According to Lifeguin’s travel calendar, the best time to visit Malawi is May to June and November. Plan 14–18 days.
Best months for Malawi
- Best months
- May to June and November
- How long to stay
- 14–18 days
- Continent
- Africa
What Malawi is best for
Explore wildlife in Liwonde, trek Mount Mulanje peaks, and kayak across freshwater Lake Malawi.
- Prices
- € · cheaper than in Slovakia
Weather in Malawi by month
Monthly averages around Lilongwe; the mountains and other regions can differ a lot.
| Month | Average temperature | Rain |
|---|---|---|
| January | about 21 °C | a lot of rain (297 mm) |
| February | about 21 °C | a lot of rain (228 mm) |
| March | about 21 °C | a lot of rain (147 mm) |
| April | about 19 °C | some rain (39 mm) |
| May best | about 18 °C | little rain (6 mm) |
| June best | about 16 °C | little rain (3 mm) |
| July | about 16 °C | little rain (3 mm) |
| August | about 18 °C | little rain (3 mm) |
| September | about 21 °C | little rain (3 mm) |
| October | about 24 °C | little rain (12 mm) |
| November best | about 25 °C | some rain (63 mm) |
| December | about 23 °C | a lot of rain (234 mm) |
Sources: what a place is best for — our own travel guides and, for places we have not written about yet, research done with the help of AI (Google Gemini); weather — NASA POWER climate averages; prices — World Bank price levels (CC BY 4.0).
Good to know about Malawi
- Capital
- Lilongwe
- Languages
- Nyanja and English
- Currency
- Malawian Kwacha (MWK)
- Time
- UTC+2
- Plugs
- Type G · 230 V
- Driving
- On the left
- Calling code
- +265
Sources: Wikidata, Unicode CLDR and the IANA time zone database.
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