Cities in Malawi — climate month by month
Compare 19 cities of Malawi across the year.
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| City | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lilongwe | 21.9°C71.4°F 228 mm9″ | 21.9°C71.4°F 192 mm7.6″ | 21.6°C70.9°F 134 mm5.3″ | 20.7°C69.3°F 45 mm1.8″ | 18.7°C65.7°F 9 mm0.4″ | 16.6°C61.9°F 1 mm0″ | 16.2°C61.2°F 2 mm0.1″ | 17.8°C64°F 0 mm0″ | 20.9°C69.6°F 2 mm0.1″ | 22.9°C73.2°F 9 mm0.4″ | 23.7°C74.7°F 70 mm2.8″ | 22.6°C72.7°F 180 mm7.1″ |
| Blantyre | 22.3°C72.1°F 229 mm9″ | 22.2°C72°F 211 mm8.3″ | 21.9°C71.4°F 163 mm6.4″ | 20.8°C69.4°F 62 mm2.4″ | 19.1°C66.4°F 17 mm0.7″ | 17.1°C62.8°F 13 mm0.5″ | 16.7°C62.1°F 12 mm0.5″ | 18.3°C64.9°F 9 mm0.4″ | 21.2°C70.2°F 11 mm0.4″ | 22.9°C73.2°F 33 mm1.3″ | 23.4°C74.1°F 97 mm3.8″ | 22.6°C72.7°F 203 mm8″ |
| Mzuzu | 20.5°C68.9°F 210 mm8.3″ | 20.5°C68.9°F 173 mm6.8″ | 20°C68°F 228 mm9″ | 19.1°C66.4°F 182 mm7.2″ | 16.8°C62.2°F 66 mm2.6″ | 14.3°C57.7°F 24 mm0.9″ | 13.7°C56.7°F 25 mm1″ | 14.9°C58.8°F 9 mm0.4″ | 17.6°C63.7°F 5 mm0.2″ | 20°C68°F 24 mm0.9″ | 21°C69.8°F 79 mm3.1″ | 20.6°C69.1°F 182 mm7.2″ |
| Mangochi | 24.9°C76.8°F 208 mm8.2″ | 24.8°C76.6°F 196 mm7.7″ | 24.7°C76.5°F 134 mm5.3″ | 23.8°C74.8°F 27 mm1.1″ | 21.7°C71.1°F 6 mm0.2″ | 19.9°C67.8°F 9 mm0.4″ | 19.7°C67.5°F 8 mm0.3″ | 21.3°C70.3°F 14 mm0.6″ | 23.9°C75°F 18 mm0.7″ | 26.3°C79.3°F 11 mm0.4″ | 26.7°C80.1°F 49 mm1.9″ | 25.5°C77.9°F 162 mm6.4″ |
| Zomba | 22.6°C72.7°F 255 mm10″ | 22.4°C72.3°F 222 mm8.7″ | 22°C71.6°F 166 mm6.5″ | 20.9°C69.6°F 53 mm2.1″ | 19.1°C66.4°F 18 mm0.7″ | 17.2°C63°F 21 mm0.8″ | 16.8°C62.2°F 18 mm0.7″ | 18.3°C64.9°F 33 mm1.3″ | 21°C69.8°F 31 mm1.2″ | 23.5°C74.3°F 32 mm1.3″ | 24.2°C75.6°F 87 mm3.4″ | 23°C73.4°F 199 mm7.8″ |
| Salima | 24.8°C76.6°F 303 mm11.9″ | 24.7°C76.5°F 254 mm10″ | 24.9°C76.8°F 196 mm7.7″ | 24.5°C76.1°F 67 mm2.6″ | 22.2°C72°F 6 mm0.2″ | 20.3°C68.5°F 2 mm0.1″ | 20.3°C68.5°F 1 mm0″ | 21.6°C70.9°F 1 mm0″ | 24.1°C75.4°F 1 mm0″ | 26.5°C79.7°F 5 mm0.2″ | 27°C80.6°F 48 mm1.9″ | 25.6°C78.1°F 196 mm7.7″ |
| Nkhotakota | 24.4°C75.9°F 307 mm12.1″ | 24.7°C76.5°F 258 mm10.2″ | 25.1°C77.2°F 372 mm14.6″ | 24.1°C75.4°F 192 mm7.6″ | 22.4°C72.3°F 27 mm1.1″ | 20.6°C69.1°F 9 mm0.4″ | 20.2°C68.4°F 6 mm0.2″ | 21.2°C70.2°F 2 mm0.1″ | 23.3°C73.9°F 1 mm0″ | 25.7°C78.3°F 8 mm0.3″ | 26.2°C79.2°F 74 mm2.9″ | 25.1°C77.2°F 247 mm9.7″ |
| Karonga | 25.1°C77.2°F 193 mm7.6″ | 25.2°C77.4°F 167 mm6.6″ | 25°C77°F 283 mm11.1″ | 24.8°C76.6°F 177 mm7″ | 23.8°C74.8°F 29 mm1.1″ | 22.4°C72.3°F 4 mm0.2″ | 21.9°C71.4°F 2 mm0.1″ | 22.5°C72.5°F 1 mm0″ | 24.3°C75.7°F 1 mm0″ | 26.3°C79.3°F 4 mm0.2″ | 26.8°C80.2°F 66 mm2.6″ | 25.8°C78.4°F 177 mm7″ |
| Nkhata Bay | 24.8°C76.6°F 239 mm9.4″ | 24.7°C76.5°F 198 mm7.8″ | 24.5°C76.1°F 331 mm13″ | 24°C75.2°F 258 mm10.2″ | 22.2°C72°F 126 mm5″ | 20.4°C68.7°F 32 mm1.3″ | 20°C68°F 28 mm1.1″ | 20.9°C69.6°F 5 mm0.2″ | 22.9°C73.2°F 4 mm0.2″ | 24.8°C76.6°F 13 mm0.5″ | 25.7°C78.3°F 103 mm4.1″ | 25°C77°F 233 mm9.2″ |
| Nsanje | 27.6°C81.7°F 178 mm7″ | 27.4°C81.3°F 144 mm5.7″ | 26.8°C80.2°F 134 mm5.3″ | 25.8°C78.4°F 41 mm1.6″ | 23.5°C74.3°F 15 mm0.6″ | 21.2°C70.2°F 17 mm0.7″ | 21.3°C70.3°F 16 mm0.6″ | 23.1°C73.6°F 7 mm0.3″ | 25.7°C78.3°F 8 mm0.3″ | 28.3°C82.9°F 34 mm1.3″ | 28.6°C83.5°F 78 mm3.1″ | 28°C82.4°F 169 mm6.7″ |
| Mzimba | 20.5°C68.9°F 216 mm8.5″ | 20.6°C69.1°F 194 mm7.6″ | 20.6°C69.1°F 160 mm6.3″ | 20.1°C68.2°F 51 mm2″ | 18.5°C65.3°F 10 mm0.4″ | 16.5°C61.7°F 2 mm0.1″ | 16°C60.8°F 1 mm0″ | 17.5°C63.5°F 1 mm0″ | 20°C68°F 1 mm0″ | 22.4°C72.3°F 8 mm0.3″ | 22.4°C72.3°F 63 mm2.5″ | 21.2°C70.2°F 194 mm7.6″ |
| Mchinji | 21.7°C71.1°F 244 mm9.6″ | 21.6°C70.9°F 217 mm8.5″ | 21.1°C70°F 160 mm6.3″ | 20.7°C69.3°F 66 mm2.6″ | 18.8°C65.8°F 9 mm0.4″ | 16.5°C61.7°F 2 mm0.1″ | 16.2°C61.2°F 1 mm0″ | 18.4°C65.1°F 0 mm0″ | 21.7°C71.1°F 2 mm0.1″ | 23.8°C74.8°F 14 mm0.6″ | 23.5°C74.3°F 87 mm3.4″ | 22.1°C71.8°F 221 mm8.7″ |
| Mulanje | 22.2°C72°F 283 mm11.1″ | 22.1°C71.8°F 273 mm10.7″ | 21.6°C70.9°F 295 mm11.6″ | 20.4°C68.7°F 157 mm6.2″ | 18.2°C64.8°F 54 mm2.1″ | 16.2°C61.2°F 48 mm1.9″ | 15.9°C60.6°F 54 mm2.1″ | 17.2°C63°F 30 mm1.2″ | 19.7°C67.5°F 27 mm1.1″ | 21.8°C71.2°F 60 mm2.4″ | 22.7°C72.9°F 128 mm5″ | 22.3°C72.1°F 275 mm10.8″ |
| Dedza | 18.4°C65.1°F 258 mm10.2″ | 18.6°C65.5°F 227 mm8.9″ | 18.1°C64.6°F 175 mm6.9″ | 17.2°C63°F 58 mm2.3″ | 15.6°C60.1°F 13 mm0.5″ | 13.6°C56.5°F 5 mm0.2″ | 13.2°C55.8°F 5 mm0.2″ | 14.8°C58.6°F 2 mm0.1″ | 17.3°C63.1°F 4 mm0.2″ | 19.3°C66.7°F 16 mm0.6″ | 19.6°C67.3°F 80 mm3.1″ | 18.7°C65.7°F 228 mm9″ |
| Chitipa | 20.7°C69.3°F 218 mm8.6″ | 20.7°C69.3°F 215 mm8.5″ | 20.7°C69.3°F 215 mm8.5″ | 20.2°C68.4°F 85 mm3.3″ | 19°C66.2°F 16 mm0.6″ | 17.5°C63.5°F 2 mm0.1″ | 17.1°C62.8°F 1 mm0″ | 18.4°C65.1°F 0 mm0″ | 21°C69.8°F 3 mm0.1″ | 23.1°C73.6°F 7 mm0.3″ | 23.1°C73.6°F 93 mm3.7″ | 21.2°C70.2°F 215 mm8.5″ |
| Mwanza | 24.8°C76.6°F 215 mm8.5″ | 24.6°C76.3°F 211 mm8.3″ | 24.3°C75.7°F 154 mm6.1″ | 23.4°C74.1°F 54 mm2.1″ | 21.3°C70.3°F 21 mm0.8″ | 19°C66.2°F 17 mm0.7″ | 19°C66.2°F 17 mm0.7″ | 20.6°C69.1°F 9 mm0.4″ | 23.7°C74.7°F 10 mm0.4″ | 26.2°C79.2°F 38 mm1.5″ | 26.3°C79.3°F 83 mm3.3″ | 25.4°C77.7°F 207 mm8.1″ |
| Ntcheu | 21.8°C71.2°F 255 mm10″ | 21.6°C70.9°F 216 mm8.5″ | 21.4°C70.5°F 158 mm6.2″ | 20.8°C69.4°F 41 mm1.6″ | 18.9°C66°F 10 mm0.4″ | 16.9°C62.4°F 7 mm0.3″ | 16.7°C62.1°F 7 mm0.3″ | 18.2°C64.8°F 17 mm0.7″ | 20.9°C69.6°F 16 mm0.6″ | 23.5°C74.3°F 20 mm0.8″ | 23.6°C74.5°F 69 mm2.7″ | 22.3°C72.1°F 204 mm8″ |
| Chiradzulu | 21.5°C70.7°F 251 mm9.9″ | 21.3°C70.3°F 229 mm9″ | 20.9°C69.6°F 188 mm7.4″ | 19.9°C67.8°F 68 mm2.7″ | 18.2°C64.8°F 22 mm0.9″ | 16.3°C61.3°F 19 mm0.7″ | 15.8°C60.4°F 20 mm0.8″ | 17.4°C63.3°F 18 mm0.7″ | 20.1°C68.2°F 17 mm0.7″ | 22.1°C71.8°F 35 mm1.4″ | 22.6°C72.7°F 102 mm4″ | 21.8°C71.2°F 220 mm8.7″ |
| Machinga | 22.9°C73.2°F 250 mm9.8″ | 22.7°C72.9°F 212 mm8.3″ | 22.3°C72.1°F 163 mm6.4″ | 21.4°C70.5°F 56 mm2.2″ | 19.6°C67.3°F 18 mm0.7″ | 17.8°C64°F 21 mm0.8″ | 17.3°C63.1°F 19 mm0.7″ | 18.8°C65.8°F 45 mm1.8″ | 21.5°C70.7°F 38 mm1.5″ | 24.1°C75.4°F 25 mm1″ | 24.6°C76.3°F 75 mm3″ | 23.3°C73.9°F 184 mm7.2″ |
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Frequently asked questions
Which city in Malawi has the least rain?
Nsanje is the driest city in Malawi, with approximately 841 mm / 33.1 in of average annual rainfall.
Which city in Malawi is warmest in July?
Karonga is the warmest city in Malawi in July, with an average temperature of 21.9°C / 71.4°F.
Which city in Malawi is warmest in January?
Nsanje is the warmest city in Malawi in January, with an average temperature of 27.6°C / 81.7°F.
Which city in Malawi has the mildest year-round climate?
Nsanje has the highest annual average temperature in Malawi at 25.6°C / 78.1°F, while Dedza has the lowest at 17°C / 62.6°F.
Which city in Malawi has the most sunny months?
Ntcheu matches our sunny profiles (warm/mild with limited rain) for 7 months of the year — the most of any city in Malawi.