Climate averages 1991–2020
Zomba weather
in February.
A warm, wet month: the joint 5th warmest and the 10th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
February is a warm month in Zomba: daytime highs average 26.4°C and nights cool to about 19.5°C. By daytime temperature it is the joint 5th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 169 mm of rain on roughly 19 days, which makes February a wet month (the 10th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 36 min on an average February day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Blantyre (55 km away). In February its highs average 25.5°C, 1.0°C cooler than Zomba, with 204 mm of rain.
Among the 4 cities listed in Malawi, Zomba ranks 1st of 4 for the warmest February highs and 2nd of 4 for the driest February (rainfall, lowest first). The mean February high of those 4 cities is 25.5°C; Zomba is 1.0°C warmer than that mean.
From February to March, average highs fall by 0.1°C to 26.3°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 169 mm to 121 mm.
The annual picture
February 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, selected | 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 | 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
February in nearby cities
- Blantyre in FebruaryMalawi · 55 kmHigh 25.5°C · Low 18.6°C · 204 mm rain
- Mandimba in FebruaryMozambique · 120 kmHigh 27.1°C · Low 19.8°C · 244 mm rain
- Cuamba in FebruaryMozambique · 146 kmHigh 28.4°C · Low 20.9°C · 183 mm rain
- Gurúè in FebruaryMozambique · 178 kmHigh 27.4°C · Low 20.1°C · 252 mm rain
- Tete in FebruaryMozambique · 204 kmHigh 31.3°C · Low 23.8°C · 148 mm rain
- Lilongwe in FebruaryMalawi · 228 kmHigh 25.5°C · Low 17.8°C · 159 mm rain
- Lichinga in FebruaryMozambique · 231 kmHigh 23.6°C · Low 16.6°C · 241 mm rain
- Mocuba in FebruaryMozambique · 240 kmHigh 30.4°C · Low 22.7°C · 164 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.