Climate averages 1991–2020
Mzuzu weather
in March.
A warm, very wet month: the 7th warmest and the 9th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
March is a warm month in Mzuzu: daytime highs average 23.6°C and nights cool to about 17.2°C. By daytime temperature it is the 7th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 223 mm of rain on roughly 29 days, which makes March a very wet month (the 9th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 10 min on an average March day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Songea (198 km away). In March its highs average 25.4°C, 1.7°C warmer than Mzuzu, with 261 mm of rain.
Among the 4 cities listed in Malawi, Mzuzu ranks 4th of 4 for the warmest March highs and 4th of 4 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 4 cities is 25.1°C; Mzuzu is 1.5°C cooler than that mean.
From March to April, average highs fall by 1.2°C to 22.4°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 223 mm to 140 mm.
The annual picture
March 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, selected | 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
March in nearby cities
- Songea in MarchTanzania · 198 kmHigh 25.4°C · Low 18.2°C · 261 mm rain
- Lichinga in MarchMozambique · 244 kmHigh 23.6°C · Low 16.2°C · 174 mm rain
- Njombe in MarchTanzania · 249 kmHigh 20.8°C · Low 13.6°C · 228 mm rain
- Katumba in MarchTanzania · 252 kmHigh 24.3°C · Low 17.3°C · 362 mm rain
- Nakonde in MarchZambia · 274 kmHigh 23.8°C · Low 15.9°C · 248 mm rain
- Tunduma in MarchTanzania · 277 kmHigh 23.0°C · Low 15.1°C · 248 mm rain
- Lilongwe in MarchMalawi · 279 kmHigh 25.3°C · Low 17.4°C · 113 mm rain
- Chipata in MarchZambia · 283 kmHigh 25.4°C · Low 17.7°C · 166 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.