Climate averages 1991–2020
Lilongwe weather
in January.
A warm, very wet month: the 5th warmest and the wettest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
January is a warm month in Lilongwe: daytime highs average 25.6°C and nights cool to about 18.1°C. By daytime temperature it is the 5th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 208 mm of rain on roughly 25 days, which makes January a very wet month (the wettest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 51 min on an average January day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Chipata (128 km away). In January its highs average 25.2°C, about as warm as Lilongwe, with 279 mm of rain.
Among the 4 cities listed in Malawi, Lilongwe ranks 2nd of 4 for the warmest January highs and 1st of 4 for the driest January (rainfall, lowest first). The mean January high of those 4 cities is 25.5°C; Lilongwe is 0.1°C warmer than that mean.
From January to February, average highs fall by 0.1°C to 25.5°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 208 mm to 159 mm.
The annual picture
January 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, selected | 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 | 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
January in nearby cities
- Chipata in JanuaryZambia · 128 kmHigh 25.2°C · Low 18.3°C · 279 mm rain
- Lichinga in JanuaryMozambique · 173 kmHigh 23.6°C · Low 16.8°C · 309 mm rain
- Mandimba in JanuaryMozambique · 205 kmHigh 27.2°C · Low 20.1°C · 334 mm rain
- Zomba in JanuaryMalawi · 228 kmHigh 26.4°C · Low 19.8°C · 274 mm rain
- Blantyre in JanuaryMalawi · 241 kmHigh 25.5°C · Low 19.0°C · 321 mm rain
- Tete in JanuaryMozambique · 244 kmHigh 31.6°C · Low 24.1°C · 217 mm rain
- Mzuzu in JanuaryMalawi · 279 kmHigh 24.5°C · Low 17.4°C · 300 mm rain
- Cuamba in JanuaryMozambique · 310 kmHigh 28.5°C · Low 21.1°C · 257 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.