Climate averages 1991–2020
Zomba weather
in January.
A warm, very wet month: the joint 5th warmest and the wettest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
January is a warm month in Zomba: daytime highs average 26.4°C and nights cool to about 19.8°C. By daytime temperature it is the joint 5th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 274 mm of rain on roughly 26 days, which makes January a very wet month (the wettest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 56 min on an average January day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Blantyre (55 km away). In January its highs average 25.5°C, 0.9°C cooler than Zomba, with 321 mm of rain.
Among the 4 cities listed in Malawi, Zomba ranks 1st of 4 for the warmest January highs and 2nd of 4 for the driest January (rainfall, lowest first). The mean January high of those 4 cities is 25.5°C; Zomba is 0.9°C warmer than that mean.
From January to February, average highs stay level at 26.4°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 274 mm to 169 mm.
The annual picture
January 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, selected | 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 | 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
January in nearby cities
- Blantyre in JanuaryMalawi · 55 kmHigh 25.5°C · Low 19.0°C · 321 mm rain
- Mandimba in JanuaryMozambique · 120 kmHigh 27.2°C · Low 20.1°C · 334 mm rain
- Cuamba in JanuaryMozambique · 146 kmHigh 28.5°C · Low 21.1°C · 257 mm rain
- Gurúè in JanuaryMozambique · 178 kmHigh 27.5°C · Low 20.3°C · 372 mm rain
- Tete in JanuaryMozambique · 204 kmHigh 31.6°C · Low 24.1°C · 217 mm rain
- Lilongwe in JanuaryMalawi · 228 kmHigh 25.6°C · Low 18.1°C · 208 mm rain
- Lichinga in JanuaryMozambique · 231 kmHigh 23.6°C · Low 16.8°C · 309 mm rain
- Mocuba in JanuaryMozambique · 240 kmHigh 30.7°C · Low 23.0°C · 252 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.