Best Time to Travel & Climate
The best time to visit Malawi is during the dry season from May to mid-November. From May to July the landscape is attractive and vegetation green and lush, and temperatures cooler.
The months of October and November, at the end of the dry season, are the best time for wildlife viewing; however, the temperatures can be uncomfortably hot.
Temperatures vary from below freezing (at night on the high plateau in winter - July) to 38°C (in the Lower Shire Valley in summer - December).
To generalise is difficult but through much of the year, and in regions visited by travellers, temperatures during the day are usually in the mid-20s.
In the short hot season, November-December, maximum temperatures may rise to the lower 30s. Lake Malawi's surface temperatures vary from about 24°C to 28°C.
