Lilongwe Weather in January

NASA POWER reanalysis for the half-degree grid cell around Lilongwe, 1991-2020; a grid cell is an area average and can differ from a thermometer in town by several degrees

Average highs run from 27°C on January 1 to 26°C on January 31, and lows from 18°C to 18°C. Normal precipitation for the month is 298 mm over about 28 wet days.

January day by day

The normal high and low for each date, in °C.

Normal low
Normal high
Reanalysis extreme high
Reanalysis extreme low

January at a glance

Average high: 26°C
Average low: 18°C
Precipitation: 298 mm
Reanalysis high: 33°CJan 9, 2018
Reanalysis low: 14°CJan 16, 2003
Daylight: 12 h 56 min to 12 h 43 min
Cloud cover: 83%
Humidity: 84%
Dew point: 18°C
Wind: 10.1 km/h

Every day of the month

A wet day has at least 1 mm of precipitation in the reanalysis.

Date	Normal high	Normal low	Reanalysis high	Reanalysis low	Chance wet
Jan 1	27°C	18°C	32°C 2000	16°C 1992	90%
Jan 2	27°C	18°C	31°C 2000	17°C 2004	90%
Jan 3	27°C	18°C	31°C 2016	17°C 2016	90%
Jan 4	27°C	18°C	30°C 2004	16°C 2001	91%
Jan 5	26°C	18°C	31°C 2010	15°C 2001	91%
Jan 6	26°C	18°C	30°C 2018	15°C 2001	92%
Jan 7	26°C	18°C	32°C 2000	15°C 1994	92%
Jan 8	26°C	18°C	32°C 2016	16°C 1994	92%
Jan 9	26°C	18°C	33°C 2018	16°C 2001	93%
Jan 10	26°C	18°C	30°C 2016	15°C 1995	94%
Jan 11	26°C	18°C	31°C 2010	16°C 2007	94%
Jan 12	26°C	18°C	30°C 2010	15°C 2018	94%
Jan 13	26°C	18°C	32°C 2010	16°C 2018	94%
Jan 14	26°C	18°C	30°C 2018	16°C 1996	93%
Jan 15	26°C	18°C	31°C 2018	15°C 1993	93%
Jan 16	26°C	18°C	30°C 2004	14°C 2003	93%
Jan 17	26°C	18°C	31°C 2003	16°C 2003	92%
Jan 18	26°C	18°C	30°C 2003	16°C 1994	92%
Jan 19	26°C	18°C	30°C 1992	16°C 2018	92%
Jan 20	26°C	18°C	29°C 2003	14°C 2018	92%
Jan 21	26°C	18°C	29°C 1992	17°C 2015	92%
Jan 22	26°C	18°C	30°C 2016	15°C 2011	92%
Jan 23	26°C	18°C	30°C 2018	15°C 2018	92%
Jan 24	26°C	18°C	30°C 2018	15°C 2015	92%
Jan 25	26°C	18°C	30°C 2018	15°C 2002	91%
Jan 26	26°C	18°C	29°C 2000	14°C 2002	92%
Jan 27	26°C	18°C	28°C 2003	15°C 2002	92%
Jan 28	26°C	18°C	29°C 2018	16°C 2011	92%
Jan 29	26°C	18°C	27°C 2002	16°C 2001	92%
Jan 30	26°C	18°C	28°C 2003	16°C 2005	92%
Jan 31	26°C	18°C	28°C 2018	16°C 2009	92%

Chance of rain

Chance of a wet day

Sunrise and sunset

Times for 2026, local time (GMT+2).

January 1: sunrise 5:20 AM, sunset 6:16 PM
January 31: sunrise 5:37 AM, sunset 6:20 PM

Every day of January: sun and moon

Other months

Sources

Cloud, humidity, wind and sunshine, and temperature and precipitation: NASA POWER (MERRA-2, CERES and GEWEX SRB), 1991-2020. The data was obtained from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Langley Research Center's Prediction Of Worldwide Energy Resources (POWER) project funded through the NASA Earth Science Division: POWER Daily API v2, accessed 2026-09-25. Sun and moon: computed with the NOAA solar equations and Meeus.