Climate averages 1991–2020
Blantyre weather
in May.
A warm, very dry month: the 10th warmest and the joint 4th driest of the year. Meets the pleasant-weather rule
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
May is a warm month in Blantyre: daytime highs average 23.1°C and nights cool to about 13.6°C. By daytime temperature it is the 10th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 14 mm of rain on roughly 4 days, which makes May a very dry month (the joint 4th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 23 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Zomba (55 km away). In May its highs average 24.4°C, 1.3°C warmer than Blantyre, with 4.8 mm of rain.
Among the 4 cities listed in Malawi, Blantyre ranks 3rd of 4 for the warmest May highs and 3rd of 4 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 4 cities is 23.4°C; Blantyre is 0.3°C cooler than that mean.
From May to June, average highs fall by 1.8°C to 21.3°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 14 mm to 11 mm.
The annual picture
May 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, selected | 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
May in nearby cities
- Zomba in MayMalawi · 55 kmHigh 24.4°C · Low 14.8°C · 4.8 mm rain
- Tete in MayMozambique · 158 kmHigh 29.9°C · Low 19.7°C · 3.3 mm rain
- Mandimba in MayMozambique · 174 kmHigh 25.6°C · Low 15.8°C · 6.4 mm rain
- Cuamba in MayMozambique · 197 kmHigh 27.3°C · Low 17.0°C · 4.0 mm rain
- Gurúè in MayMozambique · 214 kmHigh 24.4°C · Low 16.0°C · 28 mm rain
- Lilongwe in MayMalawi · 241 kmHigh 24.8°C · Low 13.5°C · 3.5 mm rain
- Mocuba in MayMozambique · 241 kmHigh 27.6°C · Low 18.1°C · 19 mm rain
- Lichinga in MayMozambique · 276 kmHigh 22.7°C · Low 12.2°C · 8.9 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.