Climate averages 1991–2020
Beira weather
in April.
A hot, moderately wet month: the 8th warmest and the 7th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
April is a hot month in Beira: daytime highs average 28.6°C and nights cool to about 21.3°C. By daytime temperature it is the 8th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 54 mm of rain on roughly 11 days, which makes April a moderately wet month (the 7th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 39 min on an average April day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Dondo (28 km away). In April its highs average 28.5°C, about as warm as Beira, with 52 mm of rain.
Among the 22 cities listed in Mozambique, Beira ranks 5th of 22 for the warmest April highs and 16th of 22 for the driest April (rainfall, lowest first). The mean April high of those 22 cities is 27.6°C; Beira is 1.1°C warmer than that mean.
From April to May, average highs fall by 1.1°C to 27.6°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 54 mm to 19 mm.
The annual picture
April 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
Beira climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 30.6°C24.1°C | 24.1°C | 197 | 19.6 | 13.213 h |
| February | 30.5°C23.9°C | 23.9°C | 158 | 17.2 | 12.813 h |
| March | 29.9°C23.3°C | 23.3°C | 118 | 17.3 | 12.212 h |
| April, selected | 28.6°C21.3°C | 21.3°C | 54 | 10.6 | 11.712 h |
| May | 27.6°C19.0°C | 19.0°C | 19 | 5.0 | 11.211 h |
| June | 26.1°C17.2°C | 17.2°C | 14 | 4.1 | 11.011 h |
| July | 25.5°C16.6°C | 16.6°C | 17 | 4.8 | 11.111 h |
| August | 27.3°C17.4°C | 17.4°C | 11 | 3.3 | 11.411 h |
| September | 29.5°C19.2°C | 19.2°C | 15 | 3.9 | 12.012 h |
| October | 30.4°C21.2°C | 21.2°C | 24 | 6.0 | 12.513 h |
| November | 31.4°C22.9°C | 22.9°C | 74 | 9.9 | 13.013 h |
| December | 31.1°C23.7°C | 23.7°C | 176 | 15.9 | 13.313 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
April in nearby cities
- Dondo in AprilMozambique · 28 kmHigh 28.5°C · Low 20.1°C · 52 mm rain
- Chimoio in AprilMozambique · 163 kmHigh 25.3°C · Low 16.8°C · 45 mm rain
- Mutare in AprilZimbabwe · 247 kmHigh 23.8°C · Low 14.4°C · 41 mm rain
- Quelimane in AprilMozambique · 307 kmHigh 28.4°C · Low 22.8°C · 73 mm rain
- Mocuba in AprilMozambique · 404 kmHigh 28.7°C · Low 20.5°C · 55 mm rain
- Masvingo in AprilZimbabwe · 420 kmHigh 24.3°C · Low 14.0°C · 27 mm rain
- Tete in AprilMozambique · 431 kmHigh 31.4°C · Low 22.0°C · 17 mm rain
- Ruwa in AprilZimbabwe · 436 kmHigh 22.7°C · Low 12.4°C · 34 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 Beira) is explained once on the Beira year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.