Zomba Airport

FWZA · Southern Region, Malawi

Climate Zomba Airport 2021-2025

Climate and trends: average temperature, flight conditions, precipitation, wind speed and direction.

Calculated from historical METAR data of Chileka International Airport (FWCL) between 2021 and 2025.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2025 2024 2023 2022 2021
January 75.4 76 64 67 81 93
February 76.6 61 69 81 84 95
March 69.3 50 54 77 77 86
April 75.4 57 81 80 88
May 78.3 56 69 91 89 96
June 79.9 72 78 94 63 93
July 86.0 97 81 87 88
August 87.2 86 85 90 90
September 77.5 83 88 96 87
October 83.7 74 83 91 93
November 83.5 60 77 94 97
December 81.2 77 71 87 98
Average 78.9 62.5 70.7 81.5 85.0 92.0

VFR conditions during daylight period

Percentage of observations where the VFR minimums for ceiling and visibility are met: visibility of 8 km or more and a ceiling of 3,000 ft or more. Only observations between sunrise and sunset are taken into account.

Marginal VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2025 2024 2023 2022 2021
January 95.2 96 96 97 93 98
February 97.9 96 98 98 97 100
March 95.3 98 99 89 91 96
April 96.9 99 98 89 98
May 97.6 94 96 100 98 100
June 97.5 98 96 100 94 97
July 98.0 99 99 100 99
August 99.4 99 100 100 99
September 92.7 99 100 100 98
October 98.8 100 100 100 100
November 98.4 98 99 100 100
December 98.1 99 100 98 99
Average 96.9 96.6 98.1 98.4 96.4 98.5

Marginal VFR conditions or better during daylight period

Percentage of observations where the MVFR minimums for ceiling and visibility are met: visibility of 5 km or more and a ceiling of 1,000 ft or more. Only observations between sunrise and sunset are taken into account.

Maximum temperatures (°C)

Month Average 2025 2024 2023 2022 2021
January 27.9 28.8 28.5 27.5 27.1 27.6
February 28.4 28.6 30.0 27.6 27.1 28.5
March 27.3 27.3 29.1 26.3 27.0 26.6
April 26.7 27.6 27.1 26.1 25.6
May 25.7 24.1 26.0 27.3 25.6 24.3
June 23.9 24.5 24.3 27.5 21.1 23.1
July 23.8 28.0 24.3 23.1 22.5
August 26.3 27.6 26.3 24.6 26.3
September 29.4 29.8 30.6 27.8 28.8
October 30.9 29.6 32.2 31.3 31.1
November 30.9 30.6 31.3 30.8 32.6
December 29.8 32.1 31.6 29.1 33.3
Average 27.5 26.5 28.7 28.3 26.7 27.5

Average highest temperature per day

The maximum temperature is typically observed some hours after noon.

Minimum temperatures (°C)

Month Average 2025 2024 2023 2022 2021
January 22.2 23.0 22.1 21.6 21.8 23.1
February 22.6 22.6 22.6 22.3 22.3 23.6
March 21.8 21.6 22.3 20.5 21.8 22.0
April 20.6 19.8 19.1 21.1 20.6
May 18.5 17.3 17.8 18.1 19.1 18.1
June 17.4 16.8 18.3 17.3 17.1 17.6
July 16.7 17.3 15.8 16.5 16.1
August 19.0 18.3 17.8 18.3 18.0
September 21.8 21.0 23.3 21.5 21.0
October 23.6 22.5 23.3 24.6 23.6
November 24.7 23.8 23.6 24.6 25.5
December 23.7 25.0 22.8 22.8 26.3
Average 21.0 20.0 21.0 20.4 21.0 21.3

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month Average 2025 2024 2023 2022 2021
January 7.7 13 6 7 15 6
February 4.6 12 2 4 4 1
March 5.1 2 1 14 11 4
April 2.3 2 2 3 2
May 1.4 4 3 0 0 1
June 1.8 4 2 0 6 1
July 1.4 0 1 0 1
August 0.4 2 0 0 0
September 0.1 0 0 0 1
October 0.9 2 1 0 1
November 2.2 3 2 4 0
December 2.9 2 2 1 1
Average 3.0 6.5 2.2 2.4 3.9 1.4

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 (knots)

Month Average 2025 2024 2023 2022 2021
January 6.6 8 7 6 7 6
February 6.5 6 7 7 6 6
March 6.8 7 7 7 7 6
April 6.6 7 7 7 7
May 6.4 7 7 7 6 7
June 6.8 7 8 7 7 7
July 7.0 7 7 7 7
August 7.8 8 9 8 8
September 8.4 9 8 9 8
October 8.8 9 9 8 9
November 7.9 8 9 8 8
December 7.3 8 8 7 9
Average 7.1 7.0 7.7 7.5 7.2 7.2

Average wind speed

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

Prevailing wind direction

Month 2025 2024 2023 2022 2021
January 027° 242° 276° 240° 018°
February 340° 228° 044° 242° 047°
March 236° 242° 252° 240° 213°
April 215° 237° 240° 223°
May 226° 191° 122° 238° 195°
June 230° 138° 075° 208° 199°
July 064° 198° 105° 196°
August 170° 139° 123° 095°
September 106° 076° 085° 099°
October 114° 096° 088° 090°
November 079° 085° 093° 071°
December 058° 089° 076° 065°

Prevailing wind direction

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