Climate averages 1991–2020
Beira weather
in October.
A hot, fairly dry month: the 5th warmest and the 6th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
October is a hot month in Beira: daytime highs average 30.4°C and nights cool to about 21.2°C. By daytime temperature it is the 5th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 24 mm of rain on roughly 6 days, which makes October a fairly dry month (the 6th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 32 min on an average October day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Dondo (28 km away). In October its highs average 31.4°C, 1.0°C warmer than Beira, with 25 mm of rain.
Among the 22 cities listed in Mozambique, Beira ranks 8th of 22 for the warmest October highs and 12th of 22 for the driest October (rainfall, lowest first). The mean October high of those 22 cities is 29.8°C; Beira is 0.6°C warmer than that mean.
From October to November, average highs rise by 1.0°C to 31.4°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 24 mm to 74 mm.
The annual picture
October 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 | 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, selected | 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
October in nearby cities
- Dondo in OctoberMozambique · 28 kmHigh 31.4°C · Low 20.2°C · 25 mm rain
- Chimoio in OctoberMozambique · 163 kmHigh 29.0°C · Low 17.3°C · 33 mm rain
- Mutare in OctoberZimbabwe · 247 kmHigh 26.9°C · Low 14.9°C · 35 mm rain
- Quelimane in OctoberMozambique · 307 kmHigh 30.1°C · Low 23.0°C · 15 mm rain
- Mocuba in OctoberMozambique · 404 kmHigh 33.9°C · Low 21.3°C · 19 mm rain
- Masvingo in OctoberZimbabwe · 420 kmHigh 28.9°C · Low 15.9°C · 22 mm rain
- Tete in OctoberMozambique · 431 kmHigh 35.7°C · Low 23.3°C · 6.6 mm rain
- Ruwa in OctoberZimbabwe · 436 kmHigh 27.1°C · Low 14.0°C · 31 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.