Climate averages 1991–2020
Zomba weather
in November.
A hot, moderately wet month: the warmest and the 8th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
November is a hot month in Zomba: daytime highs average 29.5°C and nights cool to about 19.9°C. By daytime temperature it is the warmest month of the year.
Expect about 62 mm of rain on roughly 9 days, which makes November a moderately wet month (the 8th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 49 min on an average November day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Blantyre (55 km away). In November its highs average 28.8°C, 0.7°C cooler than Zomba, with 90 mm of rain.
Among the 4 cities listed in Malawi, Zomba ranks 2nd of 4 for the warmest November highs and 2nd of 4 for the driest November (rainfall, lowest first). The mean November high of those 4 cities is 28.5°C; Zomba is 1.0°C warmer than that mean.
From November to December, average highs fall by 1.9°C to 27.5°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 62 mm to 179 mm.
The annual picture
November 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, selected | 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
November in nearby cities
- Blantyre in NovemberMalawi · 55 kmHigh 28.8°C · Low 19.0°C · 90 mm rain
- Mandimba in NovemberMozambique · 120 kmHigh 31.2°C · Low 20.7°C · 58 mm rain
- Cuamba in NovemberMozambique · 146 kmHigh 32.5°C · Low 21.9°C · 56 mm rain
- Gurúè in NovemberMozambique · 178 kmHigh 30.2°C · Low 20.1°C · 111 mm rain
- Tete in NovemberMozambique · 204 kmHigh 36.4°C · Low 24.9°C · 41 mm rain
- Lilongwe in NovemberMalawi · 228 kmHigh 29.6°C · Low 18.9°C · 39 mm rain
- Lichinga in NovemberMozambique · 231 kmHigh 27.3°C · Low 17.4°C · 79 mm rain
- Mocuba in NovemberMozambique · 240 kmHigh 34.7°C · Low 22.8°C · 69 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.