Climate averages 1991–2020
Blantyre weather
in February.
A warm, very wet month: the joint 5th warmest and the 10th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
February is a warm month in Blantyre: daytime highs average 25.5°C and nights cool to about 18.6°C. By daytime temperature it is the joint 5th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 204 mm of rain on roughly 20 days, which makes February a very wet month (the 10th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 37 min on an average February day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Zomba (55 km away). In February its highs average 26.4°C, 1.0°C warmer than Blantyre, with 169 mm of rain.
Among the 4 cities listed in Malawi, Blantyre ranks joint 2nd of 4 for the warmest February highs and 3rd of 4 for the driest February (rainfall, lowest first). The mean February high of those 4 cities is 25.5°C; Blantyre is level with that mean.
From February to March, average highs fall by 0.2°C to 25.2°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 204 mm to 166 mm.
The annual picture
February 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, selected | 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 | 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
February in nearby cities
- Zomba in FebruaryMalawi · 55 kmHigh 26.4°C · Low 19.5°C · 169 mm rain
- Tete in FebruaryMozambique · 158 kmHigh 31.3°C · Low 23.8°C · 148 mm rain
- Mandimba in FebruaryMozambique · 174 kmHigh 27.1°C · Low 19.8°C · 244 mm rain
- Cuamba in FebruaryMozambique · 197 kmHigh 28.4°C · Low 20.9°C · 183 mm rain
- Gurúè in FebruaryMozambique · 214 kmHigh 27.4°C · Low 20.1°C · 252 mm rain
- Lilongwe in FebruaryMalawi · 241 kmHigh 25.5°C · Low 17.8°C · 159 mm rain
- Mocuba in FebruaryMozambique · 241 kmHigh 30.4°C · Low 22.7°C · 164 mm rain
- Lichinga in FebruaryMozambique · 276 kmHigh 23.6°C · Low 16.6°C · 241 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.