Climate averages 1991–2020
Chipata weather
in October.
A hot, fairly dry month: the warmest and the 6th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
October is a hot month in Chipata: daytime highs average 30.8°C and nights cool to about 19.2°C. By daytime temperature it is the warmest month of the year.
Expect about 18 mm of rain on roughly 3 days, which makes October a fairly dry month (the 6th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 24 min on an average October day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Lilongwe (128 km away). In October its highs average 29.2°C, 1.5°C cooler than Chipata, with 9.9 mm of rain.
Among the 24 cities listed in Zambia, Chipata ranks joint 16th of 24 for the warmest October highs and joint 17th of 24 for the driest October (rainfall, lowest first). The mean October high of those 24 cities is 31.2°C; Chipata is 0.4°C cooler than that mean.
From October to November, average highs fall by 0.4°C to 30.4°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 18 mm to 78 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
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 | 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, selected | 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
October in nearby cities
- Lilongwe in OctoberMalawi · 128 kmHigh 29.2°C · Low 17.6°C · 9.9 mm rain
- Lichinga in OctoberMozambique · 282 kmHigh 27.3°C · Low 16.3°C · 21 mm rain
- Mzuzu in OctoberMalawi · 283 kmHigh 25.8°C · Low 16.2°C · 43 mm rain
- Tete in OctoberMozambique · 298 kmHigh 35.7°C · Low 23.3°C · 6.6 mm rain
- Mandimba in OctoberMozambique · 333 kmHigh 30.7°C · Low 19.2°C · 15 mm rain
- Zomba in OctoberMalawi · 347 kmHigh 29.1°C · Low 18.2°C · 16 mm rain
- Blantyre in OctoberMalawi · 349 kmHigh 28.6°C · Low 17.5°C · 29 mm rain
- Kasama in OctoberZambia · 413 kmHigh 30.6°C · Low 17.4°C · 18 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.