Climate averages 1991–2020
Blantyre weather
in December.
A warm, very wet month: the 4th warmest and the 11th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
December is a warm month in Blantyre: daytime highs average 26.7°C and nights cool to about 19.1°C. By daytime temperature it is the 4th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 225 mm of rain on roughly 23 days, which makes December a very wet month (the 11th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 03 min on an average December day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Zomba (55 km away). In December its highs average 27.5°C, 0.9°C warmer than Blantyre, with 179 mm of rain.
Among the 4 cities listed in Malawi, Blantyre ranks 3rd of 4 for the warmest December highs and 3rd of 4 for the driest December (rainfall, lowest first). The mean December high of those 4 cities is 26.5°C; Blantyre is 0.1°C warmer than that mean.
From December to January, average highs fall by 1.2°C to 25.5°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 225 mm to 321 mm.
The annual picture
December 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 | 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, selected | 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
December in nearby cities
- Zomba in DecemberMalawi · 55 kmHigh 27.5°C · Low 20.0°C · 179 mm rain
- Tete in DecemberMozambique · 158 kmHigh 33.4°C · Low 24.5°C · 144 mm rain
- Mandimba in DecemberMozambique · 174 kmHigh 28.7°C · Low 20.4°C · 204 mm rain
- Cuamba in DecemberMozambique · 197 kmHigh 30.2°C · Low 21.6°C · 178 mm rain
- Gurúè in DecemberMozambique · 214 kmHigh 28.4°C · Low 20.3°C · 289 mm rain
- Lilongwe in DecemberMalawi · 241 kmHigh 27.2°C · Low 18.6°C · 142 mm rain
- Mocuba in DecemberMozambique · 241 kmHigh 32.4°C · Low 23.1°C · 169 mm rain
- Lichinga in DecemberMozambique · 276 kmHigh 24.7°C · Low 17.0°C · 236 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.