Chipeni Weather in January
Chipeni in January
The short of it: Chipeni in January averages a high of 25 °C (77 °F) and a low of 16 °C (61 °F), with 256 mm (10.1 in) of rain and about 12 h 50 min of daylight. Rated 3 of 5 for a visit; the best months are June and August. Source: TerraClimate climate normals, 1991–2020.
Average high 25° · low 16° · rain 256 mm · daylight 12 h 50 min
✦✦✦ Fair for a visit · best months: June & August
Thirty years of records give Chipeni an average January high of 25°, a low of 16° and some 256 mm of rain. Much like December: highs about 25°, nights near 16°. Easy travelling weather. It is the wettest month of the year here, about 256 mm.
The sun is up for about 12 h 50 min in mid-January.
For the traveller: pack light clothes and a jacket for the evening, and an oilskin besides. The Almanac rates January 3 of 5 for a visit; the finest months here are June and August.
Against its neighbours, Chipeni runs cooler than most and about as wet in January. Ntchisi, 14 km to the S, is 1° cooler by day.
January in Chipeni, by the numbers
- Warmth rank
- 5th warmest of 12
- Rain rank
- 1st wettest of 12
- Versus December
- 1° colder, 87 mm more rain
- Versus February
- about the same
- Day–night spread
- 9°
- Snow season
- seldom any
- Daylight, mid-month
- 12 h 50 min
- Average wind
- 8 km/h
Neighbouring Towns
January averages · distance by the crow’s flight| Town | Distance | High | Low | Rain |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| NtchisiCentral Region | 14 km S | 24° | 16° | 262 mm |
| MponelaCentral Region | 23 km SW | 26° | 17° | 237 mm |
| DowaCentral Region | 28 km S | 25° | 17° | 261 mm |
| KasunguCentral Region | 62 km NW | 27° | 18° | 212 mm |
| LilongweCentral Region | 64 km SSW | 27° | 18° | 246 mm |
| NkhotakotaCentral Region | 67 km NE | 28° | 21° | 292 mm |
| SalimaCentral Region | 73 km SE | 29° | 21° | 311 mm |
| ChipokaCentral Region | 93 km SE | 29° | 21° | 296 mm |