Climate averages 1991–2020
Beira weather
in May.
A warm, fairly dry month: the 9th warmest and the 5th driest of the year. Meets the pleasant-weather rule
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
May is a warm month in Beira: daytime highs average 27.6°C and nights cool to about 19.0°C. By daytime temperature it is the 9th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 19 mm of rain on roughly 5 days, which makes May a fairly dry month (the 5th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 11 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Dondo (28 km away). In May its highs average 27.4°C, about as warm as Beira, with 19 mm of rain.
Among the 22 cities listed in Mozambique, Beira ranks joint 6th of 22 for the warmest May highs and joint 12th of 22 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 22 cities is 26.6°C; Beira is 1.0°C warmer than that mean.
From May to June, average highs fall by 1.4°C to 26.1°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 19 mm to 14 mm.
The annual picture
May 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 | 28.6°C21.3°C | 21.3°C | 54 | 10.6 | 11.712 h |
| May, selected | 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
May in nearby cities
- Dondo in MayMozambique · 28 kmHigh 27.4°C · Low 17.5°C · 19 mm rain
- Chimoio in MayMozambique · 163 kmHigh 24.2°C · Low 14.2°C · 16 mm rain
- Mutare in MayZimbabwe · 247 kmHigh 22.4°C · Low 11.7°C · 13 mm rain
- Quelimane in MayMozambique · 307 kmHigh 27.2°C · Low 20.8°C · 35 mm rain
- Mocuba in MayMozambique · 404 kmHigh 27.6°C · Low 18.1°C · 19 mm rain
- Masvingo in MayZimbabwe · 420 kmHigh 23.1°C · Low 11.2°C · 9.3 mm rain
- Tete in MayMozambique · 431 kmHigh 29.9°C · Low 19.7°C · 3.3 mm rain
- Ruwa in MayZimbabwe · 436 kmHigh 21.4°C · Low 9.7°C · 8.0 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.