Mchinji Weather in January

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

Average highs run from 28°C on January 1 to 27°C on January 31, and lows from 19°C to 18°C. Normal precipitation for the month is 270 mm over about 28 wet days.

January day by day

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

Normal low
Normal high
Record high
Record low

January at a glance

Average high: 27°C
Average low: 18°C
Precipitation: 270 mm
Record high: 32°CJan 3, 1997
Record low: 15°CJan 19, 1989
Daylight: 12 h 56 min to 12 h 42 min
Cloud cover: 88%
Humidity: 82%
Dew point: 19°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	Record high	Record low	Chance wet
Jan 1	28°C	19°C		19°C 1991	88%
Jan 2	28°C	19°C		21°C 2024	88%
Jan 3	28°C	19°C	32°C 1997	18°C 1984	88%
Jan 4	28°C	19°C			88%
Jan 5	28°C	19°C	27°C 1994	18°C 1991	88%
Jan 6	27°C	19°C		18°C 1989	89%
Jan 7	27°C	18°C	27°C 1984	16°C 1989	89%
Jan 8	27°C	18°C	26°C 1984	17°C 1984	90%
Jan 9	27°C	18°C			90%
Jan 10	27°C	18°C		19°C 1991	91%
Jan 11	27°C	18°C		20°C 1986	91%
Jan 12	27°C	18°C			91%
Jan 13	27°C	18°C	31°C 2004	18°C 1986	91%
Jan 14	27°C	18°C		18°C 1989	90%
Jan 15	27°C	18°C	27°C 1996	16°C 1976	89%
Jan 16	27°C	18°C			89%
Jan 17	27°C	18°C	26°C 1984	16°C 1984	88%
Jan 18	27°C	18°C		17°C 1984	88%
Jan 19	27°C	18°C	29°C 1984	15°C 1989	88%
Jan 20	27°C	18°C	29°C 1984	18°C 1989	88%
Jan 21	27°C	18°C	30°C 1983	17°C 1984	88%
Jan 22	27°C	18°C	29°C 1996	18°C 1989	89%
Jan 23	27°C	18°C	28°C 1984	18°C 1989	90%
Jan 24	27°C	18°C	29°C 1984	17°C 1984	90%
Jan 25	27°C	18°C	28°C 1977	16°C 1977	89%
Jan 26	27°C	18°C	28°C 1997	17°C 1984	89%
Jan 27	27°C	18°C	30°C 1984	16°C 1992	89%
Jan 28	27°C	18°C	31°C 1996	17°C 1992	89%
Jan 29	27°C	18°C	30°C 1979	18°C 1979	90%
Jan 30	27°C	18°C	26°C 1982	18°C 1982	90%
Jan 31	27°C	18°C	26°C 1984	16°C 1987	90%

Chance of rain

Chance of a wet day

Sunrise and sunset

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

January 1: sunrise 5:24 AM, sunset 6:20 PM
January 31: sunrise 5:41 AM, sunset 6:23 PM

Every day of January: sun and moon

Other months

Sources

Records: NOAA GHCN-Daily, station ZA000067581, every year on file, quality-flagged values removed. 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.