Chitipa | |
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  Chitipa Location in Malawi | |
| Coordinates: 9°42′07″S33°16′12″E / 9.70194°S 33.27000°E | |
| Country |  Malawi |
| Region | Northern Region |
| District | Chitipa District |
| Population (2018 Census [1] ) | |
| • Total | 17,743 |
| Time zone | +2 |
| Climate | Aw |
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 data for Chitipa (1961–1990) | |||||||||||||
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| 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] | |||||||||||||
| Year | Population [3] [1] |
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| 1987 | 4,925 |
| 1998 | 7,636 |
| 2008 | 14,753 |
| 2018 | 17,743 |
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