Malawi is located in between 13? 30' South latitude and 34 ? 00' East longitude. This latitude and longitude of Malawi has placed in in the eastern part of Zambia and in the souther part of the Africa continent. Malawi's capital Lilongwe is situated in between a slightly different latitude and longitude. Lilongwe's latitude and longitude are 13? 58' South and 33? 49' East, respectively.
Malawi' s latitude and longitude has created some variation in its climate. In the highland areas the weather is relatively cold. But in other parts of the country the weather is comparatively hot. There are three distinctive seasons in Malawi. The main climate that prevails in Malawi is of tropical continental nature. Temperature and annual precipitation in Malawi depends mostly on the altitude of the country. In the Shire valley the altitude is as low as 37m and in the mountainous areas the altitude is high and influences the weather greatly.