Climate averages 1991–2020
Mzuzu weather
in May.
A mild, moderately wet month: the 9th warmest and the 6th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
May is a mild month in Mzuzu: daytime highs average 21.4°C and nights cool to about 13.7°C. By daytime temperature it is the 9th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 50 mm of rain on roughly 14 days, which makes May a moderately wet month (the 6th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 36 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Songea (198 km away). In May its highs average 23.6°C, 2.2°C warmer than Mzuzu, with 29 mm of rain.
Among the 4 cities listed in Malawi, Mzuzu ranks 4th of 4 for the warmest May highs and 4th of 4 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 4 cities is 23.4°C; Mzuzu is 2.0°C cooler than that mean.
From May to June, average highs fall by 1.5°C to 19.9°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 50 mm to 22 mm.
The annual picture
May 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, selected | 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
May in nearby cities
- Songea in MayTanzania · 198 kmHigh 23.6°C · Low 15.4°C · 29 mm rain
- Lichinga in MayMozambique · 244 kmHigh 22.7°C · Low 12.2°C · 8.9 mm rain
- Njombe in MayTanzania · 249 kmHigh 19.0°C · Low 11.0°C · 18 mm rain
- Katumba in MayTanzania · 252 kmHigh 21.5°C · Low 14.8°C · 44 mm rain
- Nakonde in MayZambia · 274 kmHigh 23.5°C · Low 14.1°C · 14 mm rain
- Tunduma in MayTanzania · 277 kmHigh 22.7°C · Low 13.3°C · 14 mm rain
- Lilongwe in MayMalawi · 279 kmHigh 24.8°C · Low 13.5°C · 3.5 mm rain
- Chipata in MayZambia · 283 kmHigh 25.0°C · Low 14.8°C · 4.7 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.