Climate guideThirty-year normals for Lilongwe
Lilongwe climate by month
Hot-summer Mediterranean · CsaBest Jun–Aug
Annual mean21°day and night
Seasonal swing7°warmest vs coolest
Precipitation799 mm125 wet days a year
13.97° S, 33.79° EElevation 1,056 mUTC+2 · Central Africa Time
When to goLilongwe · weather score
Best timeJun–Aug
October: high / low29° / 18°
iSummary
What the weather is like
Lilongwe has a hot-summer Mediterranean climate (Köppen Csa): dry, sunny summers and mild, wetter winters.
The warmest month is November, when afternoons average 30° and nights 19°. July is the coolest month, with highs of 23° and lows of 11°. The difference between the warmest and the coolest month is about 7°, a small seasonal swing typical of places tempered by the sea.
About 799 mm of precipitation falls in an average year. January is the wettest month (220 mm, 29 wet days) and June the driest (1 mm, 0 wet days). Cloud cover ranges from 10% in September to 67% in January.
Year in figures
- Hottest afternoons
- 30° · November
- Coldest nights
- 11° · July
- Wettest month
- January
- Driest month
- June
- Clearest skies
- September · 10% cloud
- Longest day
- 12 h 57 min
- Shortest day
- 11 h 18 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° | 25° | 23° | 23° | 25° | 27° | 29° | 30° | 28° |
| Average low | 18° | 18° | 18° | 16° | 14° | 12° | 11° | 12° | 15° | 18° | 19° | 19° |
| Precipitation | 220 mm | 186 mm | 124 mm | 31 mm | 5 mm | 1 mm | 2 mm | 1 mm | 2 mm | 9 mm | 55 mm | 163 mm |
| Wet days (≥1 mm) | 28.9 | 23.6 | 21.1 | 8.8 | 1.7 | 0.1 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.5 | 2.6 | 10.3 | 27.3 |
| Cloud cover | 67% | 60% | 45% | 22% | 16% | 13% | 14% | 12% | 10% | 13% | 30% | 58% |
| Daylight | 12h 52 | 12h 33 | 12h 11 | 11h 48 | 11h 28 | 11h 18 | 11h 22 | 11h 38 | 12h 01 | 12h 24 | 12h 45 | 12h 57 |
| Month score | 47 | 50 | 57 | 76 | 96 | 100 | 99 | 99 | 89 | 77 | 56 | 44 |
ivMonth by month
Lilongwe in every month
January47
26° / 18°
220 mm · 28.9 wet days
February50
26° / 18°
186 mm · 23.6 wet days
March57
26° / 18°
124 mm · 21.1 wet days
April76
26° / 16°
31 mm · 8.8 wet days
May96
25° / 14°
5 mm · 1.7 wet days
June100
23° / 12°
1 mm · 0.1 wet days
July99
23° / 11°
2 mm · 0.3 wet days
August99
25° / 12°
1 mm · 0.3 wet days
September89
27° / 15°
2 mm · 0.5 wet day
October77
29° / 18°
9 mm · 2.6 wet days
November56
30° / 19°
55 mm · 10.3 wet days
December44
28° / 19°
163 mm · 27.3 wet days