Climate averages 1991–2020
Zomba weather
in April.
A warm, fairly dry month: the 8th warmest and the 7th driest of the year. Meets the pleasant-weather rule
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
April is a warm month in Zomba: daytime highs average 25.6°C and nights cool to about 17.3°C. By daytime temperature it is the 8th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 26 mm of rain on roughly 5 days, which makes April a fairly dry month (the 7th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 46 min on an average April day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Blantyre (55 km away). In April its highs average 24.2°C, 1.3°C cooler than Zomba, with 50 mm of rain.
Among the 4 cities listed in Malawi, Zomba ranks 1st of 4 for the warmest April highs and 2nd of 4 for the driest April (rainfall, lowest first). The mean April high of those 4 cities is 24.4°C; Zomba is 1.2°C warmer than that mean.
From April to May, average highs fall by 1.1°C to 24.4°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 26 mm to 4.8 mm.
The annual picture
April 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
Zomba climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 26.4°C19.8°C | 19.8°C | 274 | 25.6 | 12.913 h |
| February | 26.4°C19.5°C | 19.5°C | 169 | 19.3 | 12.613 h |
| March | 26.3°C19.0°C | 19.0°C | 121 | 16.5 | 12.212 h |
| April, selected | 25.6°C17.3°C | 17.3°C | 26 | 5.3 | 11.812 h |
| May | 24.4°C14.8°C | 14.8°C | 4.8 | 1.2 | 11.411 h |
| June | 22.6°C12.9°C | 12.9°C | 2.1 | 0.4 | 11.211 h |
| July | 22.0°C12.3°C | 12.3°C | 2.3 | 0.6 | 11.311 h |
| August | 24.3°C13.3°C | 13.3°C | 1.5 | 0.4 | 11.612 h |
| September | 27.2°C15.6°C | 15.6°C | 2.4 | 0.6 | 12.012 h |
| October | 29.1°C18.2°C | 18.2°C | 16 | 2.7 | 12.412 h |
| November | 29.5°C19.9°C | 19.9°C | 62 | 9.3 | 12.813 h |
| December | 27.5°C20.0°C | 20.0°C | 179 | 21.5 | 13.013 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
April in nearby cities
- Blantyre in AprilMalawi · 55 kmHigh 24.2°C · Low 16.1°C · 50 mm rain
- Mandimba in AprilMozambique · 120 kmHigh 26.2°C · Low 17.9°C · 40 mm rain
- Cuamba in AprilMozambique · 146 kmHigh 28.0°C · Low 19.1°C · 29 mm rain
- Gurúè in AprilMozambique · 178 kmHigh 25.7°C · Low 18.2°C · 87 mm rain
- Tete in AprilMozambique · 204 kmHigh 31.4°C · Low 22.0°C · 17 mm rain
- Lilongwe in AprilMalawi · 228 kmHigh 25.2°C · Low 15.7°C · 23 mm rain
- Lichinga in AprilMozambique · 231 kmHigh 23.1°C · Low 14.5°C · 44 mm rain
- Mocuba in AprilMozambique · 240 kmHigh 28.7°C · Low 20.5°C · 55 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 Zomba) is explained once on the Zomba year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.