Climate averages 1991–2020
Lichinga weather
in October.
A warm, fairly dry month: one of the warmest and the 6th driest of the year. Meets the pleasant-weather rule
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
October is a warm month in Lichinga: daytime highs average 27.3°C and nights cool to about 16.3°C. By daytime temperature it is one of the warmest months of the year.
Expect about 21 mm of rain on roughly 5 days, which makes October a fairly dry month (the 6th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 23 min on an average October day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Mandimba (124 km away). In October its highs average 30.7°C, 3.4°C warmer than Lichinga, with 15 mm of rain.
Among the 22 cities listed in Mozambique, Lichinga ranks 18th of 22 for the warmest October highs and 11th of 22 for the driest October (rainfall, lowest first). The mean October high of those 22 cities is 29.8°C; Lichinga is 2.5°C cooler than that mean.
From October to November, average highs stay level at 27.3°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 21 mm to 79 mm.
The annual picture
October 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, selected | 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
October in nearby cities
- Mandimba in OctoberMozambique · 124 kmHigh 30.7°C · Low 19.2°C · 15 mm rain
- Lilongwe in OctoberMalawi · 173 kmHigh 29.2°C · Low 17.6°C · 9.9 mm rain
- Cuamba in OctoberMozambique · 217 kmHigh 32.1°C · Low 20.4°C · 11 mm rain
- Zomba in OctoberMalawi · 231 kmHigh 29.1°C · Low 18.2°C · 16 mm rain
- Mzuzu in OctoberMalawi · 244 kmHigh 25.8°C · Low 16.2°C · 43 mm rain
- Blantyre in OctoberMalawi · 276 kmHigh 28.6°C · Low 17.5°C · 29 mm rain
- Chipata in OctoberZambia · 282 kmHigh 30.8°C · Low 19.2°C · 18 mm rain
- Songea in OctoberTanzania · 296 kmHigh 28.8°C · Low 17.0°C · 22 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.