Climate averages 1991–2020
Angoche weather
in August.
A warm, very dry month: the 10th warmest and the 3rd 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 Angoche: daytime highs average 27.1°C and nights cool to about 20.0°C. By daytime temperature it is the 10th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 10 mm of rain on roughly 4 days, which makes August a very dry month (the 3rd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 34 min on an average August day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Nampula (142 km away). In August its highs average 27.0°C, about as warm as Angoche, with 5.1 mm of rain.
Among the 22 cities listed in Mozambique, Angoche ranks 8th of 22 for the warmest August highs and 11th of 22 for the driest August (rainfall, lowest first). The mean August high of those 22 cities is 26.3°C; Angoche is 0.8°C warmer than that mean.
From August to September, average highs rise by 1.7°C to 28.8°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 10 mm to 6.7 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
Angoche climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 30.5°C24.8°C | 24.8°C | 225 | 23.5 | 13.013 h |
| February | 30.2°C24.7°C | 24.7°C | 174 | 20.6 | 12.613 h |
| March | 29.6°C24.6°C | 24.6°C | 166 | 19.9 | 12.212 h |
| April | 28.8°C23.7°C | 23.7°C | 65 | 12.7 | 11.712 h |
| May | 27.8°C22.1°C | 22.1°C | 18 | 5.3 | 11.411 h |
| June | 26.6°C20.7°C | 20.7°C | 17 | 5.9 | 11.211 h |
| July | 26.1°C19.9°C | 19.9°C | 14 | 4.7 | 11.311 h |
| August, selected | 27.1°C20.0°C | 20.0°C | 10 | 3.5 | 11.612 h |
| September | 28.8°C21.0°C | 21.0°C | 6.7 | 1.5 | 12.012 h |
| October | 30.3°C22.6°C | 22.6°C | 9.6 | 2.1 | 12.512 h |
| November | 31.6°C24.1°C | 24.1°C | 29 | 5.3 | 12.913 h |
| December | 31.5°C24.8°C | 24.8°C | 108 | 15.2 | 13.113 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
- Nampula in AugustMozambique · 142 kmHigh 27.0°C · Low 16.2°C · 5.1 mm rain
- Nacala in AugustMozambique · 204 kmHigh 26.5°C · Low 19.6°C · 8.5 mm rain
- Mocuba in AugustMozambique · 319 kmHigh 28.5°C · Low 16.7°C · 12 mm rain
- Gurúè in AugustMozambique · 325 kmHigh 24.8°C · Low 14.3°C · 21 mm rain
- Montepuez in AugustMozambique · 359 kmHigh 27.7°C · Low 16.8°C · 1.9 mm rain
- Pemba in AugustMozambique · 368 kmHigh 27.6°C · Low 20.2°C · 11 mm rain
- Quelimane in AugustMozambique · 370 kmHigh 26.7°C · Low 19.5°C · 14 mm rain
- Cuamba in AugustMozambique · 395 kmHigh 27.5°C · Low 15.5°C · 1.4 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 Angoche) is explained once on the Angoche year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.