Average temperature in January is 23 °C
Average daytime temperature is 27.4 °C
Average night temperature is 20.2 °C
Absolute maximum temperature: 29.7 °C
Absolute minimum temperature: 18.5 °C
Number of sunny days:
Number of rainy days: 31
Number of snow days:
Precipitation sum: 345 mm
* Weather data for Balaka Malawi is based on climate observations for 2023 year
| January (°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 | 27.5 | 28.1 | 27.6 | 29.2 | 29.7 | 28.4 | 28 | 27.4 | 27 | 26.5 | 26.6 | 27.2 | 27.4 | 26.5 | 26.8 | 26.6 | 27.9 | 26.7 | 27.2 | 27.8 | 27.7 | 25.2 | 24.4 | 25.4 | 27 | 26.6 | 28.6 | 28.3 | 29 | 28.2 | 28.1 |
| Apparent max temperature | 33.3 | 32.6 | 30.7 | 33.4 | 33.8 | 33.1 | 31.6 | 31.4 | 32.5 | 31.8 | 32.5 | 31.4 | 33.3 | 31 | 31.1 | 30.4 | 34.3 | 32.1 | 33.6 | 35.1 | 33.2 | 29.4 | 26.3 | 29.1 | 32.5 | 30.1 | 33.2 | 35 | 37.5 | 34.6 | 34.3 |
| Mean temperature | 22.7 | 22.8 | 22.9 | 24.8 | 24.7 | 23.5 | 23.8 | 22.9 | 22.3 | 23 | 22.5 | 22.9 | 22.9 | 22.5 | 22.7 | 21.9 | 22.7 | 22.6 | 22.7 | 23 | 22.4 | 22.3 | 22 | 22.8 | 22.7 | 23.5 | 23.2 | 23.6 | 24.8 | 23.4 | 24 |
| Apparent mean temperature | 21.4 | 21.4 | 22.8 | 23.7 | 23.5 | 22.3 | 24 | 23.3 | 22.9 | 23.5 | 23.5 | 22.1 | 22.2 | 23.5 | 23.4 | 23.2 | 22.9 | 23.9 | 24.5 | 23.5 | 22.5 | 23.5 | 22.2 | 23.1 | 22.3 | 23.1 | 19.9 | 22.4 | 23.1 | 23.5 | 24.2 |
| Minimum temperature | 19 | 18.9 | 20.4 | 20.7 | 20.5 | 20.6 | 20.7 | 20.1 | 20.2 | 20.5 | 20 | 19.3 | 19.4 | 20.4 | 20.3 | 20.2 | 19.9 | 20.7 | 20.9 | 20.2 | 19.7 | 20.7 | 20.8 | 20.4 | 20.2 | 20.6 | 18.5 | 19.7 | 21.6 | 20.6 | 20.8 |
| Apparent min temperature | 25.7 | 26.2 | 26.2 | 28.2 | 27.7 | 26.6 | 26.9 | 26.2 | 25.9 | 26.6 | 26 | 25.8 | 26.6 | 25.9 | 26.3 | 25.4 | 26.4 | 26.2 | 26.5 | 27.2 | 26 | 25.9 | 24.7 | 25.9 | 25.7 | 26.1 | 26.2 | 27.6 | 28.9 | 26.9 | 28 |
| January | 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) | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 12.9 | 12.9 | 12.9 | 12.9 | 12.9 | 12.9 | 12.9 | 12.9 | 12.9 | 12.9 | 12.9 | 12.9 | 12.8 | 12.8 | 12.8 | 12.8 | 12.8 | 12.8 | 12.8 | 12.8 | 12.8 |
| Sunshine duration (h) | 12.1 | 9.5 | 3.7 | 11.9 | 11.9 | 11.2 | 10.5 | 8.7 | 6.8 | 10.3 | 10 | 11.3 | 12 | 6.5 | 11 | 4.3 | 6.9 | 8 | 7.1 | 7.3 | 6.1 | 3 | 3.8 | 4.3 | 9.5 | 8.5 | 11.9 | 11.9 | 11.9 | 10.8 | 11.9 |
| Precipitation (mm) | 4.5 | 9.3 | 3.5 | 2.7 | 2.7 | 11.8 | 12.8 | 12.3 | 21.6 | 11.8 | 24.9 | 0.2 | 8.3 | 21.2 | 21.8 | 13 | 14.7 | 18.9 | 14.9 | 11.5 | 25.9 | 28.2 | 5.7 | 0.7 | 13.4 | 0.7 | 0.5 | 6.2 | 3 | 10.2 | 8 |
| Precipitation hours | 13 | 9 | 8 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 12 | 22 | 14 | 23 | 2 | 9 | 19 | 17 | 16 | 12 | 15 | 16 | 13 | 12 | 22 | 13 | 3 | 13 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 9 | 8 |
| Wind speed (m/s) | 12.3 | 11.6 | 13.1 | 12.3 | 15.4 | 13.6 | 16.8 | 13.6 | 10 | 10.2 | 11.5 | 11.3 | 10.1 | 12.7 | 7.9 | 10.9 | 8.7 | 9.3 | 12.7 | 6.9 | 12.5 | 9.4 | 18.5 | 13.3 | 14.3 | 21.2 | 18.3 | 8 | 15.5 | 14 | 8.7 |
In January 2023, the highest daytime temperature in Balaka was 29.7°C.
While the minimum temperature at night dropped to 18.5°C.
The average nighttime and daytime temperatures during January in Balaka are 20.2°C and 27.4°C respectively.
The precipitation sum in January is about 345 mm.