Climate averages 1991–2020
Lilongwe weather
in February.
A warm, wet month: the 6th warmest and the 11th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
February is a warm month in Lilongwe: daytime highs average 25.5°C and nights cool to about 17.8°C. By daytime temperature it is the 6th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 159 mm of rain on roughly 20 days, which makes February a wet month (the 11th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 33 min on an average February day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Chipata (128 km away). In February its highs average 25.3°C, about as warm as Lilongwe, with 221 mm of rain.
Among the 4 cities listed in Malawi, Lilongwe ranks joint 2nd of 4 for the warmest February highs and 1st of 4 for the driest February (rainfall, lowest first). The mean February high of those 4 cities is 25.5°C; Lilongwe is level with that mean.
From February to March, average highs fall by 0.2°C to 25.3°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 159 mm to 113 mm.
The annual picture
February 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, selected | 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 | 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
February in nearby cities
- Chipata in FebruaryZambia · 128 kmHigh 25.3°C · Low 18.0°C · 221 mm rain
- Lichinga in FebruaryMozambique · 173 kmHigh 23.6°C · Low 16.6°C · 241 mm rain
- Mandimba in FebruaryMozambique · 205 kmHigh 27.1°C · Low 19.8°C · 244 mm rain
- Zomba in FebruaryMalawi · 228 kmHigh 26.4°C · Low 19.5°C · 169 mm rain
- Blantyre in FebruaryMalawi · 241 kmHigh 25.5°C · Low 18.6°C · 204 mm rain
- Tete in FebruaryMozambique · 244 kmHigh 31.3°C · Low 23.8°C · 148 mm rain
- Mzuzu in FebruaryMalawi · 279 kmHigh 24.4°C · Low 17.3°C · 255 mm rain
- Cuamba in FebruaryMozambique · 310 kmHigh 28.4°C · Low 20.9°C · 183 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.