Mzuzu weather in June

In June, Mzuzu sees average daytime highs of 21°C and overnight lows near 12°C, with 22 mm of rain across 7.6 wet days and about 11.3 hours of daylight. It is the 11th-warmest and 9th-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 21°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 58% of the time in June, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 11 h 24 min at the start of June to 11 h 18 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, June is Mzuzu's 5th-clearest and 7th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Mzuzu's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 21°; 11th warmest
Overnight low: 12°; 2nd coldest
Rainfall: 22 mm; 7.6 wet days
Daylight: 11 h 18 min; 6:04 AM – 5:24 PM
Cloud cover: 37%; 5th clearest
Wind: 8 km/h; 7th windiest
Solar energy: 4.95 kWh/m²
Travel score: 7.1; out of 10

Mzuzu is city in 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 21°C through the month.

A typical June day in Mzuzu reaches about 21°C in the afternoon and slips back to 12°C overnight — a 9°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 19°C and 23°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)	22	22	22	22	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20
Avg low (°C)	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11

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

Mzuzu weather by month

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

Month	High / Low (°C)	Rainfall (mm)	Wet days	Daylight (hours)	Travel score
Jan	25° / 18°	300	28.5	12.6	3.7
Feb	25° / 18°	251	24.8	12.4	3.9
Mar	25° / 18°	223	29.1	12.1	3.8
Apr	24° / 16°	140	24.2	11.8	4.7
May	22° / 14°	50	13.5	11.5	6.5
Jun	21° / 12°	22	7.6	11.3	7.1
Jul	20° / 11°	19	6.8	11.4	7.3
Aug	22° / 12°	16	5.2	11.6	8.1
Sep	25° / 15°	12	3.6	11.9	8.5
Oct	26° / 17°	43	8.6	12.3	7.4
Nov	27° / 18°	104	14.4	12.5	6.0
Dec	26° / 18°	246	25.9	12.7	4.3

Cloud cover in June

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 58% of the time in June.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 29% of June, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 12%.

	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 (%)	86	86	87	87	87	88	88	88	88	88	87	87	87	87	87	87	87	87	87	88	88	88	88	89	89	89	89	89	89	89
Cloudier (%)	14	14	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	11	11	11	11	11	11	11

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

Chance of precipitation in June

Any precipitation

Mzuzu gets around 22 mm of rain over 7.6 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 27% and peaks near 32% 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 (%)	32	31	30	29	28	28	27	27	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	25	25	25	25	24	24

	Rain chance (%)
1	32
2	31
3	30
4	29
5	28
6	28
7	27
8	27
9	26
10	26
11	26
12	26
13	26
14	26
15	26
16	26
17	26
18	26
19	26
20	26
21	26
22	26
23	26
24	26
25	25
26	25
27	25
28	25
29	24
30	24

Humidity in June

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

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

By dew point, June lands in the dry band about 69% 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
Dry (%)	41	44	47	50	52	55	58	61	63	66	68	69	71	73	74	75	76	76	76	78	78	78	78	79	79	79	80	80	81	82
Comfortable (%)	49	47	46	44	42	40	38	36	34	32	30	29	27	26	25	24	23	23	23	22	22	22	22	21	21	21	20	20	19	18
Humid (%)	10	9	8	7	6	5	4	3	3	2	2	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)
1	41	49	10
2	44	47	9
3	47	46	8
4	50	44	7
5	52	42	6
6	55	40	5
7	58	38	4
8	61	36	3
9	63	34	3
10	66	32	2
11	68	30	2
12	69	29	2
13	71	27	2
14	73	26	1
15	74	25	1
16	75	24	1
17	76	23	1
18	76	23	1
19	76	23	1
20	78	22	0
21	78	22	0
22	78	22	0
23	78	22	0
24	79	21	0
25	79	21	0
26	79	21	0
27	80	20	0
28	80	20	0
29	81	19	0
30	82	18	0

Wind in June

Winds average 8 km/h in June.

Across June, daily wind ranges from about 8 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	29	30
Wind speed (km/h)	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8
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	Wind speed (km/h)	Feels
1	8	calm
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28	8	calm
29	8	calm
30	8	calm

Sunrise & sunset in June

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 11 h 24 min at the start of June to 11 h 18 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 6:00 AM to 6:07 AM, and sunset from 5:23 PM to 5:27 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)	11.4	11.4	11.4	11.4	11.4	11.4	11.4	11.4	11.3	11.3	11.3	11.3	11.3	11.3	11.3	11.3	11.3	11.3	11.3	11.3	11.3	11.3	11.3	11.3	11.3	11.3	11.3	11.3	11.3	11.3
Sunrise (AM)	6:00	6:00	6:01	6:01	6:01	6:02	6:02	6:02	6:02	6:03	6:03	6:03	6:03	6:04	6:04	6:04	6:04	6:05	6:05	6:05	6:05	6:06	6:06	6:06	6:06	6:06	6:07	6:07	6:07	6:07
Sunset (PM)	5:23	5:23	5:23	5:23	5:23	5:23	5:23	5:23	5:23	5:23	5:23	5:24	5:24	5:24	5:24	5:24	5:24	5:24	5:25	5:25	5:25	5:25	5:25	5:26	5:26	5:26	5:26	5:27	5:27	5:27

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	11.4	6:00	5:23
2	11.4	6:00	5:23
3	11.4	6:01	5:23
4	11.4	6:01	5:23
5	11.4	6:01	5:23
6	11.4	6:02	5:23
7	11.4	6:02	5:23
8	11.4	6:02	5:23
9	11.3	6:02	5:23
10	11.3	6:03	5:23
11	11.3	6:03	5:23
12	11.3	6:03	5:24
13	11.3	6:03	5:24
14	11.3	6:04	5:24
15	11.3	6:04	5:24
16	11.3	6:04	5:24
17	11.3	6:04	5:24
18	11.3	6:05	5:24
19	11.3	6:05	5:25
20	11.3	6:05	5:25
21	11.3	6:05	5:25
22	11.3	6:06	5:25
23	11.3	6:06	5:25
24	11.3	6:06	5:26
25	11.3	6:06	5:26
26	11.3	6:06	5:26
27	11.3	6:07	5:26
28	11.3	6:07	5:27
29	11.3	6:07	5:27
30	11.3	6:07	5:27

Solar energy in June

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in June, about 4.95 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 4.95 kWh/m² to a high of 7.17 kWh/m² in October across the year — June's 4.95 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)	5.0	5.0	5.0	5.0	5.0	5.0	5.0	5.0	5.0	5.0	5.0	5.0	5.0	4.9	4.9	4.9	4.9	4.9	4.9	4.9	4.9	4.9	4.9	4.9	4.9	4.9	4.9	4.9	4.9	4.9
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	5.0	Bright
2	5.0	Bright
3	5.0	Bright
4	5.0	Bright
5	5.0	Bright
6	5.0	Bright
7	5.0	Bright
8	5.0	Bright
9	5.0	Bright
10	5.0	Bright
11	5.0	Bright
12	5.0	Bright
13	5.0	Bright
14	4.9	Bright
15	4.9	Bright
16	4.9	Bright
17	4.9	Bright
18	4.9	Bright
19	4.9	Bright
20	4.9	Bright
21	4.9	Bright
22	4.9	Bright
23	4.9	Bright
24	4.9	Bright
25	4.9	Bright
26	4.9	Bright
27	4.9	Bright
28	4.9	Bright
29	4.9	Bright
30	4.9	Bright

Planning a trip in June

Hazard calendar for Mzuzu

In seasonPeak

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

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

Mzuzu's monsoon runs December–April, 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 Mzuzu?

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

7.1

Sightseeing

5th-best month of the year

4.2

Beach & pool

6th-best month of the year

June is one of the better times to visit Mzuzu for general sightseeing.

What to pack for Mzuzu in June

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

In June, Mzuzu sees daytime highs around 21°C and nights near 12°C. Worth packing: sun protection. About 8 days see rain.

sun protection

UV index in Mzuzu 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 Mzuzu peaks around February 15 at about 16 (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)	16	17	16	13	10	9	10	11	12	13	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	17	Extreme
Mar	16	Extreme
Apr	13	Extreme
May	10	Very high
Jun	9	Very high
Jul	10	Very high
Aug	11	Extreme
Sep	12	Extreme
Oct	13	Extreme
Nov	13	Extreme
Dec	14	Extreme

Air quality in Mzuzu 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 Mzuzu is worst in October — around 57 µg/m³ PM2.5 (unhealthy), about 6.1× the cleanest month (December, 9 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	11	12	16	21	28	32	57	24	9
Level	Good	Good	Good	Good	Good	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Unhealthy	Moderate	Good

	PM2.5 (µg/m³)	Level
Jan	11	Good
Feb	12	Good
Mar	11	Good
Apr	11	Good
May	12	Good
Jun	16	Moderate
Jul	21	Moderate
Aug	28	Moderate
Sep	32	Moderate
Oct	57	Unhealthy
Nov	24	Moderate
Dec	9	Good

Location & terrain

Where is Mzuzu?

Mzuzu sits at 11.5°S, 34.0°E, 1,275 m above sea level, in Malawi. The nearest listed city is Nkhata Bay, 33 km away.

Topography around Mzuzu

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Mzuzu has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 193 m around an average of 1,267 m above sea level; within 16 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 972 m; within 80 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 2,043 m.

The land around Mzuzu is covered by artificial surfaces (36%) and shrubs (29%) within 3 km, trees (42%) and shrubs (31%) within 16 km, and water (34%), trees (23%) and shrubs (21%) within 80 km.

3 km

193 m

artificial surfaces 36%

16 km

972 m

trees 42%

80 km

2,043 m

water 34%

treesshrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaceswater

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

June weather nearby: Nkhata Bay 33 km · Rumphi 53 km · Mzimba 67 km · Tingi 112 km · Mbinga 124 km · Matiri 125 km · Lundazi 130 km · Kigonsera 134 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 Mzuzu (-11.4656°, 34.0207°, elevation 1,275 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	22	13
2	22	13
3	22	12
4	22	12
5	21	12
6	21	12
7	21	12
8	21	12
9	21	12
10	21	12
11	21	12
12	21	12
13	21	12
14	21	11
15	21	11
16	21	11
17	21	11
18	21	11
19	21	11
20	21	11
21	21	11
22	21	11
23	20	11
24	20	11
25	20	11
26	20	11
27	20	11
28	20	11
29	20	11
30	20	11

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

	Rain chance (%)
1	32
2	31
3	30
4	29
5	28
6	28
7	27
8	27
9	26
10	26
11	26
12	26
13	26
14	26
15	26
16	26
17	26
18	26
19	26
20	26
21	26
22	26
23	26
24	26
25	25
26	25
27	25
28	25
29	24
30	24

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)
1	41	49	10
2	44	47	9
3	47	46	8
4	50	44	7
5	52	42	6
6	55	40	5
7	58	38	4
8	61	36	3
9	63	34	3
10	66	32	2
11	68	30	2
12	69	29	2
13	71	27	2
14	73	26	1
15	74	25	1
16	75	24	1
17	76	23	1
18	76	23	1
19	76	23	1
20	78	22	0
21	78	22	0
22	78	22	0
23	78	22	0
24	79	21	0
25	79	21	0
26	79	21	0
27	80	20	0
28	80	20	0
29	81	19	0
30	82	18	0

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

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

	Rain chance (%)
1	32
2	31
3	30
4	29
5	28
6	28
7	27
8	27
9	26
10	26
11	26
12	26
13	26
14	26
15	26
16	26
17	26
18	26
19	26
20	26
21	26
22	26
23	26
24	26
25	25
26	25
27	25
28	25
29	24
30	24

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)
1	41	49	10
2	44	47	9
3	47	46	8
4	50	44	7
5	52	42	6
6	55	40	5
7	58	38	4
8	61	36	3
9	63	34	3
10	66	32	2
11	68	30	2
12	69	29	2
13	71	27	2
14	73	26	1
15	74	25	1
16	75	24	1
17	76	23	1
18	76	23	1
19	76	23	1
20	78	22	0
21	78	22	0
22	78	22	0
23	78	22	0
24	79	21	0
25	79	21	0
26	79	21	0
27	80	20	0
28	80	20	0
29	81	19	0
30	82	18	0

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

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

	Rain chance (%)
1	32
2	31
3	30
4	29
5	28
6	28
7	27
8	27
9	26
10	26
11	26
12	26
13	26
14	26
15	26
16	26
17	26
18	26
19	26
20	26
21	26
22	26
23	26
24	26
25	25
26	25
27	25
28	25
29	24
30	24

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)
1	41	49	10
2	44	47	9
3	47	46	8
4	50	44	7
5	52	42	6
6	55	40	5
7	58	38	4
8	61	36	3
9	63	34	3
10	66	32	2
11	68	30	2
12	69	29	2
13	71	27	2
14	73	26	1
15	74	25	1
16	75	24	1
17	76	23	1
18	76	23	1
19	76	23	1
20	78	22	0
21	78	22	0
22	78	22	0
23	78	22	0
24	79	21	0
25	79	21	0
26	79	21	0
27	80	20	0
28	80	20	0
29	81	19	0
30	82	18	0