Climate averages 1991–2020
Chibuto weather
in February.
A hot, moderately wet month: the 2nd warmest and the 10th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
February is a hot month in Chibuto: daytime highs average 30.2°C and nights cool to about 22.5°C. By daytime temperature it is the 2nd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 72 mm of rain on roughly 9 days, which makes February a moderately wet month (the 10th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 56 min on an average February day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Xai-Xai (42 km away). In February its highs average 29.9°C, about as warm as Chibuto, with 84 mm of rain.
Among the 22 cities listed in Mozambique, Chibuto ranks joint 6th of 22 for the warmest February highs and 1st of 22 for the driest February (rainfall, lowest first). The mean February high of those 22 cities is 29.0°C; Chibuto is 1.2°C warmer than that mean.
From February to March, average highs fall by 0.6°C to 29.6°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 72 mm to 61 mm.
The annual picture
February 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, selected | 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 | 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
February in nearby cities
- Xai-Xai in FebruaryMozambique · 42 kmHigh 29.9°C · Low 23.7°C · 84 mm rain
- Maputo in FebruaryMozambique · 171 kmHigh 28.4°C · Low 22.7°C · 95 mm rain
- Ressano Garcia in FebruaryMozambique · 176 kmHigh 31.1°C · Low 22.2°C · 88 mm rain
- Matola in FebruaryMozambique · 178 kmHigh 29.1°C · Low 22.7°C · 95 mm rain
- Maxixe in FebruaryMozambique · 206 kmHigh 29.2°C · Low 24.5°C · 103 mm rain
- Inhambane in FebruaryMozambique · 209 kmHigh 28.7°C · Low 25.1°C · 117 mm rain
- Phalaborwa in FebruarySouth Africa · 256 kmHigh 30.7°C · Low 21.1°C · 69 mm rain
- Mbombela in FebruarySouth Africa · 272 kmHigh 27.9°C · Low 18.9°C · 135 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.