Region · Malawi
Best time to visit Southern Region
This guide covers 4 destinations in Southern Region, a first-level administrative division of Malawi. The largest by population are Blantyre, Zomba and Makanjila. Across its destinations, May to August are the months comfortable in the most places. The airport most of them name as their nearest is Chileka International Airport (BLZ).
- Destinations in this guide
- 4
- Comfortable in the most places
- May to August
- Main airport
- BLZChileka International Airport
- Currency
- MWKMalawian kwacha
- Time zone
- Africa/Blantyre
Destinations
Destinations in Southern Region
Every destination in this guide in Southern Region, the ones with the most places to stay first. Best months are the months that are comfortable there (average daytime high between 18 °C and 29 °C and under 80 mm of rain in the month); the nearest airport is by straight-line distance from the centre.
When to go
Best time to visit Southern Region
From the climate of 4 destinations in Southern Region with climate data: how many are comfortable each month (average daytime high between 18 °C and 29 °C and under 80 mm of rain in the month), and the typical high and rainfall across them. The months comfortable in the most places: May to August.
| Month | Comfortable destinations | Typical high | Typical rainfall |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 0 of 4 | 28 °C | 259 mm |
| February | 0 of 4 | 28 °C | 222 mm |
| March | 0 of 4 | 28 °C | 167 mm |
| April | 3 of 4 | 28 °C | 52 mm |
| May | 4 of 4 | 27 °C | 12 mm |
| June | 4 of 4 | 25 °C | 5 mm |
| July | 4 of 4 | 24 °C | 4 mm |
| August | 4 of 4 | 27 °C | 3 mm |
| September | 2 of 4 | 30 °C | 3 mm |
| October | 0 of 4 | 31 °C | 20 mm |
| November | 0 of 4 | 31 °C | 69 mm |
| December | 0 of 4 | 29 °C | 214 mm |
Typical = the median across the destinations. Averages for 1991–2020 over the surrounding area, a grid square about 50 km across, so a coast or a nearby mountain can make the town itself warmer or cooler. Data: CRU TS v4.10, Climatic Research Unit, University of East Anglia (Open Database License).
Getting there
Airports serving Southern Region
The airports with scheduled flights that the destinations in Southern Region name among their nearest, by how many name each as the nearest. An airport can lie outside the region. Distances are straight lines from a destination's centre.
BLZ · Chileka International Airport
VXC · Lichinga Airport
LLW · Kamuzu International Airport
Good to know
Public holidays in Southern Region, 2026
Shops and offices may close and transport may run reduced timetables on these dates. Source: python-holidays (MIT).
Nationwide in Malawi
Sources: destinations and their regions from Wikidata; airports from OurAirports; climate from CRU TS v4.10 (University of East Anglia, ODbL); public holidays from python-holidays (MIT). A region has a page here when at least 3 destinations of this guide lie in it. How this guide is made.