Satellite: Sentinel-2 cloudless 2016 by EOX IT Services GmbH · CC BY 4.0 · Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data 2016
Climate guideThirty-year normals for Luanshya
Luanshya climate by month
Monsoon-influenced humid subtropical · CwaBest May–Jul
Annual mean21°day and night
Seasonal swing7°warmest vs coolest
Precipitation1,197 mm127 wet days a year
13.14° S, 28.42° EElevation 1,238 mUTC+2 · Central Africa Time
When to goLuanshya · weather score
Best timeMay–Jul
October: high / low31° / 19°
iSummary
What the weather is like
Luanshya has a monsoon-influenced humid subtropical climate (Köppen Cwa): a dry winter and a wetter summer.
The warmest month is October, when afternoons average 31° and nights 19°. July is the coolest month, with highs of 24° and lows of 11°. The difference between the warmest and the coolest month is about 7°, a small seasonal swing typical of places tempered by the sea.
About 1,197 mm of precipitation falls in an average year. January is the wettest month (319 mm, 28 wet days) and June the driest (0 mm, 0 wet days). Cloud cover ranges from 8% in August to 66% in January.
Compared with Lusaka, the capital, Luanshya is 1.1° warmer on a October afternoon and receives more precipitation over the year.
Year in figures
- Hottest afternoons
- 31° · October
- Coldest nights
- 11° · July
- Wettest month
- January
- Driest month
- June
- Clearest skies
- August · 8% cloud
- Longest day
- 12 h 54 min
- Shortest day
- 11 h 21 min
iiCharts
Twelve months at a glance
Temperature and precipitation
Daily high/low range bars, monthly precipitation columnsTemperature curve
Average high, lowDaylight
Hours between sunrise and sunset on the 15th of each monthiiiData table
Climate normals month by month
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Average high | 25° | 26° | 26° | 26° | 26° | 24° | 24° | 27° | 30° | 31° | 29° | 26° |
| Average low | 18° | 17° | 17° | 16° | 14° | 12° | 11° | 13° | 17° | 19° | 19° | 18° |
| Precipitation | 319 mm | 235 mm | 171 mm | 37 mm | 6 mm | 0 mm | 0 mm | 0 mm | 1 mm | 29 mm | 126 mm | 273 mm |
| Wet days (≥1 mm) | 28.1 | 23.8 | 20.8 | 7.2 | 0.7 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 3 | 15.4 | 27.5 |
| Cloud cover | 66% | 61% | 43% | 21% | 14% | 10% | 9% | 8% | 11% | 22% | 42% | 63% |
| Daylight | 12h 49 | 12h 31 | 12h 11 | 11h 49 | 11h 31 | 11h 21 | 11h 25 | 11h 40 | 12h 01 | 12h 23 | 12h 43 | 12h 54 |
| Month score | 50 | 52 | 57 | 78 | 95 | 100 | 100 | 93 | 79 | 68 | 45 | 49 |
ivMonth by month
Luanshya in every month
January50
25° / 18°
319 mm · 28.1 wet days
February52
26° / 17°
235 mm · 23.8 wet days
March57
26° / 17°
171 mm · 20.8 wet days
April78
26° / 16°
37 mm · 7.2 wet days
May95
26° / 14°
6 mm · 0.7 wet day
June100
24° / 12°
0 mm · 0.1 wet days
July100
24° / 11°
0 mm · 0.1 wet days
August93
27° / 13°
0 mm · 0.1 wet days
September79
30° / 17°
1 mm · 0.2 wet days
October68
31° / 19°
29 mm · 3 wet days
November45
29° / 19°
126 mm · 15.4 wet days
December49
26° / 18°
273 mm · 27.5 wet days