Climate averages 1991–2020
Mzuzu weather
in September.
A warm, very dry month: the 6th warmest and the driest of the year. Meets the pleasant-weather rule
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
September is a warm month in Mzuzu: daytime highs average 24.1°C and nights cool to about 14.3°C. By daytime temperature it is the 6th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 12 mm of rain on roughly 4 days, which makes September a very dry month (the driest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 02 min on an average September day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Songea (198 km away). In September its highs average 27.0°C, 2.9°C warmer than Mzuzu, with 4.2 mm of rain.
Among the 4 cities listed in Malawi, Mzuzu ranks 4th of 4 for the warmest September highs and 4th of 4 for the driest September (rainfall, lowest first). The mean September high of those 4 cities is 26.4°C; Mzuzu is 2.3°C cooler than that mean.
From September to October, average highs rise by 1.7°C to 25.8°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 12 mm to 43 mm.
The annual picture
September 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, selected | 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
September in nearby cities
- Songea in SeptemberTanzania · 198 kmHigh 27.0°C · Low 14.5°C · 4.2 mm rain
- Lichinga in SeptemberMozambique · 244 kmHigh 25.7°C · Low 13.9°C · 2.9 mm rain
- Njombe in SeptemberTanzania · 249 kmHigh 20.9°C · Low 9.4°C · 3.6 mm rain
- Katumba in SeptemberTanzania · 252 kmHigh 25.1°C · Low 14.1°C · 11 mm rain
- Nakonde in SeptemberZambia · 274 kmHigh 27.4°C · Low 13.9°C · 2.6 mm rain
- Tunduma in SeptemberTanzania · 277 kmHigh 26.5°C · Low 13.1°C · 2.6 mm rain
- Lilongwe in SeptemberMalawi · 279 kmHigh 27.4°C · Low 14.9°C · 1.3 mm rain
- Chipata in SeptemberZambia · 283 kmHigh 29.1°C · Low 16.9°C · 1.8 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.