Climate averages 1991–2020
Lichinga weather
in November.
A warm, moderately wet month: one of the warmest and the 8th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
November is a warm month in Lichinga: daytime highs average 27.3°C and nights cool to about 17.4°C. By daytime temperature it is one of the warmest months of the year.
Expect about 79 mm of rain on roughly 12 days, which makes November a moderately wet month (the 8th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 43 min on an average November day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Mandimba (124 km away). In November its highs average 31.2°C, 3.9°C warmer than Lichinga, with 58 mm of rain.
Among the 22 cities listed in Mozambique, Lichinga ranks 20th of 22 for the warmest November highs and 18th of 22 for the driest November (rainfall, lowest first). The mean November high of those 22 cities is 30.5°C; Lichinga is 3.2°C cooler than that mean.
From November to December, average highs fall by 2.6°C to 24.7°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 79 mm to 236 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
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, selected | 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
November in nearby cities
- Mandimba in NovemberMozambique · 124 kmHigh 31.2°C · Low 20.7°C · 58 mm rain
- Lilongwe in NovemberMalawi · 173 kmHigh 29.6°C · Low 18.9°C · 39 mm rain
- Cuamba in NovemberMozambique · 217 kmHigh 32.5°C · Low 21.9°C · 56 mm rain
- Zomba in NovemberMalawi · 231 kmHigh 29.5°C · Low 19.9°C · 62 mm rain
- Mzuzu in NovemberMalawi · 244 kmHigh 26.2°C · Low 17.2°C · 104 mm rain
- Blantyre in NovemberMalawi · 276 kmHigh 28.8°C · Low 19.0°C · 90 mm rain
- Chipata in NovemberZambia · 282 kmHigh 30.4°C · Low 19.9°C · 78 mm rain
- Songea in NovemberTanzania · 296 kmHigh 29.3°C · Low 18.6°C · 71 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.