Blantyre weather by month & the best time to visit

🇲🇼 Malawi · city break · Mediterranean climate

The best time to visit Blantyre is August — its sunniest month (Sunshine Score 95/100), with September and June close behind. Blantyre averages about 2,827 hours of sunshine a year. Daytime highs around 28°C / 82°F and roughly 6 mm of rain in August.

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Sun hours / year

2,827

Sunniest month

August

Peak score

95/100

Rain / year

1,179 mm

Midday UV at peak

12 (extreme)

Population

903k

Elevation

766 m

When is the best time to visit Blantyre?

For sunshine, the best time to visit Blantyre is August, then September and June. The dullest month is November (64/100, 86 mm of rain). The full month-by-month picture is in the table below.

How sunny is Blantyre?

Blantyre gets a lot of sun: around 2,827 hours a year. August (95/100) is noticeably better than November (64). It is the less sunny of the two destinations tracked in Malawi. Rain is strongly seasonal here: roughly 65% of the year's 1,179 mm falls in the three months around January.

Sunshine Score by month

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Nearby places for sunshine

• Harare Zimbabwe · 483 km · best in Aug · 3,184 h sun/yr
• Lusaka Zambia · 700 km · best in Jun · 3,066 h sun/yr
• Lubumbashi Congo - Kinshasa · 923 km · best in May · 2,978 h sun/yr
• Moroni Comoros · 1,008 km · best in Aug · 3,029 h sun/yr
• Dar es Salaam Tanzania · 1,082 km · best in Jul · 2,837 h sun/yr
• Zanzibar Tanzania · 1,149 km · best in Jul · 2,836 h sun/yr

Nearest destinations

• Tete Mozambique · 150 km · 2,963 h sun/yr · best in Aug
• Lilongwe Malawi · 246 km · 2,943 h sun/yr · best in Jun
• Lichinga Mozambique · 269 km · 2,638 h sun/yr · best in Jun
• Quelimane Mozambique · 315 km · 2,813 h sun/yr · best in Aug
• Chimoio Mozambique · 420 km · 2,878 h sun/yr · best in Aug