Karonga
City in Malawi: population, location, elevation, climate and landmarks.
Karonga rice fields: Swathi Sridharan, CC BY-SA 2.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
Overview
Karonga is a city in Malawi, in Northern Region. About 69,486 people live in the city proper, making it the 5th largest city of Malawi in our atlas.
It lies at 9.93° S, 33.93° E, about 486 m (1,594 ft) above sea level, and keeps time on the Africa/Blantyre time zone. It sits inside the tropics.
Location
Red dot: Karonga. Green dots: other major cities of Malawi. Map data: Natural Earth.
Climate
Karonga has a tropical savanna climate (Köppen Aw). The warmest month is usually Oct, with average highs near 32°C (90°F); the coolest nights come in Jul at about 13°C (56°F). Around 1,307 mm (51 in) of rain and snow falls in a typical year, most of it in Jan.
Bars: average daily high and low (°C) for each month; blue columns and figures: average precipitation (mm). Gridded 2001-2025 averages from NASA POWER, so mountain and coastal spots can differ from local station records.
What to eat in MalawiNational dishes, street food, desserts and drinks on Intercontinental Chef.Nearby major cities
- Mzuzu · 170 km
- Kasungu · 348 km
- Salima · 431 km
- Lilongwe · 448 km
- Mangochi · 525 km
- Liwonde · 587 km
- Zomba · 624 km
- Blantyre · 660 km
- Population, coordinates, elevation, time zone: GeoNames 235715 (CC BY 4.0)
- Wikidata Q1022512 (CC0)
- Climate: NASA POWER 2001-2025 climatology
Text written by Geographical Effect from these sources.
- Karonga rice fields: Swathi Sridharan, CC BY-SA 2.0 (Wikimedia Commons)