Climate averages 1991–2020
Mzuzu weather
in August.
A mild, fairly dry month: the 10th warmest and the 2nd driest of the year. Meets the pleasant-weather rule
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
August is a mild month in Mzuzu: daytime highs average 21.3°C and nights cool to about 12.1°C. By daytime temperature it is the 10th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 16 mm of rain on roughly 5 days, which makes August a fairly dry month (the 2nd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 44 min on an average August day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Songea (198 km away). In August its highs average 24.4°C, 3.0°C warmer than Mzuzu, with 5.1 mm of rain.
Among the 4 cities listed in Malawi, Mzuzu ranks 4th of 4 for the warmest August highs and 4th of 4 for the driest August (rainfall, lowest first). The mean August high of those 4 cities is 23.4°C; Mzuzu is 2.1°C cooler than that mean.
From August to September, average highs rise by 2.8°C to 24.1°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 16 mm to 12 mm.
The annual picture
August 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 | 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, selected | 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
August in nearby cities
- Songea in AugustTanzania · 198 kmHigh 24.4°C · Low 13.1°C · 5.1 mm rain
- Lichinga in AugustMozambique · 244 kmHigh 22.9°C · Low 11.2°C · 1.8 mm rain
- Njombe in AugustTanzania · 249 kmHigh 18.9°C · Low 8.4°C · 3.7 mm rain
- Katumba in AugustTanzania · 252 kmHigh 22.2°C · Low 12.5°C · 7.5 mm rain
- Nakonde in AugustZambia · 274 kmHigh 25.0°C · Low 12.4°C · 0.7 mm rain
- Tunduma in AugustTanzania · 277 kmHigh 24.1°C · Low 11.6°C · 0.7 mm rain
- Lilongwe in AugustMalawi · 279 kmHigh 24.7°C · Low 12.2°C · 0.6 mm rain
- Chipata in AugustZambia · 283 kmHigh 25.9°C · Low 14.0°C · 0.9 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.