Climate averages 1991–2020
Lilongwe weather
in March.
A warm, wet month: the 7th warmest and the 9th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
March is a warm month in Lilongwe: daytime highs average 25.3°C and nights cool to about 17.4°C. By daytime temperature it is the 7th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 113 mm of rain on roughly 17 days, which makes March a wet month (the 9th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 11 min on an average March day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Chipata (128 km away). In March its highs average 25.4°C, about as warm as Lilongwe, with 166 mm of rain.
Among the 4 cities listed in Malawi, Lilongwe ranks 2nd of 4 for the warmest March highs and 1st of 4 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 4 cities is 25.1°C; Lilongwe is 0.2°C warmer than that mean.
From March to April, average highs fall by 0.2°C to 25.2°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 113 mm to 23 mm.
The annual picture
March 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, selected | 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
March in nearby cities
- Chipata in MarchZambia · 128 kmHigh 25.4°C · Low 17.7°C · 166 mm rain
- Lichinga in MarchMozambique · 173 kmHigh 23.6°C · Low 16.2°C · 174 mm rain
- Mandimba in MarchMozambique · 205 kmHigh 26.9°C · Low 19.4°C · 151 mm rain
- Zomba in MarchMalawi · 228 kmHigh 26.3°C · Low 19.0°C · 121 mm rain
- Blantyre in MarchMalawi · 241 kmHigh 25.2°C · Low 18.0°C · 166 mm rain
- Tete in MarchMozambique · 244 kmHigh 31.6°C · Low 23.5°C · 71 mm rain
- Mzuzu in MarchMalawi · 279 kmHigh 23.6°C · Low 17.2°C · 223 mm rain
- Cuamba in MarchMozambique · 310 kmHigh 28.3°C · Low 20.5°C · 109 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.