Nakonde climate — normals and trends

Q: What is the climate of Nakonde?

Nakonde has a hot-summer mediterranean climate (Köppen Csa). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 19.6 °C and it receives 1,376 mm of precipitation per year.

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

The hottest day measured in Nakonde between 1940 and 2025 was 18 October 2017, reaching 35.4 °C.

Q: What is the coldest day in Nakonde?

The coldest day measured in Nakonde between 1940 and 2025 was 24 June 1968, at 6.7 °C.

Q: Does it snow in Nakonde?

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

Q: Has the climate of Nakonde warmed?

Yes: Nakonde warmed by +1.5 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.

Q: What is the wettest day in Nakonde?

The wettest day measured in Nakonde between 1940 and 2025 was 21 February 1957, with 133 mm of rain in 24 hours.

Q: What was the windiest day in Nakonde?

The windiest day measured in Nakonde between 1940 and 2025 was 11 August 2010, with winds reaching 31.0 km/h.

Q: What is the warmest month in Nakonde?

The warmest month in Nakonde is October (22.5 °C on average); the coldest is July (17.0 °C).

Q: How much does it rain in Nakonde?

Nakonde receives on average 1,376 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 152 rainy days.

Q: Is it sunny in Nakonde?

Nakonde gets on average 10.8 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,942 hours per year over 1940-2025.

Nakonde (Zambia) has a hot-summer mediterranean climate (Csa) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 19.6 °C and it receives 1,376 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 (22.5 °C on average) and the coldest is July (17.0 °C). Rainfall peaks in January.

Nakonde averages 0 frost days, 22 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 152 rainy days per year.

Nakonde has warmed by +1.5 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.18 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.

The hottest day of the period reached 35.4 °C (on 18 October 2017) and the coldest 6.7 °C (on 24 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

NakondeMuchinga

coords: -9.34°, 32.74°
period: 1940–2025 · 86 yrs

CsaHot-summer MediterraneanWarmest monthOctoberColdest monthJulyWettest monthJanuaryDriest monthJuly

Mean daily temperature

19.6°C

Average daily high

25.4°C

Average daily low

15.1°C

Annual rainfall

1,376mm

Sunshine / day

10.8h

Mean relative humidity

70%

Average peak wind

14.8km/h

Seasonal range

5.5°C

Frost days (< 0 °C)

0 d/yr

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

22 d/yr

Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)

152 d/yr

Annual snowfall

0.0 cm

Average feels-like high

26.6 °C

Average feels-like low

14.7 °C

Average peak gust

32.9 km/h

Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)

0 d/yr

Solar radiation

20.9 MJ/m²

Has the climate changed?

One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025

+1.5 °C

since 1940

+0.2 °C per decade · r² = 0.69 · 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

35.4 °C

18 October 2017

Coldest day

6.7 °C

24 June 1968

Wettest day

133 mm

21 February 1957

Windiest day

31.0 km/h

11 August 2010

Strongest gust

65.2 km/h

5 February 1957

Hottest feels-like

35.6 °C

26 February 2016

Coldest feels-like

2.9 °C

24 June 1968

Sunniest day

12.5 h

7 December 2025

Year	Hottest day	Coldest day	Annual mean	Rainfall	Hot days
2025	33.1 °C29 September 2025	8.6 °C5 August 2025	20.4 °C	1,260 mm	57
2024	33.1 °C25 October 2024	8.0 °C12 July 2024	20.7 °C	1,581 mm	40
2023	34.5 °C14 October 2023	10.6 °C15 July 2023	21.0 °C	1,515 mm	60
2022	32.3 °C26 October 2022	10.8 °C4 June 2022	20.2 °C	1,397 mm	33
2021	33.8 °C29 December 2021	7.0 °C26 July 2021	20.7 °C	1,068 mm	58
2020	33.3 °C9 November 2020	9.5 °C18 July 2020	20.5 °C	1,481 mm	44
2019	33.6 °C30 October 2019	10.3 °C16 June 2019	20.6 °C	1,484 mm	28
2018	32.2 °C7 November 2018	9.6 °C20 July 2018	20.3 °C	1,391 mm	26
2017	35.4 °C18 October 2017	11.2 °C16 July 2017	20.5 °C	1,282 mm	37
2016	32.4 °C24 October 2016	9.7 °C11 July 2016	20.6 °C	1,316 mm	44
2015	32.7 °C12 October 2015	10.5 °C14 June 2015	20.7 °C	1,315 mm	36
2014	33.3 °C10 October 2014	9.3 °C13 July 2014	20.4 °C	1,320 mm	43
2013	33.8 °C1 November 2013	9.8 °C11 July 2013	20.5 °C	1,197 mm	46
2012	33.2 °C23 October 2012	8.9 °C31 July 2012	20.2 °C	1,359 mm	32
2011	33.1 °C31 October 2011	9.0 °C6 July 2011	20.0 °C	1,361 mm	20
2010	33.2 °C6 November 2010	9.6 °C19 August 2010	20.3 °C	1,125 mm	33
2009	31.8 °C9 October 2009	8.7 °C3 July 2009	19.9 °C	1,217 mm	18
2008	32.0 °C22 October 2008	8.5 °C2 July 2008	19.7 °C	1,456 mm	31
2007	32.2 °C24 September 2007	8.8 °C18 June 2007	20.0 °C	1,080 mm	27
2006	32.6 °C4 October 2006	8.2 °C28 June 2006	19.8 °C	1,372 mm	25
2005	32.8 °C23 November 2005	8.8 °C7 July 2005	20.4 °C	1,019 mm	38
2004	32.7 °C8 October 2004	7.6 °C9 July 2004	19.6 °C	1,342 mm	16
2003	32.1 °C15 October 2003	7.4 °C10 July 2003	19.8 °C	1,103 mm	23
2002	32.7 °C25 October 2002	9.9 °C23 June 2002	19.8 °C	1,419 mm	32
2001	31.0 °C18 October 2001	10.3 °C13 June 2001	19.7 °C	1,226 mm	17
2000	32.5 °C27 October 2000	9.5 °C7 July 2000	19.7 °C	1,278 mm	23
1999	33.5 °C25 October 1999	9.7 °C22 July 1999	19.7 °C	959 mm	23
1998	32.9 °C5 November 1998	10.4 °C2 July 1998	20.2 °C	1,271 mm	42
1997	32.2 °C25 September 1997	10.1 °C15 July 1997	20.0 °C	1,474 mm	24
1996	32.6 °C24 October 1996	9.1 °C1 July 1996	19.9 °C	1,121 mm	32
1995	32.7 °C26 November 1995	9.3 °C4 July 1995	20.2 °C	1,046 mm	37
1994	32.3 °C19 November 1994	8.5 °C15 July 1994	19.9 °C	1,219 mm	29
1993	31.9 °C29 October 1993	8.8 °C17 August 1993	19.9 °C	1,040 mm	23
1992	33.8 °C9 November 1992	8.7 °C29 July 1992	19.9 °C	1,043 mm	21
1991	30.5 °C6 November 1991	8.6 °C14 August 1991	19.6 °C	1,312 mm	5
1990	32.2 °C16 October 1990	9.2 °C24 July 1990	19.9 °C	1,194 mm	18
1989	32.4 °C9 November 1989	8.6 °C17 June 1989	19.5 °C	1,412 mm	19
1988	31.6 °C20 October 1988	9.1 °C17 July 1988	20.0 °C	1,210 mm	17
1987	31.5 °C21 November 1987	9.0 °C23 June 1987	20.2 °C	1,176 mm	18
1986	31.2 °C8 October 1986	7.1 °C9 July 1986	19.3 °C	1,617 mm	6
1985	32.2 °C2 November 1985	7.7 °C2 August 1985	19.2 °C	1,484 mm	7
1984	32.2 °C16 October 1984	10.0 °C20 August 1984	19.3 °C	1,446 mm	10
1983	33.4 °C14 November 1983	7.9 °C15 August 1983	20.0 °C	1,292 mm	20
1982	30.7 °C7 November 1982	8.7 °C20 July 1982	19.2 °C	1,642 mm	6
1981	32.4 °C5 October 1981	7.6 °C16 July 1981	19.4 °C	1,071 mm	11
1980	31.2 °C26 October 1980	7.9 °C14 June 1980	19.3 °C	1,372 mm	6
1979	32.9 °C30 October 1979	7.6 °C24 June 1979	19.3 °C	1,709 mm	20
1978	32.1 °C20 October 1978	8.5 °C19 July 1978	19.4 °C	1,691 mm	21
1977	32.6 °C20 October 1977	9.2 °C23 June 1977	19.5 °C	1,662 mm	13
1976	32.3 °C27 October 1976	7.6 °C28 June 1976	19.3 °C	1,539 mm	20
1975	31.8 °C4 November 1975	6.9 °C26 July 1975	19.3 °C	1,396 mm	7
1974	31.9 °C14 November 1974	7.1 °C21 June 1974	18.9 °C	1,493 mm	6
1973	31.3 °C26 October 1973	8.5 °C17 July 1973	19.4 °C	1,352 mm	11
1972	31.3 °C19 October 1972	8.2 °C5 July 1972	19.2 °C	1,839 mm	17
1971	30.8 °C7 November 1971	8.7 °C12 June 1971	18.9 °C	1,411 mm	7
1970	31.2 °C27 September 1970	8.2 °C21 June 1970	19.2 °C	1,380 mm	7
1969	31.6 °C14 October 1969	8.3 °C11 July 1969	19.5 °C	1,358 mm	22
1968	31.7 °C4 October 1968	6.7 °C24 June 1968	19.1 °C	1,476 mm	7
1967	30.5 °C2 October 1967	7.0 °C12 July 1967	19.0 °C	1,480 mm	5
1966	31.0 °C15 October 1966	8.3 °C1 August 1966	19.4 °C	1,299 mm	3
1965	30.7 °C19 November 1965	8.0 °C5 July 1965	19.0 °C	1,474 mm	5
1964	31.0 °C5 November 1964	7.2 °C30 June 1964	19.2 °C	1,386 mm	6
1963	31.3 °C24 October 1963	8.5 °C7 June 1963	19.2 °C	1,553 mm	18
1962	30.8 °C31 October 1962	9.3 °C27 June 1962	19.3 °C	1,639 mm	11
1961	30.8 °C15 October 1961	8.5 °C11 August 1961	19.0 °C	2,153 mm	4
1960	31.6 °C7 December 1960	8.6 °C26 July 1960	19.2 °C	1,298 mm	12
1959	31.5 °C18 October 1959	10.0 °C8 July 1959	19.2 °C	1,670 mm	2
1958	32.4 °C29 October 1958	8.1 °C14 August 1958	19.5 °C	1,582 mm	18
1957	31.5 °C25 November 1957	8.3 °C11 July 1957	19.2 °C	2,265 mm	17
1956	32.8 °C25 November 1956	9.7 °C13 July 1956	19.2 °C	1,390 mm	22
1955	31.5 °C20 October 1955	8.6 °C11 August 1955	18.9 °C	1,792 mm	20
1954	32.0 °C24 October 1954	7.9 °C22 June 1954	19.3 °C	1,043 mm	16
1953	31.1 °C28 October 1953	8.2 °C21 July 1953	18.9 °C	1,841 mm	14
1952	31.6 °C16 September 1952	10.2 °C15 July 1952	19.2 °C	1,360 mm	14
1951	32.9 °C17 October 1951	9.5 °C20 July 1951	19.4 °C	1,628 mm	31
1950	30.7 °C16 October 1950	9.0 °C27 May 1950	18.8 °C	1,478 mm	2
1949	32.1 °C29 November 1949	9.7 °C18 July 1949	19.6 °C	1,092 mm	21
1948	31.7 °C8 October 1948	10.0 °C20 June 1948	19.6 °C	1,366 mm	39
1947	32.4 °C21 October 1947	8.7 °C18 July 1947	19.3 °C	1,351 mm	34
1946	31.4 °C26 October 1946	8.9 °C17 July 1946	19.3 °C	1,213 mm	16
1945	31.5 °C11 November 1945	9.5 °C18 June 1945	19.1 °C	1,298 mm	34
1944	32.3 °C20 September 1944	9.9 °C20 May 1944	19.3 °C	1,199 mm	26
1943	33.2 °C3 December 1943	8.3 °C27 July 1943	19.6 °C	775 mm	61
1942	31.6 °C7 November 1942	8.8 °C26 July 1942	19.4 °C	999 mm	29
1941	32.6 °C12 October 1941	10.1 °C5 July 1941	19.2 °C	1,449 mm	32
1940	29.8 °C8 October 1940	9.2 °C28 June 1940	18.8 °C	1,599 mm	0

Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.

A specific year

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Year

Across the whole year

Average daily high

26.5 °C

+1.1 °C

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

57 d/yr

+35

Frost days (< 0 °C)

0 d/yr

Annual rainfall

1260 mm

-116 mm

Month by month

	High	vs. normal	Precipitation	vs. normal
Jan	24.7 °C	+0.5 °C	256 mm	-30 mm
Feb	26.1 °C	+1.6 °C	132 mm	-116 mm
Mar	25.4 °C	+0.9 °C	248 mm	-18 mm
Apr	25.8 °C	+1.6 °C	190 mm	+49 mm
May	24.0 °C	0.0 °C	29 mm	+9 mm
Jun	25.3 °C	+1.7 °C	0 mm	-1 mm
Jul	24.3 °C	+0.7 °C	0 mm	-0 mm
Aug	26.4 °C	+0.9 °C	0 mm	-1 mm
Sep	30.2 °C	+2.3 °C	1 mm	-2 mm
Oct	31.0 °C	+1.7 °C	1 mm	-18 mm
Nov	28.5 °C	+0.6 °C	179 mm	+50 mm
Dec	26.2 °C	+1.0 °C	224 mm	-39 mm

The year's extremes

Hottest day

33.1 °C

29 Sep 2025

Coldest day

8.6 °C

5 Aug 2025

Wettest day

27.1 mm

1 Apr 2025

Windiest day

26.5 km/h

28 Jul 2025

Strongest gust

54.7 km/h

28 Jul 2025

Hottest feels-like

34.4 °C

29 Sep 2025

Coldest feels-like

6.1 °C

3 Aug 2025

Sunniest day

12.5 h

7 Dec 2025

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Frequently asked questions

What is the climate of Nakonde?

Nakonde has a hot-summer mediterranean climate (Köppen Csa). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 19.6 °C and it receives 1,376 mm of precipitation per year.

What is the hottest day ever recorded in Nakonde?

The hottest day measured in Nakonde between 1940 and 2025 was 18 October 2017, reaching 35.4 °C.

What is the coldest day in Nakonde?

The coldest day measured in Nakonde between 1940 and 2025 was 24 June 1968, at 6.7 °C.

Does it snow in Nakonde?

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

Has the climate of Nakonde warmed?

Yes: Nakonde warmed by +1.5 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.

What is the wettest day in Nakonde?

The wettest day measured in Nakonde between 1940 and 2025 was 21 February 1957, with 133 mm of rain in 24 hours.

What was the windiest day in Nakonde?

The windiest day measured in Nakonde between 1940 and 2025 was 11 August 2010, with winds reaching 31.0 km/h.

What is the warmest month in Nakonde?

The warmest month in Nakonde is October (22.5 °C on average); the coldest is July (17.0 °C).

How much does it rain in Nakonde?

Nakonde receives on average 1,376 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 152 rainy days.

Is it sunny in Nakonde?

Nakonde gets on average 10.8 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,942 hours per year over 1940-2025.

Are there tropical nights in Nakonde?

Almost never: tropical nights (temperature staying above 20 °C) are virtually non-existent in Nakonde.

What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Nakonde?

In Nakonde, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 35.6 °C on 26 February 2016, and the lowest was 2.9 °C on 24 June 1968.

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