Weather in Eastern

Calculated from weather data of Lilongwe International Airport (FWKI) between 2020 and 2024.

Maximum temperatures (°C)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	25.7	26.1	24.8	26.1	25.3	25.6
February	26.3	27.3	26.1	24.8	26.6	26.1
March	25.8	26.6	25.6	25.3	24.3	26.3
April	25.6	26.6	25.1	25.6	24.8	26.8
May	24.9		25.5	25.3	23.6	25.5
June	22.8		24.8	21.1	22.5	22.8
July	22.5		22.8	21.6	21.8	22.3
August	24.7		24.3	24.1	25.1	25.1
September	26.8		28.0	25.1	26.5	27.3
October	29.3		30.3	29.3	29.0	29.3
November	29.5		29.5	29.6	30.6	30.6
December	27.4		28.6	27.1	30.1	27.0
Average	26.0	26.7	26.3	25.3	25.8	26.2

2nd highest temperature of Malawi

Average highest temperature per day

The maximum temperature is typically observed some hours after noon.

Minimum temperatures (°C)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	18.6	19	18	19	19	19
February	18.6	19	19	19	18	19
March	17.9	19	18	19	18	18
April	16.4	17	16	18	15	16
May	13.4		13	13	11	13
June	11.3		13	11	12	11
July	10.6		12	12	10	11
August	12.7		13	13	13	12
September	15.3		16	15	15	16
October	18.3		20	18	19	20
November	19.9		20	20	20	21
December	19.6		20	18	21	20
Average	16.3	18.3	16.4	15.8	15.7	16.2

1st lowest temperature of Malawi

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Cold and hot days

Number of days	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
30 °C or warmer	0	35	20	50	25
25 °C or warmer	90	226	169	180	231
20 °C or warmer	121	356	317	352	355
0 °C or colder	0	0	0	0	0

Precipitation (%)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	6.1	5	8	6	4	8
February	5.7	6	2	12	5	6
March	4.1	2	4	5	9	3
April	2.1	2	3	3	1	1
May	0.1		0	0	0	0
June	0.4		0	1	0	0
July	0.5		1	1	1	0
August	0.0		0	0	0	0
September	0.0		0	0	0	0
October	0.5		0	0	0	1
November	0.7		0	1	0	0
December	2.9		1	0	0	2
Average	2.2	3.7	1.6	2.4	1.7	1.8

Precipitation during daylight period

Percentage of observations with observed rain, drizzle, snow or hail. Only observations between sunrise and sunset are taken into account.

Wind speed (km/h)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	12.3	13	12	13	11	12
February	11.8	12	13	11	13	11
March	11.7	13	12	11	12	12
April	14.3	14	15	13	15	16
May	13.9		14	13	13	15
June	14.8		15	16	15	15
July	16.0		16	18	17	17
August	17.1		19	17	17	17
September	18.6		20	18	20	19
October	20.2		21	21	20	20
November	18.5		19	19	19	19
December	15.2		16	15	20	13
Average	15.0	13.1	16.0	15.6	16.1	15.5

1st highest wind speed of Malawi

Average wind speed

Excluding wind gusts. Only observations between sunrise and sunset are taken into account.

Prevailing wind direction

Month	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	S	N	E	N	N
February	SE	N	SE	N	E
March	E	E	SE	SE	SE
April	SE	SE	E	SE	SE
May		E	E	SE	SE
June		E	SE	SE	SE
July		E	E	SE	SE
August		E	E	E	E
September		E	E	E	E
October		E	E	E	E
November		E	E	E	E
December		E	E	E	E

Prevailing wind direction

Average wind direction, weighed by wind speed. Only observations between sunrise and sunset are taken into account.

Eastern weather Q&A

What is the warmest month in Eastern?

The warmest month is November with an average temperature of 30 °C over the past years.

What is the coldest month in Eastern?

The coldest month is July with an average daytime temperature of 23 °C in the past few years.

Which month is the wettest in Eastern?

Chance of precipitation is the highest in January with a probability of around 6.2 %.

Which month is the driest in Eastern?

The least rainfall and snow can be expected in August. The probability is about 0.0 %.