# Area 5 Traditional authority, Lilongwe City, Central Region

> Source: https://wherepedia.org/malawi/central/lilongwe-city/area-5/

Traditional authority · Lilongwe City 

# Area 5

Area 5 is a traditional authority area of Malawi in Lilongwe City, Central Region. It covers **1.25 km²**. Open map data shows 17 mapped services such as hospitals, banks and schools.

- 1.2km²
- 17mapped services

## Where is Area 5?

Area 5 lies in [Lilongwe City](https://wherepedia.org/malawi/central/lilongwe-city/), [Central Region](https://wherepedia.org/malawi/central/), [Malawi](https://wherepedia.org/malawi/). It borders 6 other traditional authorities: [Area 3](https://wherepedia.org/malawi/central/lilongwe-city/area-3/), [Area 32](https://wherepedia.org/malawi/central/lilongwe-city/area-32/), [Area 4](https://wherepedia.org/malawi/central/lilongwe-city/area-4/), [Area 47](https://wherepedia.org/malawi/central/lilongwe-city/area-47/), [Area 6](https://wherepedia.org/malawi/central/lilongwe-city/area-6/) and [Area 9](https://wherepedia.org/malawi/central/lilongwe-city/area-9/). By area it is the 417th largest of 433 traditional authorities in Malawi. It covers 0.3% of [Lilongwe City](https://wherepedia.org/malawi/central/lilongwe-city/). The centre of Area 5 is about 2.7 km in a straight line from Lilongwe, the capital. The centre point is at -13.9780° N, 33.7655° E.

Source: [National Statistics Office of Malawi via OCHA HDX, administrative boundaries (COD-AB, CC BY-IGO)](https://data.humdata.org/dataset/cod-ab-mwi).

## Weather in Area 5 and the best time to visit

Using the climate of Lilongwe City, the warmest month is Nov (average 25 °C) and the coolest is Jul (16 °C). About 1,047 mm of rain falls in a year; the wettest month is Jan (307 mm) and the driest Jun (2 mm). The most comfortable months for a visit are **April to November**.

- Jan
- Feb
- Mar
- Apr
- May
- Jun
- Jul
- Aug
- Sep
- Oct
- Nov
- Dec

Month Average °C Rain mm 

Jan 21 307 

Feb 21 216 

Mar 21 151 

Apr 19 40 

May 18 6 

Jun 16 2 

Jul 16 3 

Aug 18 2 

Sep 21 3 

Oct 24 12 

Nov 25 63 

Dec 23 242 

Source: [NASA POWER climatology, retrieved 2026-10-29](https://power.larc.nasa.gov/).

## Nearest hospital, bank and fuel from Area 5

Need Nearest mapped Distance 

Hospital DNA Hub Africa · Area 3 0.9 km [Map](https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=-13.98629&mlon=33.76617#map=17/-13.98629/33.76617) 

Bank Ecobank · Area 4 0.8 km [Map](https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=-13.98485&mlon=33.76727#map=17/-13.98485/33.76727) 

ATM Standard Bank · Area 6 1.0 km [Map](https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=-13.97304&mlon=33.75778#map=17/-13.97304/33.75778) 

Petrol pump Maula Filling Station · Area 5 0.6 km [Map](https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=-13.98316&mlon=33.76519#map=17/-13.98316/33.76519) 

Hotel Maula garden · Area 5 0.2 km [Map](https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=-13.97758&mlon=33.76394#map=17/-13.97758/33.76394) 

Mall Old Town Mall · Area 5 0.4 km [Map](https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=-13.98194&mlon=33.76626#map=17/-13.98194/33.76626) 

School Happy Trail Preschool · Area 3 0.8 km [Map](https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=-13.98439&mlon=33.76323#map=17/-13.98439/33.76323) 

College Techno Brain · Area 3 0.5 km [Map](https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=-13.98236&mlon=33.76354#map=17/-13.98236/33.76354) 

Police station Malawi Police Lilongwe · Area 3 1.4 km [Map](https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=-13.98968&mlon=33.76920#map=17/-13.98968/33.76920) 

Source: [Overture Maps places (CDLA-Permissive-2.0) and © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)](https://overturemaps.org/).

Straight-line distance from the centre of the division, within 40 km.

## Hospitals, banks and other services in Area 5

Places mapped inside Area 5 in open map data, by type.

- Petrol pumps4
- Hotels4
- Shopping malls2
- Pharmacies1
- Restaurants5
- Dental clinics1

Source: [Overture Maps places (CDLA-Permissive-2.0) and © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)](https://overturemaps.org/).

Coverage depends on what has been mapped; contact details are not shown.

## Other traditional authorities in Lilongwe City

- Area 1
- Area 10
- Area 11
- Area 12
- Area 13
- Area 14
- Area 15
- Area 16
- Area 17
- Area 18
- Area 19
- Area 2
- Area 20
- Area 21
- Area 22
- Area 23
- Area 24
- Area 25
- Area 26
- Area 27
- Area 28
- Area 29
- Area 3
- Area 30
- Area 31
- Area 32
- Area 33
- Area 34
- Area 35
- Area 36
- Area 37
- Area 38
- Area 39
- Area 4
- Area 40
- Area 41
- Area 42
- Area 43
- Area 44
- Area 45
- Area 46
- Area 47
- Area 48
- Area 49
- Area 50
- Area 51
- Area 52
- Area 53
- Area 54
- Area 55
- Area 56
- Area 57
- Area 58
- Area 6
- Area 7
- Area 8
- Area 9

## Quick answers

- Where is Area 5?In Lilongwe City, Central Region, Malawi
- What borders Area 5?Area 3, Area 32, Area 4, Area 47, Area 6 and Area 9
- What is the best time to visit Area 5?April to November
- Where is the nearest hospital to Area 5?DNA Hub Africa, about 0.9 km from the centre
- Where is the nearest bank to Area 5?Ecobank, about 0.8 km from the centre
- Where is the nearest ATM to Area 5?Standard Bank, about 1.0 km from the centre
- Where is the nearest petrol pump to Area 5?Maula Filling Station, about 0.6 km from the centre
- How many petrol pumps are in Area 5?4 mapped
- What is the P-code of Area 5?MW21035 (OCHA common operational dataset)