Mwinilunga climate — normals and trends
Mwinilunga has a tropical savanna climate, averaging 20.1 °C annually with 1,326 mm of rain per year.
Climate normals · ERA5
MwinilungaNorth-Western
- coords
- -11.74°, 24.43°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
The normals for this period
The average of every indicator across the whole window: temperature, water, sky, wind and notable days.
Mean daily temperature
20.1°C
Average daily high
26.5°C
Average daily low
15.4°C
Annual rainfall
1,326mm
Sunshine / day
10.0h
Mean relative humidity
66%
Average peak wind
12.0km/h
Seasonal range
5.0°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
0 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
40 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
167 d/yr
Annual snowfall
0.0 cm
Average feels-like high
27.8 °C
Average feels-like low
14.9 °C
Average peak gust
32.3 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
1 d/yr
Solar radiation
19.6 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
What the yearly averages say about warming here, and whether the slope is statistically solid.
+1.0 °C
since 1940
+0.1 °C per decade · r² = 0.40 · p = < 0.001
Trend fitted by linear regression (ordinary least squares) on annual means. A trend is shown only when it is statistically significant (p < 0.05).
Climate month by month
How an average year unfolds: when it rains, when it turns hot, when the sun is out.
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
The most extreme days ever measured here, then the year-by-year detail.
Hottest day
35.6 °C
28 September 2008
Coldest day
5.6 °C
1 July 1994
Wettest day
90 mm
20 February 1940
Windiest day
26.6 km/h
22 February 1958
Strongest gust
70.9 km/h
22 February 1958
Hottest feels-like
36.1 °C
2 November 2018
Coldest feels-like
0.6 °C
1 July 1994
Sunniest day
12.7 h
30 December 1940
Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.
A specific year
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Across the whole year
Month by month
| High | vs. normal | Precipitation | vs. normal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 25.2 °C | +0.4 °C | 291 mm | +49 mm |
| Feb | 26.6 °C | +1.4 °C | 228 mm | +3 mm |
| Mar | 26.7 °C | +1.0 °C | 174 mm | -48 mm |
| Apr | 27.0 °C | +0.9 °C | 108 mm | +27 mm |
| May | 25.9 °C | -0.4 °C | 16 mm | +9 mm |
| Jun | 25.8 °C | +0.4 °C | 0 mm | -0 mm |
| Jul | 25.2 °C | -0.5 °C | 0 mm | 0 mm |
| Aug | 28.5 °C | +0.2 °C | 0 mm | -1 mm |
| Sep | 31.2 °C | +0.9 °C | 6 mm | -6 mm |
| Oct | 31.4 °C | +2.1 °C | 33 mm | -46 mm |
| Nov | 26.9 °C | +0.6 °C | 177 mm | -30 mm |
| Dec | 25.8 °C | +0.7 °C | 266 mm | +16 mm |
The year's extremes
What was the weather like that day?
The weather actually measured on a given date, anywhere in the covered window.
Climate at a glance
What these normals say about the place, in a few sentences, and the notions needed to read them.
Mwinilunga (Zambia) has a tropical savanna climate (Aw) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 20.1 °C and it receives 1,326 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 September (23.0 °C on average) and the coldest is June (18.0 °C). Rainfall peaks in December.
Mwinilunga averages 0 frost days, 40 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 167 rainy days per year.
Mwinilunga has warmed by +1.0 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.11 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The hottest day of the period reached 35.6 °C (on 28 September 2008) and the coldest 5.6 °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.
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Mwinilunga?
Mwinilunga has a tropical savanna climate (Köppen Aw). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 20.1 °C and it receives 1,326 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Mwinilunga?
The hottest day measured in Mwinilunga between 1940 and 2025 was 28 September 2008, reaching 35.6 °C.
What is the coldest day in Mwinilunga?
The coldest day measured in Mwinilunga between 1940 and 2025 was 1 July 1994, at 5.6 °C.
Does it snow in Mwinilunga?
Almost never: Mwinilunga sees virtually no snow, with about 0 frost days per year.
Has the climate of Mwinilunga warmed?
Yes: Mwinilunga warmed by +1.0 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Mwinilunga?
The wettest day measured in Mwinilunga between 1940 and 2025 was 20 February 1940, with 90 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Mwinilunga?
The windiest day measured in Mwinilunga between 1940 and 2025 was 22 February 1958, with winds reaching 26.6 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Mwinilunga?
The warmest month in Mwinilunga is September (23.0 °C on average); the coldest is June (18.0 °C).
How much does it rain in Mwinilunga?
Mwinilunga receives on average 1,326 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 167 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Mwinilunga?
Mwinilunga gets on average 10.0 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,650 hours per year over 1940-2025.
Are there tropical nights in Mwinilunga?
Yes: Mwinilunga has on average 1 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Mwinilunga?
In Mwinilunga, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 36.1 °C on 2 November 2018, and the lowest was 0.6 °C on 1 July 1994.
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