Climate averages 1991–2020
Angoche weather
in December.
A hot, wet month: the 2nd warmest and the 9th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
December is a hot month in Angoche: daytime highs average 31.5°C and nights cool to about 24.8°C. By daytime temperature it is the 2nd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 108 mm of rain on roughly 15 days, which makes December a wet month (the 9th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 04 min on an average December day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Nampula (142 km away). In December its highs average 30.9°C, 0.5°C cooler than Angoche, with 154 mm of rain.
Among the 22 cities listed in Mozambique, Angoche ranks 3rd of 22 for the warmest December highs and joint 6th of 22 for the driest December (rainfall, lowest first). The mean December high of those 22 cities is 29.9°C; Angoche is 1.6°C warmer than that mean.
From December to January, average highs fall by 1.0°C to 30.5°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 108 mm to 225 mm.
The annual picture
December 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 | 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, selected | 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
December in nearby cities
- Nampula in DecemberMozambique · 142 kmHigh 30.9°C · Low 21.9°C · 154 mm rain
- Nacala in DecemberMozambique · 204 kmHigh 29.4°C · Low 24.2°C · 114 mm rain
- Mocuba in DecemberMozambique · 319 kmHigh 32.4°C · Low 23.1°C · 169 mm rain
- Gurúè in DecemberMozambique · 325 kmHigh 28.4°C · Low 20.3°C · 289 mm rain
- Montepuez in DecemberMozambique · 359 kmHigh 30.2°C · Low 21.6°C · 151 mm rain
- Pemba in DecemberMozambique · 368 kmHigh 30.7°C · Low 24.8°C · 166 mm rain
- Quelimane in DecemberMozambique · 370 kmHigh 31.0°C · Low 24.9°C · 108 mm rain
- Cuamba in DecemberMozambique · 395 kmHigh 30.2°C · Low 21.6°C · 178 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.