Climate averages 1991–2020
Chipata weather
in March.
A warm, wet month: the 6th 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 Chipata: daytime highs average 25.4°C and nights cool to about 17.7°C. By daytime temperature it is the 6th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 166 mm of rain on roughly 22 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 Lilongwe (128 km away). In March its highs average 25.3°C, about as warm as Chipata, with 113 mm of rain.
Among the 24 cities listed in Zambia, Chipata ranks joint 13th of 24 for the warmest March highs and 14th of 24 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 24 cities is 25.6°C; Chipata is 0.2°C cooler than that mean.
From March to April, average highs fall by 0.2°C to 25.1°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 166 mm to 35 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
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, selected | 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 | 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
March in nearby cities
- Lilongwe in MarchMalawi · 128 kmHigh 25.3°C · Low 17.4°C · 113 mm rain
- Lichinga in MarchMozambique · 282 kmHigh 23.6°C · Low 16.2°C · 174 mm rain
- Mzuzu in MarchMalawi · 283 kmHigh 23.6°C · Low 17.2°C · 223 mm rain
- Tete in MarchMozambique · 298 kmHigh 31.6°C · Low 23.5°C · 71 mm rain
- Mandimba in MarchMozambique · 333 kmHigh 26.9°C · Low 19.4°C · 151 mm rain
- Zomba in MarchMalawi · 347 kmHigh 26.3°C · Low 19.0°C · 121 mm rain
- Blantyre in MarchMalawi · 349 kmHigh 25.2°C · Low 18.0°C · 166 mm rain
- Kasama in MarchZambia · 413 kmHigh 25.0°C · Low 16.6°C · 216 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.