Climate averages 1991–2020
Beira weather
in March.
A hot, wet month: the 6th warmest and the 9th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
March is a hot month in Beira: daytime highs average 29.9°C and nights cool to about 23.3°C. By daytime temperature it is the 6th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 118 mm of rain on roughly 17 days, which makes March a wet month (the 9th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 13 min on an average March day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Dondo (28 km away). In March its highs average 29.9°C, about as warm as Beira, with 118 mm of rain.
Among the 22 cities listed in Mozambique, Beira ranks joint 3rd of 22 for the warmest March highs and joint 11th of 22 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 22 cities is 28.6°C; Beira is 1.3°C warmer than that mean.
From March to April, average highs fall by 1.3°C to 28.6°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 118 mm to 54 mm.
The annual picture
March 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, selected | 29.9°C23.3°C | 23.3°C | 118 | 17.3 | 12.212 h |
| April | 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
March in nearby cities
- Dondo in MarchMozambique · 28 kmHigh 29.9°C · Low 22.3°C · 118 mm rain
- Chimoio in MarchMozambique · 163 kmHigh 26.6°C · Low 19.0°C · 116 mm rain
- Mutare in MarchZimbabwe · 247 kmHigh 25.0°C · Low 16.8°C · 103 mm rain
- Quelimane in MarchMozambique · 307 kmHigh 29.5°C · Low 24.2°C · 146 mm rain
- Mocuba in MarchMozambique · 404 kmHigh 29.9°C · Low 22.2°C · 129 mm rain
- Masvingo in MarchZimbabwe · 420 kmHigh 25.7°C · Low 16.5°C · 84 mm rain
- Tete in MarchMozambique · 431 kmHigh 31.6°C · Low 23.5°C · 71 mm rain
- Ruwa in MarchZimbabwe · 436 kmHigh 23.7°C · Low 14.7°C · 93 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.