Climate averages 1991–2020
Mzuzu weather
in December.
A warm, very wet month: the 3rd warmest and the 10th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
December is a warm month in Mzuzu: daytime highs average 24.7°C and nights cool to about 17.3°C. By daytime temperature it is the 3rd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 246 mm of rain on roughly 26 days, which makes December a very wet month (the 10th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 47 min on an average December day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Songea (198 km away). In December its highs average 27.2°C, 2.5°C warmer than Mzuzu, with 224 mm of rain.
Among the 4 cities listed in Malawi, Mzuzu ranks 4th of 4 for the warmest December highs and 4th of 4 for the driest December (rainfall, lowest first). The mean December high of those 4 cities is 26.5°C; Mzuzu is 1.8°C cooler than that mean.
From December to January, average highs fall by 0.2°C to 24.5°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 246 mm to 300 mm.
The annual picture
December 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 | 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, selected | 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
December in nearby cities
- Songea in DecemberTanzania · 198 kmHigh 27.2°C · Low 18.6°C · 224 mm rain
- Lichinga in DecemberMozambique · 244 kmHigh 24.7°C · Low 17.0°C · 236 mm rain
- Njombe in DecemberTanzania · 249 kmHigh 21.7°C · Low 13.4°C · 171 mm rain
- Katumba in DecemberTanzania · 252 kmHigh 25.1°C · Low 17.4°C · 400 mm rain
- Nakonde in DecemberZambia · 274 kmHigh 24.8°C · Low 15.9°C · 249 mm rain
- Tunduma in DecemberTanzania · 277 kmHigh 24.0°C · Low 15.1°C · 249 mm rain
- Lilongwe in DecemberMalawi · 279 kmHigh 27.2°C · Low 18.6°C · 142 mm rain
- Chipata in DecemberZambia · 283 kmHigh 27.0°C · Low 18.8°C · 240 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.