Climate averages 1991–2020
Mamoudzou weather
in August.
A warm, very dry month: one of the coolest and the driest of the year. Meets the pleasant-weather rule
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
August is a warm month in Mamoudzou: daytime highs average 25.6°C and nights cool to about 23.2°C. By daytime temperature it is one of the coolest months of the year.
Expect about 9.6 mm of rain on roughly 2 days, which makes August a very dry month (the driest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 41 min on an average August day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Moroni (246 km away). In August its highs average 27.0°C, 1.4°C warmer than Mamoudzou, with 27 mm of rain.
From August to September, average highs rise by 0.5°C to 26.1°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 9.6 mm to 12 mm.
The annual picture
August in context
Monthly rainfall
Average total · mmAverages from hourly ERA5 reanalysis data. Actual weather varies from year to year. How these numbers are calculated
Every month, side by side
Mamoudzou climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 28.0°C26.0°C | 26.0°C | 238 | 21.7 | 12.813 h |
| February | 28.0°C26.0°C | 26.0°C | 197 | 19.9 | 12.513 h |
| March | 28.2°C26.2°C | 26.2°C | 169 | 20.0 | 12.212 h |
| April | 28.3°C26.3°C | 26.3°C | 69 | 13.0 | 11.812 h |
| May | 27.6°C25.8°C | 25.8°C | 21 | 5.8 | 11.512 h |
| June | 26.4°C24.7°C | 24.7°C | 12 | 2.9 | 11.411 h |
| July | 25.6°C23.8°C | 23.8°C | 10 | 2.5 | 11.411 h |
| August, selected | 25.6°C23.2°C | 23.2°C | 9.6 | 2.1 | 11.712 h |
| September | 26.1°C23.6°C | 23.6°C | 12 | 3.6 | 12.012 h |
| October | 26.9°C24.5°C | 24.5°C | 20 | 5.4 | 12.412 h |
| November | 27.5°C25.4°C | 25.4°C | 40 | 9.0 | 12.713 h |
| December | 27.9°C25.9°C | 25.9°C | 109 | 16.5 | 12.913 h |
Rainfall is the average of the 30 separate monthly totals. A rain day is a local calendar day with at least 1 mm of precipitation. Daylight is the calculated sunrise-to-sunset length, not measured sunshine.
Compare places
August in nearby cities
- Moroni in AugustComoros · 246 kmHigh 27.0°C · Low 22.4°C · 27 mm rain
- Mahajanga in AugustMadagascar · 347 kmHigh 31.3°C · Low 20.9°C · 1.2 mm rain
- Antsiranana in AugustMadagascar · 444 kmHigh 27.8°C · Low 20.7°C · 4.1 mm rain
- Pemba in AugustMozambique · 511 kmHigh 27.6°C · Low 20.2°C · 11 mm rain
- Nacala in AugustMozambique · 529 kmHigh 26.5°C · Low 19.6°C · 8.5 mm rain
- Sambava in AugustMadagascar · 559 kmHigh 24.6°C · Low 19.4°C · 109 mm rain
- Antalaha in AugustMadagascar · 594 kmHigh 24.4°C · Low 19.6°C · 53 mm rain
- Mtwara in AugustTanzania · 617 kmHigh 27.9°C · Low 22.0°C · 5.7 mm rain
Read the numbers correctly
Climate, not a promise.
These patterns help compare months. They cannot tell you the weather on a specific day of your trip.
Sources, method and limitsHow these numbers are made (what the highs, lows and rain days mean, the sources and the model cell used for Mamoudzou) is explained once on the Mamoudzou year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.