Phalombe Weather in January
Phalombe in January
The short of it: Phalombe in January averages a high of 28 °C (82 °F) and a low of 19 °C (65 °F), with 360 mm (14.2 in) of rain and about 12 h 58 min of daylight. Rated 3 of 5 for a visit; the best months are July and June. Source: TerraClimate climate normals, 1991–2020.
Average high 28° · low 19° · rain 360 mm · daylight 12 h 58 min
✦✦✦ Fair for a visit · best months: July & June
Thirty years of records give Phalombe an average January high of 28°, a low of 19° and some 360 mm of rain. Much like December: highs about 28°, nights near 19°. Easy travelling weather. It is the wettest month of the year here, about 360 mm.
The sun is up for about 12 h 58 min in mid-January.
For the traveller: pack linen, a wide hat and water, and an oilskin besides. The Almanac rates January 3 of 5 for a visit; the finest months here are July and June.
Against its neighbours, Phalombe runs about middling and wetter than most in January. Mulanje, 30 km to the SSW, is 1° cooler by day.
January in Phalombe, by the numbers
- Warmth rank
- 5th warmest of 12
- Rain rank
- 1st wettest of 12
- Versus December
- 1° colder, 113 mm more rain
- Versus February
- about the same
- Day–night spread
- 10°
- Snow season
- seldom any
- Daylight, mid-month
- 12 h 58 min
- Average wind
- 6 km/h
Neighbouring Towns
January averages · distance by the crow’s flight| Town | Distance | High | Low | Rain |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| MulanjeSouthern Region | 30 km SSW | 27° | 18° | 347 mm |
| MilangeZambezia Province | 35 km SSE | 29° | 19° | 376 mm |
| LuchenzaSouthern Region | 43 km WSW | 28° | 19° | 243 mm |
| ChiradzuluSouthern Region | 57 km WNW | 26° | 17° | 324 mm |
| ZombaSouthern Region | 59 km NW | 27° | 19° | 314 mm |
| ThyoloSouthern Region | 62 km WSW | 27° | 18° | 269 mm |
| BlantyreSouthern Region | 69 km W | 27° | 18° | 299 mm |
| InsacaNiassa Province | 72 km NNE | 29° | 20° | 299 mm |