Lake Malawi Sea Temperature in January

Average sea temperature for Lake Malawi, Malawi across January, based on 10 years of daily readings.

Average

28.74° C

High

29.9° C

Low

26.82° C

This water temperature is comparable to that of a swimming pool, but it might be higher than most open water swimmers prefer for serious swimming. Make sure to drink plenty of water before and after swimming and don't wear a wetsuit to avoid overheating.

January is the 5th warmest of 12 months at Lake Malawi. On average the water sits 0.8° than the year-round mean of 27.94° C.

Compared to December, January is 0.4° cooler than (29.18° C in December). By February the water is usually 29.06° C.

Lake Malawi Day-by-Day Water Temperature in January

10-year low, average and high

26.0° C

27.1° C

28.3° C

29.4° C

30.5° C

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Day-by-day low and high band with the 10-year daily average through January. Range Average

Each vertical bar above is one day of January. The shaded band covers the range the water has reached on that day across the last 10 years — the lowest reading at the bottom, the highest at the top. The line running through the bars is the daily average over those 10 years, so you can see the typical shape of the month at Lake Malawi.

A narrow band means the temperature on that day has stayed close to the average year on year. A taller band means it has swung more, often because of changeable weather around that time of year. Hovering a day pulls up its low, average, and high.

January Water Temperature Table for Lake Malawi

10-year daily averages

Day	Average	Low	High
January 1	29.25° C	28.34° C	29.9° C
January 2	29.16° C	27.82° C	29.8° C
January 3	29.16° C	27.96° C	29.79° C
January 4	29.17° C	28.43° C	29.64° C
January 5	29.21° C	28.48° C	29.59° C
January 6	29.07° C	28.4° C	29.51° C
January 7	29.02° C	28.33° C	29.45° C
January 8	28.91° C	27.95° C	29.52° C
January 9	28.94° C	27.92° C	29.64° C
January 10	29° C	27.99° C	29.71° C
January 11	28.94° C	28.03° C	29.74° C
January 12	28.74° C	27.65° C	29.79° C
January 13	28.57° C	26.93° C	29.84° C
January 14	28.57° C	26.97° C	29.44° C
January 15	28.61° C	27.08° C	29.48° C
January 16	28.62° C	27.03° C	29.37° C
January 17	28.63° C	27.13° C	29.31° C
January 18	28.57° C	26.95° C	29.06° C
January 19	28.52° C	26.82° C	29.19° C
January 20	28.51° C	27.05° C	29.34° C
January 21	28.49° C	27.16° C	29.22° C
January 22	28.39° C	27.19° C	29.17° C
January 23	28.41° C	27.42° C	29.05° C
January 24	28.48° C	27.45° C	29.04° C
January 25	28.49° C	27.5° C	29.17° C
January 26	28.6° C	27.56° C	29.24° C
January 27	28.52° C	27.72° C	29.24° C
January 28	28.5° C	27.87° C	29.27° C
January 29	28.63° C	27.99° C	29.33° C
January 30	28.64° C	27.9° C	29.23° C
January 31	28.63° C	27.87° C	29.25° C

Where January Sits in the Year

January highlighted

23.5° C

25.6° C

27.8° C

29.9° C

32.0° C

Jan

Feb

Mar

Apr

May

Jun

Jul

Aug

Sep

Oct

Nov

Dec

28.74° C

29.06° C

29.42° C

29.24° C

28.43° C

27.33° C

26.23° C

25.95° C

26.34° C

27.13° C

28.26° C

29.18° C

10-year monthly history for Lake Malawi. Bars span historical low to high; the line marks the monthly average. Range Average

January → February → March → April → May → June → July → August → September → October → November → December →

Lake Malawi Location

-11.6701, 34.6857

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Lake Malawi sits at -11.6701°N, 34.6857°E, on the coast of Malawi. The marker on the map shows the spot the readings on this page come from. It usually sits a short distance from the town centre, out on the open water itself, so the numbers stay tied to the coast rather than a generic point inland.