Average temperature in December is 23.9 °C
Average daytime temperature is 29.7 °C
Average night temperature is 19 °C
Absolute maximum temperature: 33 °C
Absolute minimum temperature: 14.6 °C
Number of sunny days: 8
Number of rainy days: 23
Number of snow days:
Precipitation sum: 92 mm
* Weather data for Lilongwe Malawi is based on climate observations for 2023 year
| December (°C) | 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 |
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| Maximum temperature | 26.2 | 26.6 | 29.5 | 30 | 30.1 | 31.9 | 29.9 | 30.5 | 30.7 | 31.4 | 31.5 | 32.2 | 32.9 | 31.8 | 32.2 | 32.6 | 33 | 32.4 | 32 | 25.5 | 27.6 | 27.5 | 28.9 | 28.9 | 28.4 | 29 | 26.9 | 27.9 | 28.3 | 28.5 | 26.6 |
| Apparent max temperature | 30.2 | 29.7 | 32.2 | 33.2 | 32.9 | 33.9 | 32 | 32.7 | 33.9 | 33.1 | 33.1 | 35.7 | 35.4 | 33.7 | 33.6 | 34.3 | 34.5 | 35 | 34.2 | 27.8 | 31.5 | 30.9 | 34.3 | 32.6 | 32.1 | 32.4 | 28.7 | 30.5 | 29.5 | 29.3 | 29.3 |
| Mean temperature | 21.6 | 21.6 | 21.7 | 23 | 23.5 | 25.1 | 23.8 | 24.2 | 25.1 | 25.2 | 25.5 | 25.6 | 26.3 | 25.1 | 25.9 | 26.3 | 26.6 | 26 | 26 | 22.2 | 22.7 | 22.7 | 22.9 | 22.8 | 23 | 23.4 | 22.2 | 22.7 | 22.8 | 23.3 | 22.1 |
| Apparent mean temperature | 19.6 | 17.5 | 16 | 14.9 | 18.6 | 19.7 | 18.8 | 18.9 | 20.3 | 20.3 | 22.1 | 22.9 | 22 | 23.2 | 22.2 | 23 | 22.5 | 22.1 | 23.2 | 22.1 | 21 | 21.8 | 21.2 | 21.2 | 20.7 | 20.9 | 22.6 | 21.6 | 21.1 | 20.9 | 21.8 |
| Minimum temperature | 18.5 | 16.9 | 15.4 | 14.6 | 16.9 | 18.5 | 18.9 | 17.8 | 18.5 | 18.9 | 20.2 | 20.6 | 19.7 | 20.5 | 20.2 | 21.1 | 20.4 | 20.7 | 21 | 19.2 | 18.3 | 18.9 | 18.8 | 18.9 | 18.4 | 18.7 | 20.2 | 19.6 | 19.2 | 18.8 | 19.2 |
| Apparent min temperature | 23 | 23.1 | 22.5 | 24.2 | 25.3 | 26.4 | 24.5 | 25.3 | 26.4 | 26.2 | 26.6 | 27.5 | 27.6 | 26.7 | 27.2 | 27.4 | 27.7 | 27.6 | 27.8 | 24.7 | 25.2 | 25.6 | 25.8 | 25.4 | 25.7 | 25.8 | 24.8 | 24.5 | 24.4 | 25.4 | 24.9 |
| December | 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 |
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| Daylight duration (h) | 12.9 | 12.9 | 12.9 | 12.9 | 12.9 | 12.9 | 12.9 | 12.9 | 12.9 | 12.9 | 12.9 | 12.9 | 12.9 | 12.9 | 12.9 | 12.9 | 12.9 | 12.9 | 12.9 | 12.9 | 13 | 13 | 12.9 | 12.9 | 12.9 | 12.9 | 12.9 | 12.9 | 12.9 | 12.9 | 12.9 |
| Sunshine duration (h) | 9.2 | 10.4 | 12.2 | 12.2 | 12.2 | 12.2 | 10.4 | 12.2 | 12.1 | 12.1 | 12 | 12.1 | 12.2 | 10.9 | 12.2 | 12.2 | 12.2 | 12.2 | 11.6 | 3.3 | 10.4 | 8.8 | 9.4 | 12 | 12 | 11.3 | 5.5 | 6.3 | 8.8 | 10.8 | 3.2 |
| Precipitation (mm) | 9.7 | 1.3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.2 | 0 | 0 | 0.1 | 0 | 0 | 0.3 | 1.1 | 0.8 | 0.1 | 0 | 0.1 | 0.4 | 1.2 | 10.2 | 7.7 | 1.7 | 5.8 | 4.3 | 2.2 | 7.2 | 23.1 | 1.5 | 2.7 | 1.8 | 8.2 |
| Precipitation hours | 13 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 11 | 9 | 8 | 9 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 10 | 5 | 9 | 6 | 16 |
| Wind speed (m/s) | 14.9 | 10.2 | 13.7 | 16.8 | 16.6 | 17.2 | 14.1 | 18.6 | 18.7 | 18.2 | 21.1 | 14.7 | 17.7 | 18.7 | 17.3 | 20.5 | 16.6 | 18.3 | 17.1 | 14.3 | 16.2 | 10.2 | 15 | 15.8 | 13.1 | 14.3 | 15.8 | 19.7 | 20.2 | 18.9 | 9.2 |
In December 2023, the highest daytime temperature in Lilongwe was 33°C.
While the minimum temperature at night dropped to 14.6°C.
The average nighttime and daytime temperatures during December in Lilongwe are 19°C and 29.7°C respectively.
The precipitation sum in December is about 92 mm.