Climate averages 1991–2020
Lichinga weather
in March.
A warm, wet month: the joint 5th warmest and the 9th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
March is a warm month in Lichinga: daytime highs average 23.6°C and nights cool to about 16.2°C. By daytime temperature it is the joint 5th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 174 mm of rain on roughly 24 days, which makes March a wet month (the 9th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 11 min on an average March day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Mandimba (124 km away). In March its highs average 26.9°C, 3.3°C warmer than Lichinga, with 151 mm of rain.
Among the 22 cities listed in Mozambique, Lichinga ranks 22nd of 22 for the warmest March highs and 19th of 22 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 22 cities is 28.6°C; Lichinga is 5.1°C cooler than that mean.
From March to April, average highs fall by 0.5°C to 23.1°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 174 mm to 44 mm.
The annual picture
March 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, selected | 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
March in nearby cities
- Mandimba in MarchMozambique · 124 kmHigh 26.9°C · Low 19.4°C · 151 mm rain
- Lilongwe in MarchMalawi · 173 kmHigh 25.3°C · Low 17.4°C · 113 mm rain
- Cuamba in MarchMozambique · 217 kmHigh 28.3°C · Low 20.5°C · 109 mm rain
- Zomba in MarchMalawi · 231 kmHigh 26.3°C · Low 19.0°C · 121 mm rain
- Mzuzu in MarchMalawi · 244 kmHigh 23.6°C · Low 17.2°C · 223 mm rain
- Blantyre in MarchMalawi · 276 kmHigh 25.2°C · Low 18.0°C · 166 mm rain
- Chipata in MarchZambia · 282 kmHigh 25.4°C · Low 17.7°C · 166 mm rain
- Songea in MarchTanzania · 296 kmHigh 25.4°C · Low 18.2°C · 261 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.