Balaka climate

Balaka Weather in January

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

Average highs run from 29°C on January 1 to 28°C on January 31, and lows from 21°C to 20°C. Normal precipitation for the month is 313 mm over about 28 wet days.

January day by day

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

Normal daily high and low temperature at Balaka, in °C, with the record for each date.152025303540151015202530
  • Normal low
  • Normal high
  • Reanalysis extreme high
  • Reanalysis extreme low

January at a glance

Average high
28°C
Average low
20°C
Precipitation
313 mm
Reanalysis high
36°CJan 3, 2000
Reanalysis low
16°CJan 24, 2015
Daylight
13 h 00 min to 12 h 45 min
Cloud cover
82%
Humidity
83%
Dew point
20°C
Wind
9.4 km/h

Every day of the month

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

DateNormal highNormal lowReanalysis highReanalysis lowChance wet
Jan 129°C21°C34°C 200018°C 201889%
Jan 229°C20°C35°C 200018°C 199289%
Jan 329°C20°C36°C 200019°C 200188%
Jan 429°C20°C34°C 201017°C 200289%
Jan 528°C20°C34°C 201017°C 200189%
Jan 628°C20°C34°C 200017°C 201889%
Jan 728°C20°C35°C 200017°C 199490%
Jan 828°C20°C35°C 201617°C 199491%
Jan 928°C20°C33°C 201018°C 201291%
Jan 1028°C20°C34°C 201018°C 199592%
Jan 1128°C20°C31°C 201017°C 200793%
Jan 1228°C20°C35°C 201017°C 201893%
Jan 1328°C20°C34°C 201017°C 201894%
Jan 1428°C20°C32°C 200417°C 201894%
Jan 1528°C20°C33°C 200417°C 199394%
Jan 1628°C20°C33°C 200417°C 200393%
Jan 1728°C20°C31°C 200317°C 199393%
Jan 1828°C20°C32°C 201018°C 201492%
Jan 1928°C20°C31°C 199217°C 199392%
Jan 2028°C20°C30°C 199217°C 201893%
Jan 2128°C20°C30°C 199417°C 201593%
Jan 2228°C20°C31°C 201617°C 202092%
Jan 2328°C20°C31°C 201617°C 201592%
Jan 2428°C20°C32°C 201616°C 201592%
Jan 2528°C20°C31°C 201017°C 200291%
Jan 2628°C20°C31°C 201018°C 200291%
Jan 2728°C20°C31°C 200017°C 199290%
Jan 2828°C20°C30°C 200019°C 199290%
Jan 2928°C20°C31°C 200017°C 199390%
Jan 3028°C20°C30°C 199317°C 199390%
Jan 3128°C20°C30°C 199317°C 199389%

Chance of rain

The chance of at least 1 mm of precipitation in the reanalysis on each date at Balaka, in percent.0204060801001102030
  • Chance of a wet day

Sunrise and sunset

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

January 1
sunrise 5:14 AM, sunset 6:14 PM
January 31
sunrise 5:31 AM, sunset 6:16 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.