Dedza climate — normals and trends

Q: What is the climate of Dedza?

Dedza has a subtropical highland, dry winter climate (Köppen Cwb). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 18.6 °C and it receives 1,337 mm of precipitation per year.

Q: What is the hottest day ever recorded in Dedza?

The hottest day measured in Dedza between 1940 and 2025 was 14 October 2023, reaching 32.4 °C.

Q: What is the coldest day in Dedza?

The coldest day measured in Dedza between 1940 and 2025 was 26 July 1975, at 3.3 °C.

Q: Does it snow in Dedza?

Almost never: Dedza sees virtually no snow, with about 0 frost days per year.

Q: Has the climate of Dedza warmed?

Yes: Dedza warmed by +1.1 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.

Q: What is the wettest day in Dedza?

The wettest day measured in Dedza between 1940 and 2025 was 2 January 2020, with 143 mm of rain in 24 hours.

Q: What was the windiest day in Dedza?

The windiest day measured in Dedza between 1940 and 2025 was 11 March 2025, with winds reaching 38.8 km/h.

Q: What is the warmest month in Dedza?

The warmest month in Dedza is November (21.5 °C on average); the coldest is July (14.5 °C).

Q: How much does it rain in Dedza?

Dedza receives on average 1,337 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 145 rainy days.

Q: Is it sunny in Dedza?

Dedza gets on average 10.6 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,869 hours per year over 1940-2025.

Dedza (Malawi) has a subtropical highland, dry winter climate (Cwb) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 18.6 °C and it receives 1,337 mm of precipitation per year.

These figures are normals computed over 86 complete calendar years, from 1940 to 2025, using ERA5 reanalysis data from the Copernicus programme.

The warmest month is November (21.5 °C on average) and the coldest is July (14.5 °C). Rainfall peaks in January.

Dedza averages 0 frost days, 4 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 145 rainy days per year.

Dedza has warmed by +1.1 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.13 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.

The hottest day of the period reached 32.4 °C (on 14 October 2023) and the coldest 3.3 °C (on 26 July 1975).

Data from ERA5 reanalysis (Copernicus Climate Change Service), redistributed under a CC-BY 4.0 licence. Normals are recomputed whenever the archive is updated.

Climate normals · ERA5

DedzaCentral Region

coords: -14.38°, 34.33°
period: 1940–2025 · 86 yrs

CwbSubtropical highland, dry winterWarmest monthNovemberColdest monthJulyWettest monthJanuaryDriest monthAugust

Mean daily temperature

18.6°C

Average daily high

23.7°C

Average daily low

14.3°C

Annual rainfall

1,337mm

Sunshine / day

10.6h

Mean relative humidity

71%

Average peak wind

13.5km/h

Seasonal range

7.0°C

Frost days (< 0 °C)

0 d/yr

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

4 d/yr

Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)

145 d/yr

Annual snowfall

0.0 cm

Average feels-like high

24.6 °C

Average feels-like low

13.9 °C

Average peak gust

32.9 km/h

Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)

2 d/yr

Solar radiation

20.0 MJ/m²

Has the climate changed?

One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025

+1.1 °C

since 1940

+0.1 °C per decade · r² = 0.50 · p = < 0.001

19402025

Trend fitted by linear regression (ordinary least squares) on annual means. A trend is shown only when it is statistically significant (p < 0.05).

A climograph overlays rainfall (bars) and temperature (line): the standard reading in climatology, where you can see at a glance whether the warm season is also the dry one.

Records for the period

Hottest day

32.4 °C

14 October 2023

Coldest day

3.3 °C

26 July 1975

Wettest day

143 mm

2 January 2020

Windiest day

38.8 km/h

11 March 2025

Strongest gust

81.7 km/h

4 February 1972

Hottest feels-like

35.2 °C

19 December 2023

Coldest feels-like

0.4 °C

26 July 1975

Sunniest day

12.8 h

7 December 2025

Year	Hottest day	Coldest day	Annual mean	Rainfall	Hot days
2025	31.1 °C27 October 2025	6.6 °C4 August 2025	19.1 °C	1,612 mm	4
2024	30.7 °C28 November 2024	7.0 °C8 July 2024	19.7 °C	1,048 mm	5
2023	32.4 °C14 October 2023	7.8 °C27 June 2023	19.6 °C	1,648 mm	18
2022	30.3 °C31 October 2022	6.4 °C29 July 2022	18.9 °C	1,563 mm	2
2021	31.9 °C24 November 2021	6.7 °C4 August 2021	19.1 °C	1,167 mm	14
2020	31.2 °C25 November 2020	6.5 °C6 July 2020	19.4 °C	1,211 mm	10
2019	31.8 °C29 October 2019	4.9 °C24 July 2019	19.3 °C	1,612 mm	10
2018	30.5 °C31 October 2018	7.0 °C7 June 2018	19.1 °C	1,259 mm	3
2017	31.9 °C18 October 2017	8.1 °C16 July 2017	19.3 °C	1,452 mm	8
2016	31.3 °C1 November 2016	5.6 °C10 July 2016	19.6 °C	1,116 mm	8
2015	32.1 °C26 November 2015	6.4 °C11 July 2015	19.5 °C	1,017 mm	14
2014	31.2 °C17 October 2014	6.4 °C13 July 2014	19.2 °C	1,186 mm	11
2013	32.2 °C1 November 2013	7.3 °C22 July 2013	19.0 °C	1,238 mm	14
2012	32.2 °C19 October 2012	4.6 °C20 July 2012	18.9 °C	1,388 mm	5
2011	32.2 °C31 October 2011	7.2 °C24 July 2011	19.0 °C	1,167 mm	9
2010	31.3 °C11 October 2010	5.8 °C15 August 2010	19.1 °C	1,273 mm	10
2009	29.5 °C5 November 2009	7.3 °C28 June 2009	18.7 °C	1,261 mm	0
2008	30.6 °C13 November 2008	5.5 °C30 June 2008	18.4 °C	1,349 mm	4
2007	30.9 °C24 September 2007	7.1 °C14 June 2007	18.6 °C	1,535 mm	1
2006	30.8 °C11 November 2006	5.5 °C6 June 2006	18.7 °C	1,442 mm	4
2005	30.7 °C17 November 2005	7.0 °C2 July 2005	19.1 °C	884 mm	3
2004	29.5 °C26 September 2004	6.6 °C21 July 2004	18.3 °C	1,274 mm	0
2003	31.0 °C6 November 2003	6.8 °C16 July 2003	18.7 °C	1,514 mm	3
2002	31.3 °C5 November 2002	7.2 °C17 May 2002	18.8 °C	1,317 mm	2
2001	30.8 °C22 November 2001	6.1 °C26 July 2001	18.9 °C	1,178 mm	4
2000	29.1 °C25 October 2000	7.8 °C26 July 2000	18.4 °C	1,580 mm	0
1999	29.7 °C28 October 1999	5.6 °C9 June 1999	18.3 °C	1,263 mm	0
1998	29.7 °C7 November 1998	6.0 °C13 June 1998	19.1 °C	911 mm	0
1997	30.1 °C12 November 1997	7.5 °C22 June 1997	18.7 °C	1,718 mm	1
1996	30.8 °C19 November 1996	5.3 °C1 July 1996	18.8 °C	1,419 mm	6
1995	31.1 °C26 October 1995	6.8 °C13 June 1995	19.2 °C	1,122 mm	10
1994	31.9 °C24 November 1994	6.0 °C15 July 1994	18.8 °C	1,110 mm	9
1993	30.6 °C29 October 1993	6.9 °C22 June 1993	18.6 °C	1,458 mm	1
1992	30.3 °C3 March 1992	5.6 °C14 August 1992	19.1 °C	989 mm	1
1991	29.3 °C31 October 1991	6.2 °C23 July 1991	18.6 °C	1,387 mm	0
1990	31.0 °C16 October 1990	7.1 °C4 July 1990	18.9 °C	1,137 mm	3
1989	29.7 °C21 December 1989	7.2 °C25 July 1989	18.3 °C	1,689 mm	0
1988	30.4 °C11 October 1988	5.6 °C17 July 1988	18.7 °C	1,205 mm	2
1987	30.3 °C19 November 1987	6.1 °C24 June 1987	19.0 °C	1,162 mm	2
1986	29.8 °C7 October 1986	6.3 °C15 June 1986	18.2 °C	1,468 mm	0
1985	30.8 °C4 November 1985	4.8 °C15 July 1985	18.1 °C	1,462 mm	1
1984	30.7 °C5 September 1984	6.9 °C7 June 1984	18.4 °C	1,420 mm	1
1983	30.7 °C12 November 1983	6.9 °C22 July 1983	19.2 °C	1,217 mm	5
1982	30.6 °C7 November 1982	6.4 °C14 July 1982	18.4 °C	1,413 mm	3
1981	30.5 °C8 November 1981	5.8 °C20 June 1981	18.2 °C	1,104 mm	4
1980	29.0 °C13 November 1980	6.3 °C21 June 1980	18.2 °C	1,437 mm	0
1979	29.7 °C1 October 1979	6.8 °C29 July 1979	18.4 °C	1,126 mm	0
1978	30.3 °C29 September 1978	5.5 °C15 June 1978	18.3 °C	2,097 mm	2
1977	30.7 °C22 October 1977	4.4 °C5 July 1977	18.7 °C	1,296 mm	2
1976	31.0 °C25 November 1976	4.9 °C18 July 1976	17.9 °C	1,388 mm	2
1975	30.9 °C4 November 1975	3.3 °C26 July 1975	18.1 °C	1,006 mm	2
1974	29.7 °C3 December 1974	6.7 °C16 July 1974	17.8 °C	1,689 mm	0
1973	30.8 °C15 September 1973	6.3 °C12 July 1973	18.4 °C	1,140 mm	2
1972	29.8 °C17 November 1972	5.7 °C25 July 1972	18.2 °C	1,378 mm	0
1971	28.7 °C16 October 1971	5.7 °C31 May 1971	18.0 °C	1,256 mm	0
1970	28.9 °C13 January 1970	7.8 °C20 June 1970	18.4 °C	1,158 mm	0
1969	29.4 °C20 November 1969	6.3 °C24 July 1969	18.6 °C	1,304 mm	0
1968	29.3 °C29 October 1968	4.1 °C23 June 1968	18.0 °C	1,282 mm	0
1967	29.4 °C8 October 1967	4.0 °C19 July 1967	18.1 °C	1,207 mm	0
1966	28.6 °C27 September 1966	5.0 °C23 August 1966	18.3 °C	1,210 mm	0
1965	29.3 °C20 November 1965	5.2 °C5 July 1965	17.5 °C	1,193 mm	0
1964	29.2 °C17 November 1964	4.5 °C29 June 1964	18.0 °C	1,045 mm	0
1963	28.6 °C24 October 1963	5.4 °C6 June 1963	18.1 °C	1,560 mm	0
1962	29.8 °C15 October 1962	6.6 °C31 July 1962	18.3 °C	1,423 mm	0
1961	29.9 °C26 October 1961	7.3 °C11 August 1961	18.1 °C	1,822 mm	0
1960	29.3 °C21 November 1960	6.6 °C7 July 1960	18.1 °C	1,136 mm	0
1959	29.8 °C16 November 1959	8.3 °C14 August 1959	18.2 °C	1,472 mm	0
1958	29.8 °C29 October 1958	5.8 °C19 July 1958	18.6 °C	1,512 mm	0
1957	31.3 °C25 November 1957	7.0 °C10 July 1957	18.3 °C	1,816 mm	12
1956	30.7 °C22 September 1956	5.9 °C27 July 1956	18.1 °C	1,753 mm	1
1955	30.0 °C21 October 1955	5.2 °C10 August 1955	17.9 °C	1,805 mm	1
1954	31.0 °C27 October 1954	5.7 °C23 June 1954	18.4 °C	838 mm	6
1953	30.2 °C30 October 1953	5.9 °C23 July 1953	18.1 °C	1,882 mm	3
1952	31.1 °C16 September 1952	6.5 °C3 July 1952	18.5 °C	1,324 mm	3
1951	32.2 °C27 November 1951	6.3 °C31 July 1951	18.9 °C	946 mm	10
1950	30.4 °C24 October 1950	6.4 °C20 August 1950	17.9 °C	1,459 mm	5
1949	31.3 °C3 November 1949	6.7 °C24 June 1949	18.6 °C	1,335 mm	3
1948	31.3 °C11 November 1948	6.3 °C12 July 1948	18.5 °C	1,492 mm	7
1947	30.8 °C21 October 1947	6.5 °C29 June 1947	18.4 °C	1,290 mm	6
1946	30.9 °C10 October 1946	4.8 °C10 July 1946	18.0 °C	1,432 mm	5
1945	29.8 °C22 October 1945	6.5 °C4 July 1945	18.0 °C	1,484 mm	0
1944	30.3 °C21 October 1944	6.6 °C13 July 1944	18.2 °C	1,301 mm	1
1943	32.0 °C25 November 1943	6.0 °C25 July 1943	18.5 °C	1,001 mm	18
1942	30.9 °C9 November 1942	6.8 °C29 July 1942	18.5 °C	1,162 mm	3
1941	32.1 °C24 September 1941	6.7 °C5 July 1941	18.6 °C	1,035 mm	9
1940	29.1 °C9 November 1940	6.5 °C17 July 1940	18.1 °C	1,531 mm	0

Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.

A specific year

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Year

Across the whole year

Average daily high

24.0 °C

+0.3 °C

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

4 d/yr

Frost days (< 0 °C)

0 d/yr

Annual rainfall

1612 mm

+275 mm

Month by month

	High	vs. normal	Precipitation	vs. normal
Jan	24.4 °C	+0.2 °C	456 mm	+133 mm
Feb	25.8 °C	+1.5 °C	266 mm	-5 mm
Mar	25.0 °C	+0.8 °C	155 mm	-56 mm
Apr	24.3 °C	+0.8 °C	75 mm	+4 mm
May	21.8 °C	-0.6 °C	68 mm	+48 mm
Jun	21.4 °C	+0.8 °C	4 mm	-3 mm
Jul	20.1 °C	-0.2 °C	9 mm	+3 mm
Aug	22.8 °C	+0.6 °C	1 mm	-4 mm
Sep	26.5 °C	+1.5 °C	3 mm	-3 mm
Oct	26.9 °C	+0.1 °C	12 mm	-18 mm
Nov	25.3 °C	-1.2 °C	182 mm	+69 mm
Dec	23.8 °C	-1.1 °C	382 mm	+108 mm

The year's extremes

Hottest day

31.1 °C

27 Oct 2025

Coldest day

6.6 °C

4 Aug 2025

Wettest day

58.0 mm

29 Jan 2025

Windiest day

38.8 km/h

11 Mar 2025

Strongest gust

70.9 km/h

11 Mar 2025

Hottest feels-like

32.7 °C

14 Jan 2025

Coldest feels-like

4.5 °C

4 Aug 2025

Sunniest day

12.8 h

7 Dec 2025

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Frequently asked questions

What is the climate of Dedza?

Dedza has a subtropical highland, dry winter climate (Köppen Cwb). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 18.6 °C and it receives 1,337 mm of precipitation per year.

What is the hottest day ever recorded in Dedza?

The hottest day measured in Dedza between 1940 and 2025 was 14 October 2023, reaching 32.4 °C.

What is the coldest day in Dedza?

The coldest day measured in Dedza between 1940 and 2025 was 26 July 1975, at 3.3 °C.

Does it snow in Dedza?

Almost never: Dedza sees virtually no snow, with about 0 frost days per year.

Has the climate of Dedza warmed?

Yes: Dedza warmed by +1.1 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.

What is the wettest day in Dedza?

The wettest day measured in Dedza between 1940 and 2025 was 2 January 2020, with 143 mm of rain in 24 hours.

What was the windiest day in Dedza?

The windiest day measured in Dedza between 1940 and 2025 was 11 March 2025, with winds reaching 38.8 km/h.

What is the warmest month in Dedza?

The warmest month in Dedza is November (21.5 °C on average); the coldest is July (14.5 °C).

How much does it rain in Dedza?

Dedza receives on average 1,337 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 145 rainy days.

Is it sunny in Dedza?

Dedza gets on average 10.6 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,869 hours per year over 1940-2025.

Are there tropical nights in Dedza?

Yes: Dedza has on average 2 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.

What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Dedza?

In Dedza, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 35.2 °C on 19 December 2023, and the lowest was 0.4 °C on 26 July 1975.

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