Satellite: Sentinel-2 cloudless 2016 by EOX IT Services GmbH · CC BY 4.0 · Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data 2016
Climate guideThirty-year normals for Kasungu
Kasungu climate by month
Monsoon-influenced humid subtropical · CwaBest Jun–Aug
Annual mean22°day and night
Seasonal swing7°warmest vs coolest
Precipitation819 mm132 wet days a year
13.03° S, 33.48° EElevation 1,051 mUTC+2 · Central Africa Time
When to goKasungu · weather score
Best timeJun–Aug
October: high / low30° / 19°
iSummary
What the weather is like
Kasungu has a monsoon-influenced humid subtropical climate (Köppen Cwa): a dry winter and a wetter summer.
The warmest month is November, when afternoons average 30° and nights 20°. July is the coolest month, with highs of 24° and lows of 12°. The difference between the warmest and the coolest month is about 7°, a small seasonal swing typical of places tempered by the sea.
About 819 mm of precipitation falls in an average year. January is the wettest month (209 mm, 29 wet days) and June the driest (1 mm, 0 wet days). Cloud cover ranges from 9% in September to 72% in January.
Compared with Lilongwe, the capital, Kasungu is 0.6° warmer on a November afternoon and receives more precipitation over the year.
Year in figures
- Hottest afternoons
- 30° · November
- Coldest nights
- 12° · July
- Wettest month
- January
- Driest month
- June
- Clearest skies
- September · 9% cloud
- Longest day
- 12 h 53 min
- Shortest day
- 11 h 22 min
iiCharts
Twelve months at a glance
Temperature and precipitation
Daily high/low range bars, monthly precipitation columnsTemperature curve
Average high, lowDaylight
Hours between sunrise and sunset on the 15th of each monthiiiData table
Climate normals month by month
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Average high | 26° | 26° | 26° | 26° | 26° | 24° | 24° | 25° | 28° | 30° | 30° | 28° |
| Average low | 19° | 19° | 18° | 17° | 15° | 12° | 12° | 13° | 16° | 19° | 20° | 19° |
| Precipitation | 209 mm | 201 mm | 126 mm | 24 mm | 6 mm | 1 mm | 2 mm | 1 mm | 1 mm | 8 mm | 56 mm | 184 mm |
| Wet days (≥1 mm) | 28.9 | 24.3 | 22.4 | 10.2 | 2 | 0.2 | 0.6 | 0.5 | 0.6 | 2.9 | 12.1 | 27.6 |
| Cloud cover | 72% | 68% | 50% | 23% | 15% | 11% | 12% | 10% | 9% | 13% | 29% | 59% |
| Daylight | 12h 49 | 12h 31 | 12h 11 | 11h 49 | 11h 31 | 11h 22 | 11h 25 | 11h 40 | 12h 01 | 12h 23 | 12h 43 | 12h 53 |
| Month score | 44 | 46 | 54 | 72 | 93 | 100 | 99 | 98 | 86 | 73 | 49 | 42 |
ivMonth by month
Kasungu in every month
January44
26° / 19°
209 mm · 28.9 wet days
February46
26° / 19°
201 mm · 24.3 wet days
March54
26° / 18°
126 mm · 22.4 wet days
April72
26° / 17°
24 mm · 10.2 wet days
May93
26° / 15°
6 mm · 2 wet days
June100
24° / 12°
1 mm · 0.2 wet days
July99
24° / 12°
2 mm · 0.6 wet day
August98
25° / 13°
1 mm · 0.5 wet day
September86
28° / 16°
1 mm · 0.6 wet day
October73
30° / 19°
8 mm · 2.9 wet days
November49
30° / 20°
56 mm · 12.1 wet days
December42
28° / 19°
184 mm · 27.6 wet days