Karonga weather in June

In June, Karonga sees average daytime highs of 24°C and overnight lows near 22°C, with 2 mm of rain across 0.8 wet days and about 11.4 hours of daylight. It is the 11th-warmest and 10th-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 24°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 81% of the time in June, and the air most often feels humid.

Daylight stretches from about 11 h 30 min at the start of June to 11 h 24 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, June is Karonga's 4th-clearest and 7th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Karonga's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 24°; 11th warmest
Overnight low: 22°; 2nd coldest
Rainfall: 2 mm; 0.8 wet days
Daylight: 11 h 24 min; 6:02 AM – 5:27 PM
Cloud cover: 25%; 4th clearest
Wind: 11 km/h; 7th windiest
Solar energy: 4.68 kWh/m²
Travel score: 9.1; out of 10

Karonga is township in the Karonga District in Northern Region of Malawi.

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

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Temperature in June

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 24°C through the month.

A typical June day in Karonga reaches about 24°C in the afternoon and slips back to 22°C overnight — a 2°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 23°C and 25°C. Set against its neighbours, June runs about 2°C cooler than May and on par with July.

	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
Avg high (°C)	25	25	25	25	25	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	23	23	23	23
Avg low (°C)	23	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21

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

Karonga weather by month

How June compares with the rest of the year at a glance. June is the 11th-warmest and 10th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

Month	High / Low (°C)	Rainfall (mm)	Wet days	Daylight (hours)	Travel score
Jan	28° / 25°	184	23.3	12.5	4.2
Feb	28° / 25°	179	20.9	12.3	4.2
Mar	27° / 24°	169	21.5	12.1	4.6
Apr	27° / 24°	51	9.9	11.8	6.7
May	26° / 23°	6	1.5	11.6	8.6
Jun	24° / 22°	2	0.8	11.4	9.1
Jul	23° / 21°	3	0.8	11.5	9.1
Aug	24° / 22°	1	0.2	11.7	9.4
Sep	27° / 24°	0	0.1	11.9	8.9
Oct	28° / 26°	3	0.8	12.2	7.7
Nov	29° / 26°	32	5.7	12.5	6.1
Dec	28° / 25°	121	17.2	12.6	4.7

Cloud cover in June

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 81% of the time in June.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 11% of June, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 8%.

	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
Clearer (%)	93	93	93	94	94	94	94	93	92	92	92	92	92	92	92	92	91	91	91	91	91	91	91	91	91	91	91	91	91	91
Cloudier (%)	7	7	7	6	6	6	6	7	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	93	7
2	93	7
3	93	7
4	94	6
5	94	6
6	94	6
7	94	6
8	93	7
9	92	8
10	92	8
11	92	8
12	92	8
13	92	8
14	92	8
15	92	8
16	92	8
17	91	9
18	91	9
19	91	9
20	91	9
21	91	9
22	91	9
23	91	9
24	91	9
25	91	9
26	91	9
27	91	9
28	91	9
29	91	9
30	91	9

Chance of precipitation in June

Any precipitation

Karonga gets around 2 mm of rain over 0.8 wet days in June. The line is the day-by-day chance of measurable precipitation.

Day to day, the chance of measurable rain averages around 3% 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
Rain chance (%)	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3

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

Humidity in June

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

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

By dew point, June lands in the humid band about 65% of days. Sticky, muggy-or-worse air turns up on roughly 6% of them.

	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
Comfortable (%)	11	13	14	16	17	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	27	28	29	29	30	31	32	33	35	36	38	40	43	45	47	49
Humid (%)	66	66	68	68	69	69	70	70	70	70	70	70	70	69	69	69	68	69	68	67	66	65	64	63	61	59	56	54	52	49
Muggy (%)	23	21	18	16	14	12	10	9	8	7	6	5	4	4	4	3	3	2	2	2	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1

	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)	Muggy (%)
1	11	66	23
2	13	66	21
3	14	68	18
4	16	68	16
5	17	69	14
6	19	69	12
7	20	70	10
8	21	70	9
9	22	70	8
10	23	70	7
11	24	70	6
12	25	70	5
13	26	70	4
14	27	69	4
15	27	69	4
16	28	69	3
17	29	68	3
18	29	69	2
19	30	68	2
20	31	67	2
21	32	66	2
22	33	65	2
23	35	64	1
24	36	63	1
25	38	61	1
26	40	59	1
27	43	56	1
28	45	54	1
29	47	52	1
30	49	49	1

Wind in June

Winds average 11 km/h in June.

Across June, daily wind ranges from about 11 km/h on the calmest days to 11 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
Wind speed (km/h)	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11
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	Wind speed (km/h)	Feels
1	11	calm
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30	11	calm

Sunrise & sunset in June

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 11 h 30 min at the start of June to 11 h 24 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days shrink by about 6 minutes over June. Sunrise moves from 5:58 AM to 6:05 AM, and sunset from 5:26 PM to 5:30 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
Daylight (h)	11.5	11.5	11.5	11.5	11.4	11.4	11.4	11.4	11.4	11.4	11.4	11.4	11.4	11.4	11.4	11.4	11.4	11.4	11.4	11.4	11.4	11.4	11.4	11.4	11.4	11.4	11.4	11.4	11.4	11.4
Sunrise (AM)	5:58	5:58	5:58	5:59	5:59	5:59	5:59	6:00	6:00	6:00	6:01	6:01	6:01	6:01	6:02	6:02	6:02	6:02	6:03	6:03	6:03	6:03	6:03	6:04	6:04	6:04	6:04	6:04	6:05	6:05
Sunset (PM)	5:26	5:26	5:26	5:26	5:26	5:26	5:26	5:26	5:26	5:26	5:26	5:27	5:27	5:27	5:27	5:27	5:27	5:28	5:28	5:28	5:28	5:28	5:29	5:29	5:29	5:29	5:29	5:30	5:30	5:30

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	11.5	5:58	5:26
2	11.5	5:58	5:26
3	11.5	5:58	5:26
4	11.5	5:59	5:26
5	11.4	5:59	5:26
6	11.4	5:59	5:26
7	11.4	5:59	5:26
8	11.4	6:00	5:26
9	11.4	6:00	5:26
10	11.4	6:00	5:26
11	11.4	6:01	5:26
12	11.4	6:01	5:27
13	11.4	6:01	5:27
14	11.4	6:01	5:27
15	11.4	6:02	5:27
16	11.4	6:02	5:27
17	11.4	6:02	5:27
18	11.4	6:02	5:28
19	11.4	6:03	5:28
20	11.4	6:03	5:28
21	11.4	6:03	5:28
22	11.4	6:03	5:28
23	11.4	6:03	5:29
24	11.4	6:04	5:29
25	11.4	6:04	5:29
26	11.4	6:04	5:29
27	11.4	6:04	5:29
28	11.4	6:04	5:30
29	11.4	6:05	5:30
30	11.4	6:05	5:30

Solar energy in June

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in June, about 4.68 kWh/m² — the year's lowest.

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 4.68 kWh/m² to a high of 7.15 kWh/m² in October across the year — June's 4.68 kWh/m² sits near the bottom.

	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
Solar energy (kWh/m²)	4.8	4.8	4.8	4.8	4.8	4.7	4.7	4.7	4.7	4.7	4.7	4.7	4.7	4.7	4.7	4.7	4.6	4.6	4.6	4.6	4.6	4.6	4.6	4.6	4.6	4.6	4.6	4.6	4.6	4.6
Level	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright

	Solar energy (kWh/m²)	Level
1	4.8	Bright
2	4.8	Bright
3	4.8	Bright
4	4.8	Bright
5	4.8	Bright
6	4.7	Bright
7	4.7	Bright
8	4.7	Bright
9	4.7	Bright
10	4.7	Bright
11	4.7	Bright
12	4.7	Bright
13	4.7	Bright
14	4.7	Bright
15	4.7	Bright
16	4.7	Bright
17	4.6	Bright
18	4.6	Bright
19	4.6	Bright
20	4.6	Bright
21	4.6	Bright
22	4.6	Bright
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24	4.6	Bright
25	4.6	Bright
26	4.6	Bright
27	4.6	Bright
28	4.6	Bright
29	4.6	Bright
30	4.6	Bright

Planning a trip in June

Hazard calendar for Karonga

In seasonPeak

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

Karonga sits in the South Indian Ocean cyclone belt; the season peaks January–March.

Karonga's monsoon runs December–March, when most of the year's rain falls.

Cyclone

Monsoon

Jan

Feb

Mar

Apr

May

Jun

Jul

Aug

Sep

Oct

Nov

Dec

Is June a good time to visit Karonga?

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

9.1

Sightseeing

2nd-best month of the year

7.7

Beach & pool

6th-best month of the year

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

What to pack for Karonga in June

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

In June, Karonga sees daytime highs around 24°C and nights near 22°C. Worth packing: light clothes and sun protection.

light clothessun protection

UV index in Karonga in June

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in June peaks around 9 (very high — sun protection essential). The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Karonga peaks around February 22 at about 15 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near June 16 at about 9 (very high).

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)	14	15	15	13	10	9	10	10	11	13	12	13
Level	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Very high	Very high	Very high	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme

	UV index (midday)	Level
Jan	14	Extreme
Feb	15	Extreme
Mar	15	Extreme
Apr	13	Extreme
May	10	Very high
Jun	9	Very high
Jul	10	Very high
Aug	10	Extreme
Sep	11	Extreme
Oct	13	Extreme
Nov	12	Extreme
Dec	13	Extreme

Air quality in Karonga in June

GoodModeratePoorUnhealthyVery unhealthy

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

Air quality in Karonga is worst in October — around 32 µg/m³ PM2.5 (moderate), about 3.9× 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)	12	13	11	9	8	9	12	17	23	32	19	9
Level	Good	Moderate	Good	Good	Good	Good	Good	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Good

	PM2.5 (µg/m³)	Level
Jan	12	Good
Feb	13	Moderate
Mar	11	Good
Apr	9	Good
May	8	Good
Jun	9	Good
Jul	12	Good
Aug	17	Moderate
Sep	23	Moderate
Oct	32	Moderate
Nov	19	Moderate
Dec	9	Good

Location & terrain

Where is Karonga?

Karonga sits at 9.9°S, 33.9°E, 486 m above sea level, in Malawi. The nearest listed city is Kyela, 40 km away.

Topography around Karonga

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Karonga has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 17 m around an average of 480 m above sea level; within 16 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 433 m; within 80 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 2,352 m.

The land around Karonga is covered by cropland (40%) and water (24%) within 3 km, water (47%), cropland (23%) and shrubs (20%) within 16 km, and trees (33%), shrubs (23%) and water (23%) within 80 km.

3 km

17 m

cropland 40%

16 km

433 m

water 47%

80 km

2,352 m

trees 33%

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← May Karonga year-round climate July →Best places to visit in June

June weather nearby: Kyela 40 km · Ipinda 50 km · Mlangali 66 km · Chitipa 77 km · Tukuyu 82 km · Katumba 85 km · Kiwira 95 km · Njombe 113 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 Karonga (-9.9333°, 33.9333°, elevation 486 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. Tropical-cyclone seasons are the published climatological basin seasons (NOAA National Hurricane Center / regional warning centres). 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	25	23
2	25	22
3	25	22
4	25	22
5	25	22
6	24	22
7	24	22
8	24	22
9	24	22
10	24	22
11	24	22
12	24	22
13	24	22
14	24	22
15	24	22
16	24	22
17	24	21
18	24	21
19	24	21
20	24	21
21	24	21
22	24	21
23	24	21
24	24	21
25	24	21
26	24	21
27	23	21
28	23	21
29	23	21
30	23	21

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	93	7
2	93	7
3	93	7
4	94	6
5	94	6
6	94	6
7	94	6
8	93	7
9	92	8
10	92	8
11	92	8
12	92	8
13	92	8
14	92	8
15	92	8
16	92	8
17	91	9
18	91	9
19	91	9
20	91	9
21	91	9
22	91	9
23	91	9
24	91	9
25	91	9
26	91	9
27	91	9
28	91	9
29	91	9
30	91	9

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

	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)	Muggy (%)
1	11	66	23
2	13	66	21
3	14	68	18
4	16	68	16
5	17	69	14
6	19	69	12
7	20	70	10
8	21	70	9
9	22	70	8
10	23	70	7
11	24	70	6
12	25	70	5
13	26	70	4
14	27	69	4
15	27	69	4
16	28	69	3
17	29	68	3
18	29	69	2
19	30	68	2
20	31	67	2
21	32	66	2
22	33	65	2
23	35	64	1
24	36	63	1
25	38	61	1
26	40	59	1
27	43	56	1
28	45	54	1
29	47	52	1
30	49	49	1

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	93	7
2	93	7
3	93	7
4	94	6
5	94	6
6	94	6
7	94	6
8	93	7
9	92	8
10	92	8
11	92	8
12	92	8
13	92	8
14	92	8
15	92	8
16	92	8
17	91	9
18	91	9
19	91	9
20	91	9
21	91	9
22	91	9
23	91	9
24	91	9
25	91	9
26	91	9
27	91	9
28	91	9
29	91	9
30	91	9

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

	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)	Muggy (%)
1	11	66	23
2	13	66	21
3	14	68	18
4	16	68	16
5	17	69	14
6	19	69	12
7	20	70	10
8	21	70	9
9	22	70	8
10	23	70	7
11	24	70	6
12	25	70	5
13	26	70	4
14	27	69	4
15	27	69	4
16	28	69	3
17	29	68	3
18	29	69	2
19	30	68	2
20	31	67	2
21	32	66	2
22	33	65	2
23	35	64	1
24	36	63	1
25	38	61	1
26	40	59	1
27	43	56	1
28	45	54	1
29	47	52	1
30	49	49	1

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	93	7
2	93	7
3	93	7
4	94	6
5	94	6
6	94	6
7	94	6
8	93	7
9	92	8
10	92	8
11	92	8
12	92	8
13	92	8
14	92	8
15	92	8
16	92	8
17	91	9
18	91	9
19	91	9
20	91	9
21	91	9
22	91	9
23	91	9
24	91	9
25	91	9
26	91	9
27	91	9
28	91	9
29	91	9
30	91	9

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

	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)	Muggy (%)
1	11	66	23
2	13	66	21
3	14	68	18
4	16	68	16
5	17	69	14
6	19	69	12
7	20	70	10
8	21	70	9
9	22	70	8
10	23	70	7
11	24	70	6
12	25	70	5
13	26	70	4
14	27	69	4
15	27	69	4
16	28	69	3
17	29	68	3
18	29	69	2
19	30	68	2
20	31	67	2
21	32	66	2
22	33	65	2
23	35	64	1
24	36	63	1
25	38	61	1
26	40	59	1
27	43	56	1
28	45	54	1
29	47	52	1
30	49	49	1