Mufumbwe climate — normals and trends

Q: What is the climate of Mufumbwe?

Mufumbwe has a tropical savanna climate (Köppen Aw). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 22.1 °C and it receives 1,174 mm of precipitation per year.

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

The hottest day measured in Mufumbwe between 1940 and 2025 was 13 October 1941, reaching 38.9 °C.

Q: What is the coldest day in Mufumbwe?

The coldest day measured in Mufumbwe between 1940 and 2025 was 1 July 1994, at 5.4 °C.

Q: Does it snow in Mufumbwe?

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

Q: Has the climate of Mufumbwe warmed?

Yes: Mufumbwe warmed by +0.8 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.

Q: What is the wettest day in Mufumbwe?

The wettest day measured in Mufumbwe between 1940 and 2025 was 31 December 1989, with 119 mm of rain in 24 hours.

Q: What was the windiest day in Mufumbwe?

The windiest day measured in Mufumbwe between 1940 and 2025 was 31 December 1989, with winds reaching 32.3 km/h.

Q: What is the warmest month in Mufumbwe?

The warmest month in Mufumbwe is October (25.8 °C on average); the coldest is June (19.3 °C).

Q: How much does it rain in Mufumbwe?

Mufumbwe receives on average 1,174 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 139 rainy days.

Q: Is it sunny in Mufumbwe?

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

Mufumbwe (Zambia) has a tropical savanna climate (Aw) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 22.1 °C and it receives 1,174 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 (25.8 °C on average) and the coldest is June (19.3 °C). Rainfall peaks in January.

Mufumbwe averages 0 frost days, 89 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 139 rainy days per year.

Mufumbwe has warmed by +0.8 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.09 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.

The hottest day of the period reached 38.9 °C (on 13 October 1941) and the coldest 5.4 °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

MufumbweNorth-Western

coords: -13.14°, 25.01°
period: 1940–2025 · 86 yrs

AwTropical savannaWarmest monthOctoberColdest monthJuneWettest monthJanuaryDriest monthJuly

Mean daily temperature

22.1°C

Average daily high

28.2°C

Average daily low

17.1°C

Annual rainfall

1,174mm

Sunshine / day

10.5h

Mean relative humidity

59%

Average peak wind

12.7km/h

Seasonal range

6.5°C

Frost days (< 0 °C)

0 d/yr

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

89 d/yr

Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)

139 d/yr

Annual snowfall

0.0 cm

Average feels-like high

29.4 °C

Average feels-like low

16.8 °C

Average peak gust

32.1 km/h

Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)

34 d/yr

Solar radiation

20.4 MJ/m²

Has the climate changed?

One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025

+0.8 °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

38.9 °C

13 October 1941

Coldest day

5.4 °C

1 July 1994

Wettest day

119 mm

31 December 1989

Windiest day

32.3 km/h

31 December 1989

Strongest gust

80.3 km/h

31 December 1989

Hottest feels-like

39.6 °C

20 November 1987

Coldest feels-like

0.4 °C

1 July 1994

Sunniest day

12.8 h

30 December 1941

Year	Hottest day	Coldest day	Annual mean	Rainfall	Hot days
2025	36.3 °C17 September 2025	8.6 °C12 July 2025	22.2 °C	1,181 mm	106
2024	37.1 °C28 September 2024	7.5 °C8 July 2024	23.0 °C	743 mm	188
2023	36.9 °C10 October 2023	10.8 °C15 July 2023	22.8 °C	1,218 mm	123
2022	35.2 °C5 October 2022	11.4 °C15 June 2022	22.2 °C	1,357 mm	87
2021	36.6 °C10 October 2021	10.4 °C27 July 2021	22.3 °C	935 mm	112
2020	37.3 °C4 October 2020	10.2 °C18 July 2020	22.4 °C	1,321 mm	100
2019	36.4 °C23 October 2019	10.7 °C8 July 2019	22.7 °C	1,104 mm	112
2018	36.5 °C2 November 2018	10.6 °C9 June 2018	22.6 °C	1,021 mm	117
2017	36.9 °C18 October 2017	12.2 °C23 June 2017	22.3 °C	1,205 mm	78
2016	37.1 °C16 October 2016	11.0 °C11 July 2016	22.8 °C	1,154 mm	113
2015	35.9 °C14 October 2015	11.1 °C17 June 2015	22.4 °C	1,184 mm	108
2014	36.4 °C2 October 2014	10.6 °C12 July 2014	22.4 °C	1,120 mm	90
2013	37.3 °C28 September 2013	11.2 °C19 June 2013	22.4 °C	1,023 mm	94
2012	36.8 °C11 October 2012	8.8 °C20 July 2012	22.3 °C	1,101 mm	94
2011	36.1 °C24 October 2011	9.9 °C3 July 2011	22.1 °C	1,199 mm	83
2010	36.5 °C12 October 2010	10.1 °C11 July 2010	22.4 °C	1,251 mm	88
2009	36.6 °C19 September 2009	10.0 °C3 July 2009	22.2 °C	1,171 mm	78
2008	37.6 °C28 September 2008	10.1 °C27 June 2008	22.3 °C	1,116 mm	91
2007	35.3 °C24 September 2007	10.4 °C6 July 2007	22.3 °C	1,163 mm	97
2006	34.9 °C5 October 2006	10.2 °C4 August 2006	22.1 °C	1,021 mm	80
2005	35.8 °C13 October 2005	10.9 °C3 July 2005	22.9 °C	854 mm	128
2004	35.5 °C9 October 2004	10.4 °C8 July 2004	22.0 °C	1,123 mm	89
2003	38.0 °C15 October 2003	9.6 °C9 July 2003	22.4 °C	949 mm	104
2002	36.6 °C30 September 2002	11.5 °C27 June 2002	22.4 °C	1,025 mm	98
2001	36.2 °C7 September 2001	10.4 °C27 July 2001	22.1 °C	1,190 mm	76
2000	35.9 °C11 October 2000	10.5 °C8 July 2000	22.1 °C	1,203 mm	72
1999	35.8 °C23 October 1999	11.3 °C22 July 1999	22.0 °C	1,106 mm	70
1998	36.9 °C8 October 1998	10.2 °C15 June 1998	23.0 °C	1,056 mm	118
1997	36.1 °C26 September 1997	11.1 °C9 May 1997	22.4 °C	1,147 mm	88
1996	35.9 °C26 September 1996	8.0 °C3 July 1996	22.5 °C	1,039 mm	110
1995	35.9 °C9 October 1995	6.1 °C16 June 1995	22.7 °C	873 mm	127
1994	36.0 °C28 September 1994	5.4 °C1 July 1994	22.1 °C	961 mm	124
1993	35.8 °C24 October 1993	9.8 °C11 June 1993	22.0 °C	1,248 mm	81
1992	34.5 °C22 September 1992	9.5 °C5 July 1992	22.2 °C	985 mm	92
1991	35.5 °C8 October 1991	8.5 °C23 July 1991	21.9 °C	1,034 mm	70
1990	35.3 °C6 November 1990	8.3 °C22 June 1990	22.1 °C	1,071 mm	94
1989	35.9 °C8 November 1989	7.1 °C18 June 1989	21.9 °C	1,219 mm	94
1988	34.7 °C2 September 1988	8.9 °C16 July 1988	22.1 °C	977 mm	92
1987	36.1 °C29 October 1987	7.9 °C28 June 1987	22.6 °C	958 mm	136
1986	34.3 °C24 September 1986	8.9 °C28 June 1986	21.5 °C	1,186 mm	62
1985	34.7 °C17 October 1985	7.6 °C14 July 1985	21.6 °C	1,126 mm	73
1984	35.4 °C16 October 1984	10.3 °C3 July 1984	21.9 °C	1,168 mm	82
1983	35.5 °C19 September 1983	10.2 °C20 June 1983	22.6 °C	978 mm	114
1982	33.8 °C17 October 1982	9.3 °C17 July 1982	21.7 °C	1,196 mm	67
1981	35.4 °C5 November 1981	8.8 °C22 June 1981	21.7 °C	1,132 mm	84
1980	36.2 °C19 September 1980	10.0 °C10 July 1980	22.0 °C	1,002 mm	76
1979	36.4 °C3 October 1979	8.9 °C15 June 1979	21.5 °C	1,230 mm	69
1978	35.9 °C30 September 1978	9.6 °C23 July 1978	21.6 °C	1,589 mm	74
1977	35.2 °C4 October 1977	8.2 °C27 June 1977	22.0 °C	1,350 mm	86
1976	34.9 °C27 October 1976	8.9 °C29 June 1976	20.9 °C	1,437 mm	57
1975	35.2 °C4 November 1975	8.3 °C23 July 1975	21.5 °C	1,034 mm	79
1974	35.0 °C18 October 1974	8.3 °C16 June 1974	21.2 °C	1,136 mm	83
1973	36.4 °C16 October 1973	9.9 °C12 July 1973	22.0 °C	892 mm	88
1972	35.5 °C3 October 1972	9.4 °C27 June 1972	21.4 °C	1,166 mm	68
1971	35.3 °C9 October 1971	10.0 °C16 July 1971	21.7 °C	1,236 mm	73
1970	34.9 °C10 October 1970	10.5 °C27 June 1970	21.8 °C	1,150 mm	70
1969	35.4 °C9 October 1969	10.4 °C23 June 1969	21.6 °C	1,718 mm	48
1968	35.7 °C31 October 1968	7.4 °C15 June 1968	21.7 °C	1,121 mm	79
1967	35.9 °C3 October 1967	10.3 °C20 July 1967	21.7 °C	1,202 mm	49
1966	34.7 °C6 October 1966	10.5 °C29 July 1966	22.2 °C	1,093 mm	78
1965	35.1 °C29 October 1965	10.0 °C21 June 1965	21.8 °C	1,006 mm	83
1964	35.6 °C2 October 1964	9.5 °C29 June 1964	21.9 °C	1,083 mm	66
1963	34.2 °C8 September 1963	11.5 °C1 June 1963	21.8 °C	1,313 mm	68
1962	35.6 °C1 November 1962	10.8 °C28 June 1962	22.0 °C	1,370 mm	73
1961	35.6 °C17 October 1961	9.9 °C12 August 1961	21.4 °C	1,529 mm	59
1960	35.2 °C28 October 1960	9.6 °C3 July 1960	21.5 °C	1,072 mm	78
1959	35.8 °C13 October 1959	10.9 °C19 May 1959	21.7 °C	1,395 mm	70
1958	35.2 °C10 September 1958	10.2 °C13 August 1958	21.4 °C	1,748 mm	47
1957	35.2 °C22 October 1957	10.0 °C19 June 1957	21.5 °C	1,797 mm	90
1956	36.3 °C16 October 1956	10.8 °C30 July 1956	21.6 °C	1,339 mm	81
1955	36.5 °C6 October 1955	11.0 °C28 July 1955	21.7 °C	1,222 mm	79
1954	36.6 °C24 October 1954	9.0 °C22 June 1954	23.2 °C	550 mm	190
1953	36.7 °C1 November 1953	10.0 °C14 June 1953	21.4 °C	1,691 mm	74
1952	36.5 °C13 September 1952	10.4 °C6 August 1952	22.4 °C	1,333 mm	81
1951	36.6 °C1 October 1951	9.7 °C14 July 1951	22.1 °C	1,248 mm	82
1950	34.9 °C11 October 1950	10.2 °C9 July 1950	21.4 °C	1,307 mm	61
1949	36.3 °C5 October 1949	10.4 °C8 June 1949	22.1 °C	1,305 mm	88
1948	36.2 °C22 September 1948	10.7 °C20 June 1948	21.6 °C	1,613 mm	57
1947	36.5 °C9 October 1947	10.2 °C9 July 1947	22.0 °C	1,235 mm	77
1946	34.8 °C5 October 1946	9.6 °C19 June 1946	21.9 °C	1,178 mm	88
1945	36.3 °C5 October 1945	10.8 °C7 July 1945	22.2 °C	1,314 mm	102
1944	37.7 °C20 September 1944	11.7 °C19 May 1944	22.1 °C	1,134 mm	92
1943	36.0 °C12 October 1943	10.3 °C28 June 1943	22.0 °C	964 mm	93
1942	35.8 °C8 October 1942	10.8 °C14 July 1942	22.1 °C	1,133 mm	99
1941	38.9 °C13 October 1941	11.4 °C6 July 1941	22.4 °C	1,037 mm	116
1940	35.2 °C13 October 1940	10.1 °C18 July 1940	21.5 °C	1,316 mm	83

Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.

A specific year

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Year

Across the whole year

Average daily high

28.7 °C

+0.5 °C

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

106 d/yr

+17

Frost days (< 0 °C)

0 d/yr

Annual rainfall

1181 mm

+7 mm

Month by month

	High	vs. normal	Precipitation	vs. normal
Jan	26.9 °C	+0.4 °C	324 mm	+70 mm
Feb	27.8 °C	+1.0 °C	234 mm	+10 mm
Mar	28.5 °C	+1.4 °C	115 mm	-66 mm
Apr	27.9 °C	+0.2 °C	84 mm	+41 mm
May	27.0 °C	-0.6 °C	7 mm	+3 mm
Jun	26.6 °C	+0.3 °C	0 mm	-0 mm
Jul	25.7 °C	-0.7 °C	0 mm	0 mm
Aug	29.8 °C	+0.4 °C	0 mm	-0 mm
Sep	33.6 °C	+1.1 °C	2 mm	-2 mm
Oct	33.9 °C	+1.4 °C	21 mm	-20 mm
Nov	29.1 °C	+0.4 °C	178 mm	+4 mm
Dec	27.4 °C	+0.5 °C	217 mm	-32 mm

The year's extremes

Hottest day

36.3 °C

17 Sep 2025

Coldest day

8.6 °C

12 Jul 2025

Wettest day

39.6 mm

8 Nov 2025

Windiest day

26.2 km/h

9 Jul 2025

Strongest gust

57.6 km/h

9 Jul 2025

Hottest feels-like

36.3 °C

28 Oct 2025

Coldest feels-like

5.4 °C

12 Jul 2025

Sunniest day

12.8 h

31 Dec 2025

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Frequently asked questions

What is the climate of Mufumbwe?

Mufumbwe has a tropical savanna climate (Köppen Aw). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 22.1 °C and it receives 1,174 mm of precipitation per year.

What is the hottest day ever recorded in Mufumbwe?

The hottest day measured in Mufumbwe between 1940 and 2025 was 13 October 1941, reaching 38.9 °C.

What is the coldest day in Mufumbwe?

The coldest day measured in Mufumbwe between 1940 and 2025 was 1 July 1994, at 5.4 °C.

Does it snow in Mufumbwe?

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

Has the climate of Mufumbwe warmed?

Yes: Mufumbwe warmed by +0.8 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.

What is the wettest day in Mufumbwe?

The wettest day measured in Mufumbwe between 1940 and 2025 was 31 December 1989, with 119 mm of rain in 24 hours.

What was the windiest day in Mufumbwe?

The windiest day measured in Mufumbwe between 1940 and 2025 was 31 December 1989, with winds reaching 32.3 km/h.

What is the warmest month in Mufumbwe?

The warmest month in Mufumbwe is October (25.8 °C on average); the coldest is June (19.3 °C).

How much does it rain in Mufumbwe?

Mufumbwe receives on average 1,174 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 139 rainy days.

Is it sunny in Mufumbwe?

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

Are there tropical nights in Mufumbwe?

Yes: Mufumbwe has on average 34 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.

What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Mufumbwe?

In Mufumbwe, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 39.6 °C on 20 November 1987, and the lowest was 0.4 °C on 1 July 1994.

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