Climate averages 1991–2020
Blantyre weather
in April.
A warm, moderately wet month: the 8th warmest and the 7th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
April is a warm month in Blantyre: daytime highs average 24.2°C and nights cool to about 16.1°C. By daytime temperature it is the 8th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 50 mm of rain on roughly 11 days, which makes April a moderately wet month (the 7th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 45 min on an average April day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Zomba (55 km away). In April its highs average 25.6°C, 1.3°C warmer than Blantyre, with 26 mm of rain.
Among the 4 cities listed in Malawi, Blantyre ranks 3rd of 4 for the warmest April highs and 3rd of 4 for the driest April (rainfall, lowest first). The mean April high of those 4 cities is 24.4°C; Blantyre is 0.1°C cooler than that mean.
From April to May, average highs fall by 1.1°C to 23.1°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 50 mm to 14 mm.
The annual picture
April in context
Monthly rainfall
Average total · mmAverages from hourly ERA5 reanalysis data. Actual weather varies from year to year. How these numbers are calculated
Every month, side by side
Blantyre climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 25.5°C19.0°C | 19.0°C | 321 | 25.8 | 12.913 h |
| February | 25.5°C18.6°C | 18.6°C | 204 | 20.1 | 12.613 h |
| March | 25.2°C18.0°C | 18.0°C | 166 | 19.1 | 12.212 h |
| April, selected | 24.2°C16.1°C | 16.1°C | 50 | 10.5 | 11.812 h |
| May | 23.1°C13.6°C | 13.6°C | 14 | 4.3 | 11.411 h |
| June | 21.3°C11.7°C | 11.7°C | 11 | 4.1 | 11.211 h |
| July | 20.7°C11.1°C | 11.1°C | 14 | 5.2 | 11.311 h |
| August | 23.4°C12.3°C | 12.3°C | 6.8 | 2.3 | 11.612 h |
| September | 26.8°C15.1°C | 15.1°C | 8.5 | 2.2 | 12.012 h |
| October | 28.6°C17.5°C | 17.5°C | 29 | 4.7 | 12.412 h |
| November | 28.8°C19.0°C | 19.0°C | 90 | 12.3 | 12.813 h |
| December | 26.7°C19.1°C | 19.1°C | 225 | 22.8 | 13.013 h |
Rainfall is the average of the 30 separate monthly totals. A rain day is a local calendar day with at least 1 mm of precipitation. Daylight is the calculated sunrise-to-sunset length, not measured sunshine.
Compare places
April in nearby cities
- Zomba in AprilMalawi · 55 kmHigh 25.6°C · Low 17.3°C · 26 mm rain
- Tete in AprilMozambique · 158 kmHigh 31.4°C · Low 22.0°C · 17 mm rain
- Mandimba in AprilMozambique · 174 kmHigh 26.2°C · Low 17.9°C · 40 mm rain
- Cuamba in AprilMozambique · 197 kmHigh 28.0°C · Low 19.1°C · 29 mm rain
- Gurúè in AprilMozambique · 214 kmHigh 25.7°C · Low 18.2°C · 87 mm rain
- Lilongwe in AprilMalawi · 241 kmHigh 25.2°C · Low 15.7°C · 23 mm rain
- Mocuba in AprilMozambique · 241 kmHigh 28.7°C · Low 20.5°C · 55 mm rain
- Lichinga in AprilMozambique · 276 kmHigh 23.1°C · Low 14.5°C · 44 mm rain
Read the numbers correctly
Climate, not a promise.
These patterns help compare months. They cannot tell you the weather on a specific day of your trip.
Sources, method and limitsHow these numbers are made (what the highs, lows and rain days mean, the sources and the model cell used for Blantyre) is explained once on the Blantyre year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.