Climate averages 1991–2020
Chipata weather
in June.
A warm, very dry month: the 11th warmest and the driest of the year. Meets the pleasant-weather rule
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
June is a warm month in Chipata: daytime highs average 23.6°C and nights cool to about 12.8°C. By daytime temperature it is the 11th warmest of the 12 months.
Rain is very rare: less than 1 mm falls in a typical June (the driest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 20 min on an average June day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Lilongwe (128 km away). In June its highs average 23.1°C, about as warm as Chipata, with almost no rain (under 1 mm).
Among the 24 cities listed in Zambia, Chipata ranks joint 14th of 24 for the warmest June highs and joint 16th of 24 for the driest June (rainfall, lowest first). The mean June high of those 24 cities is 23.8°C; Chipata is 0.3°C cooler than that mean.
From June to July, average highs fall by 0.3°C to 23.3°C, and monthly rainfall stays under 1 mm.
The annual picture
June 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 | 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, selected | 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
June in nearby cities
- Lilongwe in JuneMalawi · 128 kmHigh 23.1°C · Low 11.4°C · 0.7 mm rain
- Lichinga in JuneMozambique · 282 kmHigh 21.2°C · Low 10.0°C · 1.8 mm rain
- Mzuzu in JuneMalawi · 283 kmHigh 19.9°C · Low 11.3°C · 22 mm rain
- Tete in JuneMozambique · 298 kmHigh 27.9°C · Low 17.8°C · 2.7 mm rain
- Mandimba in JuneMozambique · 333 kmHigh 24.0°C · Low 13.9°C · 2.1 mm rain
- Zomba in JuneMalawi · 347 kmHigh 22.6°C · Low 12.9°C · 2.1 mm rain
- Blantyre in JuneMalawi · 349 kmHigh 21.3°C · Low 11.7°C · 11 mm rain
- Kasama in JuneZambia · 413 kmHigh 24.5°C · Low 11.3°C · 0.1 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.