Blantyre climate

Blantyre Weather in January

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

Average highs run from 30°C on January 1 to 29°C on January 31, and lows from 21°C to 21°C. Normal precipitation for the month is 295 mm over about 28 wet days.

January day by day

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

Normal daily high and low temperature at Blantyre, in °C, with the record for each date.10152025303540151015202530
  • Normal low
  • Normal high
  • Record high
  • Record low

January at a glance

Average high
29°C
Average low
21°C
Precipitation
295 mm
Record high
37°CJan 11, 2001
Record low
15°CJan 7, 2023
Daylight
13 h 03 min to 12 h 48 min
Cloud cover
81%
Humidity
81%
Dew point
21°C
Wind
9.7 km/h

Every day of the month

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

DateNormal highNormal lowRecord highRecord lowChance wet
Jan 130°C21°C30°C 199219°C 197685%
Jan 230°C21°C33°C 199419°C 198984%
Jan 330°C21°C31°C 198920°C 198683%
Jan 430°C21°C32°C 201319°C 199284%
Jan 530°C21°C32°C 198317°C 201884%
Jan 630°C21°C33°C 198317°C 201884%
Jan 730°C21°C35°C 200015°C 202385%
Jan 830°C21°C33°C 198319°C 198386%
Jan 930°C21°C33°C 199817°C 198086%
Jan 1030°C21°C32°C 198419°C 201587%
Jan 1130°C21°C37°C 200120°C 200088%
Jan 1230°C21°C34°C 198419°C 201288%
Jan 1329°C21°C32°C 201219°C 198988%
Jan 1429°C21°C33°C 199219°C 201788%
Jan 1529°C21°C31°C 199217°C 198089%
Jan 1629°C21°C31°C 198515°C 201489%
Jan 1729°C21°C31°C 198519°C 201488%
Jan 1829°C21°C31°C 201218°C 198789%
Jan 1929°C21°C32°C 199218°C 199390%
Jan 2029°C21°C32°C 198319°C 200090%
Jan 2129°C21°C33°C 199219°C 200090%
Jan 2229°C21°C33°C 199218°C 201989%
Jan 2329°C21°C33°C 199118°C 201588%
Jan 2429°C21°C31°C 199017°C 201588%
Jan 2529°C21°C32°C 198419°C 202487%
Jan 2629°C21°C32°C 198419°C 199286%
Jan 2729°C21°C30°C 198415°C 201686%
Jan 2829°C21°C30°C 199418°C 201286%
Jan 2929°C21°C34°C 198417°C 198786%
Jan 3029°C21°C34°C 198418°C 198785%
Jan 3129°C21°C32°C 198418°C 201285%

Chance of rain

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

Sunrise and sunset

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

January 1
sunrise 5:12 AM, sunset 6:15 PM
January 31
sunrise 5:29 AM, sunset 6:17 PM

Every day of January: sun and moon

Other months

Sources

Records: NOAA GHCN-Daily, station MI000067693, 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.