Climate averages 1991–2020
Chibuto weather
in April.
A warm, fairly dry month: the 8th warmest and the 7th driest of the year. Meets the pleasant-weather rule
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
April is a warm month in Chibuto: daytime highs average 27.8°C and nights cool to about 19.6°C. By daytime temperature it is the 8th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 30 mm of rain on roughly 6 days, which makes April a fairly dry month (the 7th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 32 min on an average April day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Xai-Xai (42 km away). In April its highs average 27.9°C, about as warm as Chibuto, with 44 mm of rain.
Among the 22 cities listed in Mozambique, Chibuto ranks 12th of 22 for the warmest April highs and joint 3rd of 22 for the driest April (rainfall, lowest first). The mean April high of those 22 cities is 27.6°C; Chibuto is 0.2°C warmer than that mean.
From April to May, average highs fall by 1.7°C to 26.1°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 30 mm to 17 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
Chibuto climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 30.1°C22.5°C | 22.5°C | 112 | 11.9 | 13.513 h |
| February | 30.2°C22.5°C | 22.5°C | 72 | 9.2 | 12.913 h |
| March | 29.6°C21.7°C | 21.7°C | 61 | 8.5 | 12.212 h |
| April, selected | 27.8°C19.6°C | 19.6°C | 30 | 6.1 | 11.512 h |
| May | 26.1°C17.0°C | 17.0°C | 17 | 3.8 | 10.911 h |
| June | 24.4°C15.0°C | 15.0°C | 11 | 2.7 | 10.611 h |
| July | 23.9°C14.4°C | 14.4°C | 10 | 2.6 | 10.811 h |
| August | 25.7°C15.5°C | 15.5°C | 8.6 | 1.9 | 11.311 h |
| September | 28.1°C17.5°C | 17.5°C | 17 | 2.8 | 11.912 h |
| October | 28.8°C19.1°C | 19.1°C | 27 | 4.8 | 12.713 h |
| November | 29.6°C20.7°C | 20.7°C | 66 | 8.2 | 13.313 h |
| December | 30.4°C21.9°C | 21.9°C | 104 | 9.4 | 13.614 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
- Xai-Xai in AprilMozambique · 42 kmHigh 27.9°C · Low 21.0°C · 44 mm rain
- Maputo in AprilMozambique · 171 kmHigh 26.4°C · Low 20.0°C · 42 mm rain
- Ressano Garcia in AprilMozambique · 176 kmHigh 28.5°C · Low 19.0°C · 30 mm rain
- Matola in AprilMozambique · 178 kmHigh 27.0°C · Low 19.8°C · 42 mm rain
- Maxixe in AprilMozambique · 206 kmHigh 27.2°C · Low 22.2°C · 40 mm rain
- Inhambane in AprilMozambique · 209 kmHigh 26.8°C · Low 23.1°C · 50 mm rain
- Phalaborwa in AprilSouth Africa · 256 kmHigh 28.0°C · Low 17.6°C · 20 mm rain
- Mbombela in AprilSouth Africa · 272 kmHigh 25.2°C · Low 14.7°C · 53 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 Chibuto) is explained once on the Chibuto year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.