Climate averages 1991–2020
Mzuzu weather
in April.
A warm, wet month: the 8th warmest and the 8th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
April is a warm month in Mzuzu: daytime highs average 22.4°C and nights cool to about 15.9°C. By daytime temperature it is the 8th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 140 mm of rain on roughly 24 days, which makes April a wet month (the 8th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 51 min on an average April day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Songea (198 km away). In April its highs average 24.1°C, 1.7°C warmer than Mzuzu, with 129 mm of rain.
Among the 4 cities listed in Malawi, Mzuzu ranks 4th of 4 for the warmest April highs and 4th of 4 for the driest April (rainfall, lowest first). The mean April high of those 4 cities is 24.4°C; Mzuzu is 1.9°C cooler than that mean.
From April to May, average highs fall by 1.0°C to 21.4°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 140 mm to 50 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
Mzuzu climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 24.5°C17.4°C | 17.4°C | 300 | 28.6 | 12.713 h |
| February | 24.4°C17.3°C | 17.3°C | 255 | 25.1 | 12.512 h |
| March | 23.6°C17.2°C | 17.2°C | 223 | 29.1 | 12.212 h |
| April, selected | 22.4°C15.9°C | 15.9°C | 140 | 24.2 | 11.912 h |
| May | 21.4°C13.7°C | 13.7°C | 50 | 13.5 | 11.612 h |
| June | 19.9°C11.3°C | 11.3°C | 22 | 7.6 | 11.511 h |
| July | 19.4°C10.7°C | 10.7°C | 19 | 6.8 | 11.512 h |
| August | 21.3°C12.1°C | 12.1°C | 16 | 5.2 | 11.712 h |
| September | 24.1°C14.3°C | 14.3°C | 12 | 3.6 | 12.012 h |
| October | 25.8°C16.2°C | 16.2°C | 43 | 8.6 | 12.312 h |
| November | 26.2°C17.2°C | 17.2°C | 104 | 14.4 | 12.613 h |
| December | 24.7°C17.3°C | 17.3°C | 246 | 25.8 | 12.813 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
- Songea in AprilTanzania · 198 kmHigh 24.1°C · Low 17.3°C · 129 mm rain
- Lichinga in AprilMozambique · 244 kmHigh 23.1°C · Low 14.5°C · 44 mm rain
- Njombe in AprilTanzania · 249 kmHigh 19.6°C · Low 13.2°C · 83 mm rain
- Katumba in AprilTanzania · 252 kmHigh 22.5°C · Low 16.4°C · 186 mm rain
- Nakonde in AprilZambia · 274 kmHigh 23.2°C · Low 15.5°C · 120 mm rain
- Tunduma in AprilTanzania · 277 kmHigh 22.3°C · Low 14.7°C · 121 mm rain
- Lilongwe in AprilMalawi · 279 kmHigh 25.2°C · Low 15.7°C · 23 mm rain
- Chipata in AprilZambia · 283 kmHigh 25.1°C · Low 16.5°C · 35 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 Mzuzu) is explained once on the Mzuzu year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.