Climate averages 1991–2020
Zomba weather
in December.
A warm, wet month: the 3rd warmest and the 11th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
December is a warm month in Zomba: daytime highs average 27.5°C and nights cool to about 20.0°C. By daytime temperature it is the 3rd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 179 mm of rain on roughly 22 days, which makes December a wet month (the 11th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 01 min on an average December day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Blantyre (55 km away). In December its highs average 26.7°C, 0.9°C cooler than Zomba, with 225 mm of rain.
Among the 4 cities listed in Malawi, Zomba ranks 1st of 4 for the warmest December highs and 2nd of 4 for the driest December (rainfall, lowest first). The mean December high of those 4 cities is 26.5°C; Zomba is 1.0°C warmer than that mean.
From December to January, average highs fall by 1.1°C to 26.4°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 179 mm to 274 mm.
The annual picture
December 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 | 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, selected | 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
December in nearby cities
- Blantyre in DecemberMalawi · 55 kmHigh 26.7°C · Low 19.1°C · 225 mm rain
- Mandimba in DecemberMozambique · 120 kmHigh 28.7°C · Low 20.4°C · 204 mm rain
- Cuamba in DecemberMozambique · 146 kmHigh 30.2°C · Low 21.6°C · 178 mm rain
- Gurúè in DecemberMozambique · 178 kmHigh 28.4°C · Low 20.3°C · 289 mm rain
- Tete in DecemberMozambique · 204 kmHigh 33.4°C · Low 24.5°C · 144 mm rain
- Lilongwe in DecemberMalawi · 228 kmHigh 27.2°C · Low 18.6°C · 142 mm rain
- Lichinga in DecemberMozambique · 231 kmHigh 24.7°C · Low 17.0°C · 236 mm rain
- Mocuba in DecemberMozambique · 240 kmHigh 32.4°C · Low 23.1°C · 169 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.