Climate averages 1991–2020
Mzuzu weather
in January.
A warm, very wet month: the 4th warmest and the wettest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
January is a warm month in Mzuzu: daytime highs average 24.5°C and nights cool to about 17.4°C. By daytime temperature it is the 4th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 300 mm of rain on roughly 29 days, which makes January a very wet month (the wettest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 43 min on an average January day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Songea (198 km away). In January its highs average 26.4°C, 1.9°C warmer than Mzuzu, with 315 mm of rain.
Among the 4 cities listed in Malawi, Mzuzu ranks 4th of 4 for the warmest January highs and 3rd of 4 for the driest January (rainfall, lowest first). The mean January high of those 4 cities is 25.5°C; Mzuzu is 1.0°C cooler than that mean.
From January to February, average highs fall by 0.1°C to 24.4°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 300 mm to 255 mm.
The annual picture
January 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, selected | 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 | 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
January in nearby cities
- Songea in JanuaryTanzania · 198 kmHigh 26.4°C · Low 18.5°C · 315 mm rain
- Lichinga in JanuaryMozambique · 244 kmHigh 23.6°C · Low 16.8°C · 309 mm rain
- Njombe in JanuaryTanzania · 249 kmHigh 21.5°C · Low 13.4°C · 268 mm rain
- Katumba in JanuaryTanzania · 252 kmHigh 25.0°C · Low 17.6°C · 456 mm rain
- Nakonde in JanuaryZambia · 274 kmHigh 23.7°C · Low 15.7°C · 277 mm rain
- Tunduma in JanuaryTanzania · 277 kmHigh 22.9°C · Low 14.9°C · 277 mm rain
- Lilongwe in JanuaryMalawi · 279 kmHigh 25.6°C · Low 18.1°C · 208 mm rain
- Chipata in JanuaryZambia · 283 kmHigh 25.2°C · Low 18.3°C · 279 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.