °C	+0.7 °C	298 mm	+69 mm
Feb	27.5 °C	+1.3 °C	181 mm	-7 mm
Mar	28.2 °C	+1.8 °C	69 mm	-47 mm
Apr	27.5 °C	+1.2 °C	42 mm	+14 mm
May	25.6 °C	+0.5 °C	5 mm	+1 mm
Jun	24.5 °C	+1.3 °C	0 mm	-1 mm
Jul	23.6 °C	+0.6 °C	0 mm	-0 mm
Aug	28.0 °C	+1.9 °C	0 mm	-0 mm
Sep	32.5 °C	+2.5 °C	3 mm	+2 mm
Oct	33.0 °C	+1.0 °C	2 mm	-14 mm
Nov	28.4 °C	-1.3 °C	151 mm	+46 mm
Dec	26.9 °C	-0.1 °C	255 mm	+40 mm

The year's extremes

Hottest day

36.1 °C

28 Sep 2025

Coldest day

6.7 °C

11 Jul 2025

Wettest day

87.5 mm

21 Jan 2025

Windiest day

31.7 km/h

3 Nov 2025

Strongest gust

67.0 km/h

3 Nov 2025

Hottest feels-like

36.9 °C

2 Nov 2025

Coldest feels-like

3.4 °C

11 Jul 2025

Sunniest day

12.8 h

14 Jan 2025

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Frequently asked questions

What is the climate of Monze?

Monze has a humid subtropical, dry winter climate (Köppen Cwa). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 21.0 °C and it receives 905 mm of precipitation per year.

What is the hottest day ever recorded in Monze?

The hottest day measured in Monze between 1940 and 2025 was 18 October 2017, reaching 38.4 °C.

What is the coldest day in Monze?

The coldest day measured in Monze between 1940 and 2025 was 17 June 1968, at 4.1 °C.

Does it snow in Monze?

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

Has the climate of Monze warmed?

Yes: Monze warmed by +1.1 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.

What is the wettest day in Monze?

The wettest day measured in Monze between 1940 and 2025 was 29 February 1980, with 111 mm of rain in 24 hours.

What was the windiest day in Monze?

The windiest day measured in Monze between 1940 and 2025 was 1 September 1959, with winds reaching 34.9 km/h.

What is the warmest month in Monze?

The warmest month in Monze is October (25.7 °C on average); the coldest is July (16.4 °C).

How much does it rain in Monze?

Monze receives on average 905 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 115 rainy days.

Is it sunny in Monze?

Monze gets on average 10.6 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,869 hours per year over 1940-2025.

Are there tropical nights in Monze?

Yes: Monze has on average 41 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.

What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Monze?

In Monze, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 39.5 °C on 18 October 2017, and the lowest was -0.8 °C on 1 July 1994.

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