Ntcheu weather in August

In August, Ntcheu sees average daytime highs of 25°C and overnight lows near 14°C, with 2 mm of rain across 0.6 wet days and about 11.5 hours of daylight. It is the 10th-warmest and 10th-wettest month of the year here.

Highs climb over the month, from about 23°C in the first days to 26°C by the end. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 66% of the time in August, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 11 h 18 min at the start of August to 11 h 42 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, August is Ntcheu's 2nd-clearest and 5th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Ntcheu's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 25°; 10th warmest
Overnight low: 14°; 3rd coldest
Rainfall: 2 mm; 0.6 wet days
Daylight: 11 h 30 min; 6:01 AM – 5:31 PM
Cloud cover: 30%; 2nd clearest
Wind: 9 km/h; 5th windiest
Solar energy: 5.44 kWh/m²
Travel score: 9.0; out of 10

Ntcheu is town 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 23°C in the first days to 26°C by the end.

A typical August day in Ntcheu reaches about 25°C in the afternoon and slips back to 14°C overnight — a 11°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)	23	23	23	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
Avg low (°C)	13	13	13	13	13	13	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15

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

Ntcheu weather by month

How August compares with the rest of the year at a glance. August is the 10th-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	26° / 19°	303	26.9	12.8	3.9
Feb	27° / 19°	216	21.3	12.5	4.4
Mar	26° / 19°	134	19.5	12.1	5.1
Apr	26° / 17°	33	7.1	11.7	7.4
May	25° / 15°	7	1.8	11.3	8.7
Jun	23° / 13°	2	0.5	11.1	8.8
Jul	22° / 13°	2	0.5	11.2	8.7
Aug	25° / 14°	2	0.6	11.5	9.0
Sep	27° / 17°	3	0.9	11.9	8.3
Oct	29° / 19°	18	3.6	12.3	6.6
Nov	30° / 20°	71	10	12.7	5.2
Dec	28° / 20°	196	22.8	12.9	4.3

Cloud cover in August

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 66% 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 14%. 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 (%)	85	84	84	84	83	83	83	83	84	84	84	85	85	85	85	86	86	86	87	88	88	88	89	89	89	89	90	90	90	90	91
Cloudier (%)	15	16	16	16	17	17	17	17	16	16	16	15	15	15	15	14	14	14	13	12	12	12	11	11	11	11	10	10	10	10	9

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	85	15
2	84	16
3	84	16
4	84	16
5	83	17
6	83	17
7	83	17
8	83	17
9	84	16
10	84	16
11	84	16
12	85	15
13	85	15
14	85	15
15	85	15
16	86	14
17	86	14
18	86	14
19	87	13
20	88	12
21	88	12
22	88	12
23	89	11
24	89	11
25	89	11
26	89	11
27	90	10
28	90	10
29	90	10
30	90	10
31	91	9

Chance of precipitation in August

Any precipitation

Ntcheu gets around 2 mm of rain over 0.6 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 2% 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	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2

	Rain chance (%)
1	2
2	2
3	2
4	2
5	2
6	1
7	1
8	1
9	1
10	1
11	1
12	1
13	2
14	2
15	2
16	2
17	2
18	2
19	2
20	2
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 94% 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 (%)	94	94	94	94	94	94	94	95	95	95	95	95	95	95	94	94	94	94	94	94	94	94	93	93	93	93	92	92	92	91	91
Comfortable (%)	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	7	7	7	7	8	8	8	9	9

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	94	6
2	94	6
3	94	6
4	94	6
5	94	6
6	94	6
7	94	6
8	95	5
9	95	5
10	95	5
11	95	5
12	95	5
13	95	5
14	95	5
15	94	6
16	94	6
17	94	6
18	94	6
19	94	6
20	94	6
21	94	6
22	94	6
23	93	7
24	93	7
25	93	7
26	93	7
27	92	8
28	92	8
29	92	8
30	91	9
31	91	9

Wind in August

Winds average 9 km/h in August.

Across August, daily wind ranges from about 9 km/h on the calmest days to 9 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)	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9
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	Wind speed (km/h)	Feels
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31	9	calm

Sunrise & sunset in August

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 11 h 18 min at the start of August to 11 h 42 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days grow by about 24 minutes over August. Sunrise moves from 6:08 AM to 5:51 AM, and sunset from 5:28 PM to 5:32 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)	11.3	11.3	11.4	11.4	11.4	11.4	11.4	11.4	11.4	11.4	11.4	11.5	11.5	11.5	11.5	11.5	11.5	11.5	11.5	11.6	11.6	11.6	11.6	11.6	11.6	11.6	11.6	11.7	11.7	11.7	11.7
Sunrise (AM)	6:08	6:07	6:07	6:06	6:06	6:06	6:05	6:05	6:04	6:04	6:03	6:03	6:02	6:02	6:01	6:01	6:00	5:59	5:59	5:58	5:58	5:57	5:56	5:56	5:55	5:54	5:53	5:53	5:52	5:51	5:51
Sunset (PM)	5:28	5:28	5:28	5:28	5:28	5:29	5:29	5:29	5:29	5:30	5:30	5:30	5:30	5:30	5:30	5:31	5:31	5:31	5:31	5:31	5:31	5:31	5:32	5:32	5:32	5:32	5:32	5:32	5:32	5:32	5:32

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	11.3	6:08	5:28
2	11.3	6:07	5:28
3	11.4	6:07	5:28
4	11.4	6:06	5:28
5	11.4	6:06	5:28
6	11.4	6:06	5:29
7	11.4	6:05	5:29
8	11.4	6:05	5:29
9	11.4	6:04	5:29
10	11.4	6:04	5:30
11	11.4	6:03	5:30
12	11.5	6:03	5:30
13	11.5	6:02	5:30
14	11.5	6:02	5:30
15	11.5	6:01	5:30
16	11.5	6:01	5:31
17	11.5	6:00	5:31
18	11.5	5:59	5:31
19	11.5	5:59	5:31
20	11.6	5:58	5:31
21	11.6	5:58	5:31
22	11.6	5:57	5:31
23	11.6	5:56	5:32
24	11.6	5:56	5:32
25	11.6	5:55	5:32
26	11.6	5:54	5:32
27	11.6	5:53	5:32
28	11.7	5:53	5:32
29	11.7	5:52	5:32
30	11.7	5:51	5:32
31	11.7	5:51	5:32

Solar energy in August

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in August, about 5.44 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 4.56 kWh/m² to a high of 6.8 kWh/m² in October across the year — August's 5.44 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)	5.0	5.0	5.0	5.0	5.1	5.1	5.1	5.2	5.2	5.2	5.3	5.3	5.3	5.4	5.4	5.5	5.5	5.5	5.6	5.6	5.7	5.7	5.7	5.8	5.8	5.8	5.8	5.9	5.9	5.9	6.0
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	Bright

	Solar energy (kWh/m²)	Level
1	5.0	Bright
2	5.0	Bright
3	5.0	Bright
4	5.0	Bright
5	5.1	Bright
6	5.1	Bright
7	5.1	Bright
8	5.2	Bright
9	5.2	Bright
10	5.2	Bright
11	5.3	Bright
12	5.3	Bright
13	5.3	Bright
14	5.4	Bright
15	5.4	Bright
16	5.5	Bright
17	5.5	Bright
18	5.5	Bright
19	5.6	Bright
20	5.6	Bright
21	5.7	Bright
22	5.7	Bright
23	5.7	Bright
24	5.8	Bright
25	5.8	Bright
26	5.8	Bright
27	5.8	Bright
28	5.9	Bright
29	5.9	Bright
30	5.9	Bright
31	6.0	Bright

Planning a trip in August

Hazard calendar for Ntcheu

In seasonPeak

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

Ntcheu's monsoon runs December–February, when most of the year's rain falls.

Monsoon

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Jul

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Sep

Oct

Nov

Dec

Is August a good time to visit Ntcheu?

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

9.0

Sightseeing

1st-best month of the year

7.8

Beach & pool

3rd-best month of the year

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

What to pack for Ntcheu in August

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

In August, Ntcheu sees daytime highs around 25°C and nights near 14°C. Worth packing: light clothes and sun protection.

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UV index in Ntcheu in August

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in August peaks around 10 (very high — sun protection essential). The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Ntcheu peaks around January 18 at about 15 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near June 19 at about 8 (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	12	9	8	9	10	11	13	13	14
Level	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Very high	Very high	Very high	Very high	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme

	UV index (midday)	Level
Jan	16	Extreme
Feb	15	Extreme
Mar	15	Extreme
Apr	12	Extreme
May	9	Very high
Jun	8	Very high
Jul	9	Very high
Aug	10	Very high
Sep	11	Extreme
Oct	13	Extreme
Nov	13	Extreme
Dec	14	Extreme

Air quality in Ntcheu 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 Ntcheu is worst in September — around 39 µg/m³ PM2.5 (poor), about 3.7× the cleanest month (January, 11 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	13	14	16	20	20	26	34	39	26	14	11
Level	Good	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Poor	Moderate	Moderate	Good

	PM2.5 (µg/m³)	Level
Jan	11	Good
Feb	13	Moderate
Mar	14	Moderate
Apr	16	Moderate
May	20	Moderate
Jun	20	Moderate
Jul	26	Moderate
Aug	34	Moderate
Sep	39	Poor
Oct	26	Moderate
Nov	14	Moderate
Dec	11	Good

Location & terrain

Where is Ntcheu?

Ntcheu sits at 14.8°S, 34.6°E, 1,132 m above sea level, in Malawi. The nearest listed city is Ulongué, 32 km away.

Topography around Ntcheu

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Ntcheu has significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 596 m around an average of 1,177 m above sea level; within 16 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,034 m; within 80 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,883 m.

The land around Ntcheu is covered by cropland (44%) within 3 km, cropland (64%) within 16 km, and cropland (47%) and shrubs (24%) within 80 km.

3 km

596 m

cropland 44%

16 km

1,034 m

cropland 64%

80 km

1,883 m

cropland 47%

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

August weather nearby: Ulongué 32 km · Balaka 39 km · Dedza 59 km · Liwonde 69 km · Mangochi 78 km · Monkey Bay 87 km · Mwanza 88 km · Zomba 97 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 Ntcheu (-14.8203°, 34.6359°, elevation 1,132 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	23	13
2	23	13
3	23	13
4	24	13
5	24	13
6	24	13
7	24	14
8	24	14
9	24	14
10	24	14
11	24	14
12	24	14
13	24	14
14	24	14
15	25	14
16	25	14
17	25	14
18	25	14
19	25	14
20	25	14
21	25	14
22	25	14
23	25	14
24	25	15
25	25	15
26	25	15
27	26	15
28	26	15
29	26	15
30	26	15
31	26	15

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	85	15
2	84	16
3	84	16
4	84	16
5	83	17
6	83	17
7	83	17
8	83	17
9	84	16
10	84	16
11	84	16
12	85	15
13	85	15
14	85	15
15	85	15
16	86	14
17	86	14
18	86	14
19	87	13
20	88	12
21	88	12
22	88	12
23	89	11
24	89	11
25	89	11
26	89	11
27	90	10
28	90	10
29	90	10
30	90	10
31	91	9

	Rain chance (%)
1	2
2	2
3	2
4	2
5	2
6	1
7	1
8	1
9	1
10	1
11	1
12	1
13	2
14	2
15	2
16	2
17	2
18	2
19	2
20	2
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	94	6
2	94	6
3	94	6
4	94	6
5	94	6
6	94	6
7	94	6
8	95	5
9	95	5
10	95	5
11	95	5
12	95	5
13	95	5
14	95	5
15	94	6
16	94	6
17	94	6
18	94	6
19	94	6
20	94	6
21	94	6
22	94	6
23	93	7
24	93	7
25	93	7
26	93	7
27	92	8
28	92	8
29	92	8
30	91	9
31	91	9

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	85	15
2	84	16
3	84	16
4	84	16
5	83	17
6	83	17
7	83	17
8	83	17
9	84	16
10	84	16
11	84	16
12	85	15
13	85	15
14	85	15
15	85	15
16	86	14
17	86	14
18	86	14
19	87	13
20	88	12
21	88	12
22	88	12
23	89	11
24	89	11
25	89	11
26	89	11
27	90	10
28	90	10
29	90	10
30	90	10
31	91	9

	Rain chance (%)
1	2
2	2
3	2
4	2
5	2
6	1
7	1
8	1
9	1
10	1
11	1
12	1
13	2
14	2
15	2
16	2
17	2
18	2
19	2
20	2
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	94	6
2	94	6
3	94	6
4	94	6
5	94	6
6	94	6
7	94	6
8	95	5
9	95	5
10	95	5
11	95	5
12	95	5
13	95	5
14	95	5
15	94	6
16	94	6
17	94	6
18	94	6
19	94	6
20	94	6
21	94	6
22	94	6
23	93	7
24	93	7
25	93	7
26	93	7
27	92	8
28	92	8
29	92	8
30	91	9
31	91	9

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	85	15
2	84	16
3	84	16
4	84	16
5	83	17
6	83	17
7	83	17
8	83	17
9	84	16
10	84	16
11	84	16
12	85	15
13	85	15
14	85	15
15	85	15
16	86	14
17	86	14
18	86	14
19	87	13
20	88	12
21	88	12
22	88	12
23	89	11
24	89	11
25	89	11
26	89	11
27	90	10
28	90	10
29	90	10
30	90	10
31	91	9

	Rain chance (%)
1	2
2	2
3	2
4	2
5	2
6	1
7	1
8	1
9	1
10	1
11	1
12	1
13	2
14	2
15	2
16	2
17	2
18	2
19	2
20	2
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	94	6
2	94	6
3	94	6
4	94	6
5	94	6
6	94	6
7	94	6
8	95	5
9	95	5
10	95	5
11	95	5
12	95	5
13	95	5
14	95	5
15	94	6
16	94	6
17	94	6
18	94	6
19	94	6
20	94	6
21	94	6
22	94	6
23	93	7
24	93	7
25	93	7
26	93	7
27	92	8
28	92	8
29	92	8
30	91	9
31	91	9