Malawi's climate is hot in the low-lying areas in the south of the country and temperate in the northern highlands. The altitude moderates what would be an otherwise equatorial climate.
Between November and April the temperature is warm with equatorial rains and thunderstorms, with the rainy season reaching its peak in late March. After March, the rainfall rapidly diminishes. From May to September wet mists float from the highlands into the plateaus, with almost no rainfall during these months.