Climate averages 1991–2020
Beira weather
in September.
A hot, fairly dry month: the 7th warmest and the 3rd driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
September is a hot month in Beira: daytime highs average 29.5°C and nights cool to about 19.2°C. By daytime temperature it is the 7th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 15 mm of rain on roughly 4 days, which makes September a fairly dry month (the 3rd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 58 min on an average September day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Dondo (28 km away). In September its highs average 30.4°C, 0.9°C warmer than Beira, with 15 mm of rain.
Among the 22 cities listed in Mozambique, Beira ranks 7th of 22 for the warmest September highs and joint 13th of 22 for the driest September (rainfall, lowest first). The mean September high of those 22 cities is 28.6°C; Beira is 0.9°C warmer than that mean.
From September to October, average highs rise by 0.8°C to 30.4°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 15 mm to 24 mm.
The annual picture
September 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, selected | 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
September in nearby cities
- Dondo in SeptemberMozambique · 28 kmHigh 30.4°C · Low 18.2°C · 15 mm rain
- Chimoio in SeptemberMozambique · 163 kmHigh 27.9°C · Low 15.2°C · 14 mm rain
- Mutare in SeptemberZimbabwe · 247 kmHigh 25.8°C · Low 12.8°C · 15 mm rain
- Quelimane in SeptemberMozambique · 307 kmHigh 28.9°C · Low 21.3°C · 12 mm rain
- Mocuba in SeptemberMozambique · 404 kmHigh 32.1°C · Low 19.2°C · 11 mm rain
- Masvingo in SeptemberZimbabwe · 420 kmHigh 27.6°C · Low 13.6°C · 5.0 mm rain
- Tete in SeptemberMozambique · 431 kmHigh 33.7°C · Low 20.9°C · 2.3 mm rain
- Ruwa in SeptemberZimbabwe · 436 kmHigh 25.8°C · Low 11.6°C · 3.9 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.