Weather and climate

Liwonde National Park weather

What it is doing right now, what the next two weeks look like, and what each month of the year means for the game viewing.

Right now in the park

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The next two weeks

Straight from the forecast, updated when you open this page. Useful if you are packing. Not useful for choosing a month, which is what the year below is for.

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The year at a glance

Bars are rainfall, the line is the daytime high. Thirty-year averages. The green band marks the months this park is at its driest, which is when most people want to be here.

J 232 F 201 M 128 A 30 M 9 J 4 J 2 A 3 S 7 O 15 N 93 D 212
Rainfall in millimetres along the bottom. Highest month 232 mm, daytime highs from 14.5 to 34.1 degrees.

Every month, and what it means for the wildlife

The temperature tells you what to pack. The rainfall column decides what you will see.

MonthDayNightRainWet daysWhat that means here
January 29.5°C 21.8°C 232 mm 21 31/19°C
February 28.7°C 21.5°C 201 mm 17 31/19°C
March 28.7°C 20.9°C 128 mm 14 31/19°C
April 28.5°C 19.4°C 30 mm 5 ±30/18°C
May 27.3°C 17.1°C 9 mm 2 ±28/16°C
June prime 25.9°C 15.2°C 4 mm 1 26/14°C
July prime 25.7°C 14.5°C 2 mm 0 26/14°C
August prime 28.0°C 15.9°C 3 mm 0 ±28/16°C
September prime 31.2°C 18.8°C 7 mm 1 ±30/18°C
October 34.1°C 21.7°C 15 mm 3 ±33/21°C
November 32.9°C 22.4°C 93 mm 12 ±33/20°C
December 29.8°C 21.7°C 212 mm 20 31/19°C

Climate figures are Open-Meteo climate normals, 1991 to 2020, taken at -14.85, 35.35. The wildlife column is ours, from the sources on the best time to visit page. Averages hide bad years: a dry January still happens, and so does a wet July.