Climate averages 1991–2020
Blantyre weather
in March.
A warm, wet month: the 7th warmest and the 9th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
March is a warm month in Blantyre: daytime highs average 25.2°C and nights cool to about 18.0°C. By daytime temperature it is the 7th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 166 mm of rain on roughly 19 days, which makes March a wet month (the 9th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 12 min on an average March day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Zomba (55 km away). In March its highs average 26.3°C, 1.1°C warmer than Blantyre, with 121 mm of rain.
Among the 4 cities listed in Malawi, Blantyre ranks 3rd of 4 for the warmest March highs and 3rd of 4 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 4 cities is 25.1°C; Blantyre is 0.1°C warmer than that mean.
From March to April, average highs fall by 1.0°C to 24.2°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 166 mm to 50 mm.
The annual picture
March 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, selected | 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
March in nearby cities
- Zomba in MarchMalawi · 55 kmHigh 26.3°C · Low 19.0°C · 121 mm rain
- Tete in MarchMozambique · 158 kmHigh 31.6°C · Low 23.5°C · 71 mm rain
- Mandimba in MarchMozambique · 174 kmHigh 26.9°C · Low 19.4°C · 151 mm rain
- Cuamba in MarchMozambique · 197 kmHigh 28.3°C · Low 20.5°C · 109 mm rain
- Gurúè in MarchMozambique · 214 kmHigh 27.0°C · Low 19.8°C · 193 mm rain
- Lilongwe in MarchMalawi · 241 kmHigh 25.3°C · Low 17.4°C · 113 mm rain
- Mocuba in MarchMozambique · 241 kmHigh 29.9°C · Low 22.2°C · 129 mm rain
- Lichinga in MarchMozambique · 276 kmHigh 23.6°C · Low 16.2°C · 174 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.