Lilongwe
Elevation 1050 m13.99° S, 33.77° E
When to go?
Mean 23 °C, 20 rain days in the month (207 mm).
Against
- Often rainyrain on 6 days in 10
Mean 23 °C, 17 rain days in the month (163 mm).
Against
- Often rainyrain on 6 days in 10
Mean 22 °C, 13 rain days in the month (128 mm).
Nothing against it.
Mean 21 °C, 4 rain days in the month (32 mm).
Good for
- Ideal to visitTemperature and rain in the ideal range.
Mean 20 °C, 1 rain day in the month (5 mm).
Good for
- Ideal to visitTemperature and rain in the ideal range.
Mean 18 °C, it hardly ever rains (2 mm).
Good for
- Ideal to visitTemperature and rain in the ideal range.
Mean 17 °C, it hardly ever rains (2 mm).
Good for
- Ideal to visitTemperature and rain in the ideal range.
Mean 19 °C, it hardly ever rains (1 mm).
Good for
- Ideal to visitTemperature and rain in the ideal range.
Mean 21 °C, it hardly ever rains (1 mm).
Good for
- Ideal to visitTemperature and rain in the ideal range.
Mean 24 °C, 1 rain day in the month (9 mm).
Nothing against it.
Mean 25 °C, 5 rain days in the month (38 mm).
Against
- Hothighs of 31 °C
Mean 24 °C, 14 rain days in the month (144 mm).
Nothing against it.
The best months are April–September. Avoid January–February (often rainy), November (hot).
What is the climate like?
Temperature and rain
Monthly min and max temperature (°C)
Monthly min and max temperature (°C)
How much it rains
Rain days and how much water
Rain days and how much water
Bars: length = rain days, thickness = mm on a rain day, area = the month's rain. 3 mm a day7 mm a day15 mm a day
Colour = the month's rain: 103060100160250400mm
Daylight hours
Daylight and sky: sunrise, sunset and cloud cover
daylight under a clear sky (average share)daylight under cloud
daylight under a clear sky (average share)daylight under cloud
Times on the 15th of each month, in local time: daylight saving where and when it applies, standard time in the other months.
Effect of climate change
Today's climate (1996–2025) compared with 1961–1990:
In short
Year by year
Temperature of each year
Against 1961–1990 the mean temperature of today (1996–2025) has changed by +0.4 °C; in the last ten years by +0.5 °C. Warmest year: 1951 (+1.2 °C), coldest: 1974 (−0.7 °C).
November and December warmed the most (+1.0 and +0.9 °C), July the least (+0.1 °C).
Warming stripes: after an idea by Ed Hawkins (University of Reading), showyourstripes.info, CC BY 4.0.
Rain of each year (% against 1961–1990)
more rain than in 1961–1990less rain
Rain in a year: no clear trend, dry and wet years alternate as before.