Mangochi
City in Malawi: population, location, elevation, climate and landmarks.
Lake malawi mangochi: Andrew Maganga, CC BY-SA 1.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
Overview
Mangochi is a city in Malawi, in Southern Region. About 60,338 people live in the city proper, making it the 7th largest city of Malawi in our atlas.
It lies at 14.48° S, 35.26° E, about 484 m (1,588 ft) above sea level, and keeps time on the Africa/Blantyre time zone. It sits inside the tropics.
Location
Red dot: Mangochi. Green dots: other major cities of Malawi. Map data: Natural Earth.
Climate
Mangochi has a tropical savanna climate (Köppen Aw). The warmest month is usually Oct, with average highs near 35°C (94°F); the coolest nights come in Jul at about 14°C (56°F). Around 1,085 mm (43 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
- Liwonde · 65 km
- Zomba · 101 km
- Salima · 116 km
- Blantyre · 148 km
- Lilongwe · 169 km
- Kasungu · 250 km
- Mzuzu · 360 km
- Karonga · 524 km
- Population, coordinates, elevation, time zone: GeoNames 927246 (CC BY 4.0)
- Wikidata Q1890257 (CC0)
- Climate: NASA POWER 2001-2025 climatology
Text written by Geographical Effect from these sources.
- Lake malawi mangochi: Andrew Maganga, CC BY-SA 1.0 (Wikimedia Commons)