Mumbwa climate — normals and trends

Q: What is the climate of Mumbwa?

Mumbwa has a humid subtropical, dry winter climate (Köppen Cwa). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 21.1 °C and it receives 1,097 mm of precipitation per year.

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

The hottest day measured in Mumbwa between 1940 and 2025 was 18 October 2017, reaching 38.1 °C.

Q: What is the coldest day in Mumbwa?

The coldest day measured in Mumbwa between 1940 and 2025 was 1 July 1994, at 2.5 °C.

Q: Does it snow in Mumbwa?

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

Q: Has the climate of Mumbwa warmed?

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

Q: What is the wettest day in Mumbwa?

The wettest day measured in Mumbwa between 1940 and 2025 was 16 January 1944, with 87 mm of rain in 24 hours.

Q: What was the windiest day in Mumbwa?

The windiest day measured in Mumbwa between 1940 and 2025 was 14 September 1978, with winds reaching 31.2 km/h.

Q: What is the warmest month in Mumbwa?

The warmest month in Mumbwa is October (25.7 °C on average); the coldest is July (16.7 °C).

Q: How much does it rain in Mumbwa?

Mumbwa receives on average 1,097 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 117 rainy days.

Q: Is it sunny in Mumbwa?

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

Mumbwa (Zambia) has a humid subtropical, dry winter climate (Cwa) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 21.1 °C and it receives 1,097 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 (16.7 °C). Rainfall peaks in January.

Mumbwa averages 0 frost days, 68 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 117 rainy days per year.

Mumbwa 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 38.1 °C (on 18 October 2017) and the coldest 2.5 °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

MumbwaCentral Province

coords: -14.98°, 27.06°
period: 1940–2025 · 86 yrs

CwaHumid subtropical, dry winterWarmest monthOctoberColdest monthJulyWettest monthJanuaryDriest monthAugust

Mean daily temperature

21.1°C

Average daily high

27.0°C

Average daily low

16.1°C

Annual rainfall

1,097mm

Sunshine / day

10.5h

Mean relative humidity

61%

Average peak wind

15.1km/h

Seasonal range

9.0°C

Frost days (< 0 °C)

0 d/yr

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

68 d/yr

Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)

117 d/yr

Annual snowfall

0.0 cm

Average feels-like high

27.8 °C

Average feels-like low

15.4 °C

Average peak gust

35.2 km/h

Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)

33 d/yr

Solar radiation

20.6 MJ/m²

Has the climate changed?

One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025

+0.9 °C

since 1940

+0.1 °C per decade · r² = 0.25 · 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

38.1 °C

18 October 2017

Coldest day

2.5 °C

1 July 1994

Wettest day

87 mm

16 January 1944

Windiest day

31.2 km/h

14 September 1978

Strongest gust

68.4 km/h

24 January 2023

Hottest feels-like

40.0 °C

29 October 2019

Coldest feels-like

-2.0 °C

1 July 1994

Sunniest day

12.8 h

19 January 1941

Year	Hottest day	Coldest day	Annual mean	Rainfall	Hot days
2025	36.8 °C2 November 2025	6.9 °C31 July 2025	21.8 °C	1,112 mm	89
2024	36.9 °C29 September 2024	6.4 °C15 June 2024	22.8 °C	561 mm	150
2023	36.2 °C9 October 2023	8.5 °C16 July 2023	22.3 °C	1,038 mm	109
2022	34.8 °C27 October 2022	7.7 °C24 May 2022	21.3 °C	1,159 mm	63
2021	36.4 °C10 October 2021	6.1 °C30 May 2021	21.4 °C	968 mm	92
2020	37.1 °C8 November 2020	7.4 °C7 July 2020	21.7 °C	1,031 mm	91
2019	37.8 °C28 October 2019	6.6 °C24 July 2019	22.2 °C	740 mm	115
2018	35.9 °C2 November 2018	7.2 °C9 June 2018	21.7 °C	916 mm	83
2017	38.1 °C18 October 2017	8.5 °C23 June 2017	21.1 °C	1,359 mm	60
2016	36.0 °C1 November 2016	7.3 °C11 June 2016	21.7 °C	1,230 mm	86
2015	35.8 °C14 November 2015	6.8 °C5 August 2015	21.6 °C	957 mm	89
2014	36.1 °C25 October 2014	7.7 °C13 July 2014	21.7 °C	1,004 mm	86
2013	36.7 °C28 September 2013	8.2 °C20 June 2013	21.5 °C	1,027 mm	77
2012	34.7 °C10 October 2012	5.0 °C20 July 2012	21.3 °C	1,064 mm	75
2011	36.9 °C26 October 2011	4.5 °C27 June 2011	21.0 °C	1,110 mm	53
2010	36.3 °C12 October 2010	6.7 °C15 August 2010	21.3 °C	1,290 mm	72
2009	34.4 °C9 October 2009	6.8 °C27 June 2009	20.7 °C	1,171 mm	55
2008	35.5 °C3 October 2008	6.3 °C27 June 2008	20.9 °C	1,219 mm	66
2007	34.7 °C7 October 2007	6.2 °C6 July 2007	21.1 °C	1,184 mm	61
2006	35.2 °C5 October 2006	6.5 °C4 August 2006	21.0 °C	1,034 mm	57
2005	35.2 °C21 October 2005	8.1 °C9 July 2005	21.8 °C	805 mm	83
2004	34.8 °C8 October 2004	7.2 °C18 July 2004	20.9 °C	1,106 mm	56
2003	36.2 °C15 October 2003	7.3 °C10 July 2003	21.2 °C	1,000 mm	75
2002	35.3 °C30 September 2002	8.1 °C19 June 2002	21.5 °C	789 mm	67
2001	35.0 °C19 October 2001	5.6 °C27 July 2001	21.1 °C	1,234 mm	75
2000	34.5 °C27 October 2000	8.0 °C19 July 2000	20.9 °C	1,316 mm	55
1999	35.2 °C24 October 1999	8.0 °C25 June 1999	21.0 °C	987 mm	49
1998	36.5 °C4 November 1998	7.4 °C18 July 1998	22.1 °C	914 mm	84
1997	35.7 °C12 November 1997	8.0 °C17 July 1997	21.4 °C	919 mm	55
1996	35.9 °C21 October 1996	4.7 °C3 July 1996	21.6 °C	1,142 mm	76
1995	35.9 °C11 October 1995	4.4 °C18 June 1995	22.0 °C	811 mm	93
1994	35.8 °C21 November 1994	2.5 °C1 July 1994	21.3 °C	866 mm	91
1993	35.3 °C4 November 1993	6.2 °C11 June 1993	21.1 °C	1,164 mm	51
1992	35.7 °C21 October 1992	7.4 °C14 August 1992	21.7 °C	739 mm	87
1991	34.2 °C10 October 1991	7.0 °C21 July 1991	21.2 °C	1,022 mm	66
1990	35.9 °C6 November 1990	6.9 °C7 July 1990	21.4 °C	887 mm	65
1989	34.9 °C9 November 1989	4.8 °C19 June 1989	21.0 °C	1,193 mm	82
1988	34.5 °C10 October 1988	4.9 °C16 July 1988	21.2 °C	902 mm	64
1987	36.7 °C20 November 1987	3.7 °C28 June 1987	21.8 °C	795 mm	93
1986	34.5 °C7 October 1986	4.8 °C27 June 1986	20.3 °C	1,233 mm	43
1985	33.0 °C16 October 1985	3.8 °C14 July 1985	20.6 °C	1,066 mm	49
1984	35.0 °C15 October 1984	7.4 °C18 June 1984	21.2 °C	949 mm	62
1983	34.8 °C3 October 1983	7.0 °C10 August 1983	21.9 °C	931 mm	94
1982	34.8 °C16 October 1982	6.5 °C13 July 1982	20.9 °C	968 mm	54
1981	34.9 °C7 November 1981	6.0 °C17 June 1981	20.6 °C	1,119 mm	74
1980	34.0 °C8 September 1980	6.6 °C10 July 1980	20.7 °C	1,014 mm	54
1979	34.9 °C3 October 1979	7.4 °C5 July 1979	20.4 °C	1,012 mm	59
1978	35.5 °C30 September 1978	5.2 °C16 June 1978	20.4 °C	1,647 mm	52
1977	36.1 °C21 October 1977	7.6 °C20 June 1977	21.1 °C	1,142 mm	71
1976	34.6 °C26 October 1976	7.3 °C6 August 1976	20.0 °C	1,379 mm	48
1975	35.4 °C26 October 1975	5.6 °C27 July 1975	20.3 °C	960 mm	54
1974	34.7 °C18 October 1974	5.7 °C15 June 1974	19.9 °C	1,394 mm	53
1973	35.8 °C27 October 1973	7.3 °C10 July 1973	21.1 °C	931 mm	68
1972	34.4 °C20 October 1972	7.8 °C20 June 1972	20.8 °C	900 mm	77
1971	34.4 °C1 November 1971	8.4 °C30 May 1971	20.7 °C	1,008 mm	39
1970	34.6 °C9 October 1970	8.2 °C4 July 1970	21.1 °C	905 mm	50
1969	34.9 °C3 October 1969	7.1 °C25 July 1969	20.6 °C	1,615 mm	47
1968	35.6 °C17 October 1968	2.7 °C15 June 1968	21.2 °C	885 mm	57
1967	35.5 °C7 October 1967	5.5 °C20 July 1967	21.0 °C	883 mm	50
1966	35.7 °C31 October 1966	5.0 °C28 July 1966	21.6 °C	934 mm	68
1965	34.9 °C1 November 1965	6.4 °C20 June 1965	20.9 °C	675 mm	50
1964	35.5 °C26 October 1964	5.1 °C21 June 1964	21.1 °C	956 mm	61
1963	35.1 °C8 October 1963	6.8 °C22 May 1963	20.9 °C	1,135 mm	39
1962	35.2 °C18 October 1962	7.5 °C27 June 1962	20.8 °C	1,453 mm	51
1961	35.8 °C15 October 1961	8.2 °C10 July 1961	20.5 °C	1,389 mm	46
1960	34.6 °C10 October 1960	7.0 °C3 July 1960	20.7 °C	832 mm	50
1959	34.4 °C3 October 1959	7.9 °C24 July 1959	20.6 °C	1,173 mm	56
1958	34.2 °C17 October 1958	7.6 °C28 July 1958	20.4 °C	1,715 mm	35
1957	36.0 °C26 November 1957	7.6 °C21 June 1957	20.9 °C	1,493 mm	80
1956	34.5 °C16 October 1956	7.3 °C30 July 1956	20.2 °C	1,469 mm	43
1955	35.3 °C14 October 1955	7.3 °C11 August 1955	20.4 °C	1,475 mm	53
1954	36.8 °C26 October 1954	6.2 °C23 June 1954	21.9 °C	559 mm	115
1953	35.8 °C31 October 1953	5.9 °C1 July 1953	20.2 °C	1,484 mm	52
1952	35.6 °C29 October 1952	7.0 °C6 August 1952	21.2 °C	1,256 mm	65
1951	36.6 °C10 October 1951	7.0 °C21 July 1951	21.9 °C	863 mm	103
1950	34.7 °C15 October 1950	8.1 °C18 June 1950	20.4 °C	1,185 mm	58
1949	36.1 °C22 October 1949	8.2 °C9 August 1949	21.2 °C	1,344 mm	77
1948	35.4 °C14 October 1948	7.8 °C18 June 1948	20.6 °C	1,572 mm	58
1947	35.4 °C14 October 1947	6.8 °C2 July 1947	20.8 °C	1,465 mm	60
1946	36.4 °C25 October 1946	6.1 °C10 July 1946	20.6 °C	1,363 mm	58
1945	35.1 °C27 October 1945	8.5 °C17 June 1945	21.1 °C	1,134 mm	68
1944	36.2 °C27 September 1944	9.2 °C13 July 1944	21.1 °C	1,394 mm	61
1943	35.3 °C25 November 1943	6.9 °C28 June 1943	20.9 °C	1,016 mm	68
1942	35.6 °C23 October 1942	8.2 °C29 July 1942	20.9 °C	1,142 mm	59
1941	37.5 °C13 October 1941	8.8 °C18 June 1941	21.7 °C	882 mm	83
1940	34.2 °C7 October 1940	6.8 °C17 July 1940	20.4 °C	1,256 mm	58

Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.

A specific year

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Year

Across the whole year

Average daily high

27.9 °C

+0.9 °C

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

89 d/yr

+21

Frost days (< 0 °C)

0 d/yr

Annual rainfall

1112 mm

+15 mm

Month by month

	High	vs. normal	Precipitation	vs. normal
Jan	27.0 °C	+0.6 °C	328 mm	+56 mm
Feb	27.8 °C	+1.3 °C	188 mm	-39 mm
Mar	28.5 °C	+1.8 °C	42 mm	-99 mm
Apr	27.6 °C	+1.0 °C	50 mm	+19 mm
May	25.6 °C	+0.2 °C	4 mm	+1 mm
Jun	24.8 °C	+1.2 °C	0 mm	-0 mm
Jul	23.9 °C	+0.3 °C	1 mm	+0 mm
Aug	28.0 °C	+1.4 °C	0 mm	-0 mm
Sep	32.2 °C	+2.0 °C	3 mm	+2 mm
Oct	33.2 °C	+1.2 °C	1 mm	-19 mm
Nov	28.7 °C	-0.8 °C	200 mm	+61 mm
Dec	27.1 °C	0.0 °C	296 mm	+33 mm

The year's extremes

Hottest day

36.8 °C

2 Nov 2025

Coldest day

6.9 °C

31 Jul 2025

Wettest day

32.1 mm

11 Nov 2025

Windiest day

29.5 km/h

28 Jul 2025

Strongest gust

63.0 km/h

28 Jul 2025

Hottest feels-like

37.5 °C

2 Nov 2025

Coldest feels-like

4.2 °C

31 Jul 2025

Sunniest day

12.7 h

14 Jan 2025

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Frequently asked questions

What is the climate of Mumbwa?

Mumbwa has a humid subtropical, dry winter climate (Köppen Cwa). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 21.1 °C and it receives 1,097 mm of precipitation per year.

What is the hottest day ever recorded in Mumbwa?

The hottest day measured in Mumbwa between 1940 and 2025 was 18 October 2017, reaching 38.1 °C.

What is the coldest day in Mumbwa?

The coldest day measured in Mumbwa between 1940 and 2025 was 1 July 1994, at 2.5 °C.

Does it snow in Mumbwa?

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

Has the climate of Mumbwa warmed?

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

What is the wettest day in Mumbwa?

The wettest day measured in Mumbwa between 1940 and 2025 was 16 January 1944, with 87 mm of rain in 24 hours.

What was the windiest day in Mumbwa?

The windiest day measured in Mumbwa between 1940 and 2025 was 14 September 1978, with winds reaching 31.2 km/h.

What is the warmest month in Mumbwa?

The warmest month in Mumbwa is October (25.7 °C on average); the coldest is July (16.7 °C).

How much does it rain in Mumbwa?

Mumbwa receives on average 1,097 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 117 rainy days.

Is it sunny in Mumbwa?

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

Are there tropical nights in Mumbwa?

Yes: Mumbwa has on average 33 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.

What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Mumbwa?

In Mumbwa, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 40.0 °C on 29 October 2019, and the lowest was -2.0 °C on 1 July 1994.

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