Climate averages 1991–2020
Mzuzu weather
in October.
A warm, moderately wet month: the 2nd warmest and the 5th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
October is a warm month in Mzuzu: daytime highs average 25.8°C and nights cool to about 16.2°C. By daytime temperature it is the 2nd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 43 mm of rain on roughly 9 days, which makes October a moderately wet month (the 5th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 21 min on an average October day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Songea (198 km away). In October its highs average 28.8°C, 3.0°C warmer than Mzuzu, with 22 mm of rain.
Among the 4 cities listed in Malawi, Mzuzu ranks 4th of 4 for the warmest October highs and 4th of 4 for the driest October (rainfall, lowest first). The mean October high of those 4 cities is 28.2°C; Mzuzu is 2.4°C cooler than that mean.
From October to November, average highs rise by 0.4°C to 26.2°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 43 mm to 104 mm.
The annual picture
October 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, selected | 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
October in nearby cities
- Songea in OctoberTanzania · 198 kmHigh 28.8°C · Low 17.0°C · 22 mm rain
- Lichinga in OctoberMozambique · 244 kmHigh 27.3°C · Low 16.3°C · 21 mm rain
- Njombe in OctoberTanzania · 249 kmHigh 22.3°C · Low 11.2°C · 18 mm rain
- Katumba in OctoberTanzania · 252 kmHigh 26.2°C · Low 15.9°C · 48 mm rain
- Nakonde in OctoberZambia · 274 kmHigh 28.7°C · Low 15.8°C · 20 mm rain
- Tunduma in OctoberTanzania · 277 kmHigh 27.8°C · Low 14.9°C · 20 mm rain
- Lilongwe in OctoberMalawi · 279 kmHigh 29.2°C · Low 17.6°C · 9.9 mm rain
- Chipata in OctoberZambia · 283 kmHigh 30.8°C · Low 19.2°C · 18 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.