Climate averages 1991–2020
Mzuzu weather
in February.
A warm, very wet month: the 5th warmest and the 11th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
February is a warm month in Mzuzu: daytime highs average 24.4°C and nights cool to about 17.3°C. By daytime temperature it is the 5th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 255 mm of rain on roughly 25 days, which makes February a very wet month (the 11th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 29 min on an average February day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Songea (198 km away). In February its highs average 26.1°C, 1.7°C warmer than Mzuzu, with 273 mm of rain.
Among the 4 cities listed in Malawi, Mzuzu ranks 4th of 4 for the warmest February highs and 4th of 4 for the driest February (rainfall, lowest first). The mean February high of those 4 cities is 25.5°C; Mzuzu is 1.0°C cooler than that mean.
From February to March, average highs fall by 0.8°C to 23.6°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 255 mm to 223 mm.
The annual picture
February 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, selected | 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 | 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
February in nearby cities
- Songea in FebruaryTanzania · 198 kmHigh 26.1°C · Low 18.4°C · 273 mm rain
- Lichinga in FebruaryMozambique · 244 kmHigh 23.6°C · Low 16.6°C · 241 mm rain
- Njombe in FebruaryTanzania · 249 kmHigh 21.6°C · Low 13.3°C · 263 mm rain
- Katumba in FebruaryTanzania · 252 kmHigh 25.2°C · Low 17.6°C · 370 mm rain
- Nakonde in FebruaryZambia · 274 kmHigh 23.9°C · Low 15.7°C · 221 mm rain
- Tunduma in FebruaryTanzania · 277 kmHigh 23.2°C · Low 14.9°C · 221 mm rain
- Lilongwe in FebruaryMalawi · 279 kmHigh 25.5°C · Low 17.8°C · 159 mm rain
- Chipata in FebruaryZambia · 283 kmHigh 25.3°C · Low 18.0°C · 221 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.