Climate averages 1991–2020
Mzuzu weather
in November.
A warm, wet month: the warmest and the 7th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
November is a warm month in Mzuzu: daytime highs average 26.2°C and nights cool to about 17.2°C. By daytime temperature it is the warmest month of the year.
Expect about 104 mm of rain on roughly 14 days, which makes November a wet month (the 7th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 38 min on an average November day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Songea (198 km away). In November its highs average 29.3°C, 3.1°C warmer than Mzuzu, with 71 mm of rain.
Among the 4 cities listed in Malawi, Mzuzu ranks 4th of 4 for the warmest November highs and 4th of 4 for the driest November (rainfall, lowest first). The mean November high of those 4 cities is 28.5°C; Mzuzu is 2.3°C cooler than that mean.
From November to December, average highs fall by 1.5°C to 24.7°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 104 mm to 246 mm.
The annual picture
November 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 | 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, selected | 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
November in nearby cities
- Songea in NovemberTanzania · 198 kmHigh 29.3°C · Low 18.6°C · 71 mm rain
- Lichinga in NovemberMozambique · 244 kmHigh 27.3°C · Low 17.4°C · 79 mm rain
- Njombe in NovemberTanzania · 249 kmHigh 22.6°C · Low 12.7°C · 54 mm rain
- Katumba in NovemberTanzania · 252 kmHigh 26.0°C · Low 16.8°C · 179 mm rain
- Nakonde in NovemberZambia · 274 kmHigh 27.5°C · Low 16.3°C · 110 mm rain
- Tunduma in NovemberTanzania · 277 kmHigh 26.8°C · Low 15.4°C · 110 mm rain
- Lilongwe in NovemberMalawi · 279 kmHigh 29.6°C · Low 18.9°C · 39 mm rain
- Chipata in NovemberZambia · 283 kmHigh 30.4°C · Low 19.9°C · 78 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.