Samfya climate — normals and trends

Q: What is the climate of Samfya?

Samfya has a tropical savanna climate (Köppen Aw). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 21.6 °C and it receives 1,363 mm of precipitation per year.

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

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

Q: What is the coldest day in Samfya?

The coldest day measured in Samfya between 1940 and 2025 was 3 July 1996, at 9.0 °C.

Q: Does it snow in Samfya?

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

Q: Has the climate of Samfya warmed?

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

Q: What is the wettest day in Samfya?

The wettest day measured in Samfya between 1940 and 2025 was 2 February 1957, with 109 mm of rain in 24 hours.

Q: What was the windiest day in Samfya?

The windiest day measured in Samfya between 1940 and 2025 was 11 August 2010, with winds reaching 33.0 km/h.

Q: What is the warmest month in Samfya?

The warmest month in Samfya is October (25.3 °C on average); the coldest is July (18.4 °C).

Q: How much does it rain in Samfya?

Samfya receives on average 1,363 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 142 rainy days.

Q: Is it sunny in Samfya?

Samfya gets on average 10.7 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,905 hours per year over 1940-2025.

Samfya (Zambia) has a tropical savanna climate (Aw) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 21.6 °C and it receives 1,363 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 (25.3 °C on average) and the coldest is July (18.4 °C). Rainfall peaks in January.

Samfya averages 0 frost days, 45 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 142 rainy days per year.

Samfya 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 35.4 °C (on 18 October 2017) and the coldest 9.0 °C (on 3 July 1996).

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

SamfyaLuapula Province

coords: -11.36°, 29.56°
period: 1940–2025 · 86 yrs

AwTropical savannaWarmest monthOctoberColdest monthJulyWettest monthJanuaryDriest monthJune

Mean daily temperature

21.6°C

Average daily high

26.3°C

Average daily low

17.9°C

Annual rainfall

1,363mm

Sunshine / day

10.7h

Mean relative humidity

67%

Average peak wind

14.7km/h

Seasonal range

6.9°C

Frost days (< 0 °C)

0 d/yr

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

45 d/yr

Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)

142 d/yr

Annual snowfall

0.0 cm

Average feels-like high

27.8 °C

Average feels-like low

18.0 °C

Average peak gust

33.1 km/h

Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)

62 d/yr

Solar radiation

21.1 MJ/m²

Has the climate changed?

One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025

+1.1 °C

since 1940

+0.1 °C per decade · r² = 0.55 · 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

9.0 °C

3 July 1996

Wettest day

109 mm

2 February 1957

Windiest day

33.0 km/h

11 August 2010

Strongest gust

65.2 km/h

25 January 1958

Hottest feels-like

37.8 °C

14 October 2023

Coldest feels-like

6.3 °C

14 August 1991

Sunniest day

12.5 h

21 January 1954

Year	Hottest day	Coldest day	Annual mean	Rainfall	Hot days
2025	34.0 °C28 October 2025	9.9 °C30 July 2025	21.6 °C	1,371 mm	55
2024	34.1 °C26 October 2024	9.3 °C15 June 2024	22.1 °C	1,019 mm	50
2023	34.9 °C14 October 2023	12.0 °C15 July 2023	22.6 °C	1,405 mm	68
2022	33.8 °C26 October 2022	12.8 °C29 June 2022	21.9 °C	1,721 mm	46
2021	34.5 °C24 October 2021	10.4 °C26 July 2021	22.3 °C	1,107 mm	76
2020	34.2 °C6 November 2020	11.3 °C18 July 2020	22.2 °C	1,606 mm	52
2019	34.6 °C29 October 2019	12.3 °C22 June 2019	22.4 °C	1,499 mm	63
2018	33.8 °C7 November 2018	11.9 °C9 June 2018	22.1 °C	1,379 mm	61
2017	35.4 °C18 October 2017	12.0 °C16 July 2017	22.0 °C	1,190 mm	39
2016	34.0 °C9 October 2016	12.1 °C14 July 2016	22.3 °C	1,377 mm	70
2015	33.5 °C14 October 2015	12.5 °C10 August 2015	22.2 °C	1,265 mm	57
2014	34.5 °C10 October 2014	11.8 °C13 July 2014	22.2 °C	1,213 mm	64
2013	33.7 °C15 October 2013	12.7 °C24 July 2013	22.3 °C	1,124 mm	71
2012	34.4 °C18 October 2012	10.1 °C20 July 2012	22.0 °C	1,209 mm	57
2011	34.0 °C25 October 2011	11.6 °C10 July 2011	21.7 °C	1,383 mm	30
2010	34.1 °C13 October 2010	11.1 °C13 August 2010	22.3 °C	1,244 mm	60
2009	33.1 °C18 September 2009	11.3 °C19 July 2009	21.8 °C	1,372 mm	56
2008	34.0 °C31 October 2008	11.3 °C2 July 2008	21.8 °C	1,227 mm	53
2007	33.8 °C25 September 2007	11.1 °C6 July 2007	22.2 °C	1,151 mm	54
2006	33.0 °C5 October 2006	11.5 °C28 June 2006	21.9 °C	1,244 mm	46
2005	33.5 °C22 October 2005	12.4 °C7 July 2005	22.5 °C	969 mm	62
2004	34.6 °C9 October 2004	11.3 °C9 July 2004	21.7 °C	1,329 mm	38
2003	34.9 °C15 October 2003	10.3 °C9 July 2003	22.0 °C	1,085 mm	67
2002	33.7 °C30 September 2002	11.4 °C19 June 2002	21.9 °C	1,188 mm	43
2001	33.5 °C18 October 2001	12.5 °C16 July 2001	21.8 °C	1,294 mm	49
2000	33.2 °C27 October 2000	11.9 °C4 July 2000	21.8 °C	1,321 mm	47
1999	34.2 °C23 October 1999	11.5 °C24 June 1999	21.7 °C	1,191 mm	37
1998	33.9 °C4 November 1998	12.0 °C15 June 1998	22.4 °C	1,318 mm	61
1997	33.3 °C7 October 1997	11.8 °C14 July 1997	21.9 °C	1,259 mm	47
1996	33.4 °C5 November 1996	9.0 °C3 July 1996	21.9 °C	1,163 mm	60
1995	33.2 °C20 October 1995	10.5 °C4 July 1995	22.1 °C	1,182 mm	63
1994	33.0 °C23 November 1994	9.2 °C15 July 1994	21.7 °C	1,150 mm	40
1993	33.4 °C30 October 1993	10.3 °C17 August 1993	21.8 °C	1,229 mm	46
1992	34.3 °C9 November 1992	10.7 °C14 August 1992	22.0 °C	971 mm	42
1991	32.2 °C7 October 1991	9.3 °C23 July 1991	21.5 °C	1,257 mm	23
1990	34.1 °C17 October 1990	10.5 °C13 July 1990	21.9 °C	1,181 mm	52
1989	34.4 °C10 November 1989	9.8 °C18 June 1989	21.4 °C	1,439 mm	44
1988	33.4 °C10 October 1988	12.0 °C16 July 1988	22.0 °C	1,196 mm	33
1987	33.2 °C20 November 1987	10.5 °C2 July 1987	22.3 °C	1,097 mm	57
1986	32.6 °C7 October 1986	10.0 °C27 June 1986	21.3 °C	1,550 mm	15
1985	31.8 °C26 October 1985	10.2 °C3 August 1985	21.3 °C	1,400 mm	22
1984	33.1 °C13 October 1984	12.0 °C20 June 1984	21.6 °C	1,369 mm	48
1983	34.0 °C16 November 1983	11.8 °C22 July 1983	22.4 °C	1,091 mm	46
1982	32.3 °C14 October 1982	11.1 °C20 July 1982	21.5 °C	1,320 mm	23
1981	33.1 °C7 November 1981	10.6 °C19 June 1981	21.7 °C	1,112 mm	53
1980	33.2 °C8 September 1980	11.6 °C21 June 1980	21.4 °C	1,324 mm	19
1979	32.4 °C3 October 1979	11.3 °C18 June 1979	21.1 °C	1,533 mm	44
1978	32.8 °C30 September 1978	11.2 °C17 June 1978	21.3 °C	1,886 mm	39
1977	33.3 °C20 October 1977	11.1 °C7 July 1977	21.5 °C	1,671 mm	31
1976	32.6 °C26 October 1976	9.8 °C28 June 1976	21.0 °C	1,513 mm	31
1975	32.4 °C4 November 1975	10.6 °C27 July 1975	21.3 °C	1,364 mm	32
1974	33.7 °C14 November 1974	11.0 °C22 June 1974	21.0 °C	1,481 mm	38
1973	32.6 °C16 September 1973	10.6 °C17 July 1973	21.4 °C	1,242 mm	41
1972	32.6 °C12 October 1972	11.3 °C28 June 1972	21.3 °C	1,424 mm	31
1971	32.4 °C2 November 1971	11.9 °C2 June 1971	21.0 °C	1,510 mm	22
1970	32.8 °C27 September 1970	10.9 °C5 July 1970	21.4 °C	1,513 mm	34
1969	32.6 °C3 October 1969	10.5 °C25 July 1969	21.5 °C	1,553 mm	37
1968	34.1 °C4 October 1968	10.8 °C17 June 1968	21.2 °C	1,369 mm	35
1967	33.0 °C6 October 1967	10.3 °C20 July 1967	21.2 °C	1,461 mm	25
1966	32.5 °C24 September 1966	10.7 °C28 July 1966	21.6 °C	1,320 mm	41
1965	32.9 °C21 November 1965	10.8 °C5 July 1965	21.1 °C	1,306 mm	41
1964	32.1 °C26 October 1964	10.3 °C29 June 1964	21.3 °C	1,398 mm	32
1963	33.4 °C21 October 1963	11.4 °C7 June 1963	21.4 °C	1,779 mm	39
1962	32.1 °C31 October 1962	12.8 °C25 June 1962	21.4 °C	1,563 mm	37
1961	33.3 °C16 October 1961	11.1 °C11 August 1961	21.0 °C	1,942 mm	28
1960	31.9 °C27 October 1960	10.8 °C25 July 1960	21.2 °C	1,209 mm	30
1959	31.9 °C18 October 1959	12.1 °C9 June 1959	21.2 °C	1,785 mm	18
1958	32.9 °C4 November 1958	10.4 °C13 August 1958	21.3 °C	1,482 mm	32
1957	34.1 °C27 November 1957	10.8 °C30 May 1957	21.0 °C	2,199 mm	64
1956	32.9 °C16 October 1956	11.2 °C28 July 1956	20.9 °C	1,579 mm	40
1955	33.2 °C5 October 1955	10.7 °C12 August 1955	20.9 °C	1,637 mm	38
1954	33.9 °C24 October 1954	10.0 °C22 June 1954	21.7 °C	893 mm	42
1953	32.8 °C28 October 1953	10.6 °C13 June 1953	20.9 °C	2,048 mm	42
1952	33.0 °C14 September 1952	11.6 °C16 July 1952	21.5 °C	1,471 mm	58
1951	33.8 °C18 October 1951	11.3 °C15 July 1951	21.7 °C	1,335 mm	57
1950	31.9 °C1 October 1950	11.3 °C18 June 1950	20.9 °C	1,445 mm	29
1949	33.4 °C22 October 1949	11.3 °C11 August 1949	21.5 °C	1,276 mm	45
1948	33.6 °C13 October 1948	11.6 °C5 July 1948	21.4 °C	1,521 mm	48
1947	33.2 °C20 October 1947	10.5 °C2 July 1947	21.2 °C	1,437 mm	50
1946	32.4 °C29 October 1946	10.2 °C18 June 1946	21.2 °C	1,381 mm	47
1945	32.7 °C1 November 1945	11.7 °C23 June 1945	21.3 °C	1,313 mm	56
1944	33.9 °C20 October 1944	11.8 °C14 July 1944	21.4 °C	1,291 mm	51
1943	34.2 °C28 November 1943	10.8 °C27 July 1943	21.7 °C	874 mm	72
1942	33.2 °C7 October 1942	11.3 °C28 July 1942	21.7 °C	1,147 mm	53
1941	34.4 °C12 October 1941	11.2 °C25 June 1941	21.5 °C	1,385 mm	41
1940	31.5 °C5 October 1940	10.8 °C18 July 1940	20.9 °C	1,602 mm	21

Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.

A specific year

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Year

Across the whole year

Average daily high

26.7 °C

+0.4 °C

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

55 d/yr

+10

Frost days (< 0 °C)

0 d/yr

Annual rainfall

1371 mm

+8 mm

Month by month

	High	vs. normal	Precipitation	vs. normal
Jan	25.9 °C	+0.6 °C	313 mm	+11 mm
Feb	27.2 °C	+1.7 °C	216 mm	-55 mm
Mar	26.7 °C	+1.1 °C	150 mm	-86 mm
Apr	26.8 °C	+1.4 °C	151 mm	+83 mm
May	24.5 °C	-0.7 °C	23 mm	+19 mm
Jun	24.7 °C	+0.6 °C	0 mm	-0 mm
Jul	23.5 °C	-0.5 °C	0 mm	-0 mm
Aug	26.3 °C	-0.1 °C	0 mm	-0 mm
Sep	30.4 °C	+0.9 °C	0 mm	-1 mm
Oct	31.3 °C	+0.6 °C	0 mm	-22 mm
Nov	28.0 °C	-0.2 °C	212 mm	+53 mm
Dec	25.8 °C	+0.1 °C	306 mm	+6 mm

The year's extremes

Hottest day

34.0 °C

28 Oct 2025

Coldest day

9.9 °C

30 Jul 2025

Wettest day

72.9 mm

3 Feb 2025

Windiest day

26.6 km/h

24 May 2025

Strongest gust

58.3 km/h

27 Jan 2025

Hottest feels-like

35.3 °C

24 Feb 2025

Coldest feels-like

6.6 °C

3 Aug 2025

Sunniest day

12.4 h

27 Nov 2025

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Frequently asked questions

What is the climate of Samfya?

Samfya has a tropical savanna climate (Köppen Aw). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 21.6 °C and it receives 1,363 mm of precipitation per year.

What is the hottest day ever recorded in Samfya?

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

What is the coldest day in Samfya?

The coldest day measured in Samfya between 1940 and 2025 was 3 July 1996, at 9.0 °C.

Does it snow in Samfya?

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

Has the climate of Samfya warmed?

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

What is the wettest day in Samfya?

The wettest day measured in Samfya between 1940 and 2025 was 2 February 1957, with 109 mm of rain in 24 hours.

What was the windiest day in Samfya?

The windiest day measured in Samfya between 1940 and 2025 was 11 August 2010, with winds reaching 33.0 km/h.

What is the warmest month in Samfya?

The warmest month in Samfya is October (25.3 °C on average); the coldest is July (18.4 °C).

How much does it rain in Samfya?

Samfya receives on average 1,363 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 142 rainy days.

Is it sunny in Samfya?

Samfya gets on average 10.7 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,905 hours per year over 1940-2025.

Are there tropical nights in Samfya?

Yes: Samfya has on average 62 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.

What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Samfya?

In Samfya, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 37.8 °C on 14 October 2023, and the lowest was 6.3 °C on 14 August 1991.

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