Chitipa

Place in Northern Region, Malawi
9°42′07″S 33°16′12″E / 9.70194°S 33.27000°E / -9.70194; 33.27000Country MalawiRegionNorthern RegionDistrictChitipa DistrictPopulation
 (2018 Census[1])
 • Total17,743Time zone+2ClimateAw

Chitipa is the capital of Chitipa District, Malawi and the birthplace of Malawian lawyer, politician, and philanthropist James Nyondo. It is also known as Fort Hill. It is very near Malawi's tri-point border with Zambia and Tanzania.

Climate

Climate data for Chitipa (1961–1990)
Month Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Year
Mean daily maximum °C (°F) 26.2
(79.2)
26.4
(79.5)
26.1
(79.0)
25.6
(78.1)
24.8
(76.6)
23.7
(74.7)
23.5
(74.3)
24.9
(76.8)
27.7
(81.9)
29.9
(85.8)
29.6
(85.3)
27.0
(80.6)
26.3
(79.3)
Daily mean °C (°F) 20.4
(68.7)
20.4
(68.7)
20.5
(68.9)
19.9
(67.8)
18.7
(65.7)
17.2
(63.0)
16.8
(62.2)
18.2
(64.8)
20.8
(69.4)
22.9
(73.2)
22.8
(73.0)
20.9
(69.6)
20.0
(68.0)
Mean daily minimum °C (°F) 17.1
(62.8)
17.1
(62.8)
17.2
(63.0)
16.9
(62.4)
15.1
(59.2)
12.9
(55.2)
12.5
(54.5)
13.7
(56.7)
15.9
(60.6)
17.7
(63.9)
18.3
(64.9)
17.6
(63.7)
16.0
(60.8)
Average precipitation mm (inches) 204.8
(8.06)
216.0
(8.50)
192.0
(7.56)
56.6
(2.23)
7.5
(0.30)
0.6
(0.02)
0.8
(0.03)
0.0
(0.0)
0.7
(0.03)
6.0
(0.24)
78.8
(3.10)
224.0
(8.82)
987.8
(38.89)
Average precipitation days (≥ 0.3 mm) 21 19 19 10 3 2 2 1 1 2 7 20 107
Average relative humidity (%) 83 84 84 82 77 73 70 63 55 57 61 79 72
Mean monthly sunshine hours 142.6 137.2 173.6 213.0 260.4 282.0 300.7 310.0 297.0 291.4 234.0 167.4 2,809.3
Mean daily sunshine hours 4.6 4.9 5.6 7.1 8.4 9.4 9.7 10.0 9.9 9.4 7.8 5.4 7.7
Source: NOAA[2]

Demographics

Year Population[3][1]
1987 4,925
1998 7,636
2008 14,753
2018 17,743

References

  1. ^ a b "2018 Population and Housing Census Main Report" (PDF). Malawi National Statistical Office. Retrieved 25 December 2019.
  2. ^ "Chitipa Climate Normals 1961–1990". National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. Retrieved 10 August 2016.
  3. ^ World Gazetteer: Malawi: largest cities and towns and statistics of their population Archived September 27, 2007, at the Wayback Machine
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