Ntcheu climate — normals and trends

Q: What is the climate of Ntcheu?

Ntcheu has a humid subtropical, dry winter climate (Köppen Cwa). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 20.9 °C and it receives 1,030 mm of precipitation per year.

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

The hottest day measured in Ntcheu between 1940 and 2025 was 1 November 2011, reaching 35.5 °C.

Q: What is the coldest day in Ntcheu?

The coldest day measured in Ntcheu between 1940 and 2025 was 28 July 1964, at 5.7 °C.

Q: Does it snow in Ntcheu?

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

Q: Has the climate of Ntcheu warmed?

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

Q: What is the wettest day in Ntcheu?

The wettest day measured in Ntcheu between 1940 and 2025 was 6 March 2019, with 117 mm of rain in 24 hours.

Q: What was the windiest day in Ntcheu?

The windiest day measured in Ntcheu between 1940 and 2025 was 6 March 2019, with winds reaching 37.2 km/h.

Q: What is the warmest month in Ntcheu?

The warmest month in Ntcheu is November (24.1 °C on average); the coldest is July (16.8 °C).

Q: How much does it rain in Ntcheu?

Ntcheu receives on average 1,030 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 123 rainy days.

Q: Is it sunny in Ntcheu?

Ntcheu gets on average 10.8 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,942 hours per year over 1940-2025.

Ntcheu (Malawi) has a humid subtropical, dry winter climate (Cwa) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 20.9 °C and it receives 1,030 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 (24.1 °C on average) and the coldest is July (16.8 °C). Rainfall peaks in January.

Ntcheu averages 0 frost days, 34 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 123 rainy days per year.

Ntcheu has warmed by +1.1 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.12 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.

The hottest day of the period reached 35.5 °C (on 1 November 2011) and the coldest 5.7 °C (on 28 July 1964).

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

NtcheuCentral Region

coords: -14.82°, 34.64°
period: 1940–2025 · 86 yrs

CwaHumid subtropical, dry winterWarmest monthNovemberColdest monthJulyWettest monthJanuaryDriest monthAugust

Mean daily temperature

20.9°C

Average daily high

25.8°C

Average daily low

16.6°C

Annual rainfall

1,030mm

Sunshine / day

10.8h

Mean relative humidity

69%

Average peak wind

13.1km/h

Seasonal range

7.3°C

Frost days (< 0 °C)

0 d/yr

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

34 d/yr

Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)

123 d/yr

Annual snowfall

0.0 cm

Average feels-like high

27.1 °C

Average feels-like low

16.9 °C

Average peak gust

32.2 km/h

Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)

37 d/yr

Solar radiation

20.1 MJ/m²

Has the climate changed?

One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025

+1.1 °C

since 1940

+0.1 °C per decade · r² = 0.42 · 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

35.5 °C

1 November 2011

Coldest day

5.7 °C

28 July 1964

Wettest day

117 mm

6 March 2019

Windiest day

37.2 km/h

6 March 2019

Strongest gust

89.3 km/h

6 March 2019

Hottest feels-like

39.3 °C

13 December 2023

Coldest feels-like

3.1 °C

10 July 1956

Sunniest day

12.9 h

8 December 1941

Year	Hottest day	Coldest day	Annual mean	Rainfall	Hot days
2025	33.5 °C27 October 2025	9.0 °C5 August 2025	21.3 °C	1,381 mm	27
2024	34.4 °C29 October 2024	9.5 °C18 June 2024	22.0 °C	792 mm	64
2023	35.4 °C13 December 2023	9.6 °C28 June 2023	21.8 °C	1,483 mm	65
2022	33.1 °C31 October 2022	9.6 °C28 July 2022	21.1 °C	1,261 mm	32
2021	34.5 °C24 November 2021	9.1 °C28 May 2021	21.4 °C	827 mm	65
2020	34.3 °C25 November 2020	8.1 °C10 August 2020	21.8 °C	899 mm	48
2019	34.2 °C29 October 2019	5.7 °C24 July 2019	21.5 °C	1,329 mm	41
2018	33.6 °C7 November 2018	10.1 °C2 July 2018	21.4 °C	1,008 mm	36
2017	34.4 °C20 October 2017	8.6 °C14 July 2017	21.5 °C	996 mm	32
2016	33.8 °C1 November 2016	8.5 °C10 July 2016	21.8 °C	851 mm	64
2015	34.4 °C22 November 2015	9.2 °C11 July 2015	21.7 °C	857 mm	62
2014	33.7 °C29 November 2014	9.0 °C13 July 2014	21.4 °C	1,007 mm	50
2013	34.4 °C1 November 2013	10.0 °C14 July 2013	21.3 °C	924 mm	45
2012	34.7 °C19 October 2012	6.9 °C20 July 2012	21.2 °C	1,116 mm	47
2011	35.5 °C1 November 2011	8.5 °C21 July 2011	21.5 °C	718 mm	46
2010	33.8 °C12 October 2010	7.7 °C16 August 2010	21.4 °C	954 mm	46
2009	32.6 °C18 December 2009	8.2 °C30 July 2009	21.0 °C	797 mm	34
2008	34.2 °C15 November 2008	8.2 °C3 July 2008	20.8 °C	1,001 mm	40
2007	32.5 °C24 September 2007	9.7 °C26 June 2007	20.9 °C	1,279 mm	24
2006	33.1 °C11 November 2006	8.3 °C6 June 2006	20.9 °C	950 mm	27
2005	34.1 °C17 November 2005	10.3 °C29 May 2005	21.4 °C	636 mm	36
2004	32.5 °C30 October 2004	9.5 °C6 June 2004	20.6 °C	1,074 mm	13
2003	32.9 °C6 November 2003	9.1 °C25 July 2003	20.9 °C	1,246 mm	31
2002	33.5 °C5 November 2002	9.3 °C27 June 2002	21.2 °C	924 mm	41
2001	33.5 °C9 November 2001	9.4 °C26 July 2001	21.2 °C	1,010 mm	47
2000	31.8 °C27 October 2000	9.1 °C19 July 2000	20.5 °C	1,362 mm	11
1999	32.3 °C28 October 1999	7.7 °C24 June 1999	20.5 °C	975 mm	21
1998	32.6 °C7 November 1998	8.8 °C17 July 1998	21.3 °C	662 mm	44
1997	33.5 °C16 November 1997	9.6 °C22 June 1997	20.9 °C	1,448 mm	25
1996	33.3 °C18 November 1996	7.0 °C3 July 1996	21.0 °C	1,126 mm	53
1995	34.2 °C17 November 1995	7.5 °C1 July 1995	21.5 °C	883 mm	46
1994	35.0 °C24 November 1994	8.3 °C31 May 1994	21.2 °C	689 mm	47
1993	33.0 °C29 October 1993	8.6 °C8 June 1993	21.0 °C	946 mm	35
1992	32.5 °C26 February 1992	8.6 °C15 August 1992	21.5 °C	715 mm	54
1991	32.7 °C31 October 1991	8.5 °C14 June 1991	20.8 °C	980 mm	17
1990	32.9 °C6 November 1990	7.7 °C4 July 1990	21.1 °C	880 mm	42
1989	31.8 °C10 November 1989	9.6 °C10 July 1989	20.5 °C	1,349 mm	26
1988	31.7 °C11 October 1988	9.7 °C17 July 1988	20.8 °C	949 mm	8
1987	33.0 °C20 November 1987	7.0 °C2 July 1987	21.2 °C	811 mm	38
1986	31.9 °C7 October 1986	8.7 °C1 July 1986	20.3 °C	1,192 mm	6
1985	33.3 °C4 November 1985	7.9 °C27 July 1985	20.2 °C	1,085 mm	8
1984	31.7 °C15 October 1984	10.2 °C20 August 1984	20.6 °C	1,121 mm	16
1983	33.5 °C31 October 1983	8.7 °C22 July 1983	21.5 °C	889 mm	35
1982	33.0 °C1 November 1982	7.9 °C18 May 1982	20.6 °C	1,187 mm	16
1981	32.7 °C27 November 1981	7.6 °C20 June 1981	20.3 °C	855 mm	20
1980	32.4 °C13 November 1980	8.2 °C21 June 1980	20.5 °C	1,019 mm	30
1979	32.4 °C1 October 1979	9.2 °C28 July 1979	20.7 °C	776 mm	30
1978	32.6 °C29 September 1978	8.2 °C17 July 1978	20.4 °C	1,561 mm	17
1977	33.5 °C23 October 1977	7.2 °C5 July 1977	20.8 °C	1,099 mm	19
1976	33.6 °C25 November 1976	7.5 °C18 July 1976	20.3 °C	1,016 mm	32
1975	32.7 °C4 November 1975	6.2 °C26 July 1975	20.4 °C	651 mm	13
1974	32.5 °C13 November 1974	7.7 °C16 June 1974	20.0 °C	1,285 mm	16
1973	33.5 °C2 November 1973	8.3 °C16 July 1973	20.9 °C	792 mm	38
1972	32.8 °C23 November 1972	7.9 °C18 June 1972	20.4 °C	1,055 mm	25
1971	31.6 °C21 November 1971	9.2 °C31 May 1971	20.5 °C	858 mm	13
1970	32.2 °C15 October 1970	9.0 °C8 June 1970	20.9 °C	877 mm	23
1969	32.8 °C27 November 1969	9.1 °C10 June 1969	20.9 °C	838 mm	38
1968	32.0 °C16 October 1968	6.5 °C17 June 1968	20.4 °C	972 mm	20
1967	31.9 °C8 October 1967	6.6 °C19 July 1967	20.5 °C	850 mm	18
1966	31.7 °C6 November 1966	8.4 °C23 August 1966	20.6 °C	909 mm	24
1965	31.9 °C20 November 1965	7.2 °C23 June 1965	19.8 °C	922 mm	7
1964	31.9 °C17 November 1964	5.7 °C28 July 1964	20.2 °C	817 mm	30
1963	31.6 °C24 October 1963	8.2 °C28 May 1963	20.2 °C	1,098 mm	16
1962	32.6 °C23 November 1962	8.4 °C26 June 1962	20.5 °C	1,124 mm	24
1961	32.8 °C26 October 1961	10.5 °C1 June 1961	20.5 °C	1,178 mm	16
1960	32.1 °C11 December 1960	9.7 °C7 July 1960	20.5 °C	802 mm	39
1959	33.0 °C16 November 1959	10.9 °C4 July 1959	20.6 °C	1,136 mm	21
1958	32.6 °C28 October 1958	7.4 °C19 July 1958	20.9 °C	1,424 mm	30
1957	33.8 °C12 November 1957	8.2 °C11 July 1957	20.5 °C	1,562 mm	54
1956	32.5 °C2 November 1956	5.9 °C24 July 1956	20.2 °C	1,308 mm	31
1955	32.8 °C21 October 1955	6.6 °C12 August 1955	20.1 °C	1,347 mm	33
1954	33.8 °C27 October 1954	8.6 °C25 July 1954	20.9 °C	538 mm	39
1953	33.0 °C9 November 1953	7.3 °C3 August 1953	20.3 °C	1,702 mm	28
1952	34.0 °C3 November 1952	9.3 °C14 July 1952	20.8 °C	1,125 mm	44
1951	35.3 °C27 November 1951	7.4 °C24 July 1951	21.2 °C	623 mm	47
1950	33.3 °C24 October 1950	7.9 °C17 July 1950	20.2 °C	1,444 mm	26
1949	33.7 °C3 November 1949	8.1 °C10 August 1949	20.9 °C	1,017 mm	50
1948	34.3 °C12 November 1948	7.8 °C12 July 1948	20.6 °C	1,278 mm	36
1947	33.4 °C21 October 1947	7.9 °C7 July 1947	20.5 °C	1,130 mm	55
1946	33.4 °C10 October 1946	7.6 °C22 June 1946	20.2 °C	1,302 mm	29
1945	32.8 °C23 November 1945	8.3 °C11 June 1945	20.4 °C	1,220 mm	46
1944	32.7 °C11 November 1944	8.3 °C7 July 1944	20.5 °C	1,109 mm	35
1943	35.2 °C1 December 1943	8.6 °C28 June 1943	20.9 °C	927 mm	70
1942	34.3 °C9 November 1942	9.3 °C11 July 1942	21.0 °C	771 mm	51
1941	34.3 °C12 October 1941	8.6 °C29 July 1941	21.3 °C	647 mm	57
1940	33.5 °C29 November 1940	7.9 °C7 August 1940	20.5 °C	1,065 mm	35

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)

27 d/yr

-7

Frost days (< 0 °C)

0 d/yr

Annual rainfall

1381 mm

+351 mm

Month by month

	High	vs. normal	Precipitation	vs. normal
Jan	26.4 °C	+0.4 °C	434 mm	+160 mm
Feb	27.5 °C	+1.5 °C	223 mm	-14 mm
Mar	26.8 °C	+0.8 °C	129 mm	-18 mm
Apr	25.8 °C	+0.4 °C	56 mm	+14 mm
May	23.7 °C	-0.6 °C	20 mm	+9 mm
Jun	23.3 °C	+0.8 °C	1 mm	-2 mm
Jul	22.1 °C	-0.1 °C	3 mm	+1 mm
Aug	24.7 °C	+0.4 °C	1 mm	-2 mm
Sep	28.6 °C	+1.4 °C	2 mm	-2 mm
Oct	29.2 °C	-0.1 °C	7 mm	-10 mm
Nov	27.5 °C	-1.6 °C	126 mm	+49 mm
Dec	25.9 °C	-1.1 °C	378 mm	+164 mm

The year's extremes

Hottest day

33.5 °C

27 Oct 2025

Coldest day

9.0 °C

5 Aug 2025

Wettest day

70.4 mm

29 Jan 2025

Windiest day

34.5 km/h

11 Mar 2025

Strongest gust

87.1 km/h

11 Mar 2025

Hottest feels-like

36.3 °C

19 Feb 2025

Coldest feels-like

7.8 °C

5 Aug 2025

Sunniest day

12.8 h

16 Dec 2025

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Frequently asked questions

What is the climate of Ntcheu?

Ntcheu has a humid subtropical, dry winter climate (Köppen Cwa). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 20.9 °C and it receives 1,030 mm of precipitation per year.

What is the hottest day ever recorded in Ntcheu?

The hottest day measured in Ntcheu between 1940 and 2025 was 1 November 2011, reaching 35.5 °C.

What is the coldest day in Ntcheu?

The coldest day measured in Ntcheu between 1940 and 2025 was 28 July 1964, at 5.7 °C.

Does it snow in Ntcheu?

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

Has the climate of Ntcheu warmed?

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

What is the wettest day in Ntcheu?

The wettest day measured in Ntcheu between 1940 and 2025 was 6 March 2019, with 117 mm of rain in 24 hours.

What was the windiest day in Ntcheu?

The windiest day measured in Ntcheu between 1940 and 2025 was 6 March 2019, with winds reaching 37.2 km/h.

What is the warmest month in Ntcheu?

The warmest month in Ntcheu is November (24.1 °C on average); the coldest is July (16.8 °C).

How much does it rain in Ntcheu?

Ntcheu receives on average 1,030 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 123 rainy days.

Is it sunny in Ntcheu?

Ntcheu gets on average 10.8 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,942 hours per year over 1940-2025.

Are there tropical nights in Ntcheu?

Yes: Ntcheu has on average 37 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.

What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Ntcheu?

In Ntcheu, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 39.3 °C on 13 December 2023, and the lowest was 3.1 °C on 10 July 1956.

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