Karonga weather in November

In November, Karonga sees average daytime highs of 29°C and overnight lows near 26°C, with 32 mm of rain across 5.7 wet days and about 12.5 hours of daylight. It is the 1st-warmest and 6th-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 29°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 45% of the time in November, and the air most often feels muggy.

Daylight stretches from about 12 h 24 min at the start of November to 12 h 30 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, November is Karonga's 7th-clearest and 8th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Karonga's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 29°; 1st warmest
Overnight low: 26°; 12th coldest
Rainfall: 32 mm; 5.7 wet days
Daylight: 12 h 30 min; 5:16 AM – 5:43 PM
Cloud cover: 49%; 7th clearest
Wind: 10 km/h; 8th windiest
Solar energy: 6.71 kWh/m²
Travel score: 6.1; 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 November

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 29°C through the month.

A typical November day in Karonga reaches about 29°C in the afternoon and slips back to 26°C overnight — a 3°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 28°C and 30°C. Set against its neighbours, November runs on par with October and on par with December.

	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)	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29
Avg low (°C)	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26

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

Karonga weather by month

How November compares with the rest of the year at a glance. November is the 1st-warmest and 6th-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 November

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 45% of the time in November.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 17% of November, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 38%. Skies tend to cloud over 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
Clearer (%)	76	76	75	74	73	73	72	72	71	70	70	68	67	67	65	63	62	61	59	57	56	54	53	52	50	50	48	47	46	45
Cloudier (%)	24	24	25	26	27	27	28	28	29	30	30	32	33	33	35	37	38	39	41	43	44	46	47	48	50	50	52	53	54	55

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	76	24
2	76	24
3	75	25
4	74	26
5	73	27
6	73	27
7	72	28
8	72	28
9	71	29
10	70	30
11	70	30
12	68	32
13	67	33
14	67	33
15	65	35
16	63	37
17	62	38
18	61	39
19	59	41
20	57	43
21	56	44
22	54	46
23	53	47
24	52	48
25	50	50
26	50	50
27	48	52
28	47	53
29	46	54
30	45	55

Chance of precipitation in November

Any precipitation

Karonga gets around 32 mm of rain over 5.7 wet days in November. The line is the day-by-day chance of measurable precipitation.

Day to day, the chance of measurable rain averages around 19% and peaks near 36% on the wettest days. The odds climb toward the end of the month.

	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 (%)	7	7	8	8	9	9	10	10	11	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	19	20	22	23	25	26	28	29	30	32	33	34	35	36

	Rain chance (%)
1	7
2	7
3	8
4	8
5	9
6	9
7	10
8	10
9	11
10	11
11	12
12	13
13	14
14	15
15	16
16	17
17	19
18	20
19	22
20	23
21	25
22	26
23	28
24	29
25	30
26	32
27	33
28	34
29	35
30	36

Humidity in November

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

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

By dew point, November lands in the muggy band about 75% of days. Sticky, muggy-or-worse air turns up on roughly 85% 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
Humid (%)	26	25	24	22	21	21	20	19	19	18	18	17	16	16	15	14	14	13	12	11	11	10	9	9	8	8	7	7	6	6
Muggy (%)	72	73	74	76	77	76	77	78	77	78	77	78	78	77	78	78	77	77	77	76	75	75	75	73	73	72	72	70	70	69
Oppressive (%)	2	2	2	2	2	3	3	3	4	4	5	5	6	7	7	8	9	10	11	13	14	15	16	18	19	20	21	23	24	25

	Humid (%)	Muggy (%)	Oppressive (%)
1	26	72	2
2	25	73	2
3	24	74	2
4	22	76	2
5	21	77	2
6	21	76	3
7	20	77	3
8	19	78	3
9	19	77	4
10	18	78	4
11	18	77	5
12	17	78	5
13	16	78	6
14	16	77	7
15	15	78	7
16	14	78	8
17	14	77	9
18	13	77	10
19	12	77	11
20	11	76	13
21	11	75	14
22	10	75	15
23	9	75	16
24	9	73	18
25	8	73	19
26	8	72	20
27	7	72	21
28	7	70	23
29	6	70	24
30	6	69	25

Wind in November

Winds average 10 km/h in November.

Across November, daily wind ranges from about 9 km/h on the calmest days to 12 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)	12	12	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	9	9	9	9
Feels	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm

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

Sunrise & sunset in November

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 12 h 24 min at the start of November to 12 h 30 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days grow by about 6 minutes over November. Sunrise moves from 5:17 AM to 5:18 AM, and sunset from 5:39 PM to 5:50 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)	12.4	12.4	12.4	12.4	12.4	12.4	12.4	12.4	12.4	12.4	12.4	12.4	12.4	12.5	12.5	12.5	12.5	12.5	12.5	12.5	12.5	12.5	12.5	12.5	12.5	12.5	12.5	12.5	12.5	12.5
Sunrise (AM)	5:17	5:17	5:17	5:16	5:16	5:16	5:16	5:16	5:16	5:16	5:16	5:16	5:16	5:16	5:16	5:16	5:16	5:16	5:16	5:16	5:16	5:16	5:16	5:16	5:17	5:17	5:17	5:17	5:17	5:18
Sunset (PM)	5:39	5:39	5:39	5:39	5:40	5:40	5:40	5:41	5:41	5:41	5:42	5:42	5:42	5:43	5:43	5:43	5:44	5:44	5:45	5:45	5:46	5:46	5:46	5:47	5:47	5:48	5:48	5:49	5:49	5:50

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	12.4	5:17	5:39
2	12.4	5:17	5:39
3	12.4	5:17	5:39
4	12.4	5:16	5:39
5	12.4	5:16	5:40
6	12.4	5:16	5:40
7	12.4	5:16	5:40
8	12.4	5:16	5:41
9	12.4	5:16	5:41
10	12.4	5:16	5:41
11	12.4	5:16	5:42
12	12.4	5:16	5:42
13	12.4	5:16	5:42
14	12.5	5:16	5:43
15	12.5	5:16	5:43
16	12.5	5:16	5:43
17	12.5	5:16	5:44
18	12.5	5:16	5:44
19	12.5	5:16	5:45
20	12.5	5:16	5:45
21	12.5	5:16	5:46
22	12.5	5:16	5:46
23	12.5	5:16	5:46
24	12.5	5:16	5:47
25	12.5	5:17	5:47
26	12.5	5:17	5:48
27	12.5	5:17	5:48
28	12.5	5:17	5:49
29	12.5	5:17	5:49
30	12.5	5:18	5:50

Solar energy in November

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in November, about 6.71 kWh/m².

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 — November's 6.71 kWh/m² sits near the top of that range.

	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)	7.0	7.0	7.0	7.0	7.0	7.0	7.0	6.9	6.9	6.9	6.9	6.9	6.9	6.8	6.8	6.8	6.8	6.7	6.7	6.6	6.6	6.5	6.5	6.4	6.4	6.3	6.3	6.3	6.2	6.2
Level	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense

	Solar energy (kWh/m²)	Level
1	7.0	Intense
2	7.0	Intense
3	7.0	Intense
4	7.0	Intense
5	7.0	Intense
6	7.0	Intense
7	7.0	Intense
8	6.9	Intense
9	6.9	Intense
10	6.9	Intense
11	6.9	Intense
12	6.9	Intense
13	6.9	Intense
14	6.8	Intense
15	6.8	Intense
16	6.8	Intense
17	6.8	Intense
18	6.7	Intense
19	6.7	Intense
20	6.6	Intense
21	6.6	Intense
22	6.5	Intense
23	6.5	Intense
24	6.4	Intense
25	6.4	Intense
26	6.3	Intense
27	6.3	Intense
28	6.3	Intense
29	6.2	Intense
30	6.2	Intense

Planning a trip in November

Hazard calendar for Karonga

In seasonPeak

In November, Karonga sits inside its cyclone season. The full year is below, with each hazard's peak months called out.

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 November a good time to visit Karonga?

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

6.1

Sightseeing

8th-best month of the year

7.8

Beach & pool

5th-best month of the year

November is a reasonable time to visit Karonga for sightseeing. The water and warmth also suit a beach or pool day.

What to pack for Karonga in November

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

In November, Karonga sees daytime highs around 29°C and nights near 26°C. Pack light clothes and sun protection. About 6 days see rain.

light clothessun protection

UV index in Karonga in November

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in November peaks around 12 (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 November

GoodModeratePoorUnhealthyVery unhealthy

Average fine-particle pollution (PM2.5) through the year — so you can see where November 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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← October Karonga year-round climate December →Best places to visit in November

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	76	24
2	76	24
3	75	25
4	74	26
5	73	27
6	73	27
7	72	28
8	72	28
9	71	29
10	70	30
11	70	30
12	68	32
13	67	33
14	67	33
15	65	35
16	63	37
17	62	38
18	61	39
19	59	41
20	57	43
21	56	44
22	54	46
23	53	47
24	52	48
25	50	50
26	50	50
27	48	52
28	47	53
29	46	54
30	45	55

	Rain chance (%)
1	7
2	7
3	8
4	8
5	9
6	9
7	10
8	10
9	11
10	11
11	12
12	13
13	14
14	15
15	16
16	17
17	19
18	20
19	22
20	23
21	25
22	26
23	28
24	29
25	30
26	32
27	33
28	34
29	35
30	36

	Humid (%)	Muggy (%)	Oppressive (%)
1	26	72	2
2	25	73	2
3	24	74	2
4	22	76	2
5	21	77	2
6	21	76	3
7	20	77	3
8	19	78	3
9	19	77	4
10	18	78	4
11	18	77	5
12	17	78	5
13	16	78	6
14	16	77	7
15	15	78	7
16	14	78	8
17	14	77	9
18	13	77	10
19	12	77	11
20	11	76	13
21	11	75	14
22	10	75	15
23	9	75	16
24	9	73	18
25	8	73	19
26	8	72	20
27	7	72	21
28	7	70	23
29	6	70	24
30	6	69	25

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	76	24
2	76	24
3	75	25
4	74	26
5	73	27
6	73	27
7	72	28
8	72	28
9	71	29
10	70	30
11	70	30
12	68	32
13	67	33
14	67	33
15	65	35
16	63	37
17	62	38
18	61	39
19	59	41
20	57	43
21	56	44
22	54	46
23	53	47
24	52	48
25	50	50
26	50	50
27	48	52
28	47	53
29	46	54
30	45	55

	Rain chance (%)
1	7
2	7
3	8
4	8
5	9
6	9
7	10
8	10
9	11
10	11
11	12
12	13
13	14
14	15
15	16
16	17
17	19
18	20
19	22
20	23
21	25
22	26
23	28
24	29
25	30
26	32
27	33
28	34
29	35
30	36

	Humid (%)	Muggy (%)	Oppressive (%)
1	26	72	2
2	25	73	2
3	24	74	2
4	22	76	2
5	21	77	2
6	21	76	3
7	20	77	3
8	19	78	3
9	19	77	4
10	18	78	4
11	18	77	5
12	17	78	5
13	16	78	6
14	16	77	7
15	15	78	7
16	14	78	8
17	14	77	9
18	13	77	10
19	12	77	11
20	11	76	13
21	11	75	14
22	10	75	15
23	9	75	16
24	9	73	18
25	8	73	19
26	8	72	20
27	7	72	21
28	7	70	23
29	6	70	24
30	6	69	25

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	76	24
2	76	24
3	75	25
4	74	26
5	73	27
6	73	27
7	72	28
8	72	28
9	71	29
10	70	30
11	70	30
12	68	32
13	67	33
14	67	33
15	65	35
16	63	37
17	62	38
18	61	39
19	59	41
20	57	43
21	56	44
22	54	46
23	53	47
24	52	48
25	50	50
26	50	50
27	48	52
28	47	53
29	46	54
30	45	55

	Rain chance (%)
1	7
2	7
3	8
4	8
5	9
6	9
7	10
8	10
9	11
10	11
11	12
12	13
13	14
14	15
15	16
16	17
17	19
18	20
19	22
20	23
21	25
22	26
23	28
24	29
25	30
26	32
27	33
28	34
29	35
30	36

	Humid (%)	Muggy (%)	Oppressive (%)
1	26	72	2
2	25	73	2
3	24	74	2
4	22	76	2
5	21	77	2
6	21	76	3
7	20	77	3
8	19	78	3
9	19	77	4
10	18	78	4
11	18	77	5
12	17	78	5
13	16	78	6
14	16	77	7
15	15	78	7
16	14	78	8
17	14	77	9
18	13	77	10
19	12	77	11
20	11	76	13
21	11	75	14
22	10	75	15
23	9	75	16
24	9	73	18
25	8	73	19
26	8	72	20
27	7	72	21
28	7	70	23
29	6	70	24
30	6	69	25