Zomba
City in Malawi: population, location, elevation, climate and landmarks.
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Overview
Zomba is a city in Malawi, in Southern Region. About 118,440 people live in the city proper, making it the 4th largest city of Malawi in our atlas.
It lies at 15.39° S, 35.32° E, about 949 m (3,114 ft) above sea level, and keeps time on the Africa/Blantyre time zone. It sits inside the tropics.
Location
Red dot: Zomba. Green dots: other major cities of Malawi. Map data: Natural Earth.
Climate
Zomba has a tropical savanna climate (Köppen Aw). The warmest month is usually Oct, with average highs near 33°C (92°F); the coolest nights come in Jul at about 12°C (54°F). Around 1,246 mm (49 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 · 37 km
- Blantyre · 55 km
- Mangochi · 101 km
- Salima · 201 km
- Lilongwe · 227 km
- Kasungu · 327 km
- Mzuzu · 457 km
- Karonga · 623 km
- Population, coordinates, elevation, time zone: GeoNames 923295 (CC BY 4.0)
- Wikidata Q219117 (CC0)
- Climate: NASA POWER 2001-2025 climatology
Text written by Geographical Effect from these sources.
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