Lake Malawi, Malawi and Mozambique and Tanzania

Lakes / Africa

Lake Malawi today

Lake Malawi right now: there's a light breeze from the southeast at 9 km/h5 mph and it's 26 °C79 °F and clear sky.

Updated 20:17 local time, Tuesday 27 October

Photo: National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

Water temperature
Not measured yet
We add water temperatures as reliable sources become available.
Wind now
9 km/h5 mph
From the southeast, gusts 13 km/h8 mph. 5 knots, a light breeze.
Air
26 °C79 °F
Clear sky.
Water level
No gauge connected
We're looking for an official source for this lake.

Good for today?

Rules of thumb from the current wind and water temperature. Conditions differ across the lake, so check on the spot.

  • SwimmingNo water temperature yet
  • Kayak and paddleboardGood – calm water
  • SailingGood sailing breeze
  • Windsurf and kiteNot enough wind

Wind, next 24 hours

KilometresMiles per hour, gusts below. Arrows point the way the wind blows.

20:0096gusts 138 SE
23:00138gusts 1811 SSE
02:0063gusts 1610 ESE
05:002113gusts 2717 NE
08:00149gusts 2415 NNE
11:00159gusts 2214 NNW
14:0074gusts 1610 NNW
17:0042gusts 149 WNW

Four-day forecast

DayWeatherHigh / lowWindGustsRain
Today27 Oct
Overcast
Overcast 26 °C80 °F / 24 °C76 °F2717 E3824 0%
Tomorrow28 Oct
Mainly clear
Mainly clear 27 °C80 °F / 24 °C76 °F2314 NE3019 6%
Thursday29 Oct
Partly cloudy
Partly cloudy 27 °C80 °F / 25 °C78 °F2515 SSE3321 33%
Friday30 Oct
Light drizzle
Light drizzle 26 °C78 °F / 23 °C74 °F2516 SSE3421 93%

Wind in km/hmph. Rain shows the highest hourly chance of rain that day.