Climate averages 1991–2020

Mzuzu weather
in July.

A mild, fairly dry month: the coolest and the 3rd driest of the year. Meets the pleasant-weather rule

Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.

Average high 19.4°C Daytime mean, July

Average low 10.7°C Night-time mean, July

Rainfall 19 mm 7 days with ≥1 mm

Daylight 12 h Sunrise to sunset, per day

July is a mild month in Mzuzu: daytime highs average 19.4°C and nights cool to about 10.7°C. By daytime temperature it is the coolest month of the year.

Expect about 19 mm of rain on roughly 7 days, which makes July a fairly dry month (the 3rd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 31 min on an average July day.

The nearest other city in this atlas is Songea (198 km away). In July its highs average 22.5°C, 3.2°C warmer than Mzuzu, with 3.8 mm of rain.

Among the 4 cities listed in Malawi, Mzuzu ranks 4th of 4 for the warmest July highs and 4th of 4 for the driest July (rainfall, lowest first). The mean July high of those 4 cities is 21.2°C; Mzuzu is 1.8°C cooler than that mean.

From July to August, average highs rise by 1.9°C to 21.3°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 19 mm to 16 mm.

The annual picture

July in context

30-year average

Average highAverage low°C

Monthly rainfall

Average total · mm

Averages 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

1991–2020

Monthly climate averages for Mzuzu, 1991–2020
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, selected	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

July in nearby cities

Distance from Mzuzu

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 limits

How 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.