Climate averages 1991–2020
Lichinga weather
in December.
A warm, very wet month: the 4th warmest and the 10th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
December is a warm month in Lichinga: daytime highs average 24.7°C and nights cool to about 17.0°C. By daytime temperature it is the 4th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 236 mm of rain on roughly 25 days, which makes December a very wet month (the 10th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 54 min on an average December day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Mandimba (124 km away). In December its highs average 28.7°C, 4.0°C warmer than Lichinga, with 204 mm of rain.
Among the 22 cities listed in Mozambique, Lichinga ranks 22nd of 22 for the warmest December highs and 21st of 22 for the driest December (rainfall, lowest first). The mean December high of those 22 cities is 29.9°C; Lichinga is 5.1°C cooler than that mean.
From December to January, average highs fall by 1.1°C to 23.6°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 236 mm to 309 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
Lichinga climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 23.6°C16.8°C | 16.8°C | 309 | 29.0 | 12.813 h |
| February | 23.6°C16.6°C | 16.6°C | 241 | 24.8 | 12.513 h |
| March | 23.6°C16.2°C | 16.2°C | 174 | 23.7 | 12.212 h |
| April | 23.1°C14.5°C | 14.5°C | 44 | 10.5 | 11.812 h |
| May | 22.7°C12.2°C | 12.2°C | 8.9 | 2.3 | 11.512 h |
| June | 21.2°C10.0°C | 10.0°C | 1.8 | 0.4 | 11.411 h |
| July | 20.7°C9.6°C | 9.6°C | 1.7 | 0.5 | 11.411 h |
| August | 22.9°C11.2°C | 11.2°C | 1.8 | 0.5 | 11.712 h |
| September | 25.7°C13.9°C | 13.9°C | 2.9 | 0.6 | 12.012 h |
| October | 27.3°C16.3°C | 16.3°C | 21 | 4.5 | 12.412 h |
| November | 27.3°C17.4°C | 17.4°C | 79 | 11.8 | 12.713 h |
| December, selected | 24.7°C17.0°C | 17.0°C | 236 | 24.5 | 12.913 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
- Mandimba in DecemberMozambique · 124 kmHigh 28.7°C · Low 20.4°C · 204 mm rain
- Lilongwe in DecemberMalawi · 173 kmHigh 27.2°C · Low 18.6°C · 142 mm rain
- Cuamba in DecemberMozambique · 217 kmHigh 30.2°C · Low 21.6°C · 178 mm rain
- Zomba in DecemberMalawi · 231 kmHigh 27.5°C · Low 20.0°C · 179 mm rain
- Mzuzu in DecemberMalawi · 244 kmHigh 24.7°C · Low 17.3°C · 246 mm rain
- Blantyre in DecemberMalawi · 276 kmHigh 26.7°C · Low 19.1°C · 225 mm rain
- Chipata in DecemberZambia · 282 kmHigh 27.0°C · Low 18.8°C · 240 mm rain
- Songea in DecemberTanzania · 296 kmHigh 27.2°C · Low 18.6°C · 224 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 Lichinga) is explained once on the Lichinga year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.