Lilongwe Weather in May
Average highs run from 25°C on May 1 to 24°C on May 31, and lows from 13°C to 11°C. Normal precipitation for the month is 6 mm over about 3 wet days.
May day by day
The normal high and low for each date, in °C.
- Normal low
- Normal high
- Reanalysis extreme high
- Reanalysis extreme low
May at a glance
- Average high
- 25°C
- Average low
- 12°C
- Precipitation
- 6 mm
- Reanalysis high
- 33°CMay 11, 1998
- Reanalysis low
- 7°CMay 31, 1995
- Daylight
- 11 h 36 min to 11 h 21 min
- Cloud cover
- 26%
- Humidity
- 74%
- Dew point
- 12°C
- Wind
- 11.2 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 1 | 25°C | 13°C | 29°C 1998 | 10°C 2007 | 10% |
| May 2 | 25°C | 13°C | 29°C 1998 | 10°C 2014 | 9% |
| May 3 | 25°C | 13°C | 29°C 1998 | 10°C 2013 | 8% |
| May 4 | 25°C | 13°C | 29°C 1992 | 8°C 1997 | 8% |
| May 5 | 25°C | 13°C | 28°C 2010 | 9°C 2011 | 7% |
| May 6 | 25°C | 13°C | 29°C 1998 | 9°C 2004 | 6% |
| May 7 | 25°C | 13°C | 30°C 1998 | 9°C 1997 | 6% |
| May 8 | 25°C | 13°C | 31°C 1998 | 10°C 2013 | 6% |
| May 9 | 25°C | 13°C | 32°C 1998 | 9°C 2013 | 5% |
| May 10 | 25°C | 12°C | 33°C 1998 | 9°C 1997 | 5% |
| May 11 | 25°C | 12°C | 33°C 1998 | 10°C 1999 | 5% |
| May 12 | 25°C | 12°C | 32°C 1998 | 9°C 2002 | 5% |
| May 13 | 25°C | 12°C | 32°C 1998 | 9°C 1997 | 6% |
| May 14 | 25°C | 12°C | 30°C 1998 | 8°C 2009 | 6% |
| May 15 | 25°C | 12°C | 29°C 1998 | 8°C 2009 | 7% |
| May 16 | 25°C | 12°C | 28°C 2005 | 8°C 1997 | 7% |
| May 17 | 25°C | 12°C | 28°C 2005 | 8°C 2002 | 7% |
| May 18 | 25°C | 12°C | 27°C 2005 | 8°C 1993 | 7% |
| May 19 | 25°C | 12°C | 27°C 2005 | 7°C 2020 | 6% |
| May 20 | 25°C | 12°C | 27°C 2006 | 9°C 2020 | 6% |
| May 21 | 25°C | 12°C | 28°C 2007 | 9°C 1997 | 6% |
| May 22 | 25°C | 12°C | 29°C 2007 | 10°C 2016 | 6% |
| May 23 | 24°C | 12°C | 28°C 1992 | 8°C 2019 | 5% |
| May 24 | 24°C | 12°C | 28°C 2002 | 9°C 2012 | 5% |
| May 25 | 24°C | 12°C | 28°C 1992 | 9°C 2012 | 5% |
| May 26 | 24°C | 12°C | 28°C 1992 | 8°C 2001 | 4% |
| May 27 | 24°C | 12°C | 27°C 2002 | 8°C 2005 | 4% |
| May 28 | 24°C | 12°C | 27°C 1992 | 9°C 2009 | 3% |
| May 29 | 24°C | 11°C | 28°C 2010 | 8°C 2009 | 2% |
| May 30 | 24°C | 11°C | 27°C 2005 | 8°C 1994 | 2% |
| May 31 | 24°C | 11°C | 27°C 2005 | 7°C 1995 | 2% |
Chance of rain
- Chance of a wet day
Sunrise and sunset
Times for 2026, local time (GMT+2).
- May 1
- sunrise 5:54 AM, sunset 5:30 PM
- May 31
- sunrise 6:02 AM, sunset 5:23 PM
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.