Mzuzu
Mzimba, Malawi · Population 221,272
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The rains come from November and the same low-lying wards flood every year, so the wet-season page moves up — alongside prices, which climb from here to the February lean-season peak.
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Crop prices around the north
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Rain & wet-season outlook
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Is the water out?
What water costs
Work out your NRWB water bill at the tariffs gazetted on 7 August 2026 — the three household bands, the flat prepaid rate, and what a kiosk charges.
Store your maize, or sell now?
Work through whether holding your harvest for the lean season could beat selling now — the price it would need to fetch, the weight you'd lose in store, and the break-even, in plain arithmetic.
Will your maize last to the next harvest?
Count what is in your store against what your household eats, and see whether it reaches the June harvest — plus how big the gap is, months before it arrives.
Is the power out?
A neighbour-reported board of where the power is out in Mzuzu right now — so you can tell if it's just your house or the whole area, with ESCOM's fault line to report it.
Who to call
Verified numbers for police, water and health in Mzuzu — and honest notes where a service publishes no working contact.
Common questions
Straight answers about water rationing, power cuts, flood-prone wards, the markets and getting around — sourced, and honest about what could not be verified.
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Changelog
- Town updateThe town page is set up for the rains
- UpdatedCommon questions: the Vigwagwa market is being built, and why your water bill rose
- UpdatedStore or sell: the page now asks what month it is
- New toolWhat water costs: your NRWB bill at the August 2026 tariffs
- New toolMzuzu: will your maize last to the next harvest?
- New toolA tool to weigh storing your maize against selling now
- Town updateAdded a sketch of the coffee terraces above town
- New toolA neighbour board for when the water's out
- New toolWhere the rainy season stands
- New toolA neighbour board for when the power's out
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