Climate averages 1991–2020
Lichinga weather
in February.
A warm, very wet month: the joint 5th warmest and the 11th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
February is a warm month in Lichinga: daytime highs average 23.6°C and nights cool to about 16.6°C. By daytime temperature it is the joint 5th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 241 mm of rain on roughly 25 days, which makes February a very wet month (the 11th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 32 min on an average February day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Mandimba (124 km away). In February its highs average 27.1°C, 3.5°C warmer than Lichinga, with 244 mm of rain.
Among the 22 cities listed in Mozambique, Lichinga ranks 22nd of 22 for the warmest February highs and 20th of 22 for the driest February (rainfall, lowest first). The mean February high of those 22 cities is 29.0°C; Lichinga is 5.4°C cooler than that mean.
From February to March, average highs fall by 0.1°C to 23.6°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 241 mm to 174 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
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, selected | 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 | 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
February in nearby cities
- Mandimba in FebruaryMozambique · 124 kmHigh 27.1°C · Low 19.8°C · 244 mm rain
- Lilongwe in FebruaryMalawi · 173 kmHigh 25.5°C · Low 17.8°C · 159 mm rain
- Cuamba in FebruaryMozambique · 217 kmHigh 28.4°C · Low 20.9°C · 183 mm rain
- Zomba in FebruaryMalawi · 231 kmHigh 26.4°C · Low 19.5°C · 169 mm rain
- Mzuzu in FebruaryMalawi · 244 kmHigh 24.4°C · Low 17.3°C · 255 mm rain
- Blantyre in FebruaryMalawi · 276 kmHigh 25.5°C · Low 18.6°C · 204 mm rain
- Chipata in FebruaryZambia · 282 kmHigh 25.3°C · Low 18.0°C · 221 mm rain
- Songea in FebruaryTanzania · 296 kmHigh 26.1°C · Low 18.4°C · 273 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.