Lilongwe weather in February

In February, Lilongwe sees average daytime highs of 26°C and overnight lows near 18°C, with 158 mm of rain across 20.2 wet days and about 12.5 hours of daylight. It is the 5th-warmest and 2nd-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 26°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 6% of the time in February, and the air most often feels muggy.

Daylight stretches from about 12 h 36 min at the start of February to 12 h 18 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, February is Lilongwe's 11th-clearest and 12th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Lilongwe's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 26°; 5th warmest
Overnight low: 18°; 9th coldest
Rainfall: 158 mm; 20.2 wet days
Daylight: 12 h 30 min; 5:46 AM – 6:13 PM
Cloud cover: 81%; 11th clearest
Wind: 7 km/h; 12th windiest
Solar energy: 5.28 kWh/m²
Travel score: 4.6; out of 10

Lilongwe is capital of Malawi.

Density: 1,533/km²; people per km²
Founded: 1902

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

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Temperature in February

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 26°C through the month.

A typical February day in Lilongwe reaches about 26°C in the afternoon and slips back to 18°C overnight — a 8°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 24°C and 28°C. Set against its neighbours, February runs on par with January and on par with March.

	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
Avg high (°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
Avg low (°C)	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18

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

Lilongwe weather by month

How February compares with the rest of the year at a glance. February is the 5th-warmest and 2nd-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

Month	High / Low (°C)	Rainfall (mm)	Wet days	Daylight (hours)	Travel score
Jan	26° / 18°	208	25	12.7	4.2
Feb	26° / 18°	158	20.2	12.5	4.6
Mar	26° / 18°	113	17.2	12.1	5.4
Apr	26° / 16°	24	5.4	11.7	7.5
May	25° / 14°	4	0.7	11.4	8.7
Jun	23° / 12°	1	0.1	11.2	9.0
Jul	23° / 11°	1	0.2	11.3	8.8
Aug	25° / 13°	1	0.1	11.5	9.0
Sep	28° / 15°	1	0.3	11.9	8.3
Oct	29° / 18°	10	1.7	12.3	6.7
Nov	30° / 19°	39	7.4	12.6	5.4
Dec	28° / 19°	142	19.3	12.8	4.7

Cloud cover in February

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 6% of the time in February.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 12% of February, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 82%.

	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
Clearer (%)	10	10	11	13	14	14	16	16	17	17	18	19	20	21	21	22	21	21	21	20	20	20	20	19	19	19	20	20
Cloudier (%)	90	90	89	87	86	86	84	84	83	83	82	81	80	79	79	78	79	79	79	80	80	80	80	81	81	81	80	80

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	10	90
2	10	90
3	11	89
4	13	87
5	14	86
6	14	86
7	16	84
8	16	84
9	17	83
10	17	83
11	18	82
12	19	81
13	20	80
14	21	79
15	21	79
16	22	78
17	21	79
18	21	79
19	21	79
20	20	80
21	20	80
22	20	80
23	20	80
24	19	81
25	19	81
26	19	81
27	20	80
28	20	80

Chance of precipitation in February

Any precipitation

Lilongwe gets around 158 mm of rain over 20.2 wet days in February. The line is the day-by-day chance of measurable precipitation.

Day to day, the chance of measurable rain averages around 72% and peaks near 79% on the wettest days. The odds ease 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
Rain chance (%)	79	78	77	77	75	74	73	72	71	70	70	70	69	70	70	70	70	71	71	71	72	72	72	72	72	71	71	70

	Rain chance (%)
1	79
2	78
3	77
4	77
5	75
6	74
7	73
8	72
9	71
10	70
11	70
12	70
13	69
14	70
15	70
16	70
17	70
18	71
19	71
20	71
21	72
22	72
23	72
24	72
25	72
26	71
27	71
28	70

Humidity in February

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

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

By dew point, February lands in the muggy band about 63% of days. Sticky, muggy-or-worse air turns up on roughly 63% 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
Comfortable (%)	1	1	1	2	2	2	2	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	2	2	2	2	2	1	1	2	2	2
Humid (%)	29	29	30	31	32	33	34	35	35	36	36	37	37	37	37	37	37	37	37	36	36	36	36	36	36	36	36	37
Muggy (%)	70	70	69	67	66	65	64	62	62	61	61	60	60	60	60	60	60	60	61	62	62	62	62	63	63	62	62	61

	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)	Muggy (%)
1	1	29	70
2	1	29	70
3	1	30	69
4	2	31	67
5	2	32	66
6	2	33	65
7	2	34	64
8	3	35	62
9	3	35	62
10	3	36	61
11	3	36	61
12	3	37	60
13	3	37	60
14	3	37	60
15	3	37	60
16	3	37	60
17	3	37	60
18	3	37	60
19	2	37	61
20	2	36	62
21	2	36	62
22	2	36	62
23	2	36	62
24	1	36	63
25	1	36	63
26	2	36	62
27	2	36	62
28	2	37	61

Wind in February

Winds average 7 km/h in February, the calmest month.

Across February, daily wind ranges from about 7 km/h on the calmest days to 8 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
Wind speed (km/h)	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	8	8	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7
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

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

Sunrise & sunset in February

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 12 h 36 min at the start of February to 12 h 18 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days shrink by about 18 minutes over February. Sunrise moves from 5:40 AM to 5:49 AM, and sunset from 6:17 PM to 6:07 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
Daylight (h)	12.6	12.6	12.6	12.6	12.6	12.6	12.6	12.5	12.5	12.5	12.5	12.5	12.5	12.5	12.5	12.5	12.4	12.4	12.4	12.4	12.4	12.4	12.4	12.4	12.3	12.3	12.3	12.3
Sunrise (AM)	5:40	5:40	5:41	5:41	5:42	5:42	5:43	5:43	5:43	5:44	5:44	5:45	5:45	5:45	5:46	5:46	5:46	5:46	5:47	5:47	5:47	5:48	5:48	5:48	5:48	5:49	5:49	5:49
Sunset (PM)	6:17	6:17	6:16	6:16	6:16	6:16	6:16	6:15	6:15	6:15	6:15	6:14	6:14	6:14	6:13	6:13	6:13	6:12	6:12	6:11	6:11	6:10	6:10	6:09	6:09	6:08	6:08	6:07

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	12.6	5:40	6:17
2	12.6	5:40	6:17
3	12.6	5:41	6:16
4	12.6	5:41	6:16
5	12.6	5:42	6:16
6	12.6	5:42	6:16
7	12.6	5:43	6:16
8	12.5	5:43	6:15
9	12.5	5:43	6:15
10	12.5	5:44	6:15
11	12.5	5:44	6:15
12	12.5	5:45	6:14
13	12.5	5:45	6:14
14	12.5	5:45	6:14
15	12.5	5:46	6:13
16	12.5	5:46	6:13
17	12.4	5:46	6:13
18	12.4	5:46	6:12
19	12.4	5:47	6:12
20	12.4	5:47	6:11
21	12.4	5:47	6:11
22	12.4	5:48	6:10
23	12.4	5:48	6:10
24	12.4	5:48	6:09
25	12.3	5:48	6:09
26	12.3	5:49	6:08
27	12.3	5:49	6:08
28	12.3	5:49	6:07

Solar energy in February

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in February, about 5.28 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 4.83 kWh/m² to a high of 6.91 kWh/m² in October across the year — February's 5.28 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
Solar energy (kWh/m²)	5.1	5.1	5.1	5.2	5.2	5.2	5.2	5.2	5.3	5.3	5.3	5.3	5.3	5.3	5.3	5.3	5.3	5.3	5.3	5.3	5.3	5.3	5.3	5.3	5.3	5.3	5.3	5.3
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

	Solar energy (kWh/m²)	Level
1	5.1	Bright
2	5.1	Bright
3	5.1	Bright
4	5.2	Bright
5	5.2	Bright
6	5.2	Bright
7	5.2	Bright
8	5.2	Bright
9	5.3	Bright
10	5.3	Bright
11	5.3	Bright
12	5.3	Bright
13	5.3	Bright
14	5.3	Bright
15	5.3	Bright
16	5.3	Bright
17	5.3	Bright
18	5.3	Bright
19	5.3	Bright
20	5.3	Bright
21	5.3	Bright
22	5.3	Bright
23	5.3	Bright
24	5.3	Bright
25	5.3	Bright
26	5.3	Bright
27	5.3	Bright
28	5.3	Bright

Planning a trip in February

Hazard calendar for Lilongwe

In seasonPeak

In February, Lilongwe sits inside its monsoon season. The full year is below, with each hazard's peak months called out.

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

Monsoon

Jan

Feb

Mar

Apr

May

Jun

Jul

Aug

Sep

Oct

Nov

Dec

Is February a good time to visit Lilongwe?

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

4.6

Sightseeing

11th-best month of the year

4.5

Beach & pool

11th-best month of the year

February is a reasonable time to visit Lilongwe for sightseeing.

What to pack for Lilongwe in February

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

In February, Lilongwe sees daytime highs around 26°C and nights near 18°C. Pack rain gear. Worth having: light clothes and sun protection. About 20 days see rain.

rain gearlight clothessun protection

UV index in Lilongwe in February

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in February peaks around 15 (very high — sun protection essential). The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Lilongwe peaks around January 19 at about 16 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near June 18 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)	16	15	15	13	10	9	9	11	11	12	13	14
Level	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Very high	Very high	Very high	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme

	UV index (midday)	Level
Jan	16	Extreme
Feb	15	Extreme
Mar	15	Extreme
Apr	13	Extreme
May	10	Very high
Jun	9	Very high
Jul	9	Very high
Aug	11	Extreme
Sep	11	Extreme
Oct	12	Extreme
Nov	13	Extreme
Dec	14	Extreme

Air quality in Lilongwe in February

GoodModeratePoorUnhealthyVery unhealthy

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

Air quality in Lilongwe is worst in August — around 39 µg/m³ PM2.5 (poor), about 2.8× the cleanest month (January, 14 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)	14	17	19	20	25	28	33	39	36	25	18	15
Level	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Poor	Poor	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate

	PM2.5 (µg/m³)	Level
Jan	14	Moderate
Feb	17	Moderate
Mar	19	Moderate
Apr	20	Moderate
May	25	Moderate
Jun	28	Moderate
Jul	33	Moderate
Aug	39	Poor
Sep	36	Poor
Oct	25	Moderate
Nov	18	Moderate
Dec	15	Moderate

Location & terrain

Where is Lilongwe?

Lilongwe sits at 14.0°S, 33.8°E, 1,056 m above sea level, in Malawi. The nearest listed city is Mponela, 49 km away.

Topography around Lilongwe

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Lilongwe has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 94 m around an average of 1,056 m above sea level; within 16 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 287 m; within 80 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,693 m.

The land around Lilongwe is covered by artificial surfaces (41%) and trees (35%) within 3 km, cropland (61%) within 16 km, and cropland (63%) within 80 km.

3 km

94 m

artificial surfaces 41%

16 km

287 m

cropland 61%

80 km

1,693 m

cropland 63%

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← January Lilongwe year-round climate March →Best places to visit in February

February weather nearby: Mponela 49 km · Dedza 75 km · Salima 75 km · Mchinji 100 km · Ulongué 104 km · Kasungu 109 km · Monkey Bay 122 km · Nkhotakota 128 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 Lilongwe (-13.9669°, 33.7873°, elevation 1,056 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	26	18
2	26	18
3	26	18
4	26	18
5	26	18
6	26	18
7	26	18
8	26	18
9	26	18
10	26	18
11	26	18
12	26	18
13	26	18
14	26	18
15	26	18
16	26	18
17	26	18
18	26	18
19	26	18
20	26	18
21	26	18
22	26	18
23	26	18
24	26	18
25	26	18
26	26	18
27	26	18
28	26	18

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	10	90
2	10	90
3	11	89
4	13	87
5	14	86
6	14	86
7	16	84
8	16	84
9	17	83
10	17	83
11	18	82
12	19	81
13	20	80
14	21	79
15	21	79
16	22	78
17	21	79
18	21	79
19	21	79
20	20	80
21	20	80
22	20	80
23	20	80
24	19	81
25	19	81
26	19	81
27	20	80
28	20	80

	Rain chance (%)
1	79
2	78
3	77
4	77
5	75
6	74
7	73
8	72
9	71
10	70
11	70
12	70
13	69
14	70
15	70
16	70
17	70
18	71
19	71
20	71
21	72
22	72
23	72
24	72
25	72
26	71
27	71
28	70

	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)	Muggy (%)
1	1	29	70
2	1	29	70
3	1	30	69
4	2	31	67
5	2	32	66
6	2	33	65
7	2	34	64
8	3	35	62
9	3	35	62
10	3	36	61
11	3	36	61
12	3	37	60
13	3	37	60
14	3	37	60
15	3	37	60
16	3	37	60
17	3	37	60
18	3	37	60
19	2	37	61
20	2	36	62
21	2	36	62
22	2	36	62
23	2	36	62
24	1	36	63
25	1	36	63
26	2	36	62
27	2	36	62
28	2	37	61

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	10	90
2	10	90
3	11	89
4	13	87
5	14	86
6	14	86
7	16	84
8	16	84
9	17	83
10	17	83
11	18	82
12	19	81
13	20	80
14	21	79
15	21	79
16	22	78
17	21	79
18	21	79
19	21	79
20	20	80
21	20	80
22	20	80
23	20	80
24	19	81
25	19	81
26	19	81
27	20	80
28	20	80

	Rain chance (%)
1	79
2	78
3	77
4	77
5	75
6	74
7	73
8	72
9	71
10	70
11	70
12	70
13	69
14	70
15	70
16	70
17	70
18	71
19	71
20	71
21	72
22	72
23	72
24	72
25	72
26	71
27	71
28	70

	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)	Muggy (%)
1	1	29	70
2	1	29	70
3	1	30	69
4	2	31	67
5	2	32	66
6	2	33	65
7	2	34	64
8	3	35	62
9	3	35	62
10	3	36	61
11	3	36	61
12	3	37	60
13	3	37	60
14	3	37	60
15	3	37	60
16	3	37	60
17	3	37	60
18	3	37	60
19	2	37	61
20	2	36	62
21	2	36	62
22	2	36	62
23	2	36	62
24	1	36	63
25	1	36	63
26	2	36	62
27	2	36	62
28	2	37	61

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	10	90
2	10	90
3	11	89
4	13	87
5	14	86
6	14	86
7	16	84
8	16	84
9	17	83
10	17	83
11	18	82
12	19	81
13	20	80
14	21	79
15	21	79
16	22	78
17	21	79
18	21	79
19	21	79
20	20	80
21	20	80
22	20	80
23	20	80
24	19	81
25	19	81
26	19	81
27	20	80
28	20	80

	Rain chance (%)
1	79
2	78
3	77
4	77
5	75
6	74
7	73
8	72
9	71
10	70
11	70
12	70
13	69
14	70
15	70
16	70
17	70
18	71
19	71
20	71
21	72
22	72
23	72
24	72
25	72
26	71
27	71
28	70

	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)	Muggy (%)
1	1	29	70
2	1	29	70
3	1	30	69
4	2	31	67
5	2	32	66
6	2	33	65
7	2	34	64
8	3	35	62
9	3	35	62
10	3	36	61
11	3	36	61
12	3	37	60
13	3	37	60
14	3	37	60
15	3	37	60
16	3	37	60
17	3	37	60
18	3	37	60
19	2	37	61
20	2	36	62
21	2	36	62
22	2	36	62
23	2	36	62
24	1	36	63
25	1	36	63
26	2	36	62
27	2	36	62
28	2	37	61