Zomba weather in September

In September, Zomba sees average daytime highs of 28°C and overnight lows near 17°C, with 2 mm of rain across 0.6 wet days and about 11.9 hours of daylight. It is the 4th-warmest and 9th-wettest month of the year here.

Highs climb over the month, from about 27°C in the first days to 30°C by the end. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 75% of the time in September, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 11 h 42 min at the start of September to 12 h 06 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, September is Zomba's 1st-clearest and 2nd-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Zomba's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 28°; 4th warmest
Overnight low: 17°; 5th coldest
Rainfall: 2 mm; 0.6 wet days
Daylight: 11 h 54 min; 5:36 AM – 5:30 PM
Cloud cover: 26%; 1st clearest
Wind: 9 km/h; 2nd windiest
Solar energy: 6.1 kWh/m²
Travel score: 7.7; 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 September

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Highs climb over the month, from about 27°C in the first days to 30°C by the end.

A typical September day in Zomba reaches about 28°C in the afternoon and slips back to 17°C overnight — a 12°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 26°C and 31°C. Set against its neighbours, September runs about 3°C warmer than August and about 2°C cooler than October.

	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)	27	27	27	27	27	27	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	30	30	30	30	30
Avg low (°C)	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18

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

Zomba weather by month

How September compares with the rest of the year at a glance. September is the 4th-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	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 September

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 75% of the time in September, the clearest month of the year.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 14% of September, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 10%.

	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 (%)	89	89	89	90	90	89	89	89	89	89	89	89	89	89	89	89	89	90	90	90	90	90	91	91	91	90	90	90	89	89
Cloudier (%)	11	11	11	10	10	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	10	10	10	10	10	9	9	9	10	10	10	11	11

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

Chance of precipitation in September

Any precipitation

Zomba gets around 2 mm of rain over 0.6 wet days in September. 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 4% 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 (%)	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	3	3	3	3	4	4	4

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

Humidity in September

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

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

By dew point, September lands in the dry band about 56% 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 (%)	73	73	71	70	69	68	67	65	65	64	63	62	60	59	58	57	55	54	52	51	49	48	46	45	43	42	40	39	38	37
Comfortable (%)	26	26	27	28	29	30	31	32	32	33	34	35	36	37	38	39	40	41	43	44	45	46	47	48	49	50	51	52	52	52
Humid (%)	1	1	2	2	2	2	2	3	3	3	3	3	4	4	4	4	5	5	5	5	5	6	6	7	7	8	9	9	10	11

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)
1	73	26	1
2	73	26	1
3	71	27	2
4	70	28	2
5	69	29	2
6	68	30	2
7	67	31	2
8	65	32	3
9	65	32	3
10	64	33	3
11	63	34	3
12	62	35	3
13	60	36	4
14	59	37	4
15	58	38	4
16	57	39	4
17	55	40	5
18	54	41	5
19	52	43	5
20	51	44	5
21	49	45	5
22	48	46	6
23	46	47	6
24	45	48	7
25	43	49	7
26	42	50	8
27	40	51	9
28	39	52	9
29	38	52	10
30	37	52	11

Wind in September

Winds average 9 km/h in September.

Across September, daily wind ranges from about 8 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
Wind speed (km/h)	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9
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Sunrise & sunset in September

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 11 h 42 min at the start of September to 12 h 06 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days grow by about 24 minutes over September. Sunrise moves from 5:48 AM to 5:24 AM, and sunset from 5:29 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
Daylight (h)	11.7	11.7	11.7	11.7	11.8	11.8	11.8	11.8	11.8	11.8	11.8	11.9	11.9	11.9	11.9	11.9	11.9	11.9	12.0	12.0	12.0	12.0	12.0	12.0	12.0	12.1	12.1	12.1	12.1	12.1
Sunrise (AM)	5:48	5:47	5:46	5:45	5:44	5:44	5:43	5:42	5:41	5:40	5:40	5:39	5:38	5:37	5:36	5:36	5:35	5:34	5:33	5:32	5:32	5:31	5:30	5:29	5:28	5:28	5:27	5:26	5:25	5:24
Sunset (PM)	5:29	5:29	5:30	5:30	5:30	5:30	5:30	5:30	5:30	5:30	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	5:31	5:31	5:31	5:31	5:31	5:32	5:32

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	11.7	5:48	5:29
2	11.7	5:47	5:29
3	11.7	5:46	5:30
4	11.7	5:45	5:30
5	11.8	5:44	5:30
6	11.8	5:44	5:30
7	11.8	5:43	5:30
8	11.8	5:42	5:30
9	11.8	5:41	5:30
10	11.8	5:40	5:30
11	11.8	5:40	5:30
12	11.9	5:39	5:30
13	11.9	5:38	5:30
14	11.9	5:37	5:30
15	11.9	5:36	5:30
16	11.9	5:36	5:30
17	11.9	5:35	5:31
18	11.9	5:34	5:31
19	12.0	5:33	5:31
20	12.0	5:32	5:31
21	12.0	5:32	5:31
22	12.0	5:31	5:31
23	12.0	5:30	5:31
24	12.0	5:29	5:31
25	12.0	5:28	5:31
26	12.1	5:28	5:31
27	12.1	5:27	5:31
28	12.1	5:26	5:31
29	12.1	5:25	5:32
30	12.1	5:24	5:32

Solar energy in September

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in September, about 6.1 kWh/m².

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 — September's 6.1 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)	5.7	5.7	5.7	5.8	5.8	5.8	5.8	5.9	5.9	5.9	6.0	6.0	6.0	6.0	6.1	6.1	6.1	6.2	6.2	6.2	6.3	6.3	6.3	6.3	6.3	6.3	6.3	6.3	6.3	6.3
Level	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense

	Solar energy (kWh/m²)	Level
1	5.7	Bright
2	5.7	Bright
3	5.7	Bright
4	5.8	Bright
5	5.8	Bright
6	5.8	Bright
7	5.8	Bright
8	5.9	Bright
9	5.9	Bright
10	5.9	Bright
11	6.0	Bright
12	6.0	Bright
13	6.0	Intense
14	6.0	Intense
15	6.1	Intense
16	6.1	Intense
17	6.1	Intense
18	6.2	Intense
19	6.2	Intense
20	6.2	Intense
21	6.3	Intense
22	6.3	Intense
23	6.3	Intense
24	6.3	Intense
25	6.3	Intense
26	6.3	Intense
27	6.3	Intense
28	6.3	Intense
29	6.3	Intense
30	6.3	Intense

Planning a trip in September

Hazard calendar for Zomba

In seasonPeak

None of Zomba's seasonal hazards are active in September. 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

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May

Jun

Jul

Aug

Sep

Oct

Nov

Dec

Is September a good time to visit Zomba?

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

7.7

Sightseeing

5th-best month of the year

8.9

Beach & pool

1st-best month of the year

September 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 September

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

In September, Zomba sees daytime highs around 28°C and nights near 17°C. Pack light clothes and sun protection.

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UV index in Zomba in September

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in September peaks around 11 (very high — sun protection essential). 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 September

GoodModeratePoorUnhealthyVery unhealthy

Average fine-particle pollution (PM2.5) through the year — so you can see where September 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%

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← August Zomba year-round climate October →Best places to visit in September

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

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

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

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)
1	73	26	1
2	73	26	1
3	71	27	2
4	70	28	2
5	69	29	2
6	68	30	2
7	67	31	2
8	65	32	3
9	65	32	3
10	64	33	3
11	63	34	3
12	62	35	3
13	60	36	4
14	59	37	4
15	58	38	4
16	57	39	4
17	55	40	5
18	54	41	5
19	52	43	5
20	51	44	5
21	49	45	5
22	48	46	6
23	46	47	6
24	45	48	7
25	43	49	7
26	42	50	8
27	40	51	9
28	39	52	9
29	38	52	10
30	37	52	11

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

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

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

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)
1	73	26	1
2	73	26	1
3	71	27	2
4	70	28	2
5	69	29	2
6	68	30	2
7	67	31	2
8	65	32	3
9	65	32	3
10	64	33	3
11	63	34	3
12	62	35	3
13	60	36	4
14	59	37	4
15	58	38	4
16	57	39	4
17	55	40	5
18	54	41	5
19	52	43	5
20	51	44	5
21	49	45	5
22	48	46	6
23	46	47	6
24	45	48	7
25	43	49	7
26	42	50	8
27	40	51	9
28	39	52	9
29	38	52	10
30	37	52	11

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

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

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

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)
1	73	26	1
2	73	26	1
3	71	27	2
4	70	28	2
5	69	29	2
6	68	30	2
7	67	31	2
8	65	32	3
9	65	32	3
10	64	33	3
11	63	34	3
12	62	35	3
13	60	36	4
14	59	37	4
15	58	38	4
16	57	39	4
17	55	40	5
18	54	41	5
19	52	43	5
20	51	44	5
21	49	45	5
22	48	46	6
23	46	47	6
24	45	48	7
25	43	49	7
26	42	50	8
27	40	51	9
28	39	52	9
29	38	52	10
30	37	52	11