Climate averages 1991–2020
Lichinga 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 Lichinga: daytime highs average 23.6°C and nights cool to about 16.8°C. By daytime temperature it is the joint 5th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 309 mm of rain on roughly 29 days, which makes January a very wet month (the wettest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 49 min on an average January day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Mandimba (124 km away). In January its highs average 27.2°C, 3.6°C warmer than Lichinga, with 334 mm of rain.
Among the 22 cities listed in Mozambique, Lichinga ranks 22nd of 22 for the warmest January highs and 20th of 22 for the driest January (rainfall, lowest first). The mean January high of those 22 cities is 29.1°C; Lichinga is 5.5°C cooler than that mean.
From January to February, average highs stay level at 23.6°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 309 mm to 241 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
Lichinga climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January, selected | 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 | 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
January in nearby cities
- Mandimba in JanuaryMozambique · 124 kmHigh 27.2°C · Low 20.1°C · 334 mm rain
- Lilongwe in JanuaryMalawi · 173 kmHigh 25.6°C · Low 18.1°C · 208 mm rain
- Cuamba in JanuaryMozambique · 217 kmHigh 28.5°C · Low 21.1°C · 257 mm rain
- Zomba in JanuaryMalawi · 231 kmHigh 26.4°C · Low 19.8°C · 274 mm rain
- Mzuzu in JanuaryMalawi · 244 kmHigh 24.5°C · Low 17.4°C · 300 mm rain
- Blantyre in JanuaryMalawi · 276 kmHigh 25.5°C · Low 19.0°C · 321 mm rain
- Chipata in JanuaryZambia · 282 kmHigh 25.2°C · Low 18.3°C · 279 mm rain
- Songea in JanuaryTanzania · 296 kmHigh 26.4°C · Low 18.5°C · 315 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.