Climate averages 1991–2020
Chipata weather
in April.
A warm, fairly dry month: the 9th warmest and the 7th driest of the year. Meets the pleasant-weather rule
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
April is a warm month in Chipata: daytime highs average 25.1°C and nights cool to about 16.5°C. By daytime temperature it is the 9th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 35 mm of rain on roughly 7 days, which makes April a fairly dry month (the 7th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 48 min on an average April day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Lilongwe (128 km away). In April its highs average 25.2°C, about as warm as Chipata, with 23 mm of rain.
Among the 24 cities listed in Zambia, Chipata ranks 16th of 24 for the warmest April highs and joint 17th of 24 for the driest April (rainfall, lowest first). The mean April high of those 24 cities is 25.5°C; Chipata is 0.3°C cooler than that mean.
From April to May, average highs fall by 0.1°C to 25.0°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 35 mm to 4.7 mm.
The annual picture
April 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
Chipata climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 25.2°C18.3°C | 18.3°C | 279 | 27.4 | 12.813 h |
| February | 25.3°C18.0°C | 18.0°C | 221 | 22.9 | 12.513 h |
| March | 25.4°C17.7°C | 17.7°C | 166 | 21.5 | 12.212 h |
| April, selected | 25.1°C16.5°C | 16.5°C | 35 | 7.3 | 11.812 h |
| May | 25.0°C14.8°C | 14.8°C | 4.7 | 1.2 | 11.511 h |
| June | 23.6°C12.8°C | 12.8°C | 0.6 | 0.1 | 11.311 h |
| July | 23.3°C12.2°C | 12.2°C | 0.7 | 0.2 | 11.411 h |
| August | 25.9°C14.0°C | 14.0°C | 0.9 | 0.2 | 11.712 h |
| September | 29.1°C16.9°C | 16.9°C | 1.8 | 0.4 | 12.012 h |
| October | 30.8°C19.2°C | 19.2°C | 18 | 3.4 | 12.412 h |
| November | 30.4°C19.9°C | 19.9°C | 78 | 12.0 | 12.713 h |
| December | 27.0°C18.8°C | 18.8°C | 240 | 25.2 | 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
April in nearby cities
- Lilongwe in AprilMalawi · 128 kmHigh 25.2°C · Low 15.7°C · 23 mm rain
- Lichinga in AprilMozambique · 282 kmHigh 23.1°C · Low 14.5°C · 44 mm rain
- Mzuzu in AprilMalawi · 283 kmHigh 22.4°C · Low 15.9°C · 140 mm rain
- Tete in AprilMozambique · 298 kmHigh 31.4°C · Low 22.0°C · 17 mm rain
- Mandimba in AprilMozambique · 333 kmHigh 26.2°C · Low 17.9°C · 40 mm rain
- Zomba in AprilMalawi · 347 kmHigh 25.6°C · Low 17.3°C · 26 mm rain
- Blantyre in AprilMalawi · 349 kmHigh 24.2°C · Low 16.1°C · 50 mm rain
- Kasama in AprilZambia · 413 kmHigh 24.4°C · Low 15.6°C · 85 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 Chipata) is explained once on the Chipata year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.