Solwezi climate — normals and trends

Q: What is the climate of Solwezi?

Solwezi has a humid subtropical, dry winter climate (Köppen Cwa). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 20.4 °C and it receives 1,340 mm of precipitation per year.

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

The hottest day measured in Solwezi between 1940 and 2025 was 13 October 1941, reaching 36.5 °C.

Q: What is the coldest day in Solwezi?

The coldest day measured in Solwezi between 1940 and 2025 was 1 July 1994, at 5.0 °C.

Q: Does it snow in Solwezi?

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

Q: Has the climate of Solwezi warmed?

Yes: Solwezi warmed by +0.6 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.

Q: What is the wettest day in Solwezi?

The wettest day measured in Solwezi between 1940 and 2025 was 26 February 1952, with 112 mm of rain in 24 hours.

Q: What was the windiest day in Solwezi?

The windiest day measured in Solwezi between 1940 and 2025 was 22 February 1958, with winds reaching 28.6 km/h.

Q: What is the warmest month in Solwezi?

The warmest month in Solwezi is October (24.0 °C on average); the coldest is July (17.5 °C).

Q: How much does it rain in Solwezi?

Solwezi receives on average 1,340 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 147 rainy days.

Q: Is it sunny in Solwezi?

Solwezi gets on average 10.3 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,760 hours per year over 1940-2025.

Solwezi (Zambia) has a humid subtropical, dry winter climate (Cwa) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 20.4 °C and it receives 1,340 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 (24.0 °C on average) and the coldest is July (17.5 °C). Rainfall peaks in January.

Solwezi averages 0 frost days, 55 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 147 rainy days per year.

Solwezi has warmed by +0.6 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.07 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.

The hottest day of the period reached 36.5 °C (on 13 October 1941) and the coldest 5.0 °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

SolweziNorth-Western

coords: -12.17°, 26.39°
period: 1940–2025 · 86 yrs

CwaHumid subtropical, dry winterWarmest monthOctoberColdest monthJulyWettest monthJanuaryDriest monthJuly

Mean daily temperature

20.4°C

Average daily high

26.8°C

Average daily low

15.3°C

Annual rainfall

1,340mm

Sunshine / day

10.3h

Mean relative humidity

64%

Average peak wind

12.2km/h

Seasonal range

6.5°C

Frost days (< 0 °C)

0 d/yr

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

55 d/yr

Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)

147 d/yr

Annual snowfall

0.0 cm

Average feels-like high

28.0 °C

Average feels-like low

14.9 °C

Average peak gust

32.7 km/h

Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)

4 d/yr

Solar radiation

20.2 MJ/m²

Has the climate changed?

One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025

+0.6 °C

since 1940

+0.1 °C per decade · r² = 0.21 · 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

36.5 °C

13 October 1941

Coldest day

5.0 °C

1 July 1994

Wettest day

112 mm

26 February 1952

Windiest day

28.6 km/h

22 February 1958

Strongest gust

83.2 km/h

29 January 2004

Hottest feels-like

37.9 °C

1 November 2021

Coldest feels-like

0.7 °C

1 July 1994

Sunniest day

12.7 h

4 January 1941

Year	Hottest day	Coldest day	Annual mean	Rainfall	Hot days
2025	34.1 °C28 September 2025	7.3 °C12 July 2025	20.5 °C	1,298 mm	64
2024	35.1 °C27 September 2024	6.5 °C15 June 2024	21.2 °C	928 mm	79
2023	34.8 °C9 October 2023	8.9 °C15 July 2023	21.0 °C	1,381 mm	67
2022	33.3 °C5 October 2022	10.0 °C23 June 2022	20.5 °C	1,607 mm	52
2021	34.7 °C10 October 2021	8.2 °C27 July 2021	20.7 °C	1,287 mm	74
2020	34.7 °C6 October 2020	8.2 °C19 July 2020	20.7 °C	1,535 mm	52
2019	34.6 °C29 October 2019	9.2 °C24 July 2019	21.0 °C	1,189 mm	73
2018	34.2 °C2 November 2018	8.1 °C9 June 2018	20.6 °C	1,192 mm	70
2017	34.9 °C18 October 2017	9.9 °C14 July 2017	20.4 °C	1,403 mm	46
2016	35.4 °C23 October 2016	8.9 °C11 June 2016	20.9 °C	1,280 mm	72
2015	34.3 °C14 October 2015	9.2 °C16 June 2015	20.7 °C	1,344 mm	65
2014	35.0 °C1 October 2014	8.5 °C13 July 2014	20.8 °C	1,212 mm	72
2013	35.4 °C29 September 2013	9.3 °C13 July 2013	20.7 °C	1,184 mm	57
2012	34.5 °C11 October 2012	6.2 °C20 July 2012	20.7 °C	1,209 mm	70
2011	34.5 °C24 October 2011	8.4 °C27 June 2011	20.4 °C	1,205 mm	44
2010	36.4 °C13 October 2010	8.5 °C13 August 2010	20.8 °C	1,282 mm	64
2009	34.3 °C19 September 2009	8.1 °C3 July 2009	20.4 °C	1,349 mm	59
2008	35.3 °C27 September 2008	8.2 °C27 June 2008	20.6 °C	1,197 mm	69
2007	34.4 °C25 September 2007	8.4 °C6 July 2007	20.8 °C	1,291 mm	58
2006	33.6 °C22 October 2006	8.6 °C27 June 2006	20.5 °C	1,267 mm	48
2005	34.1 °C22 October 2005	8.9 °C3 July 2005	21.2 °C	1,019 mm	78
2004	34.2 °C8 October 2004	8.6 °C8 July 2004	20.4 °C	1,195 mm	63
2003	36.4 °C15 October 2003	7.6 °C9 July 2003	20.7 °C	1,256 mm	66
2002	34.3 °C29 September 2002	9.4 °C19 June 2002	20.7 °C	1,184 mm	50
2001	34.3 °C7 September 2001	9.1 °C27 July 2001	20.5 °C	1,392 mm	62
2000	34.1 °C19 October 2000	8.9 °C8 July 2000	20.6 °C	1,290 mm	61
1999	35.1 °C23 October 1999	9.2 °C22 July 1999	20.5 °C	1,124 mm	43
1998	35.1 °C8 October 1998	9.1 °C15 June 1998	21.4 °C	1,230 mm	93
1997	34.0 °C6 October 1997	9.0 °C17 July 1997	20.7 °C	1,346 mm	57
1996	33.7 °C26 September 1996	5.8 °C3 July 1996	20.7 °C	1,239 mm	85
1995	34.4 °C13 October 1995	5.1 °C19 June 1995	20.8 °C	1,184 mm	82
1994	33.4 °C28 September 1994	5.0 °C1 July 1994	20.4 °C	1,025 mm	58
1993	34.1 °C24 October 1993	7.2 °C17 August 1993	20.3 °C	1,495 mm	44
1992	33.1 °C12 October 1992	7.7 °C5 July 1992	20.5 °C	989 mm	48
1991	33.5 °C9 October 1991	5.5 °C23 July 1991	20.1 °C	1,085 mm	31
1990	33.4 °C7 November 1990	6.6 °C13 July 1990	20.4 °C	1,063 mm	54
1989	33.9 °C10 November 1989	5.8 °C18 June 1989	20.2 °C	1,256 mm	51
1988	32.8 °C2 September 1988	8.1 °C16 July 1988	20.5 °C	1,193 mm	42
1987	33.1 °C25 September 1987	6.0 °C28 June 1987	20.8 °C	1,172 mm	59
1986	33.0 °C7 October 1986	6.4 °C17 June 1986	19.7 °C	1,481 mm	25
1985	31.8 °C12 September 1985	7.2 °C14 July 1985	19.8 °C	1,278 mm	34
1984	34.5 °C16 October 1984	8.8 °C18 June 1984	20.3 °C	1,210 mm	53
1983	33.3 °C25 September 1983	8.4 °C27 July 1983	20.8 °C	1,184 mm	48
1982	32.0 °C14 October 1982	7.6 °C16 July 1982	20.1 °C	1,378 mm	26
1981	33.1 °C5 October 1981	7.3 °C18 June 1981	20.1 °C	1,248 mm	61
1980	34.4 °C19 September 1980	8.2 °C10 July 1980	20.3 °C	1,188 mm	43
1979	33.8 °C3 October 1979	7.6 °C6 July 1979	19.7 °C	1,557 mm	45
1978	34.1 °C30 September 1978	8.2 °C13 July 1978	20.1 °C	2,011 mm	51
1977	33.5 °C20 October 1977	7.4 °C12 July 1977	20.2 °C	1,468 mm	57
1976	33.0 °C26 October 1976	7.4 °C30 June 1976	19.4 °C	1,666 mm	27
1975	33.3 °C26 October 1975	6.1 °C27 July 1975	19.8 °C	1,244 mm	43
1974	33.3 °C13 November 1974	6.7 °C17 June 1974	19.6 °C	1,417 mm	65
1973	34.2 °C28 October 1973	7.4 °C13 July 1973	20.2 °C	1,075 mm	43
1972	33.6 °C22 September 1972	7.8 °C20 June 1972	19.8 °C	1,367 mm	28
1971	32.9 °C9 October 1971	8.6 °C16 July 1971	19.9 °C	1,376 mm	24
1970	33.5 °C10 October 1970	8.7 °C5 July 1970	20.1 °C	1,537 mm	28
1969	33.8 °C9 October 1969	8.1 °C23 June 1969	20.1 °C	1,825 mm	32
1968	34.0 °C10 October 1968	6.6 °C15 June 1968	20.1 °C	1,293 mm	50
1967	34.2 °C3 October 1967	8.4 °C20 July 1967	20.0 °C	1,291 mm	32
1966	33.3 °C6 October 1966	8.5 °C28 July 1966	20.4 °C	1,256 mm	46
1965	33.7 °C25 September 1965	7.9 °C5 July 1965	20.2 °C	1,158 mm	52
1964	33.9 °C2 October 1964	7.9 °C29 June 1964	20.3 °C	1,327 mm	29
1963	32.9 °C8 September 1963	9.0 °C9 June 1963	20.4 °C	1,502 mm	37
1962	33.5 °C3 November 1962	9.6 °C27 June 1962	20.5 °C	1,574 mm	55
1961	34.4 °C16 October 1961	7.9 °C11 August 1961	19.8 °C	1,824 mm	45
1960	32.4 °C10 October 1960	7.5 °C25 July 1960	19.7 °C	1,309 mm	35
1959	33.4 °C2 October 1959	9.5 °C19 June 1959	19.8 °C	1,700 mm	37
1958	33.5 °C10 September 1958	7.7 °C13 August 1958	19.9 °C	1,736 mm	27
1957	33.7 °C22 October 1957	8.2 °C13 July 1957	19.9 °C	1,806 mm	51
1956	34.3 °C15 October 1956	8.5 °C19 June 1956	20.0 °C	1,589 mm	64
1955	34.8 °C5 October 1955	9.2 °C28 July 1955	20.1 °C	1,430 mm	58
1954	34.6 °C15 October 1954	7.5 °C23 June 1954	21.4 °C	678 mm	121
1953	34.8 °C30 October 1953	8.0 °C14 June 1953	20.0 °C	2,021 mm	56
1952	35.3 °C12 October 1952	8.8 °C6 August 1952	20.7 °C	1,503 mm	67
1951	34.7 °C5 October 1951	8.5 °C14 July 1951	20.6 °C	1,309 mm	62
1950	33.2 °C30 September 1950	8.6 °C12 June 1950	19.9 °C	1,356 mm	37
1949	34.6 °C1 November 1949	8.3 °C8 June 1949	20.4 °C	1,462 mm	68
1948	35.1 °C12 October 1948	9.2 °C20 June 1948	20.2 °C	1,694 mm	44
1947	34.9 °C19 October 1947	8.1 °C2 July 1947	20.4 °C	1,484 mm	59
1946	33.5 °C7 October 1946	7.9 °C18 June 1946	20.4 °C	1,297 mm	59
1945	34.4 °C5 October 1945	9.0 °C5 July 1945	20.5 °C	1,380 mm	70
1944	36.0 °C20 September 1944	9.4 °C14 July 1944	20.5 °C	1,244 mm	72
1943	34.3 °C15 October 1943	8.5 °C3 July 1943	20.3 °C	1,139 mm	66
1942	34.0 °C15 October 1942	9.2 °C13 July 1942	20.5 °C	1,288 mm	71
1941	36.5 °C13 October 1941	9.5 °C6 July 1941	20.8 °C	1,231 mm	70
1940	33.8 °C5 October 1940	7.8 °C18 July 1940	20.0 °C	1,485 mm	52

Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.

A specific year

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Year

Across the whole year

Average daily high

27.1 °C

+0.3 °C

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

64 d/yr

Frost days (< 0 °C)

0 d/yr

Annual rainfall

1298 mm

-42 mm

Month by month

	High	vs. normal	Precipitation	vs. normal
Jan	25.6 °C	+0.3 °C	323 mm	+40 mm
Feb	26.9 °C	+1.3 °C	265 mm	+11 mm
Mar	26.9 °C	+1.1 °C	112 mm	-106 mm
Apr	26.8 °C	+0.7 °C	83 mm	+27 mm
May	25.2 °C	-1.1 °C	21 mm	+15 mm
Jun	25.4 °C	+0.3 °C	1 mm	+0 mm
Jul	24.4 °C	-0.8 °C	0 mm	-0 mm
Aug	27.9 °C	+0.1 °C	0 mm	-1 mm
Sep	31.4 °C	+0.7 °C	2 mm	-2 mm
Oct	31.6 °C	+0.7 °C	12 mm	-31 mm
Nov	27.4 °C	0.0 °C	205 mm	+12 mm
Dec	25.7 °C	+0.1 °C	274 mm	-6 mm

The year's extremes

Hottest day

34.1 °C

28 Sep 2025

Coldest day

7.3 °C

12 Jul 2025

Wettest day

42.9 mm

6 Feb 2025

Windiest day

25.7 km/h

9 Jul 2025

Strongest gust

58.7 km/h

9 Jul 2025

Hottest feels-like

35.1 °C

28 Sep 2025

Coldest feels-like

4.5 °C

31 Jul 2025

Sunniest day

12.4 h

14 Jan 2025

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Frequently asked questions

What is the climate of Solwezi?

Solwezi has a humid subtropical, dry winter climate (Köppen Cwa). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 20.4 °C and it receives 1,340 mm of precipitation per year.

What is the hottest day ever recorded in Solwezi?

The hottest day measured in Solwezi between 1940 and 2025 was 13 October 1941, reaching 36.5 °C.

What is the coldest day in Solwezi?

The coldest day measured in Solwezi between 1940 and 2025 was 1 July 1994, at 5.0 °C.

Does it snow in Solwezi?

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

Has the climate of Solwezi warmed?

Yes: Solwezi warmed by +0.6 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.

What is the wettest day in Solwezi?

The wettest day measured in Solwezi between 1940 and 2025 was 26 February 1952, with 112 mm of rain in 24 hours.

What was the windiest day in Solwezi?

The windiest day measured in Solwezi between 1940 and 2025 was 22 February 1958, with winds reaching 28.6 km/h.

What is the warmest month in Solwezi?

The warmest month in Solwezi is October (24.0 °C on average); the coldest is July (17.5 °C).

How much does it rain in Solwezi?

Solwezi receives on average 1,340 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 147 rainy days.

Is it sunny in Solwezi?

Solwezi gets on average 10.3 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,760 hours per year over 1940-2025.

Are there tropical nights in Solwezi?

Yes: Solwezi has on average 4 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.

What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Solwezi?

In Solwezi, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 37.9 °C on 1 November 2021, and the lowest was 0.7 °C on 1 July 1994.

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