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mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:MalawiOMC.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fd/MalawiOMC.png/220px-MalawiOMC.png" decoding="async" width="220" height="457" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fd/MalawiOMC.png/330px-MalawiOMC.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fd/MalawiOMC.png/440px-MalawiOMC.png 2x" data-file-width="500" data-file-height="1039" /></a><figcaption>Malawi's cities, towns and larger villages</figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:LocationMalawi.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4e/LocationMalawi.svg/220px-LocationMalawi.svg.png" decoding="async" width="220" height="110" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4e/LocationMalawi.svg/330px-LocationMalawi.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4e/LocationMalawi.svg/440px-LocationMalawi.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1000" data-file-height="500" /></a><figcaption>Location of Malawi</figcaption></figure> <p><a href="/wiki/Malawi" title="Malawi">Malawi</a> is a <a href="/wiki/Landlocked_country" title="Landlocked country">landlocked country</a> in <a href="/wiki/Southeast_Africa" title="Southeast Africa">southeast Africa</a>. It is wholly within the tropics; from about 9°30S at its northernmost point to about 17°S at the southernmost tip. The country occupies a thin strip of land between <a href="/wiki/Zambia" title="Zambia">Zambia</a> and <a href="/wiki/Mozambique" title="Mozambique">Mozambique</a>, extending southwards into Mozambique along the valley of the <a href="/wiki/Shire_River" title="Shire River">Shire River</a>. In the north and north east it also shares a border with <a href="/wiki/Tanzania" title="Tanzania">Tanzania</a>. Malawi is connected by rail to the Mozambican ports of <a href="/wiki/Nacala" title="Nacala">Nacala</a> and <a href="/wiki/Beira,_Mozambique" title="Beira, Mozambique">Beira</a>. It lies between latitudes <a href="/wiki/9th_parallel_south" title="9th parallel south">9°</a> and <a href="/wiki/18th_parallel_south" title="18th parallel south">18°S</a>, and longitudes <a href="/wiki/32nd_meridian_east" title="32nd meridian east">32°</a> and <a href="/wiki/36th_meridian_east" title="36th meridian east">36°E</a>. </p><p>The <a href="/wiki/East_African_Rift" title="East African Rift">Great Rift Valley</a> runs through the country from north to south. <a href="/wiki/Lake_Malawi" title="Lake Malawi">Lake Malawi</a> lies within the rift valley, making up over three-quarters of Malawi's eastern boundary.<sup id="cite_ref-Cutter142_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Cutter142-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The <a href="/wiki/Shire_River" title="Shire River">Shire River</a> flows down the rift valley from the south end of the lake to join the <a href="/wiki/Zambezi_River" class="mw-redirect" title="Zambezi River">Zambezi River</a> farther south in <a href="/wiki/Mozambique" title="Mozambique">Mozambique</a>. </p><p>Plateaus and mountains lie to the east and west of the Rift Valley. The <a href="/wiki/Nyika_Plateau" title="Nyika Plateau">Nyika Plateau</a> lies west of Lake Malawi in the north of the country. The <a href="/wiki/Shire_Highlands" title="Shire Highlands">Shire Highlands</a> lie in southern Malawi, east of the rift valley and Shire River and south of Lake Malawi. The <a href="/wiki/Zomba_Plateau" title="Zomba Plateau">Zomba</a> and <a href="/wiki/Mulanje_Massif" title="Mulanje Massif">Mulanje</a> mountain peaks rise from the highlands to respective heights of 2,100 and 3,000 metres (7,000 and 10,000 feet).<sup id="cite_ref-Cutter142_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Cutter142-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Malawi has two sites listed on the <a href="/wiki/UNESCO_World_Heritage_List" class="mw-redirect" title="UNESCO World Heritage List">UNESCO World Heritage List</a>. <a href="/wiki/Lake_Malawi_National_Park" title="Lake Malawi National Park">Lake Malawi National Park</a> was first listed in 1984 and the <a href="/wiki/Chongoni_Rock_Art_Area" title="Chongoni Rock Art Area">Chongoni Rock Art Area</a> was listed in 2006.<sup id="cite_ref-Turner24_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Turner24-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Climate_of_Malawi" class="mw-redirect" title="Climate of Malawi">Malawi's climate</a> is hot in the low-lying areas in the south of the country and temperate in the northern highlands. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Geography">Geography</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Geography_of_Malawi&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Geography"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Monoxylon_beach_Lake_Malawi_1557.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e2/Monoxylon_beach_Lake_Malawi_1557.jpg/220px-Monoxylon_beach_Lake_Malawi_1557.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="151" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e2/Monoxylon_beach_Lake_Malawi_1557.jpg/330px-Monoxylon_beach_Lake_Malawi_1557.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e2/Monoxylon_beach_Lake_Malawi_1557.jpg/440px-Monoxylon_beach_Lake_Malawi_1557.jpg 2x" data-file-width="640" data-file-height="440" /></a><figcaption>Two small <a href="/wiki/Dugout_canoes" class="mw-redirect" title="Dugout canoes">dugout canoes</a> on the shore of <a href="/wiki/Lake_Malawi" title="Lake Malawi">Lake Malawi</a></figcaption></figure> <p>The <a href="/wiki/East_African_Rift" title="East African Rift">Great Rift Valley</a> traverses the country from north to south. In this deep trough lies <a href="/wiki/Lake_Malawi" title="Lake Malawi">Lake Malawi</a> (also called Lake <a href="/wiki/Nyasa_(lake)" class="mw-redirect" title="Nyasa (lake)">Nyasa</a>), the third-largest lake in <a href="/wiki/Africa" title="Africa">Africa</a>, comprising about 25% of Malawi's area. Lake Malawi is sometimes called the Calendar Lake as it is about 587 km (365 mi) long and 84 km (52 mi) wide.<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The surface of Lake Malawi is located at 460 m (1,500 ft) above sea level, with a maximum depth of 700 m (2,300 ft), which means the lake bottom is over 210 m (700 ft) below sea level at some points. The <a href="/wiki/Shire_River" title="Shire River">Shire River</a> flows from the south end of the lake and joins the <a href="/wiki/Zambezi_River" class="mw-redirect" title="Zambezi River">Zambezi River</a> 400 km (250 mi) south in Mozambique. </p><p>West of the Great Rift Valley, the land forms high plateaus, plateaus rise generally 910 to 1,220 m (3,000 to 4,000 ft) above sea level. In the north, the <a href="/wiki/Nyika_Uplands" class="mw-redirect" title="Nyika Uplands">Nyika Uplands</a> rise as high as 2,400 m (8,000 ft). The area to the west of the lake in northern and central Malawi has been categorised by the <a href="/wiki/World_Wildlife_Fund" class="mw-redirect" title="World Wildlife Fund">World Wildlife Fund</a> as part of the <a href="/wiki/Central_Zambezian_miombo_woodlands" title="Central Zambezian miombo woodlands">Central Zambezian miombo woodlands</a> <a href="/wiki/Ecoregion" title="Ecoregion">ecoregion</a>. </p><p>South of the lake lie the Shire Highlands, with an elevation of 600–1,600 m (2,000–5,200 ft), rising to elevations of 2,130 and 3,002 m (6,988 and 9,849 ft) at the <a href="/wiki/Zomba_Plateau" title="Zomba Plateau">Zomba Plateau</a> and <a href="/wiki/Mulanje_Massif" title="Mulanje Massif">Mulanje Massif</a> respectively. The <a href="/wiki/Kirk_Range" title="Kirk Range">Kirk Range</a> lies west of the Shire, and forms the border with Mozambique. In its middle stretch between <a href="/w/index.php?title=Chigaru&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Chigaru (page does not exist)">Chigaru</a> and <a href="/wiki/Chikwawa" title="Chikwawa">Chikwawa</a>, the Shire River drops almost 400 m (1,300 ft) through 80 km (50 mi) of gorges, rapids, and cataracts. In the extreme south, the Shire enters the <a href="/wiki/Zambezi" title="Zambezi">Zambezi</a> lowlands, and the elevation is only 60–90 m (200–300 ft) above sea level. </p><p>Malawi has five <a href="/wiki/National_park" title="National park">national parks</a>: </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Cape_Maclear_National_Park" class="mw-redirect" title="Cape Maclear National Park">Cape Maclear National Park</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kasungu_National_Park" title="Kasungu National Park">Kasungu National Park</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lengwe_National_Park" title="Lengwe National Park">Lengwe National Park</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Liwonde_National_Park" title="Liwonde National Park">Liwonde National Park</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nyika_National_Park" title="Nyika National Park">Nyika National Park</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Climate">Climate</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Geography_of_Malawi&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Climate"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Malawi's climate is generally tropical. The altitude moderates what would be an otherwise equatorial climate. Between November and April the temperature is warm with equatorial rains and thunderstorms, with the storms reaching their peak severity in late March. After March, the rainfall rapidly diminishes and from May to September wet mists float from the highlands into the plateaus, with almost no rainfall during these months.<sup id="cite_ref-Cutter142_1-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Cutter142-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>It is hot and humid from September to April along the lake and in the lower Shire Valley, with average daytime maximum around 27 to 29 °C (80.6 to 84.2 °F). Lilongwe is also hot and humid during these months, albeit far less than in the south. The rest of the country is warm during those months with a maximum temperature during the day around 25 °C (77 °F). From June through August, the lake areas and south are comfortably warm, with daytime maxima of around 23 °C (73.4 °F), but the rest of Malawi can be chilly at night, with temperatures ranging from 10–14 °C (50.0–57.2 °F). High altitude areas such as Mulanje and Nyika are often cold at night (around 6–8 °C or 42.8–46.4 °F) during June and July. </p><p>Karonga in the far north shows little variation in temperature with maximum daytime temperature remaining around 25 to 26 °C (77.0 to 78.8 °F) all year round but is unusual in that April and May are the wettest times of the year due to strengthening southerly winds along the lake. </p> <div> <table class="wikitable mw-collapsible mw-collapsed" style="width:auto; text-align:center; line-height:1.2em;"> <tbody><tr> <th colspan="14">Climate data for Lilongwe (extremes 1981–present) </th></tr> <tr> <th scope="row">Month </th> <th scope="col">Jan </th> <th scope="col">Feb </th> <th scope="col">Mar </th> <th scope="col">Apr </th> <th scope="col">May </th> <th scope="col">Jun </th> <th scope="col">Jul </th> <th scope="col">Aug </th> <th scope="col">Sep </th> <th scope="col">Oct </th> <th scope="col">Nov </th> <th scope="col">Dec </th> <th scope="col" style="border-left-width:medium">Year </th></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Record high °C (°F) </th> <td style="background: #FF3E00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">32.5<br />(90.5) </td> <td style="background: #FF4600; color:#000000;" class="notheme">31.2<br />(88.2) </td> <td style="background: #FF4D00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">30.2<br />(86.4) </td> <td style="background: #FF4B00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">30.5<br />(86.9) </td> <td style="background: #FF4400; color:#000000;" class="notheme">31.5<br />(88.7) </td> <td style="background: #FF5D00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">28.0<br />(82.4) </td> <td style="background: #FF5400; color:#000000;" class="notheme">29.2<br />(84.6) </td> <td style="background: #FF5200; color:#000000;" class="notheme">29.5<br />(85.1) </td> <td style="background: #FF3900; color:#000000;" class="notheme">33.1<br />(91.6) </td> <td style="background: #FF3000; color:#000000;" class="notheme">34.5<br />(94.1) </td> <td style="background: #FF3200; color:#000000;" class="notheme">34.2<br />(93.6) </td> <td style="background: #FF3E00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">32.4<br />(90.3) </td> <td style="background: #FF3000; color:#000000; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">34.5<br />(94.1) </td></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Mean daily maximum °C (°F) </th> <td style="background: #FF7300; color:#000000;" class="notheme">24.8<br />(76.6) </td> <td style="background: #FF7200; color:#000000;" class="notheme">24.9<br />(76.8) </td> <td style="background: #FF7300; color:#000000;" class="notheme">24.7<br />(76.5) </td> <td style="background: #FF7300; color:#000000;" class="notheme">24.7<br />(76.5) </td> <td style="background: #FF7E00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">23.2<br />(73.8) </td> <td style="background: #FF860D; color:#000000;" class="notheme">22.0<br />(71.6) </td> <td style="background: #FF8A16; color:#000000;" class="notheme">21.4<br />(70.5) </td> <td style="background: #FF8205; color:#000000;" class="notheme">22.6<br />(72.7) </td> <td style="background: #FF6B00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">25.9<br />(78.6) </td> <td style="background: #FF6100; color:#000000;" class="notheme">27.4<br />(81.3) </td> <td style="background: #FF6100; color:#000000;" class="notheme">27.3<br />(81.1) </td> <td style="background: #FF6D00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">25.6<br />(78.1) </td> <td style="background: #FF7400; color:#000000; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">24.6<br />(76.3) </td></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Daily mean °C (°F) </th> <td style="background: #FF8B18; color:#000000;" class="notheme">21.2<br />(70.2) </td> <td style="background: #FF8C1A; color:#000000;" class="notheme">21.1<br />(70.0) </td> <td style="background: #FF8C1A; color:#000000;" class="notheme">21.1<br />(70.0) </td> <td style="background: #FF9226; color:#000000;" class="notheme">20.2<br />(68.4) </td> <td style="background: #FF9F40; color:#000000;" class="notheme">18.3<br />(64.9) </td> <td style="background: #FFAE5D; color:#000000;" class="notheme">16.2<br />(61.2) </td> <td style="background: #FFAF5F; color:#000000;" class="notheme">16.1<br />(61.0) </td> <td style="background: #FFA64E; color:#000000;" class="notheme">17.3<br />(63.1) </td> <td style="background: #FF9021; color:#000000;" class="notheme">20.6<br />(69.1) </td> <td style="background: #FF8308; color:#000000;" class="notheme">22.4<br />(72.3) </td> <td style="background: #FF8001; color:#000000;" class="notheme">22.9<br />(73.2) </td> <td style="background: #FF8710; color:#000000;" class="notheme">21.8<br />(71.2) </td> <td style="background: #FF952C; color:#000000; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">19.8<br />(67.6) </td></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Mean daily minimum °C (°F) </th> <td style="background: #FFA042; color:#000000;" class="notheme">18.2<br />(64.8) </td> <td style="background: #FFA449; color:#000000;" class="notheme">17.7<br />(63.9) </td> <td style="background: #FFA64E; color:#000000;" class="notheme">17.3<br />(63.1) </td> <td style="background: #FFB163; color:#000000;" class="notheme">15.8<br />(60.4) </td> <td style="background: #FFC388; color:#000000;" class="notheme">13.1<br />(55.6) </td> <td style="background: #FFD8B1; color:#000000;" class="notheme">10.1<br />(50.2) </td> <td style="background: #FFD9B4; color:#000000;" class="notheme">9.9<br />(49.8) </td> <td style="background: #FFD1A4; color:#000000;" class="notheme">11.1<br />(52.0) </td> <td style="background: #FFBE7E; color:#000000;" class="notheme">13.8<br />(56.8) </td> <td style="background: #FFAA55; color:#000000;" class="notheme">16.8<br />(62.2) </td> <td style="background: #FF9E3E; color:#000000;" class="notheme">18.5<br />(65.3) </td> <td style="background: #FF9F40; color:#000000;" class="notheme">18.3<br />(64.9) </td> <td style="background: #FFB56C; color:#000000; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">15.1<br />(59.2) </td></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Record low °C (°F) </th> <td style="background: #FFCC9A; color:#000000;" class="notheme">11.8<br />(53.2) </td> <td style="background: #FFCD9B; color:#000000;" class="notheme">11.7<br />(53.1) </td> <td style="background: #FFD0A1; color:#000000;" class="notheme">11.3<br />(52.3) </td> <td style="background: #FFE6CD; color:#000000;" class="notheme">8.1<br />(46.6) </td> <td style="background: #F6F6FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">3.0<br />(37.4) </td> <td style="background: #E9E9FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">0.5<br />(32.9) </td> <td style="background: #E7E7FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">0.1<br />(32.2) </td> <td style="background: #EEEEFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">1.4<br />(34.5) </td> <td style="background: #FFFAF6; color:#000000;" class="notheme">5.1<br />(41.2) </td> <td style="background: #FFE7D0; color:#000000;" class="notheme">7.9<br />(46.2) </td> <td style="background: #FFD9B3; color:#000000;" class="notheme">10.0<br />(50.0) </td> <td style="background: #FFCC9A; color:#000000;" class="notheme">11.8<br />(53.2) </td> <td style="background: #E7E7FF; color:#000000; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">0.1<br />(32.2) </td></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Average <a href="/wiki/Precipitation" title="Precipitation">precipitation</a> mm (inches) </th> <td style="background: #00B100; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">223<br />(8.8) </td> <td style="background: #00CC00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">187<br />(7.4) </td> <td style="background: #40FF40; color:#000000;" class="notheme">128<br />(5.0) </td> <td style="background: #BBFFBB; color:#000000;" class="notheme">44<br />(1.7) </td> <td style="background: #EDFFED; color:#000000;" class="notheme">12<br />(0.5) </td> <td style="background: #FDFFFD; color:#000000;" class="notheme">1<br />(0.0) </td> <td style="background: #FFFFFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">0<br />(0) </td> <td style="background: #FFFFFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">0<br />(0) </td> <td style="background: #FDFFFD; color:#000000;" class="notheme">1<br />(0.0) </td> <td style="background: #F0FFF0; color:#000000;" class="notheme">10<br />(0.4) </td> <td style="background: #9DFF9D; color:#000000;" class="notheme">63<br />(2.5) </td> <td style="background: #00D500; color:#000000;" class="notheme">199<br />(7.8) </td> <td style="background: #91FF91; color:#000000; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">869<br />(34.2) </td></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Average precipitation days <span style="font-size:90%;" class="nowrap">(≥ 0.1 mm)</span> </th> <td style="background: #2020FF; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">18 </td> <td style="background: #2626FF; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">16 </td> <td style="background: #4545FF; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">15 </td> <td style="background: #9999FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">8 </td> <td style="background: #CDCDFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">4 </td> <td style="background: #F2F2FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">1 </td> <td style="background: #F2F2FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">1 </td> <td style="background: #F2F2FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">1 </td> <td style="background: #FFFFFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">0 </td> <td style="background: #E6E6FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">2 </td> <td style="background: #9999FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">8 </td> <td style="background: #2D2DFF; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">17 </td> <td style="background: #9F9FFF; color:#000000; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">91 </td></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Average <a href="/wiki/Relative_humidity" class="mw-redirect" title="Relative humidity">relative humidity</a> (%) </th> <td style="background: #0000C0; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">83 </td> <td style="background: #0000C0; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">83 </td> <td style="background: #0000C4; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">82 </td> <td style="background: #0000D3; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">78 </td> <td style="background: #0000E2; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">74 </td> <td style="background: #0000F6; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">69 </td> <td style="background: #0606FF; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">65 </td> <td style="background: #1919FF; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">60 </td> <td style="background: #3838FF; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">52 </td> <td style="background: #3434FF; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">53 </td> <td style="background: #1111FF; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">62 </td> <td style="background: #0000D3; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">78 </td> <td style="background: #0000F6; color:#FFFFFF; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">69 </td></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Mean monthly <a href="/wiki/Sunshine_duration" title="Sunshine duration">sunshine hours</a> </th> <td style="background: #BDBD33; color:#000000;" class="notheme">136.4 </td> <td style="background: #C7C700; color:#000000;" class="notheme">144.1 </td> <td style="background: #CDCD00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">170.5 </td> <td style="background: #DCDC00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">213.0 </td> <td style="background: #E6E600; color:#000000;" class="notheme">263.5 </td> <td style="background: #E3E300; color:#000000;" class="notheme">243.0 </td> <td style="background: #E1E100; color:#000000;" class="notheme">241.8 </td> <td style="background: #E6E600; color:#000000;" class="notheme">263.5 </td> <td style="background: #EFEF0D; color:#000000;" class="notheme">294.0 </td> <td style="background: #EAEA01; color:#000000;" class="notheme">282.1 </td> <td style="background: #E1E100; color:#000000;" class="notheme">234.0 </td> <td style="background: #BFBF2A; color:#000000;" class="notheme">139.5 </td> <td style="background: #DCDC00; color:#000000; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">2,625.4 </td></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Mean daily <a href="/wiki/Sunshine_duration" title="Sunshine duration">sunshine hours</a> </th> <td style="background: #BEBE2D; color:#000000;" class="notheme">4.4 </td> <td style="background: #C8C800; color:#000000;" class="notheme">5.1 </td> <td style="background: #CECE00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">5.5 </td> <td style="background: #DDDD00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">7.1 </td> <td style="background: #E7E700; color:#000000;" class="notheme">8.5 </td> <td style="background: #E4E400; color:#000000;" class="notheme">8.1 </td> <td style="background: #E2E200; color:#000000;" class="notheme">7.8 </td> <td style="background: #E7E700; color:#000000;" class="notheme">8.5 </td> <td style="background: #F0F010; color:#000000;" class="notheme">9.8 </td> <td style="background: #EBEB03; color:#000000;" class="notheme">9.1 </td> <td style="background: #E2E200; color:#000000;" class="notheme">7.8 </td> <td style="background: #C0C024; color:#000000;" class="notheme">4.5 </td> <td style="background: #DDDD00; color:#000000; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">7.2 </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="14" style="text-align:center;font-size:95%;">Source 1: <a href="/wiki/Deutscher_Wetterdienst" title="Deutscher Wetterdienst">Deutscher Wetterdienst</a><sup id="cite_ref-DWDLilongwe_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-DWDLilongwe-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="14" style="text-align:center;font-size:95%;">Source 2: Meteo Climat (record highs and lows)<sup id="cite_ref-Lilongwemeteoclimat_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Lilongwemeteoclimat-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr></tbody></table> </div> <div> <table class="wikitable mw-collapsible mw-collapsed" style="width:auto; text-align:center; line-height:1.2em;"> <tbody><tr> <th colspan="14">Climate data for Blantyre (<a href="/wiki/Chileka_International_Airport" title="Chileka International Airport">Chileka International Airport</a>) 1961–1990, extremes 1939–present </th></tr> <tr> <th scope="row">Month </th> <th scope="col">Jan </th> <th scope="col">Feb </th> <th scope="col">Mar </th> <th scope="col">Apr </th> <th scope="col">May </th> <th scope="col">Jun </th> <th scope="col">Jul </th> <th scope="col">Aug </th> <th scope="col">Sep </th> <th scope="col">Oct </th> <th scope="col">Nov </th> <th scope="col">Dec </th> <th scope="col" style="border-left-width:medium">Year </th></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Record high °C (°F) </th> <td style="background: #FF2100; color:#000000;" class="notheme">36.7<br />(98.1) </td> <td style="background: #FF1C00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">37.4<br />(99.3) </td> <td style="background: #FF1600; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">38.3<br />(100.9) </td> <td style="background: #FF3500; color:#000000;" class="notheme">33.8<br />(92.8) </td> <td style="background: #FF3500; color:#000000;" class="notheme">33.7<br />(92.7) </td> <td style="background: #FF4300; color:#000000;" class="notheme">31.7<br />(89.1) </td> <td style="background: #FF1800; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">38.0<br />(100.4) </td> <td style="background: #FF3800; color:#000000;" class="notheme">33.3<br />(91.9) </td> <td style="background: #FF1300; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">38.6<br />(101.5) </td> <td style="background: #FF0D00; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">39.5<br />(103.1) </td> <td style="background: #FF0D00; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">39.5<br />(103.1) </td> <td style="background: #FF2200; color:#000000;" class="notheme">36.5<br />(97.7) </td> <td style="background: #FF0D00; color:#FFFFFF; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">39.5<br />(103.1) </td></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Mean daily maximum °C (°F) </th> <td style="background: #FF5A00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">28.4<br />(83.1) </td> <td style="background: #FF5A00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">28.3<br />(82.9) </td> <td style="background: #FF5E00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">27.8<br />(82.0) </td> <td style="background: #FF6200; color:#000000;" class="notheme">27.2<br />(81.0) </td> <td style="background: #FF6B00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">25.9<br />(78.6) </td> <td style="background: #FF7700; color:#000000;" class="notheme">24.1<br />(75.4) </td> <td style="background: #FF7900; color:#000000;" class="notheme">23.9<br />(75.0) </td> <td style="background: #FF6A00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">26.1<br />(79.0) </td> <td style="background: #FF5400; color:#000000;" class="notheme">29.2<br />(84.6) </td> <td style="background: #FF4600; color:#000000;" class="notheme">31.3<br />(88.3) </td> <td style="background: #FF4A00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">30.7<br />(87.3) </td> <td style="background: #FF5400; color:#000000;" class="notheme">29.2<br />(84.6) </td> <td style="background: #FF5F00; color:#000000; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">27.7<br />(81.9) </td></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Daily mean °C (°F) </th> <td style="background: #FF7C00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">23.5<br />(74.3) </td> <td style="background: #FF7C00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">23.4<br />(74.1) </td> <td style="background: #FF7E00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">23.2<br />(73.8) </td> <td style="background: #FF850B; color:#000000;" class="notheme">22.2<br />(72.0) </td> <td style="background: #FF9225; color:#000000;" class="notheme">20.3<br />(68.5) </td> <td style="background: #FF9E3E; color:#000000;" class="notheme">18.5<br />(65.3) </td> <td style="background: #FF9F3F; color:#000000;" class="notheme">18.4<br />(65.1) </td> <td style="background: #FF9429; color:#000000;" class="notheme">20.0<br />(68.0) </td> <td style="background: #FF7E00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">23.1<br />(73.6) </td> <td style="background: #FF7100; color:#000000;" class="notheme">25.0<br />(77.0) </td> <td style="background: #FF7100; color:#000000;" class="notheme">25.0<br />(77.0) </td> <td style="background: #FF7800; color:#000000;" class="notheme">24.0<br />(75.2) </td> <td style="background: #FF850B; color:#000000; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">22.2<br />(72.0) </td></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Mean daily minimum °C (°F) </th> <td style="background: #FF9327; color:#000000;" class="notheme">20.1<br />(68.2) </td> <td style="background: #FF942A; color:#000000;" class="notheme">19.9<br />(67.8) </td> <td style="background: #FF9932; color:#000000;" class="notheme">19.3<br />(66.7) </td> <td style="background: #FFA246; color:#000000;" class="notheme">17.9<br />(64.2) </td> <td style="background: #FFB266; color:#000000;" class="notheme">15.6<br />(60.1) </td> <td style="background: #FFC081; color:#000000;" class="notheme">13.6<br />(56.5) </td> <td style="background: #FFC285; color:#000000;" class="notheme">13.3<br />(55.9) </td> <td style="background: #FFBA75; color:#000000;" class="notheme">14.5<br />(58.1) </td> <td style="background: #FFA851; color:#000000;" class="notheme">17.1<br />(62.8) </td> <td style="background: #FF9730; color:#000000;" class="notheme">19.5<br />(67.1) </td> <td style="background: #FF9225; color:#000000;" class="notheme">20.3<br />(68.5) </td> <td style="background: #FF9226; color:#000000;" class="notheme">20.2<br />(68.4) </td> <td style="background: #FFA44A; color:#000000; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">17.6<br />(63.7) </td></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Record low °C (°F) </th> <td style="background: #FFD7B0; color:#000000;" class="notheme">10.2<br />(50.4) </td> <td style="background: #FFBD7C; color:#000000;" class="notheme">14.0<br />(57.2) </td> <td style="background: #FFB163; color:#000000;" class="notheme">15.8<br />(60.4) </td> <td style="background: #FFDBB8; color:#000000;" class="notheme">9.6<br />(49.3) </td> <td style="background: #FFDFBF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">9.1<br />(48.4) </td> <td style="background: #FFF4EA; color:#000000;" class="notheme">6.0<br />(42.8) </td> <td style="background: #FFDFC0; color:#000000;" class="notheme">9.0<br />(48.2) </td> <td style="background: #FFD9B3; color:#000000;" class="notheme">10.0<br />(50.0) </td> <td style="background: #FFE9D4; color:#000000;" class="notheme">7.6<br />(45.7) </td> <td style="background: #FFDCBA; color:#000000;" class="notheme">9.5<br />(49.1) </td> <td style="background: #FFCE9D; color:#000000;" class="notheme">11.6<br />(52.9) </td> <td style="background: #FFBD7C; color:#000000;" class="notheme">14.0<br />(57.2) </td> <td style="background: #FFF4EA; color:#000000; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">6.0<br />(42.8) </td></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Average <a href="/wiki/Precipitation" title="Precipitation">precipitation</a> mm (inches) </th> <td style="background: #00D600; color:#000000;" class="notheme">198.0<br />(7.80) </td> <td style="background: #00D500; color:#000000;" class="notheme">181.4<br />(7.14) </td> <td style="background: #1CFF1C; color:#000000;" class="notheme">152.0<br />(5.98) </td> <td style="background: #B8FFB8; color:#000000;" class="notheme">45.9<br />(1.81) </td> <td style="background: #F0FFF0; color:#000000;" class="notheme">9.9<br />(0.39) </td> <td style="background: #FBFFFB; color:#000000;" class="notheme">2.1<br />(0.08) </td> <td style="background: #FBFFFB; color:#000000;" class="notheme">2.4<br />(0.09) </td> <td style="background: #FDFFFD; color:#000000;" class="notheme">1.2<br />(0.05) </td> <td style="background: #F9FFF9; color:#000000;" class="notheme">3.5<br />(0.14) </td> <td style="background: #D3FFD3; color:#000000;" class="notheme">29.2<br />(1.15) </td> <td style="background: #6FFF6F; color:#000000;" class="notheme">93.0<br />(3.66) </td> <td style="background: #00F400; color:#000000;" class="notheme">178.0<br />(7.01) </td> <td style="background: #8DFF8D; color:#000000; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">896.6<br />(35.30) </td></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Average precipitation days <span style="font-size:90%;" class="nowrap">(≥ 0.3 mm)</span> </th> <td style="background: #3939FF; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">16 </td> <td style="background: #4141FF; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">14 </td> <td style="background: #6A6AFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">12 </td> <td style="background: #B2B2FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">6 </td> <td style="background: #E6E6FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">2 </td> <td style="background: #E5E5FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">2 </td> <td style="background: #E6E6FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">2 </td> <td style="background: #F2F2FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">1 </td> <td style="background: #E5E5FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">2 </td> <td style="background: #CDCDFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">4 </td> <td style="background: #9999FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">8 </td> <td style="background: #5252FF; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">14 </td> <td style="background: #A8A8FF; color:#000000; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">83 </td></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Average <a href="/wiki/Relative_humidity" class="mw-redirect" title="Relative humidity">relative humidity</a> (%) </th> <td style="background: #0000CF; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">79 </td> <td style="background: #0000CB; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">80 </td> <td style="background: #0000D3; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">78 </td> <td style="background: #0000DF; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">75 </td> <td style="background: #0000F6; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">69 </td> <td style="background: #0202FF; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">66 </td> <td style="background: #0A0AFF; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">64 </td> <td style="background: #3F3FFF; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">50 </td> <td style="background: #3838FF; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">52 </td> <td style="background: #3434FF; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">53 </td> <td style="background: #1515FF; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">61 </td> <td style="background: #0000DF; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">75 </td> <td style="background: #0000FD; color:#FFFFFF; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">67 </td></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Mean monthly <a href="/wiki/Sunshine_duration" title="Sunshine duration">sunshine hours</a> </th> <td style="background: #D7D700; color:#000000;" class="notheme">198.4 </td> <td style="background: #D7D700; color:#000000;" class="notheme">182.0 </td> <td style="background: #DBDB00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">217.0 </td> <td style="background: #E1E100; color:#000000;" class="notheme">237.0 </td> <td style="background: #E5E500; color:#000000;" class="notheme">260.4 </td> <td style="background: #E1E100; color:#000000;" class="notheme">237.0 </td> <td style="background: #DFDF00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">232.3 </td> <td style="background: #E5E500; color:#000000;" class="notheme">260.4 </td> <td style="background: #E9E900; color:#000000;" class="notheme">270.0 </td> <td style="background: #E9E900; color:#000000;" class="notheme">275.9 </td> <td style="background: #DFDF00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">228.0 </td> <td style="background: #D7D700; color:#000000;" class="notheme">198.4 </td> <td style="background: #E0E000; color:#000000; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">2,797 </td></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Mean daily <a href="/wiki/Sunshine_duration" title="Sunshine duration">sunshine hours</a> </th> <td style="background: #D7D700; color:#000000;" class="notheme">6.4 </td> <td style="background: #D8D800; color:#000000;" class="notheme">6.5 </td> <td style="background: #DCDC00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">7.0 </td> <td style="background: #E2E200; color:#000000;" class="notheme">7.9 </td> <td style="background: #E6E600; color:#000000;" class="notheme">8.4 </td> <td style="background: #E2E200; color:#000000;" class="notheme">7.9 </td> <td style="background: #DFDF00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">7.5 </td> <td style="background: #E6E600; color:#000000;" class="notheme">8.4 </td> <td style="background: #EAEA02; color:#000000;" class="notheme">9.0 </td> <td style="background: #E9E900; color:#000000;" class="notheme">8.9 </td> <td style="background: #E0E000; color:#000000;" class="notheme">7.6 </td> <td style="background: #D7D700; color:#000000;" class="notheme">6.4 </td> <td style="background: #E1E100; color:#000000; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">7.7 </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="14" style="text-align:center;font-size:95%;">Source 1: NOAA<sup id="cite_ref-NOAABlantyre_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-NOAABlantyre-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="14" style="text-align:center;font-size:95%;">Source 2: Meteo Climat (record highs and lows)<sup id="cite_ref-Blantyremeteoclimat_7-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Blantyremeteoclimat-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr></tbody></table> </div> <div> <table class="wikitable mw-collapsible mw-collapsed" style="width:auto; text-align:center; line-height:1.2em;"> <tbody><tr> <th colspan="14">Climate data for Karonga (1961-1990 normals) </th></tr> <tr> <th scope="row">Month </th> <th scope="col">Jan </th> <th scope="col">Feb </th> <th scope="col">Mar </th> <th scope="col">Apr </th> <th scope="col">May </th> <th scope="col">Jun </th> <th scope="col">Jul </th> <th scope="col">Aug </th> <th scope="col">Sep </th> <th scope="col">Oct </th> <th scope="col">Nov </th> <th scope="col">Dec </th> <th scope="col" style="border-left-width:medium">Year </th></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Mean daily maximum °C (°F) </th> <td style="background: #FF5200; color:#000000;" class="notheme">29.6<br />(85.3) </td> <td style="background: #FF5200; color:#000000;" class="notheme">29.6<br />(85.3) </td> <td style="background: #FF5400; color:#000000;" class="notheme">29.3<br />(84.7) </td> <td style="background: #FF5600; color:#000000;" class="notheme">29.0<br />(84.2) </td> <td style="background: #FF5800; color:#000000;" class="notheme">28.7<br />(83.7) </td> <td style="background: #FF5F00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">27.6<br />(81.7) </td> <td style="background: #FF6100; color:#000000;" class="notheme">27.3<br />(81.1) </td> <td style="background: #FF5A00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">28.3<br />(82.9) </td> <td style="background: #FF4B00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">30.6<br />(87.1) </td> <td style="background: #FF3E00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">32.5<br />(90.5) </td> <td style="background: #FF3E00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">32.4<br />(90.3) </td> <td style="background: #FF4B00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">30.5<br />(86.9) </td> <td style="background: #FF5200; color:#000000; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">29.6<br />(85.3) </td></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Daily mean °C (°F) </th> <td style="background: #FF7200; color:#000000;" class="notheme">24.9<br />(76.8) </td> <td style="background: #FF7100; color:#000000;" class="notheme">25.0<br />(77.0) </td> <td style="background: #FF7300; color:#000000;" class="notheme">24.7<br />(76.5) </td> <td style="background: #FF7400; color:#000000;" class="notheme">24.6<br />(76.3) </td> <td style="background: #FF7B00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">23.6<br />(74.5) </td> <td style="background: #FF850B; color:#000000;" class="notheme">22.2<br />(72.0) </td> <td style="background: #FF8811; color:#000000;" class="notheme">21.7<br />(71.1) </td> <td style="background: #FF8308; color:#000000;" class="notheme">22.4<br />(72.3) </td> <td style="background: #FF7600; color:#000000;" class="notheme">24.3<br />(75.7) </td> <td style="background: #FF6800; color:#000000;" class="notheme">26.4<br />(79.5) </td> <td style="background: #FF6300; color:#000000;" class="notheme">27.0<br />(80.6) </td> <td style="background: #FF6C00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">25.7<br />(78.3) </td> <td style="background: #FF7500; color:#000000; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">24.4<br />(75.9) </td></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Mean daily minimum °C (°F) </th> <td style="background: #FF8710; color:#000000;" class="notheme">21.8<br />(71.2) </td> <td style="background: #FF8811; color:#000000;" class="notheme">21.7<br />(71.1) </td> <td style="background: #FF8914; color:#000000;" class="notheme">21.5<br />(70.7) </td> <td style="background: #FF8B17; color:#000000;" class="notheme">21.3<br />(70.3) </td> <td style="background: #FF942A; color:#000000;" class="notheme">19.9<br />(67.8) </td> <td style="background: #FFA246; color:#000000;" class="notheme">17.9<br />(64.2) </td> <td style="background: #FFA852; color:#000000;" class="notheme">17.0<br />(62.6) </td> <td style="background: #FFA44A; color:#000000;" class="notheme">17.6<br />(63.7) </td> <td style="background: #FF9831; color:#000000;" class="notheme">19.4<br />(66.9) </td> <td style="background: #FF870F; color:#000000;" class="notheme">21.9<br />(71.4) </td> <td style="background: #FF7F00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">23.0<br />(73.4) </td> <td style="background: #FF8308; color:#000000;" class="notheme">22.4<br />(72.3) </td> <td style="background: #FF9123; color:#000000; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">20.4<br />(68.7) </td></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Average <a href="/wiki/Precipitation" title="Precipitation">precipitation</a> mm (inches) </th> <td style="background: #39FF39; color:#000000;" class="notheme">132.3<br />(5.21) </td> <td style="background: #3AFF3A; color:#000000;" class="notheme">120.0<br />(4.72) </td> <td style="background: #00CB00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">206.0<br />(8.11) </td> <td style="background: #36FF36; color:#000000;" class="notheme">130.0<br />(5.12) </td> <td style="background: #E2FFE2; color:#000000;" class="notheme">19.4<br />(0.76) </td> <td style="background: #FDFFFD; color:#000000;" class="notheme">0.8<br />(0.03) </td> <td style="background: #FDFFFD; color:#000000;" class="notheme">0.8<br />(0.03) </td> <td style="background: #FEFFFE; color:#000000;" class="notheme">0.3<br />(0.01) </td> <td style="background: #FFFFFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">0.0<br />(0.0) </td> <td style="background: #FDFFFD; color:#000000;" class="notheme">1.3<br />(0.05) </td> <td style="background: #C2FFC2; color:#000000;" class="notheme">39.4<br />(1.55) </td> <td style="background: #20FF20; color:#000000;" class="notheme">149.0<br />(5.87) </td> <td style="background: #99FF99; color:#000000; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">799.3<br />(31.47) </td></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Average <a href="/wiki/Relative_humidity" class="mw-redirect" title="Relative humidity">relative humidity</a> (%) </th> <td style="background: #0000CF; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">79 </td> <td style="background: #0000CB; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">80 </td> <td style="background: #0000C4; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">82 </td> <td style="background: #0000CB; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">80 </td> <td style="background: #0000E2; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">74 </td> <td style="background: #0202FF; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">66 </td> <td style="background: #0606FF; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">65 </td> <td style="background: #0A0AFF; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">64 </td> <td style="background: #1919FF; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">60 </td> <td style="background: #2828FF; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">56 </td> <td style="background: #1111FF; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">62 </td> <td style="background: #0000DF; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">75 </td> <td style="background: #0000F2; color:#FFFFFF; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">70 </td></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Mean monthly <a href="/wiki/Sunshine_duration" title="Sunshine duration">sunshine hours</a> </th> <td style="background: #D0D000; color:#000000;" class="notheme">176.7 </td> <td style="background: #D4D400; color:#000000;" class="notheme">170.8 </td> <td style="background: #D9D900; color:#000000;" class="notheme">207.7 </td> <td style="background: #DEDE00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">222.0 </td> <td style="background: #E4E400; color:#000000;" class="notheme">254.2 </td> <td style="background: #E8E800; color:#000000;" class="notheme">264.0 </td> <td style="background: #EBEB03; color:#000000;" class="notheme">285.2 </td> <td style="background: #F0F00F; color:#000000;" class="notheme">306.9 </td> <td style="background: #F2F214; color:#000000;" class="notheme">306.0 </td> <td style="background: #F2F216; color:#000000;" class="notheme">319.3 </td> <td style="background: #EAEA01; color:#000000;" class="notheme">273.0 </td> <td style="background: #DADA00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">213.9 </td> <td style="background: #E4E400; color:#000000; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">2,999.7 </td></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Mean daily <a href="/wiki/Sunshine_duration" title="Sunshine duration">sunshine hours</a> </th> <td style="background: #D1D100; color:#000000;" class="notheme">5.7 </td> <td style="background: #D5D500; color:#000000;" class="notheme">6.1 </td> <td style="background: #DADA00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">6.7 </td> <td style="background: #DFDF00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">7.4 </td> <td style="background: #E4E400; color:#000000;" class="notheme">8.2 </td> <td style="background: #E9E900; color:#000000;" class="notheme">8.8 </td> <td style="background: #ECEC05; color:#000000;" class="notheme">9.2 </td> <td style="background: #F1F111; color:#000000;" class="notheme">9.9 </td> <td style="background: #F3F316; color:#000000;" class="notheme">10.2 </td> <td style="background: #F4F418; color:#000000;" class="notheme">10.3 </td> <td style="background: #EBEB03; color:#000000;" class="notheme">9.1 </td> <td style="background: #DBDB00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">6.9 </td> <td style="background: #E4E400; color:#000000; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">8.2 </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="14" style="text-align:center;font-size:95%;">Source: NOAA<sup id="cite_ref-KarongaNOAA_8-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-KarongaNOAA-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr></tbody></table> </div> <div> <table class="wikitable mw-collapsible mw-collapsed" style="width:auto; text-align:center; line-height:1.2em;"> <tbody><tr> <th colspan="14">Climate data for Chitipa (1961–1990 normals) </th></tr> <tr> <th scope="row">Month </th> <th scope="col">Jan </th> <th scope="col">Feb </th> <th scope="col">Mar </th> <th scope="col">Apr </th> <th scope="col">May </th> <th scope="col">Jun </th> <th scope="col">Jul </th> <th scope="col">Aug </th> <th scope="col">Sep </th> <th scope="col">Oct </th> <th scope="col">Nov </th> <th scope="col">Dec </th> <th scope="col" style="border-left-width:medium">Year </th></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Mean daily maximum °C (°F) </th> <td style="background: #FF6900; color:#000000;" class="notheme">26.2<br />(79.2) </td> <td style="background: #FF6800; color:#000000;" class="notheme">26.4<br />(79.5) </td> <td style="background: #FF6A00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">26.1<br />(79.0) </td> <td style="background: #FF6D00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">25.6<br />(78.1) </td> <td style="background: #FF7300; color:#000000;" class="notheme">24.8<br />(76.6) </td> <td style="background: #FF7A00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">23.7<br />(74.7) </td> <td style="background: #FF7C00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">23.5<br />(74.3) </td> <td style="background: #FF7200; color:#000000;" class="notheme">24.9<br />(76.8) </td> <td style="background: #FF5F00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">27.7<br />(81.9) </td> <td style="background: #FF4F00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">29.9<br />(85.8) </td> <td style="background: #FF5200; color:#000000;" class="notheme">29.6<br />(85.3) </td> <td style="background: #FF6300; color:#000000;" class="notheme">27.0<br />(80.6) </td> <td style="background: #FF6800; color:#000000; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">26.3<br />(79.3) </td></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Daily mean °C (°F) </th> <td style="background: #FF9123; color:#000000;" class="notheme">20.4<br />(68.7) </td> <td style="background: #FF9123; color:#000000;" class="notheme">20.4<br />(68.7) </td> <td style="background: #FF9022; color:#000000;" class="notheme">20.5<br />(68.9) </td> <td style="background: #FF942A; color:#000000;" class="notheme">19.9<br />(67.8) </td> <td style="background: #FF9D3B; color:#000000;" class="notheme">18.7<br />(65.7) </td> <td style="background: #FFA74F; color:#000000;" class="notheme">17.2<br />(63.0) </td> <td style="background: #FFAA55; color:#000000;" class="notheme">16.8<br />(62.2) </td> <td style="background: #FFA042; color:#000000;" class="notheme">18.2<br />(64.8) </td> <td style="background: #FF8E1E; color:#000000;" class="notheme">20.8<br />(69.4) </td> <td style="background: #FF8001; color:#000000;" class="notheme">22.9<br />(73.2) </td> <td style="background: #FF8002; color:#000000;" class="notheme">22.8<br />(73.0) </td> <td style="background: #FF8D1C; color:#000000;" class="notheme">20.9<br />(69.6) </td> <td style="background: #FF9429; color:#000000; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">20.0<br />(68.0) </td></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Mean daily minimum °C (°F) </th> <td style="background: #FFA851; color:#000000;" class="notheme">17.1<br />(62.8) </td> <td style="background: #FFA851; color:#000000;" class="notheme">17.1<br />(62.8) </td> <td style="background: #FFA74F; color:#000000;" class="notheme">17.2<br />(63.0) </td> <td style="background: #FFA954; color:#000000;" class="notheme">16.9<br />(62.4) </td> <td style="background: #FFB56C; color:#000000;" class="notheme">15.1<br />(59.2) </td> <td style="background: #FFC58B; color:#000000;" class="notheme">12.9<br />(55.2) </td> <td style="background: #FFC790; color:#000000;" class="notheme">12.5<br />(54.5) </td> <td style="background: #FFBF80; color:#000000;" class="notheme">13.7<br />(56.7) </td> <td style="background: #FFB061; color:#000000;" class="notheme">15.9<br />(60.6) </td> <td style="background: #FFA449; color:#000000;" class="notheme">17.7<br />(63.9) </td> <td style="background: #FF9F40; color:#000000;" class="notheme">18.3<br />(64.9) </td> <td style="background: #FFA44A; color:#000000;" class="notheme">17.6<br />(63.7) </td> <td style="background: #FFAF60; color:#000000; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">16.0<br />(60.8) </td></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Average <a href="/wiki/Precipitation" title="Precipitation">precipitation</a> mm (inches) </th> <td style="background: #00CC00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">204.8<br />(8.06) </td> <td style="background: #009C00; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">216.0<br />(8.50) </td> <td style="background: #00DF00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">192.0<br />(7.56) </td> <td style="background: #A7FFA7; color:#000000;" class="notheme">56.6<br />(2.23) </td> <td style="background: #F3FFF3; color:#000000;" class="notheme">7.5<br />(0.30) </td> <td style="background: #FEFFFE; color:#000000;" class="notheme">0.6<br />(0.02) </td> <td style="background: #FDFFFD; color:#000000;" class="notheme">0.8<br />(0.03) </td> <td style="background: #FFFFFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">0.0<br />(0.0) </td> <td style="background: #FDFFFD; color:#000000;" class="notheme">0.7<br />(0.03) </td> <td style="background: #F6FFF6; color:#000000;" class="notheme">6.0<br />(0.24) </td> <td style="background: #85FF85; color:#000000;" class="notheme">78.8<br />(3.10) </td> <td style="background: #00B000; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">224.0<br />(8.82) </td> <td style="background: #82FF82; color:#000000; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">987.8<br />(38.89) </td></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Average precipitation days <span style="font-size:90%;" class="nowrap">(≥ 0.3 mm)</span> </th> <td style="background: #0000FA; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">21 </td> <td style="background: #0000FC; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">19 </td> <td style="background: #1414FF; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">19 </td> <td style="background: #7F7FFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">10 </td> <td style="background: #D9D9FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">3 </td> <td style="background: #E5E5FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">2 </td> <td style="background: #E6E6FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">2 </td> <td style="background: #F2F2FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">1 </td> <td style="background: #F2F2FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">1 </td> <td style="background: #E6E6FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">2 </td> <td style="background: #A5A5FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">7 </td> <td style="background: #0808FF; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">20 </td> <td style="background: #8E8EFF; color:#000000; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">107 </td></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Average <a href="/wiki/Relative_humidity" class="mw-redirect" title="Relative humidity">relative humidity</a> (%) </th> <td style="background: #0000C0; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">83 </td> <td style="background: #0000BC; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">84 </td> <td style="background: #0000BC; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">84 </td> <td style="background: #0000C4; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">82 </td> <td style="background: #0000D7; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">77 </td> <td style="background: #0000E6; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">73 </td> <td style="background: #0000F2; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">70 </td> <td style="background: #0E0EFF; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">63 </td> <td style="background: #2C2CFF; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">55 </td> <td style="background: #2424FF; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">57 </td> <td style="background: #1515FF; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">61 </td> <td style="background: #0000CF; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">79 </td> <td style="background: #0000EA; color:#FFFFFF; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">72 </td></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Mean monthly <a href="/wiki/Sunshine_duration" title="Sunshine duration">sunshine hours</a> </th> <td style="background: #C0C022; color:#000000;" class="notheme">142.6 </td> <td style="background: #C4C40C; color:#000000;" class="notheme">137.2 </td> <td style="background: #CECE00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">173.6 </td> <td style="background: #DCDC00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">213.0 </td> <td style="background: #E5E500; color:#000000;" class="notheme">260.4 </td> <td style="background: #ECEC06; color:#000000;" class="notheme">282.0 </td> <td style="background: #EEEE0B; color:#000000;" class="notheme">300.7 </td> <td style="background: #F0F011; color:#000000;" class="notheme">310.0 </td> <td style="background: #F0F00F; color:#000000;" class="notheme">297.0 </td> <td style="background: #ECEC06; color:#000000;" class="notheme">291.4 </td> <td style="background: #E1E100; color:#000000;" class="notheme">234.0 </td> <td style="background: #CCCC00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">167.4 </td> <td style="background: #E0E000; color:#000000; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">2,809.3 </td></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Mean daily <a href="/wiki/Sunshine_duration" title="Sunshine duration">sunshine hours</a> </th> <td style="background: #C1C11C; color:#000000;" class="notheme">4.6 </td> <td style="background: #C5C502; color:#000000;" class="notheme">4.9 </td> <td style="background: #CFCF00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">5.6 </td> <td style="background: #DDDD00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">7.1 </td> <td style="background: #E6E600; color:#000000;" class="notheme">8.4 </td> <td style="background: #EDED09; color:#000000;" class="notheme">9.4 </td> <td style="background: #EFEF0E; color:#000000;" class="notheme">9.7 </td> <td style="background: #F1F113; color:#000000;" class="notheme">10.0 </td> <td style="background: #F1F111; color:#000000;" class="notheme">9.9 </td> <td style="background: #EDED09; color:#000000;" class="notheme">9.4 </td> <td style="background: #E2E200; color:#000000;" class="notheme">7.8 </td> <td style="background: #CDCD00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">5.4 </td> <td style="background: #E1E100; color:#000000; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">7.7 </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="14" style="text-align:center;font-size:95%;">Source: NOAA<sup id="cite_ref-NOAAChitipa_9-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-NOAAChitipa-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr></tbody></table> </div> <div> <table class="wikitable mw-collapsible mw-collapsed" style="width:auto; text-align:center; line-height:1.2em;"> <tbody><tr> <th colspan="14">Climate data for Nkhata Bay, Malawi (1961–1990 normals) </th></tr> <tr> <th scope="row">Month </th> <th scope="col">Jan </th> <th scope="col">Feb </th> <th scope="col">Mar </th> <th scope="col">Apr </th> <th scope="col">May </th> <th scope="col">Jun </th> <th scope="col">Jul </th> <th scope="col">Aug </th> <th scope="col">Sep </th> <th scope="col">Oct </th> <th scope="col">Nov </th> <th scope="col">Dec </th> <th scope="col" style="border-left-width:medium">Year </th></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Mean daily maximum °C (°F) </th> <td style="background: #FF5700; color:#000000;" class="notheme">28.8<br />(83.8) </td> <td style="background: #FF5600; color:#000000;" class="notheme">28.9<br />(84.0) </td> <td style="background: #FF5700; color:#000000;" class="notheme">28.8<br />(83.8) </td> <td style="background: #FF5800; color:#000000;" class="notheme">28.6<br />(83.5) </td> <td style="background: #FF6100; color:#000000;" class="notheme">27.3<br />(81.1) </td> <td style="background: #FF6C00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">25.8<br />(78.4) </td> <td style="background: #FF6E00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">25.5<br />(77.9) </td> <td style="background: #FF6600; color:#000000;" class="notheme">26.6<br />(79.9) </td> <td style="background: #FF5800; color:#000000;" class="notheme">28.7<br />(83.7) </td> <td style="background: #FF4D00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">30.2<br />(86.4) </td> <td style="background: #FF4C00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">30.4<br />(86.7) </td> <td style="background: #FF5400; color:#000000;" class="notheme">29.2<br />(84.6) </td> <td style="background: #FF5B00; color:#000000; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">28.2<br />(82.8) </td></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Daily mean °C (°F) </th> <td style="background: #FF7300; color:#000000;" class="notheme">24.7<br />(76.5) </td> <td style="background: #FF7300; color:#000000;" class="notheme">24.7<br />(76.5) </td> <td style="background: #FF7500; color:#000000;" class="notheme">24.4<br />(75.9) </td> <td style="background: #FF7900; color:#000000;" class="notheme">23.9<br />(75.0) </td> <td style="background: #FF850C; color:#000000;" class="notheme">22.1<br />(71.8) </td> <td style="background: #FF9225; color:#000000;" class="notheme">20.3<br />(68.5) </td> <td style="background: #FF942A; color:#000000;" class="notheme">19.9<br />(67.8) </td> <td style="background: #FF8E1E; color:#000000;" class="notheme">20.8<br />(69.4) </td> <td style="background: #FF8002; color:#000000;" class="notheme">22.8<br />(73.0) </td> <td style="background: #FF7300; color:#000000;" class="notheme">24.7<br />(76.5) </td> <td style="background: #FF6D00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">25.6<br />(78.1) </td> <td style="background: #FF7200; color:#000000;" class="notheme">24.9<br />(76.8) </td> <td style="background: #FF7E00; color:#000000; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">23.2<br />(73.8) </td></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Mean daily minimum °C (°F) </th> <td style="background: #FF8C1A; color:#000000;" class="notheme">21.1<br />(70.0) </td> <td style="background: #FF8C1A; color:#000000;" class="notheme">21.1<br />(70.0) </td> <td style="background: #FF8E1E; color:#000000;" class="notheme">20.8<br />(69.4) </td> <td style="background: #FF9429; color:#000000;" class="notheme">20.0<br />(68.0) </td> <td style="background: #FFA246; color:#000000;" class="notheme">17.9<br />(64.2) </td> <td style="background: #FFB164; color:#000000;" class="notheme">15.7<br />(60.3) </td> <td style="background: #FFB56B; color:#000000;" class="notheme">15.2<br />(59.4) </td> <td style="background: #FFB266; color:#000000;" class="notheme">15.6<br />(60.1) </td> <td style="background: #FFA64D; color:#000000;" class="notheme">17.4<br />(63.3) </td> <td style="background: #FF952C; color:#000000;" class="notheme">19.8<br />(67.6) </td> <td style="background: #FF8B18; color:#000000;" class="notheme">21.2<br />(70.2) </td> <td style="background: #FF8B17; color:#000000;" class="notheme">21.3<br />(70.3) </td> <td style="background: #FF9B38; color:#000000; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">18.9<br />(66.0) </td></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Average <a href="/wiki/Precipitation" title="Precipitation">precipitation</a> mm (inches) </th> <td style="background: #00AF00; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">224.2<br />(8.83) </td> <td style="background: #00B500; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">200.7<br />(7.90) </td> <td style="background: #003000; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">358.0<br />(14.09) </td> <td style="background: #004A00; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">283.0<br />(11.14) </td> <td style="background: #37FF37; color:#000000;" class="notheme">134.0<br />(5.28) </td> <td style="background: #C5FFC5; color:#000000;" class="notheme">37.2<br />(1.46) </td> <td style="background: #CEFFCE; color:#000000;" class="notheme">32.5<br />(1.28) </td> <td style="background: #F7FFF7; color:#000000;" class="notheme">5.2<br />(0.20) </td> <td style="background: #FAFFFA; color:#000000;" class="notheme">3.2<br />(0.13) </td> <td style="background: #EAFFEA; color:#000000;" class="notheme">14.0<br />(0.55) </td> <td style="background: #49FF49; color:#000000;" class="notheme">118.0<br />(4.65) </td> <td style="background: #008D00; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">247.0<br />(9.72) </td> <td style="background: #2DFF2D; color:#000000; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">1,657<br />(65.24) </td></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Average precipitation days <span style="font-size:90%;" class="nowrap">(≥ 0.3 mm)</span> </th> <td style="background: #1414FF; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">19 </td> <td style="background: #1818FF; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">17 </td> <td style="background: #0808FF; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">20 </td> <td style="background: #1919FF; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">18 </td> <td style="background: #8383FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">10 </td> <td style="background: #BFBFFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">5 </td> <td style="background: #CDCDFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">4 </td> <td style="background: #E6E6FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">2 </td> <td style="background: #F2F2FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">1 </td> <td style="background: #E6E6FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">2 </td> <td style="background: #9999FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">8 </td> <td style="background: #2D2DFF; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">17 </td> <td style="background: #7E7EFF; color:#000000; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">123 </td></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Average <a href="/wiki/Relative_humidity" class="mw-redirect" title="Relative humidity">relative humidity</a> (%) </th> <td style="background: #0000BC; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">84 </td> <td style="background: #0000BC; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">84 </td> <td style="background: #0000B8; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">85 </td> <td style="background: #0000BC; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">84 </td> <td style="background: #0000C8; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">81 </td> <td style="background: #0000D3; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">78 </td> <td style="background: #0000DF; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">75 </td> <td style="background: #0000EA; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">72 </td> <td style="background: #0000F6; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">69 </td> <td style="background: #0000F9; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">68 </td> <td style="background: #0000DF; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">75 </td> <td style="background: #0000C8; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">81 </td> <td style="background: #0000D3; color:#FFFFFF; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">78 </td></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Mean monthly <a href="/wiki/Sunshine_duration" title="Sunshine duration">sunshine hours</a> </th> <td style="background: #CDCD00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">170.5 </td> <td style="background: #CFCF00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">159.6 </td> <td style="background: #D6D600; color:#000000;" class="notheme">195.3 </td> <td style="background: #D7D700; color:#000000;" class="notheme">192.0 </td> <td style="background: #E0E000; color:#000000;" class="notheme">238.7 </td> <td style="background: #E1E100; color:#000000;" class="notheme">237.0 </td> <td style="background: #E4E400; color:#000000;" class="notheme">254.2 </td> <td style="background: #EBEB05; color:#000000;" class="notheme">288.3 </td> <td style="background: #F0F011; color:#000000;" class="notheme">300.0 </td> <td style="background: #F1F112; color:#000000;" class="notheme">313.1 </td> <td style="background: #E8E800; color:#000000;" class="notheme">264.0 </td> <td style="background: #D8D800; color:#000000;" class="notheme">201.5 </td> <td style="background: #E0E000; color:#000000; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">2,814.2 </td></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Mean daily <a href="/wiki/Sunshine_duration" title="Sunshine duration">sunshine hours</a> </th> <td style="background: #CECE00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">5.5 </td> <td style="background: #D1D100; color:#000000;" class="notheme">5.7 </td> <td style="background: #D7D700; color:#000000;" class="notheme">6.3 </td> <td style="background: #D7D700; color:#000000;" class="notheme">6.4 </td> <td style="background: #E1E100; color:#000000;" class="notheme">7.7 </td> <td style="background: #E2E200; color:#000000;" class="notheme">7.9 </td> <td style="background: #E4E400; color:#000000;" class="notheme">8.2 </td> <td style="background: #ECEC07; color:#000000;" class="notheme">9.3 </td> <td style="background: #F1F113; color:#000000;" class="notheme">10.0 </td> <td style="background: #F2F215; color:#000000;" class="notheme">10.1 </td> <td style="background: #E9E900; color:#000000;" class="notheme">8.8 </td> <td style="background: #D8D800; color:#000000;" class="notheme">6.5 </td> <td style="background: #E1E100; color:#000000; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">7.7 </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="14" style="text-align:center;font-size:95%;">Source: NOAA<sup id="cite_ref-NkhataBayMalawaiClimateNOAA_10-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-NkhataBayMalawaiClimateNOAA-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr></tbody></table> </div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Area">Area</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Geography_of_Malawi&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Area"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The total area of the country is 118,484 km<sup>2</sup> (45,747 sq mi), but this includes 24,404 km<sup>2</sup> (9,422 sq mi) of water surface, mainly composed of Lake Malawi, but there are other sizeable lakes, such as <a href="/wiki/Lake_Malombe" title="Lake Malombe">Lake Malombe</a>, <a href="/wiki/Lake_Chilwa" title="Lake Chilwa">Lake Chilwa</a> and <a href="/wiki/Lake_Chiuta" title="Lake Chiuta">Lake Chiuta</a>. The land area is 94,080 km². </p><p>The country is dominated by Lake Malawi, which drains into the <a href="/wiki/Zambezi_River" class="mw-redirect" title="Zambezi River">Zambezi River</a> through the Shire River. As a result, the whole of the country, except for one eastern district, is part of the Zambezi drainage system. Lake Chiuta and the surrounding plain is drained by the Lugenda river, which is part of the <a href="/wiki/Ruvuma_River" title="Ruvuma River">Ruvuma River</a> drainage system. Lake Chilwa, about 35 km (22 mi) south of Lake Chiuta, is unusual as it has no outlet although when it overflows it flows into Lake Chiuta through a <a href="/wiki/Zambezian_flooded_grasslands" title="Zambezian flooded grasslands">swampy plain</a>. High rates of evaporation ensure that the lake seldom fills up – much of the lake is only 1 metre deep or less. </p><p><b>Environment – current issues:</b> <a href="/wiki/Deforestation" title="Deforestation">Deforestation</a>; <a href="/wiki/Land_degradation" title="Land degradation">land degradation</a>; <a href="/wiki/Water_pollution" title="Water pollution">water pollution</a> from <a href="/wiki/Agricultural_runoff" class="mw-redirect" title="Agricultural runoff">agricultural runoff</a>, <a href="/wiki/Sewage" title="Sewage">sewage</a>, industrial wastes; <a href="/wiki/Siltation" title="Siltation">siltation</a> of spawning grounds endangers fish populations </p><p><b>Environment – international agreements:</b> <br /><i>party to:</i> Biodiversity, Climate Change, Climate Change-Kyoto Protocol, <a href="/wiki/Desertification" title="Desertification">Desertification</a>, Endangered Species, Environmental Modification, Hazardous Wastes, Marine Life Conservation, Ozone Layer Protection, Ship Pollution, Wetlands <br /><i>signed, but not ratified:</i> Law of the Sea<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Extreme_points">Extreme points</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Geography_of_Malawi&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Extreme points"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>This is a list of the extreme points of Malawi, the points that are farther north, south, east or west than any other location. </p> <ul><li>Northernmost point – the <a href="/wiki/Tripoint" title="Tripoint">tripoint</a> with <a href="/wiki/Tanzania" title="Tanzania">Tanzania</a> and <a href="/wiki/Zambia" title="Zambia">Zambia</a>, <a href="/wiki/Northern_Region,_Malawi" title="Northern Region, Malawi">Northern Region</a></li> <li>Easternmost point – unnamed location on the border with Mozambique immediately south-west of the Mozambican village of <a href="/w/index.php?title=Buena-uzi&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Buena-uzi (page does not exist)">Buena-uzi</a>, <a href="/wiki/Southern_Region,_Malawi" title="Southern Region, Malawi">Southern Region</a></li> <li>Southernmost point – unnamed location on the border with Mozambique immediately north-east of the Mozambican village of <a href="/w/index.php?title=Jossene&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Jossene (page does not exist)">Jossene</a>, Southern Region</li> <li>Westernmost point – unnamed location on the border with Zambia, immediately east of the Zambian town of <a href="/wiki/Chipata" title="Chipata">Chipata</a>, <a href="/wiki/Central_Region,_Malawi" title="Central Region, Malawi">Central Region</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Geography_of_Malawi&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_ecoregions_in_Malawi" title="List of ecoregions in Malawi">List of ecoregions in Malawi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_islands_of_Malawi" title="List of islands of Malawi">List of islands of Malawi</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Geography_of_Malawi&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output 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Djibouti">Djibouti</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Geography_of_Egypt" title="Geography of Egypt">Egypt</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Geography_of_Equatorial_Guinea" title="Geography of Equatorial Guinea">Equatorial Guinea</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Geography_of_Eritrea" title="Geography of Eritrea">Eritrea</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Geography_of_Eswatini" title="Geography of Eswatini">Eswatini</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Geography_of_Ethiopia" title="Geography of Ethiopia">Ethiopia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Geography_of_Gabon" title="Geography of Gabon">Gabon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Geography_of_the_Gambia" title="Geography of the Gambia">The Gambia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Geography_of_Ghana" title="Geography of Ghana">Ghana</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Geography_of_Guinea" title="Geography of Guinea">Guinea</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Geography_of_Guinea-Bissau" title="Geography of Guinea-Bissau">Guinea-Bissau</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Geography_of_Ivory_Coast" title="Geography of Ivory Coast">Ivory Coast</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Geography_of_Kenya" title="Geography of Kenya">Kenya</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Geography_of_Lesotho" title="Geography of Lesotho">Lesotho</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Geography_of_Liberia" title="Geography of Liberia">Liberia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Geography_of_Libya" title="Geography of Libya">Libya</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Geography_of_Madagascar" title="Geography of Madagascar">Madagascar</a></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Malawi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Geography_of_Mali" title="Geography of Mali">Mali</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Geography_of_Mauritania" title="Geography of Mauritania">Mauritania</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Geography_of_Mauritius" title="Geography of Mauritius">Mauritius</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Geography_of_Morocco" title="Geography of Morocco">Morocco</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Geography_of_Mozambique" title="Geography of Mozambique">Mozambique</a></li> <li><a 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Faso</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Climate_of_Burundi" title="Climate of Burundi">Burundi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Climate_of_Cameroon" title="Climate of Cameroon">Cameroon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Climate_of_Cape_Verde" class="mw-redirect" title="Climate of Cape Verde">Cape Verde</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Climate_of_the_Central_African_Republic" class="mw-redirect" title="Climate of the Central African Republic">Central African Republic</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Climate_of_Chad" class="mw-redirect" title="Climate of Chad">Chad</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Climate_of_the_Comoros" class="mw-redirect" title="Climate of the Comoros">Comoros</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Climate_of_the_Democratic_Republic_of_the_Congo" class="mw-redirect" title="Climate of the Democratic Republic of the Congo">Democratic Republic of the Congo</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Climate_of_the_Republic_of_the_Congo" class="mw-redirect" title="Climate of the Republic of the Congo">Republic of the Congo</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Climate_of_Djibouti" class="mw-redirect" title="Climate of Djibouti">Djibouti</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Climate_of_Egypt" title="Climate of Egypt">Egypt</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Climate_of_Equatorial_Guinea" class="mw-redirect" title="Climate of Equatorial Guinea">Equatorial Guinea</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Climate_of_Eritrea" class="mw-redirect" title="Climate of Eritrea">Eritrea</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Climate_of_Eswatini" class="mw-redirect" title="Climate of Eswatini">Eswatini</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Climate_of_Ethiopia" title="Climate of Ethiopia">Ethiopia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Climate_of_Gabon" class="mw-redirect" title="Climate of Gabon">Gabon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Climate_of_the_Gambia" class="mw-redirect" title="Climate of the Gambia">The Gambia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Climate_of_Ghana" title="Climate of Ghana">Ghana</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Climate_of_Guinea" class="mw-redirect" title="Climate of Guinea">Guinea</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Climate_of_Guinea-Bissau" class="mw-redirect" title="Climate of Guinea-Bissau">Guinea-Bissau</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Climate_of_Ivory_Coast" class="mw-redirect" title="Climate of Ivory Coast">Ivory Coast</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Climate_of_Kenya" class="mw-redirect" title="Climate of Kenya">Kenya</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Climate_of_Lesotho" class="mw-redirect" title="Climate of Lesotho">Lesotho</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Climate_of_Liberia" class="mw-redirect" title="Climate of Liberia">Liberia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Climate_of_Libya" class="mw-redirect" title="Climate of Libya">Libya</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Climate_of_Madagascar" class="mw-redirect" title="Climate of Madagascar">Madagascar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Climate_of_Malawi" class="mw-redirect" title="Climate of Malawi">Malawi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Climate_of_Mali" class="mw-redirect" title="Climate of Mali">Mali</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Climate_of_Mauritania" 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title="Climate of Senegal">Senegal</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Climate_of_Seychelles" class="mw-redirect" title="Climate of Seychelles">Seychelles</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Climate_of_Sierra_Leone" class="mw-redirect" title="Climate of Sierra Leone">Sierra Leone</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Climate_of_Somalia" class="mw-redirect" title="Climate of Somalia">Somalia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Climate_of_South_Africa" title="Climate of South Africa">South Africa</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Climate_of_South_Sudan" class="mw-redirect" title="Climate of South Sudan">South Sudan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Climate_of_Sudan" class="mw-redirect" title="Climate of Sudan">Sudan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Climate_of_Tanzania" class="mw-redirect" title="Climate of Tanzania">Tanzania</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Climate_of_Togo" class="mw-redirect" title="Climate of Togo">Togo</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Climate_of_Tunisia" title="Climate of Tunisia">Tunisia</a></li> <li><a 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