Climate averages 1991–2020

Blantyre weather
in November.

A hot, wet month: the warmest and the 8th driest of the year.

Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.

Average high 28.8°C Daytime mean, November
Average low 19.0°C Night-time mean, November
Rainfall 90 mm 12 days with ≥1 mm
Daylight 13 h Sunrise to sunset, per day
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November is a hot month in Blantyre: daytime highs average 28.8°C and nights cool to about 19.0°C. By daytime temperature it is the warmest month of the year.

Expect about 90 mm of rain on roughly 12 days, which makes November a wet month (the 8th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 50 min on an average November day.

The nearest other city in this atlas is Zomba (55 km away). In November its highs average 29.5°C, 0.7°C warmer than Blantyre, with 62 mm of rain.

Among the 4 cities listed in Malawi, Blantyre ranks 3rd of 4 for the warmest November highs and 3rd of 4 for the driest November (rainfall, lowest first). The mean November high of those 4 cities is 28.5°C; Blantyre is 0.3°C warmer than that mean.

From November to December, average highs fall by 2.1°C to 26.7°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 90 mm to 225 mm.

The annual picture

November in context

30-year average
Average highAverage low°C
Average daily high and low temperatures by month The same values are available in the monthly table below. Lines show mean daily maxima and minima, not a forecast interval. 5101520253035 JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec

Monthly rainfall

Average total · mm
Average monthly rainfall totalsEach bar is a mean monthly total over 1991–2020. Full numbers are in the table. JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec 3500

Averages 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

1991–2020
Monthly climate averages for Blantyre, 1991–2020
MonthAverage highHigh / lowAverage lowRainfall mm/monthRain days ≥1 mm/dayDaylight hours/dayDay­light h/day
January 25.5°C19.0°C19.0°C32125.812.913 h
February 25.5°C18.6°C18.6°C20420.112.613 h
March 25.2°C18.0°C18.0°C16619.112.212 h
April 24.2°C16.1°C16.1°C5010.511.812 h
May 23.1°C13.6°C13.6°C144.311.411 h
June 21.3°C11.7°C11.7°C114.111.211 h
July 20.7°C11.1°C11.1°C145.211.311 h
August 23.4°C12.3°C12.3°C6.82.311.612 h
September 26.8°C15.1°C15.1°C8.52.212.012 h
October 28.6°C17.5°C17.5°C294.712.412 h
November, selected 28.8°C19.0°C19.0°C9012.312.813 h
December 26.7°C19.1°C19.1°C22522.813.013 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

November in nearby cities

Distance from Blantyre

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 limits

How 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.