Mulanje climate — normals and trends

Q: What is the climate of Mulanje?

Mulanje has a humid subtropical, dry winter climate (Köppen Cwa). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 21.0 °C and it receives 1,218 mm of precipitation per year.

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

The hottest day measured in Mulanje between 1940 and 2025 was 25 November 2020, reaching 37.2 °C.

Q: What is the coldest day in Mulanje?

The coldest day measured in Mulanje between 1940 and 2025 was 26 July 1975, at 6.3 °C.

Q: Does it snow in Mulanje?

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

Q: Has the climate of Mulanje warmed?

Yes: Mulanje warmed by +0.9 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.

Q: What is the wettest day in Mulanje?

The wettest day measured in Mulanje between 1940 and 2025 was 14 March 2023, with 228 mm of rain in 24 hours.

Q: What was the windiest day in Mulanje?

The windiest day measured in Mulanje between 1940 and 2025 was 11 March 2025, with winds reaching 30.9 km/h.

Q: What is the warmest month in Mulanje?

The warmest month in Mulanje is November (24.2 °C on average); the coldest is July (16.7 °C).

Q: How much does it rain in Mulanje?

Mulanje receives on average 1,218 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 141 rainy days.

Q: Is it sunny in Mulanje?

Mulanje gets on average 10.5 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,833 hours per year over 1940-2025.

Mulanje (Malawi) has a humid subtropical, dry winter climate (Cwa) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 21.0 °C and it receives 1,218 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 (24.2 °C on average) and the coldest is July (16.7 °C). Rainfall peaks in January.

Mulanje averages 0 frost days, 42 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 141 rainy days per year.

Mulanje has warmed by +0.9 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.10 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.

The hottest day of the period reached 37.2 °C (on 25 November 2020) and the coldest 6.3 °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

MulanjeSouthern Region

coords: -16.03°, 35.50°
period: 1940–2025 · 86 yrs

CwaHumid subtropical, dry winterWarmest monthNovemberColdest monthJulyWettest monthJanuaryDriest monthSeptember

Mean daily temperature

21.0°C

Average daily high

25.8°C

Average daily low

17.0°C

Annual rainfall

1,218mm

Sunshine / day

10.5h

Mean relative humidity

73%

Average peak wind

10.8km/h

Seasonal range

7.5°C

Frost days (< 0 °C)

0 d/yr

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

42 d/yr

Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)

141 d/yr

Annual snowfall

0.0 cm

Average feels-like high

27.8 °C

Average feels-like low

17.9 °C

Average peak gust

30.7 km/h

Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)

67 d/yr

Solar radiation

19.0 MJ/m²

Has the climate changed?

One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025

+0.9 °C

since 1940

+0.1 °C per decade · r² = 0.27 · 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

37.2 °C

25 November 2020

Coldest day

6.3 °C

26 July 1975

Wettest day

228 mm

14 March 2023

Windiest day

30.9 km/h

11 March 2025

Strongest gust

95.4 km/h

11 March 2025

Hottest feels-like

41.2 °C

13 December 2023

Coldest feels-like

3.4 °C

15 June 1968

Sunniest day

12.9 h

16 December 2025

Year	Hottest day	Coldest day	Annual mean	Rainfall	Hot days
2025	34.1 °C27 October 2025	8.7 °C4 August 2025	21.5 °C	1,754 mm	37
2024	35.6 °C29 October 2024	10.6 °C3 August 2024	22.2 °C	863 mm	77
2023	36.2 °C13 December 2023	10.5 °C4 August 2023	22.2 °C	1,689 mm	67
2022	33.6 °C20 November 2022	9.1 °C28 July 2022	21.3 °C	1,590 mm	45
2021	35.6 °C7 November 2021	8.9 °C3 August 2021	21.6 °C	983 mm	75
2020	37.2 °C25 November 2020	8.6 °C10 August 2020	21.8 °C	1,096 mm	57
2019	36.1 °C29 October 2019	7.7 °C24 July 2019	21.7 °C	1,563 mm	57
2018	34.2 °C22 November 2018	11.0 °C26 July 2018	21.6 °C	1,008 mm	43
2017	35.2 °C17 October 2017	10.5 °C3 August 2017	21.5 °C	1,167 mm	40
2016	35.2 °C14 November 2016	7.0 °C10 July 2016	21.9 °C	1,135 mm	75
2015	35.8 °C2 November 2015	10.0 °C5 August 2015	21.8 °C	1,337 mm	62
2014	33.9 °C17 October 2014	9.6 °C3 August 2014	21.3 °C	1,145 mm	52
2013	35.2 °C2 November 2013	9.9 °C22 July 2013	21.1 °C	1,365 mm	43
2012	35.6 °C19 October 2012	7.7 °C29 July 2012	21.3 °C	1,065 mm	52
2011	36.0 °C1 November 2011	9.8 °C16 August 2011	21.3 °C	1,078 mm	49
2010	35.0 °C12 October 2010	8.5 °C17 August 2010	21.4 °C	1,308 mm	54
2009	33.8 °C18 December 2009	9.2 °C26 August 2009	21.2 °C	1,432 mm	48
2008	34.2 °C15 November 2008	8.2 °C30 June 2008	21.1 °C	1,089 mm	58
2007	34.5 °C24 November 2007	8.6 °C1 August 2007	21.2 °C	1,336 mm	36
2006	35.0 °C4 November 2006	8.9 °C10 July 2006	21.2 °C	1,226 mm	35
2005	35.5 °C17 November 2005	9.6 °C2 July 2005	21.6 °C	854 mm	51
2004	32.9 °C21 November 2004	9.2 °C17 June 2004	20.6 °C	1,354 mm	19
2003	33.0 °C6 November 2003	9.3 °C8 July 2003	20.9 °C	1,342 mm	38
2002	33.9 °C5 November 2002	10.2 °C11 June 2002	21.2 °C	941 mm	37
2001	34.3 °C20 November 2001	9.4 °C26 July 2001	21.3 °C	1,256 mm	55
2000	32.6 °C25 October 2000	9.8 °C19 July 2000	20.7 °C	1,486 mm	19
1999	32.7 °C24 October 1999	9.5 °C9 June 1999	20.6 °C	1,162 mm	25
1998	33.8 °C7 November 1998	9.9 °C30 May 1998	21.3 °C	1,104 mm	46
1997	33.6 °C10 November 1997	10.9 °C10 August 1997	21.0 °C	1,712 mm	32
1996	34.2 °C2 November 1996	9.7 °C3 July 1996	21.2 °C	1,346 mm	55
1995	35.6 °C26 October 1995	8.9 °C2 July 1995	21.4 °C	1,056 mm	59
1994	36.4 °C24 November 1994	9.1 °C13 July 1994	20.9 °C	858 mm	45
1993	32.7 °C4 November 1993	10.2 °C14 August 1993	21.3 °C	1,111 mm	27
1992	34.5 °C26 February 1992	8.4 °C13 August 1992	21.9 °C	653 mm	83
1991	33.2 °C31 October 1991	9.9 °C13 June 1991	20.9 °C	1,025 mm	24
1990	34.2 °C6 November 1990	10.2 °C4 July 1990	21.1 °C	997 mm	43
1989	33.1 °C10 November 1989	9.4 °C13 July 1989	20.6 °C	1,364 mm	28
1988	32.8 °C11 October 1988	9.6 °C16 August 1988	20.9 °C	1,117 mm	20
1987	34.3 °C20 November 1987	8.6 °C23 July 1987	21.5 °C	896 mm	48
1986	32.3 °C7 October 1986	9.9 °C23 June 1986	20.4 °C	1,392 mm	9
1985	34.2 °C4 November 1985	6.6 °C14 July 1985	20.4 °C	1,555 mm	12
1984	33.0 °C3 December 1984	10.7 °C19 August 1984	20.7 °C	1,257 mm	29
1983	34.7 °C12 November 1983	10.0 °C20 July 1983	21.5 °C	1,019 mm	44
1982	33.3 °C7 December 1982	9.3 °C16 July 1982	20.5 °C	1,270 mm	15
1981	33.5 °C6 November 1981	8.4 °C3 July 1981	20.2 °C	1,242 mm	29
1980	33.9 °C14 November 1980	9.2 °C7 July 1980	20.6 °C	1,047 mm	40
1979	33.7 °C1 October 1979	9.6 °C27 July 1979	20.8 °C	979 mm	44
1978	33.7 °C29 September 1978	7.4 °C15 June 1978	20.8 °C	1,601 mm	30
1977	34.1 °C22 October 1977	9.1 °C7 August 1977	21.0 °C	1,079 mm	29
1976	34.3 °C25 November 1976	7.9 °C18 July 1976	20.3 °C	1,358 mm	35
1975	32.2 °C4 November 1975	6.3 °C26 July 1975	20.3 °C	941 mm	23
1974	33.0 °C12 November 1974	8.9 °C10 September 1974	20.3 °C	1,694 mm	26
1973	33.1 °C15 September 1973	8.5 °C11 July 1973	20.6 °C	1,187 mm	42
1972	33.4 °C23 November 1972	9.6 °C7 September 1972	20.5 °C	1,117 mm	28
1971	31.2 °C17 October 1971	9.9 °C31 May 1971	20.6 °C	1,088 mm	14
1970	32.0 °C5 November 1970	10.4 °C6 July 1970	20.8 °C	1,075 mm	29
1969	34.9 °C27 November 1969	9.8 °C9 July 1969	21.1 °C	1,169 mm	46
1968	34.0 °C3 October 1968	6.9 °C15 June 1968	20.7 °C	986 mm	36
1967	33.1 °C8 October 1967	9.3 °C17 July 1967	20.3 °C	1,198 mm	20
1966	33.1 °C5 November 1966	8.6 °C30 July 1966	20.9 °C	1,065 mm	36
1965	31.7 °C4 November 1965	8.7 °C3 June 1965	19.8 °C	1,037 mm	18
1964	33.7 °C10 November 1964	8.5 °C29 June 1964	20.4 °C	949 mm	35
1963	32.6 °C22 October 1963	9.3 °C6 June 1963	20.5 °C	1,437 mm	23
1962	33.4 °C21 November 1962	9.4 °C2 July 1962	20.9 °C	1,118 mm	34
1961	34.0 °C16 October 1961	9.9 °C12 July 1961	20.8 °C	1,424 mm	23
1960	34.6 °C11 October 1960	10.1 °C7 July 1960	21.0 °C	800 mm	65
1959	33.8 °C1 November 1959	10.1 °C27 August 1959	20.7 °C	1,109 mm	22
1958	33.5 °C17 October 1958	8.8 °C21 July 1958	21.0 °C	1,504 mm	45
1957	35.6 °C13 November 1957	9.1 °C22 July 1957	21.1 °C	1,279 mm	66
1956	33.7 °C2 November 1956	9.0 °C27 July 1956	20.7 °C	1,454 mm	34
1955	34.4 °C14 November 1955	9.0 °C10 August 1955	20.4 °C	1,399 mm	39
1954	35.7 °C27 October 1954	9.2 °C24 July 1954	20.9 °C	862 mm	43
1953	34.0 °C9 November 1953	8.7 °C23 July 1953	20.5 °C	1,760 mm	39
1952	34.7 °C2 October 1952	9.6 °C14 July 1952	21.0 °C	1,407 mm	51
1951	36.1 °C27 November 1951	9.1 °C31 July 1951	21.5 °C	946 mm	69
1950	34.6 °C24 October 1950	9.0 °C19 August 1950	20.4 °C	1,639 mm	33
1949	35.6 °C3 November 1949	9.2 °C23 July 1949	21.3 °C	1,075 mm	79
1948	34.3 °C11 November 1948	9.2 °C18 July 1948	20.9 °C	1,628 mm	49
1947	34.6 °C30 October 1947	8.4 °C12 August 1947	21.0 °C	1,429 mm	57
1946	34.4 °C24 October 1946	8.9 °C12 July 1946	20.5 °C	1,458 mm	30
1945	33.9 °C22 October 1945	9.5 °C2 July 1945	20.7 °C	1,529 mm	53
1944	33.5 °C17 October 1944	9.7 °C24 June 1944	20.8 °C	1,477 mm	48
1943	36.8 °C1 December 1943	9.1 °C25 July 1943	20.9 °C	1,125 mm	72
1942	35.4 °C8 November 1942	9.9 °C2 August 1942	21.4 °C	977 mm	62
1941	35.9 °C12 October 1941	10.1 °C4 July 1941	21.6 °C	670 mm	83
1940	34.4 °C12 November 1940	9.0 °C9 August 1940	20.9 °C	1,073 mm	43

Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.

A specific year

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Year

Across the whole year

Average daily high

26.0 °C

+0.2 °C

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

37 d/yr

-5

Frost days (< 0 °C)

0 d/yr

Annual rainfall

1755 mm

+537 mm

Month by month

	High	vs. normal	Precipitation	vs. normal
Jan	27.6 °C	+1.0 °C	392 mm	+100 mm
Feb	27.6 °C	+1.1 °C	308 mm	+66 mm
Mar	26.7 °C	+0.6 °C	220 mm	+44 mm
Apr	26.3 °C	+1.1 °C	68 mm	+10 mm
May	23.2 °C	-0.6 °C	107 mm	+83 mm
Jun	22.8 °C	+0.9 °C	23 mm	+2 mm
Jul	21.4 °C	-0.2 °C	27 mm	+6 mm
Aug	24.8 °C	+0.8 °C	6 mm	-6 mm
Sep	28.8 °C	+1.5 °C	5 mm	-6 mm
Oct	29.0 °C	-0.4 °C	15 mm	-14 mm
Nov	27.7 °C	-1.5 °C	138 mm	+44 mm
Dec	26.0 °C	-1.6 °C	446 mm	+206 mm

The year's extremes

Hottest day

34.1 °C

27 Oct 2025

Coldest day

8.7 °C

4 Aug 2025

Wettest day

105.9 mm

11 Mar 2025

Windiest day

30.9 km/h

11 Mar 2025

Strongest gust

95.4 km/h

11 Mar 2025

Hottest feels-like

37.5 °C

16 Jan 2025

Coldest feels-like

7.1 °C

4 Aug 2025

Sunniest day

12.9 h

16 Dec 2025

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Frequently asked questions

What is the climate of Mulanje?

Mulanje has a humid subtropical, dry winter climate (Köppen Cwa). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 21.0 °C and it receives 1,218 mm of precipitation per year.

What is the hottest day ever recorded in Mulanje?

The hottest day measured in Mulanje between 1940 and 2025 was 25 November 2020, reaching 37.2 °C.

What is the coldest day in Mulanje?

The coldest day measured in Mulanje between 1940 and 2025 was 26 July 1975, at 6.3 °C.

Does it snow in Mulanje?

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

Has the climate of Mulanje warmed?

Yes: Mulanje warmed by +0.9 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.

What is the wettest day in Mulanje?

The wettest day measured in Mulanje between 1940 and 2025 was 14 March 2023, with 228 mm of rain in 24 hours.

What was the windiest day in Mulanje?

The windiest day measured in Mulanje between 1940 and 2025 was 11 March 2025, with winds reaching 30.9 km/h.

What is the warmest month in Mulanje?

The warmest month in Mulanje is November (24.2 °C on average); the coldest is July (16.7 °C).

How much does it rain in Mulanje?

Mulanje receives on average 1,218 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 141 rainy days.

Is it sunny in Mulanje?

Mulanje gets on average 10.5 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,833 hours per year over 1940-2025.

Are there tropical nights in Mulanje?

Yes: Mulanje has on average 67 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.

What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Mulanje?

In Mulanje, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 41.2 °C on 13 December 2023, and the lowest was 3.4 °C on 15 June 1968.

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