Climate averages 1991–2020
Blantyre weather
in January.
A warm, very wet month: the joint 5th warmest and the wettest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
January is a warm month in Blantyre: daytime highs average 25.5°C and nights cool to about 19.0°C. By daytime temperature it is the joint 5th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 321 mm of rain on roughly 26 days, which makes January a very wet month (the wettest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 57 min on an average January day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Zomba (55 km away). In January its highs average 26.4°C, 0.9°C warmer than Blantyre, with 274 mm of rain.
Among the 4 cities listed in Malawi, Blantyre ranks 3rd of 4 for the warmest January highs and 4th of 4 for the driest January (rainfall, lowest first). The mean January high of those 4 cities is 25.5°C; Blantyre is level with that mean.
From January to February, average highs stay level at 25.5°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 321 mm to 204 mm.
The annual picture
January 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, selected | 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 | 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
January in nearby cities
- Zomba in JanuaryMalawi · 55 kmHigh 26.4°C · Low 19.8°C · 274 mm rain
- Tete in JanuaryMozambique · 158 kmHigh 31.6°C · Low 24.1°C · 217 mm rain
- Mandimba in JanuaryMozambique · 174 kmHigh 27.2°C · Low 20.1°C · 334 mm rain
- Cuamba in JanuaryMozambique · 197 kmHigh 28.5°C · Low 21.1°C · 257 mm rain
- Gurúè in JanuaryMozambique · 214 kmHigh 27.5°C · Low 20.3°C · 372 mm rain
- Lilongwe in JanuaryMalawi · 241 kmHigh 25.6°C · Low 18.1°C · 208 mm rain
- Mocuba in JanuaryMozambique · 241 kmHigh 30.7°C · Low 23.0°C · 252 mm rain
- Lichinga in JanuaryMozambique · 276 kmHigh 23.6°C · Low 16.8°C · 309 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.