Chitipa weather in August

In August, Chitipa sees average daytime highs of 25°C and overnight lows near 13°C, with 3 mm of rain across 0.7 wet days and about 11.7 hours of daylight. It is the 9th-warmest and 11th-wettest month of the year here.

Highs climb over the month, from about 24°C in the first days to 26°C by the end. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 70% of the time in August, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 11 h 36 min at the start of August to 11 h 48 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, August is Chitipa's 2nd-clearest and 3rd-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Chitipa's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 25°; 9th warmest
Overnight low: 13°; 3rd coldest
Rainfall: 3 mm; 0.7 wet days
Daylight: 11 h 42 min; 6:01 AM – 5:41 PM
Cloud cover: 29%; 2nd clearest
Wind: 13 km/h; 3rd windiest
Solar energy: 5.95 kWh/m²
Travel score: 8.9; out of 10

Chitipa is city in Malawi.

Air quality: WHO Ambient Air Quality Database. Density & description: Wikidata (CC0), GeoNames.

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Temperature in August

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Highs climb over the month, from about 24°C in the first days to 26°C by the end.

A typical August day in Chitipa reaches about 25°C in the afternoon and slips back to 13°C overnight — a 12°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 22°C and 27°C. Set against its neighbours, August runs about 2°C warmer than July and about 3°C cooler than September.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Avg high (°C)	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	25	25	25	25	25	25	25	25	25	25	25	25	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26
Avg low (°C)	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	24	13
2	24	13
3	24	13
4	24	13
5	24	13
6	24	13
7	24	13
8	24	13
9	24	13
10	24	13
11	24	13
12	25	13
13	25	13
14	25	13
15	25	13
16	25	13
17	25	13
18	25	13
19	25	13
20	25	14
21	25	14
22	25	14
23	25	14
24	26	14
25	26	14
26	26	14
27	26	14
28	26	14
29	26	14
30	26	14
31	26	14

Chitipa weather by month

How August compares with the rest of the year at a glance. August is the 9th-warmest and 11th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

Month	High / Low (°C)	Rainfall (mm)	Wet days	Daylight (hours)	Travel score
Jan	26° / 18°	198	27.2	12.5	3.8
Feb	26° / 18°	160	23.8	12.3	3.9
Mar	26° / 18°	182	26.3	12.1	4.1
Apr	25° / 17°	103	18.6	11.8	5.4
May	25° / 15°	15	5.1	11.6	7.9
Jun	23° / 13°	4	1.3	11.4	8.6
Jul	23° / 12°	4	1.4	11.5	8.6
Aug	25° / 13°	3	0.7	11.7	8.9
Sep	27° / 15°	3	0.6	11.9	8.3
Oct	29° / 18°	16	4.2	12.2	6.5
Nov	29° / 18°	84	13.2	12.4	5.1
Dec	27° / 18°	197	24.1	12.6	4.3

Cloud cover in August

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 70% of the time in August.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 20% of August, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 11%. Skies tend to open up as the month goes on.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Clearer (%)	87	87	87	87	87	86	86	86	87	87	87	88	88	89	89	90	90	90	91	91	91	91	92	92	92	92	92	92	92	91	91
Cloudier (%)	13	13	13	13	13	14	14	14	13	13	13	12	12	11	11	10	10	10	9	9	9	9	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	9	9

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	87	13
2	87	13
3	87	13
4	87	13
5	87	13
6	86	14
7	86	14
8	86	14
9	87	13
10	87	13
11	87	13
12	88	12
13	88	12
14	89	11
15	89	11
16	90	10
17	90	10
18	90	10
19	91	9
20	91	9
21	91	9
22	91	9
23	92	8
24	92	8
25	92	8
26	92	8
27	92	8
28	92	8
29	92	8
30	91	9
31	91	9

Chance of precipitation in August

Any precipitation

Chitipa gets around 3 mm of rain over 0.7 wet days in August. The line is the day-by-day chance of measurable precipitation.

Day to day, the chance of measurable rain averages around 2% and peaks near 3% on the wettest days.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Rain chance (%)	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2

	Rain chance (%)
1	2
2	2
3	2
4	2
5	2
6	2
7	2
8	2
9	2
10	2
11	2
12	2
13	3
14	3
15	3
16	3
17	3
18	3
19	3
20	3
21	2
22	2
23	2
24	2
25	2
26	2
27	2
28	2
29	2
30	2
31	2

Humidity in August

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

Most of August feels dry — the stacked bands show each day's mix of comfort levels, read off the dew point.

By dew point, August lands in the dry band about 88% of days. It rarely turns muggy — the humid and sticky bands barely register.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Dry (%)	89	89	89	88	88	87	87	87	87	87	87	87	87	88	88	88	88	88	87	87	87	87	88	88	88	88	88	87	87	87	87
Comfortable (%)	11	11	11	12	12	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	13	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	13	13	13	13

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	89	11
2	89	11
3	89	11
4	88	12
5	88	12
6	87	13
7	87	13
8	87	13
9	87	13
10	87	13
11	87	13
12	87	13
13	87	13
14	88	12
15	88	12
16	88	12
17	88	12
18	88	12
19	87	13
20	87	13
21	87	13
22	87	13
23	88	12
24	88	12
25	88	12
26	88	12
27	88	12
28	87	13
29	87	13
30	87	13
31	87	13

Wind in August

Winds average 13 km/h in August.

Across August, daily wind ranges from about 12 km/h on the calmest days to 13 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Wind speed (km/h)	12	12	12	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13
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	Wind speed (km/h)	Feels
1	12	light breeze
2	12	light breeze
3	12	light breeze
4	13	light breeze
5	13	light breeze
6	13	light breeze
7	13	light breeze
8	13	light breeze
9	13	light breeze
10	13	light breeze
11	13	light breeze
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18	13	light breeze
19	13	light breeze
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25	13	light breeze
26	13	light breeze
27	13	light breeze
28	13	light breeze
29	13	light breeze
30	13	light breeze
31	13	light breeze

Sunrise & sunset in August

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 11 h 36 min at the start of August to 11 h 48 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days grow by about 12 minutes over August. Sunrise moves from 6:06 AM to 5:53 AM, and sunset from 5:40 PM to 5:41 PM.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Daylight (h)	11.6	11.6	11.6	11.6	11.6	11.6	11.6	11.6	11.6	11.6	11.6	11.6	11.7	11.7	11.7	11.7	11.7	11.7	11.7	11.7	11.7	11.7	11.7	11.7	11.8	11.8	11.8	11.8	11.8	11.8	11.8
Sunrise (AM)	6:06	6:06	6:05	6:05	6:05	6:04	6:04	6:04	6:03	6:03	6:03	6:02	6:02	6:02	6:01	6:01	6:00	6:00	5:59	5:59	5:58	5:58	5:57	5:57	5:56	5:56	5:55	5:55	5:54	5:53	5:53
Sunset (PM)	5:40	5:40	5:40	5:40	5:41	5:41	5:41	5:41	5:41	5:41	5:41	5:41	5:41	5:41	5:41	5:41	5:41	5:41	5:41	5:41	5:41	5:41	5:41	5:41	5:41	5:41	5:41	5:41	5:41	5:41	5:41

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	11.6	6:06	5:40
2	11.6	6:06	5:40
3	11.6	6:05	5:40
4	11.6	6:05	5:40
5	11.6	6:05	5:41
6	11.6	6:04	5:41
7	11.6	6:04	5:41
8	11.6	6:04	5:41
9	11.6	6:03	5:41
10	11.6	6:03	5:41
11	11.6	6:03	5:41
12	11.6	6:02	5:41
13	11.7	6:02	5:41
14	11.7	6:02	5:41
15	11.7	6:01	5:41
16	11.7	6:01	5:41
17	11.7	6:00	5:41
18	11.7	6:00	5:41
19	11.7	5:59	5:41
20	11.7	5:59	5:41
21	11.7	5:58	5:41
22	11.7	5:58	5:41
23	11.7	5:57	5:41
24	11.7	5:57	5:41
25	11.8	5:56	5:41
26	11.8	5:56	5:41
27	11.8	5:55	5:41
28	11.8	5:55	5:41
29	11.8	5:54	5:41
30	11.8	5:53	5:41
31	11.8	5:53	5:41

Solar energy in August

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in August, about 5.95 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 4.9 kWh/m² to a high of 7.08 kWh/m² in October across the year — August's 5.95 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Solar energy (kWh/m²)	5.4	5.5	5.5	5.5	5.5	5.6	5.6	5.7	5.7	5.7	5.8	5.8	5.8	5.9	5.9	6.0	6.0	6.0	6.1	6.1	6.2	6.2	6.2	6.3	6.3	6.3	6.3	6.4	6.4	6.4	6.4
Level	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense

	Solar energy (kWh/m²)	Level
1	5.4	Bright
2	5.5	Bright
3	5.5	Bright
4	5.5	Bright
5	5.5	Bright
6	5.6	Bright
7	5.6	Bright
8	5.7	Bright
9	5.7	Bright
10	5.7	Bright
11	5.8	Bright
12	5.8	Bright
13	5.8	Bright
14	5.9	Bright
15	5.9	Bright
16	6.0	Bright
17	6.0	Intense
18	6.0	Intense
19	6.1	Intense
20	6.1	Intense
21	6.2	Intense
22	6.2	Intense
23	6.2	Intense
24	6.3	Intense
25	6.3	Intense
26	6.3	Intense
27	6.3	Intense
28	6.4	Intense
29	6.4	Intense
30	6.4	Intense
31	6.4	Intense

Planning a trip in August

Hazard calendar for Chitipa

In seasonPeak

None of Chitipa's seasonal hazards are active in August. The full-year calendar below shows when the rainy season, cyclone risk and dust haze do peak.

Chitipa's monsoon runs December–April, when most of the year's rain falls.

Monsoon

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Mar

Apr

May

Jun

Jul

Aug

Sep

Oct

Nov

Dec

Is August a good time to visit Chitipa?

Our two travel scores rate August for general sightseeing and for beach or pool weather — 0 (poor) to 10 (ideal).

8.9

Sightseeing

1st-best month of the year

7.9

Beach & pool

3rd-best month of the year

August is one of the better times to visit Chitipa for general sightseeing. The water and warmth also suit a beach or pool day.

What to pack for Chitipa in August

From August's temperature range, rain chance, sun and wind — what's worth putting in the bag.

In August, Chitipa sees daytime highs around 25°C and nights near 13°C. Worth packing: light clothes and sun protection.

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UV index in Chitipa in August

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in August peaks around 11 (very high — sun protection essential). The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Chitipa peaks around February 19 at about 16 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near June 15 at about 10 (extreme).

The index reaches 3 or more — the level where the WHO recommends sun protection — every month of the year.

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
UV index (midday)	16	16	16	14	10	10	11	11	12	14	13	13
Level	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme

	UV index (midday)	Level
Jan	16	Extreme
Feb	16	Extreme
Mar	16	Extreme
Apr	14	Extreme
May	10	Extreme
Jun	10	Extreme
Jul	11	Extreme
Aug	11	Extreme
Sep	12	Extreme
Oct	14	Extreme
Nov	13	Extreme
Dec	13	Extreme

Air quality in Chitipa in August

GoodModeratePoorUnhealthyVery unhealthy

Average fine-particle pollution (PM2.5) through the year — so you can see where August falls, not just the annual average.

Air quality in Chitipa is worst in October — around 39 µg/m³ PM2.5 (poor), about 5.0× the cleanest month (May, 8 µg/m³).

Modeled monthly averages (CAMS reanalysis, 2015–2024).

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
PM2.5 (µg/m³)	11	12	11	9	8	10	18	28	31	39	17	9
Level	Good	Good	Good	Good	Good	Good	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Poor	Moderate	Good

	PM2.5 (µg/m³)	Level
Jan	11	Good
Feb	12	Good
Mar	11	Good
Apr	9	Good
May	8	Good
Jun	10	Good
Jul	18	Moderate
Aug	28	Moderate
Sep	31	Moderate
Oct	39	Poor
Nov	17	Moderate
Dec	9	Good

Location & terrain

Where is Chitipa?

Chitipa sits at 9.7°S, 33.3°E, 1,286 m above sea level, in Malawi. The nearest listed city is Katumba, 65 km away.

Topography around Chitipa

How much the land rises and falls, and what covers it, within 3, 16 and 80 km of Chitipa.

Within 3 km, the terrain around Chitipa has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 116 m around an average of 1,276 m above sea level; within 16 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 890 m; within 80 km, extreme variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 2,457 m.

The land around Chitipa is covered by cropland (68%) within 3 km, cropland (40%) and shrubs (38%) within 16 km, and trees (40%), shrubs (29%) and cropland (21%) within 80 km.

3 km

116 m

cropland 68%

16 km

890 m

cropland 40%

80 km

2,457 m

trees 40%

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← July Chitipa year-round climate September →Best places to visit in August

August weather nearby: Katumba 65 km · Kyela 65 km · Tukuyu 65 km · Kiwira 66 km · Nakonde 70 km · Tunduma 71 km · Ipinda 73 km · Vwawa 76 km

Malawi travel facts

Travel advisory: Level 2; Exercise Increased Caution
Power plugs: Type G; 230 V · 50 Hz
Prices: ≈ 53% of US; price level, 2025
GDP per capita: $672; 2025
Happiness: 3.3 / 10; World Happiness, 2025
Safe drinking water: 18%; of population, 2024
Homicide rate: 1.8; per 100k, 2012
Road deaths: 33.4; per 100k/yr, 2019
Income group: Low; World Bank
English: Low; EF EPI 465
Religion

Sources: World Bank, US State Department, World Happiness Report, WHO/UNICEF, EF EPI, CIA World Factbook.

Data sources

Temperature, precipitation, cloud, humidity, wind and solar figures are a 1991–2020 climatology for Chitipa (-9.7024°, 33.2697°, elevation 1,286 m), computed from hourly ERA5 reanalysis — contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information. Sun figures are astronomical calculations, not observations. City data © GeoNames, CC BY 4.0. Map outlines from Natural Earth (public domain); interactive map © Google. UV index is derived from CAMS (Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service) clear-sky UV data — contains modified Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service information. Monthly air-quality (PM2.5) seasonality is from the CAMS EAC4 reanalysis (Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service), scaled to the WHO annual mean where available. Topography is sampled from the Copernicus DEM GLO-90 elevation model (© ESA/Airbus) and ESA WorldCover 2021 land cover (CC BY 4.0).

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	24	13
2	24	13
3	24	13
4	24	13
5	24	13
6	24	13
7	24	13
8	24	13
9	24	13
10	24	13
11	24	13
12	25	13
13	25	13
14	25	13
15	25	13
16	25	13
17	25	13
18	25	13
19	25	13
20	25	14
21	25	14
22	25	14
23	25	14
24	26	14
25	26	14
26	26	14
27	26	14
28	26	14
29	26	14
30	26	14
31	26	14

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	87	13
2	87	13
3	87	13
4	87	13
5	87	13
6	86	14
7	86	14
8	86	14
9	87	13
10	87	13
11	87	13
12	88	12
13	88	12
14	89	11
15	89	11
16	90	10
17	90	10
18	90	10
19	91	9
20	91	9
21	91	9
22	91	9
23	92	8
24	92	8
25	92	8
26	92	8
27	92	8
28	92	8
29	92	8
30	91	9
31	91	9

	Rain chance (%)
1	2
2	2
3	2
4	2
5	2
6	2
7	2
8	2
9	2
10	2
11	2
12	2
13	3
14	3
15	3
16	3
17	3
18	3
19	3
20	3
21	2
22	2
23	2
24	2
25	2
26	2
27	2
28	2
29	2
30	2
31	2

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	89	11
2	89	11
3	89	11
4	88	12
5	88	12
6	87	13
7	87	13
8	87	13
9	87	13
10	87	13
11	87	13
12	87	13
13	87	13
14	88	12
15	88	12
16	88	12
17	88	12
18	88	12
19	87	13
20	87	13
21	87	13
22	87	13
23	88	12
24	88	12
25	88	12
26	88	12
27	88	12
28	87	13
29	87	13
30	87	13
31	87	13

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	24	13
2	24	13
3	24	13
4	24	13
5	24	13
6	24	13
7	24	13
8	24	13
9	24	13
10	24	13
11	24	13
12	25	13
13	25	13
14	25	13
15	25	13
16	25	13
17	25	13
18	25	13
19	25	13
20	25	14
21	25	14
22	25	14
23	25	14
24	26	14
25	26	14
26	26	14
27	26	14
28	26	14
29	26	14
30	26	14
31	26	14

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	87	13
2	87	13
3	87	13
4	87	13
5	87	13
6	86	14
7	86	14
8	86	14
9	87	13
10	87	13
11	87	13
12	88	12
13	88	12
14	89	11
15	89	11
16	90	10
17	90	10
18	90	10
19	91	9
20	91	9
21	91	9
22	91	9
23	92	8
24	92	8
25	92	8
26	92	8
27	92	8
28	92	8
29	92	8
30	91	9
31	91	9

	Rain chance (%)
1	2
2	2
3	2
4	2
5	2
6	2
7	2
8	2
9	2
10	2
11	2
12	2
13	3
14	3
15	3
16	3
17	3
18	3
19	3
20	3
21	2
22	2
23	2
24	2
25	2
26	2
27	2
28	2
29	2
30	2
31	2

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	89	11
2	89	11
3	89	11
4	88	12
5	88	12
6	87	13
7	87	13
8	87	13
9	87	13
10	87	13
11	87	13
12	87	13
13	87	13
14	88	12
15	88	12
16	88	12
17	88	12
18	88	12
19	87	13
20	87	13
21	87	13
22	87	13
23	88	12
24	88	12
25	88	12
26	88	12
27	88	12
28	87	13
29	87	13
30	87	13
31	87	13

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	24	13
2	24	13
3	24	13
4	24	13
5	24	13
6	24	13
7	24	13
8	24	13
9	24	13
10	24	13
11	24	13
12	25	13
13	25	13
14	25	13
15	25	13
16	25	13
17	25	13
18	25	13
19	25	13
20	25	14
21	25	14
22	25	14
23	25	14
24	26	14
25	26	14
26	26	14
27	26	14
28	26	14
29	26	14
30	26	14
31	26	14

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	87	13
2	87	13
3	87	13
4	87	13
5	87	13
6	86	14
7	86	14
8	86	14
9	87	13
10	87	13
11	87	13
12	88	12
13	88	12
14	89	11
15	89	11
16	90	10
17	90	10
18	90	10
19	91	9
20	91	9
21	91	9
22	91	9
23	92	8
24	92	8
25	92	8
26	92	8
27	92	8
28	92	8
29	92	8
30	91	9
31	91	9

	Rain chance (%)
1	2
2	2
3	2
4	2
5	2
6	2
7	2
8	2
9	2
10	2
11	2
12	2
13	3
14	3
15	3
16	3
17	3
18	3
19	3
20	3
21	2
22	2
23	2
24	2
25	2
26	2
27	2
28	2
29	2
30	2
31	2

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	89	11
2	89	11
3	89	11
4	88	12
5	88	12
6	87	13
7	87	13
8	87	13
9	87	13
10	87	13
11	87	13
12	87	13
13	87	13
14	88	12
15	88	12
16	88	12
17	88	12
18	88	12
19	87	13
20	87	13
21	87	13
22	87	13
23	88	12
24	88	12
25	88	12
26	88	12
27	88	12
28	87	13
29	87	13
30	87	13
31	87	13