Zomba weather in June

In June, Zomba sees average daytime highs of 24°C and overnight lows near 14°C, with 2 mm of rain across 0.4 wet days and about 11.1 hours of daylight. It is the 11th-warmest and 11th-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 56% of the time in June, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 11 h 12 min at the start of June to 11 h 06 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, June is Zomba's 5th-clearest and 7th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Zomba's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 24°; 11th warmest
Overnight low: 14°; 2nd coldest
Rainfall: 2 mm; 0.4 wet days
Daylight: 11 h 06 min; 6:06 AM – 5:12 PM
Cloud cover: 37%; 5th clearest
Wind: 7 km/h; 7th windiest
Solar energy: 4.22 kWh/m²
Travel score: 8.9; out of 10

Zomba is city in the southern parts 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 Zomba reaches about 24°C in the afternoon and slips back to 14°C overnight — a 10°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 21°C and 27°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	25	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	23	23
Avg low (°C)	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13

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

Zomba weather by month

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

Month	High / Low (°C)	Rainfall (mm)	Wet days	Daylight (hours)	Travel score
Jan	28° / 21°	274	25.7	12.8	4.0
Feb	28° / 20°	167	19.1	12.5	4.6
Mar	28° / 20°	121	16.5	12.1	5.4
Apr	27° / 18°	26	5.3	11.7	7.3
May	26° / 16°	5	1.2	11.3	8.5
Jun	24° / 14°	2	0.4	11.1	8.9
Jul	24° / 13°	2	0.6	11.2	8.8
Aug	26° / 15°	2	0.4	11.5	8.8
Sep	28° / 17°	2	0.6	11.9	7.7
Oct	30° / 19°	16	2.7	12.3	5.9
Nov	31° / 21°	62	9.3	12.7	4.7
Dec	29° / 21°	180	21.5	12.9	4.0

Cloud cover in June

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 56% of the time in June.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 23% of June, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 22%. 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 (%)	81	81	80	80	79	79	78	78	77	77	77	77	77	77	77	77	77	77	78	78	78	78	78	78	78	78	78	77	76	76
Cloudier (%)	19	19	20	20	21	21	22	22	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	23	24	24

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	81	19
2	81	19
3	80	20
4	80	20
5	79	21
6	79	21
7	78	22
8	78	22
9	77	23
10	77	23
11	77	23
12	77	23
13	77	23
14	77	23
15	77	23
16	77	23
17	77	23
18	77	23
19	78	22
20	78	22
21	78	22
22	78	22
23	78	22
24	78	22
25	78	22
26	78	22
27	78	22
28	77	23
29	76	24
30	76	24

Chance of precipitation in June

Any precipitation

Zomba gets around 2 mm of rain over 0.4 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 1% 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
Rain chance (%)	2	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1

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

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 63% 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 (%)	46	48	50	51	53	54	56	57	59	60	61	62	63	63	64	64	66	66	66	67	67	68	68	69	69	70	71	72	73	74
Comfortable (%)	44	43	43	42	41	41	40	39	38	37	37	36	35	35	34	34	33	33	33	32	32	31	31	30	30	29	28	27	26	25
Humid (%)	10	9	8	7	6	5	4	4	3	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)
1	46	44	10
2	48	43	9
3	50	43	8
4	51	42	7
5	53	41	6
6	54	41	5
7	56	40	4
8	57	39	4
9	59	38	3
10	60	37	3
11	61	37	2
12	62	36	2
13	63	35	2
14	63	35	2
15	64	34	2
16	64	34	2
17	66	33	1
18	66	33	1
19	66	33	1
20	67	32	1
21	67	32	1
22	68	31	1
23	68	31	1
24	69	30	1
25	69	30	1
26	70	29	1
27	71	28	1
28	72	27	1
29	73	26	1
30	74	25	1

Wind in June

Winds average 7 km/h in June.

Across June, daily wind ranges from about 7 km/h on the calmest days to 7 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)	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	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	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
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10	7	calm
11	7	calm
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13	7	calm
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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
29	7	calm
30	7	calm

Sunrise & sunset in June

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 11 h 12 min at the start of June to 11 h 06 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 6:02 AM to 6:09 AM, and sunset from 5:11 PM to 5:15 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)	11.2	11.1	11.1	11.1	11.1	11.1	11.1	11.1	11.1	11.1	11.1	11.1	11.1	11.1	11.1	11.1	11.1	11.1	11.1	11.1	11.1	11.1	11.1	11.1	11.1	11.1	11.1	11.1	11.1	11.1
Sunrise (AM)	6:02	6:02	6:02	6:03	6:03	6:03	6:04	6:04	6:04	6:04	6:05	6:05	6:05	6:06	6:06	6:06	6:06	6:07	6:07	6:07	6:07	6:08	6:08	6:08	6:08	6:08	6:09	6:09	6:09	6:09
Sunset (PM)	5:11	5:11	5:11	5:11	5:11	5:11	5:11	5:11	5:11	5:11	5:11	5:11	5:11	5:11	5:12	5:12	5:12	5:12	5:12	5:12	5:13	5:13	5:13	5:13	5:13	5:14	5:14	5:14	5:14	5:15

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	11.2	6:02	5:11
2	11.1	6:02	5:11
3	11.1	6:02	5:11
4	11.1	6:03	5:11
5	11.1	6:03	5:11
6	11.1	6:03	5:11
7	11.1	6:04	5:11
8	11.1	6:04	5:11
9	11.1	6:04	5:11
10	11.1	6:04	5:11
11	11.1	6:05	5:11
12	11.1	6:05	5:11
13	11.1	6:05	5:11
14	11.1	6:06	5:11
15	11.1	6:06	5:12
16	11.1	6:06	5:12
17	11.1	6:06	5:12
18	11.1	6:07	5:12
19	11.1	6:07	5:12
20	11.1	6:07	5:12
21	11.1	6:07	5:13
22	11.1	6:08	5:13
23	11.1	6:08	5:13
24	11.1	6:08	5:13
25	11.1	6:08	5:13
26	11.1	6:08	5:14
27	11.1	6:09	5:14
28	11.1	6:09	5:14
29	11.1	6:09	5:14
30	11.1	6:09	5:15

Solar energy in June

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in June, about 4.22 kWh/m² — the year's lowest.

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 4.22 kWh/m² to a high of 6.46 kWh/m² in October across the year — June's 4.22 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)	4.4	4.4	4.4	4.4	4.4	4.3	4.3	4.3	4.3	4.3	4.2	4.2	4.2	4.2	4.2	4.2	4.2	4.2	4.2	4.2	4.2	4.2	4.1	4.1	4.1	4.1	4.1	4.1	4.1	4.1
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	4.4	Bright
2	4.4	Bright
3	4.4	Bright
4	4.4	Bright
5	4.4	Bright
6	4.3	Bright
7	4.3	Bright
8	4.3	Bright
9	4.3	Bright
10	4.3	Bright
11	4.2	Bright
12	4.2	Bright
13	4.2	Bright
14	4.2	Bright
15	4.2	Bright
16	4.2	Bright
17	4.2	Bright
18	4.2	Bright
19	4.2	Bright
20	4.2	Bright
21	4.2	Bright
22	4.2	Bright
23	4.1	Bright
24	4.1	Bright
25	4.1	Bright
26	4.1	Bright
27	4.1	Bright
28	4.1	Bright
29	4.1	Bright
30	4.1	Bright

Planning a trip in June

Hazard calendar for Zomba

In seasonPeak

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

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

Monsoon

Jan

Feb

Mar

Apr

May

Jun

Jul

Aug

Sep

Oct

Nov

Dec

Is June a good time to visit Zomba?

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

8.9

Sightseeing

1st-best month of the year

7.5

Beach & pool

5th-best month of the year

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

What to pack for Zomba in June

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

In June, Zomba sees daytime highs around 24°C and nights near 14°C. Worth packing: light clothes.

light clothes

UV index in Zomba in June

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in June peaks around 8 — enough to warrant sun protection. The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Zomba peaks around January 17 at about 15 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near June 20 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)	15	15	15	12	9	8	8	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	15	Extreme
Feb	15	Extreme
Mar	15	Extreme
Apr	12	Extreme
May	9	Very high
Jun	8	Very high
Jul	8	Very high
Aug	10	Very high
Sep	11	Extreme
Oct	13	Extreme
Nov	13	Extreme
Dec	14	Extreme

Air quality in Zomba 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 Zomba is worst in September — around 65 µg/m³ PM2.5 (unhealthy), about 3.1× the cleanest month (January, 21 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)	21	27	31	37	51	55	59	62	65	43	27	23
Level	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Poor	Poor	Poor	Unhealthy	Unhealthy	Unhealthy	Poor	Moderate	Moderate

	PM2.5 (µg/m³)	Level
Jan	21	Moderate
Feb	27	Moderate
Mar	31	Moderate
Apr	37	Poor
May	51	Poor
Jun	55	Poor
Jul	59	Unhealthy
Aug	62	Unhealthy
Sep	65	Unhealthy
Oct	43	Poor
Nov	27	Moderate
Dec	23	Moderate

Location & terrain

Where is Zomba?

Zomba sits at 15.4°S, 35.3°E, 949 m above sea level, in Malawi. The nearest listed city is Liwonde, 37 km away.

Topography around Zomba

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Zomba has large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 841 m around an average of 1,026 m above sea level; within 16 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,495 m; within 80 km, extreme variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 2,804 m.

The land around Zomba is covered by trees (45%) and shrubs (20%) within 3 km, cropland (57%) and shrubs (22%) within 16 km, and cropland (48%) and grassland (20%) within 80 km.

3 km

841 m

trees 45%

16 km

1,495 m

cropland 57%

80 km

2,804 m

cropland 48%

treesshrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaceswaterwetland

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

June weather nearby: Liwonde 37 km · Blantyre 55 km · Balaka 60 km · Mulanje 74 km · Mwanza 88 km · Milange 93 km · Ntcheu 97 km · Mangochi 101 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 Zomba (-15.386°, 35.3188°, elevation 949 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	25	14
2	25	14
3	25	14
4	25	14
5	25	14
6	25	14
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	24	14
16	24	14
17	24	14
18	24	13
19	24	13
20	24	13
21	24	13
22	24	13
23	24	13
24	24	13
25	24	13
26	24	13
27	24	13
28	24	13
29	23	13
30	23	13

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	81	19
2	81	19
3	80	20
4	80	20
5	79	21
6	79	21
7	78	22
8	78	22
9	77	23
10	77	23
11	77	23
12	77	23
13	77	23
14	77	23
15	77	23
16	77	23
17	77	23
18	77	23
19	78	22
20	78	22
21	78	22
22	78	22
23	78	22
24	78	22
25	78	22
26	78	22
27	78	22
28	77	23
29	76	24
30	76	24

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

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)
1	46	44	10
2	48	43	9
3	50	43	8
4	51	42	7
5	53	41	6
6	54	41	5
7	56	40	4
8	57	39	4
9	59	38	3
10	60	37	3
11	61	37	2
12	62	36	2
13	63	35	2
14	63	35	2
15	64	34	2
16	64	34	2
17	66	33	1
18	66	33	1
19	66	33	1
20	67	32	1
21	67	32	1
22	68	31	1
23	68	31	1
24	69	30	1
25	69	30	1
26	70	29	1
27	71	28	1
28	72	27	1
29	73	26	1
30	74	25	1

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	81	19
2	81	19
3	80	20
4	80	20
5	79	21
6	79	21
7	78	22
8	78	22
9	77	23
10	77	23
11	77	23
12	77	23
13	77	23
14	77	23
15	77	23
16	77	23
17	77	23
18	77	23
19	78	22
20	78	22
21	78	22
22	78	22
23	78	22
24	78	22
25	78	22
26	78	22
27	78	22
28	77	23
29	76	24
30	76	24

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

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)
1	46	44	10
2	48	43	9
3	50	43	8
4	51	42	7
5	53	41	6
6	54	41	5
7	56	40	4
8	57	39	4
9	59	38	3
10	60	37	3
11	61	37	2
12	62	36	2
13	63	35	2
14	63	35	2
15	64	34	2
16	64	34	2
17	66	33	1
18	66	33	1
19	66	33	1
20	67	32	1
21	67	32	1
22	68	31	1
23	68	31	1
24	69	30	1
25	69	30	1
26	70	29	1
27	71	28	1
28	72	27	1
29	73	26	1
30	74	25	1

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	81	19
2	81	19
3	80	20
4	80	20
5	79	21
6	79	21
7	78	22
8	78	22
9	77	23
10	77	23
11	77	23
12	77	23
13	77	23
14	77	23
15	77	23
16	77	23
17	77	23
18	77	23
19	78	22
20	78	22
21	78	22
22	78	22
23	78	22
24	78	22
25	78	22
26	78	22
27	78	22
28	77	23
29	76	24
30	76	24

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

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)
1	46	44	10
2	48	43	9
3	50	43	8
4	51	42	7
5	53	41	6
6	54	41	5
7	56	40	4
8	57	39	4
9	59	38	3
10	60	37	3
11	61	37	2
12	62	36	2
13	63	35	2
14	63	35	2
15	64	34	2
16	64	34	2
17	66	33	1
18	66	33	1
19	66	33	1
20	67	32	1
21	67	32	1
22	68	31	1
23	68	31	1
24	69	30	1
25	69	30	1
26	70	29	1
27	71	28	1
28	72	27	1
29	73	26	1
30	74	25	1