Climate averages 1991–2020
Lilongwe weather
in April.
A warm, fairly dry month: the 8th warmest and the 7th driest of the year. Meets the pleasant-weather rule
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
April is a warm month in Lilongwe: daytime highs average 25.2°C and nights cool to about 15.7°C. By daytime temperature it is the 8th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 23 mm of rain on roughly 5 days, which makes April a fairly dry month (the 7th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 48 min on an average April day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Chipata (128 km away). In April its highs average 25.1°C, about as warm as Lilongwe, with 35 mm of rain.
Among the 4 cities listed in Malawi, Lilongwe ranks 2nd of 4 for the warmest April highs and 1st of 4 for the driest April (rainfall, lowest first). The mean April high of those 4 cities is 24.4°C; Lilongwe is 0.8°C warmer than that mean.
From April to May, average highs fall by 0.4°C to 24.8°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 23 mm to 3.5 mm.
The annual picture
April 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
Lilongwe climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 25.6°C18.1°C | 18.1°C | 208 | 25.0 | 12.813 h |
| February | 25.5°C17.8°C | 17.8°C | 159 | 20.4 | 12.613 h |
| March | 25.3°C17.4°C | 17.4°C | 113 | 17.2 | 12.212 h |
| April, selected | 25.2°C15.7°C | 15.7°C | 23 | 5.3 | 11.812 h |
| May | 24.8°C13.5°C | 13.5°C | 3.5 | 0.7 | 11.511 h |
| June | 23.1°C11.4°C | 11.4°C | 0.7 | 0.1 | 11.311 h |
| July | 22.6°C10.8°C | 10.8°C | 1.0 | 0.2 | 11.411 h |
| August | 24.7°C12.2°C | 12.2°C | 0.6 | 0.1 | 11.612 h |
| September | 27.4°C14.9°C | 14.9°C | 1.3 | 0.3 | 12.012 h |
| October | 29.2°C17.6°C | 17.6°C | 9.9 | 1.7 | 12.412 h |
| November | 29.6°C18.9°C | 18.9°C | 39 | 7.3 | 12.713 h |
| December | 27.2°C18.6°C | 18.6°C | 142 | 19.2 | 12.913 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
April in nearby cities
- Chipata in AprilZambia · 128 kmHigh 25.1°C · Low 16.5°C · 35 mm rain
- Lichinga in AprilMozambique · 173 kmHigh 23.1°C · Low 14.5°C · 44 mm rain
- Mandimba in AprilMozambique · 205 kmHigh 26.2°C · Low 17.9°C · 40 mm rain
- Zomba in AprilMalawi · 228 kmHigh 25.6°C · Low 17.3°C · 26 mm rain
- Blantyre in AprilMalawi · 241 kmHigh 24.2°C · Low 16.1°C · 50 mm rain
- Tete in AprilMozambique · 244 kmHigh 31.4°C · Low 22.0°C · 17 mm rain
- Mzuzu in AprilMalawi · 279 kmHigh 22.4°C · Low 15.9°C · 140 mm rain
- Cuamba in AprilMozambique · 310 kmHigh 28.0°C · Low 19.1°C · 29 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 Lilongwe) is explained once on the Lilongwe year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.