Climate averages 1991–2020
Chibuto weather
in January.
A hot, wet month: the 3rd warmest and the wettest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
January is a hot month in Chibuto: daytime highs average 30.1°C and nights cool to about 22.5°C. By daytime temperature it is the 3rd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 112 mm of rain on roughly 12 days, which makes January a wet month (the wettest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 29 min on an average January day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Xai-Xai (42 km away). In January its highs average 29.8°C, about as warm as Chibuto, with 130 mm of rain.
Among the 22 cities listed in Mozambique, Chibuto ranks 8th of 22 for the warmest January highs and 2nd of 22 for the driest January (rainfall, lowest first). The mean January high of those 22 cities is 29.1°C; Chibuto is 1.0°C warmer than that mean.
From January to February, average highs rise by 0.1°C to 30.2°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 112 mm to 72 mm.
The annual picture
January 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, selected | 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 | 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
January in nearby cities
- Xai-Xai in JanuaryMozambique · 42 kmHigh 29.8°C · Low 23.6°C · 130 mm rain
- Maputo in JanuaryMozambique · 171 kmHigh 28.2°C · Low 22.6°C · 115 mm rain
- Ressano Garcia in JanuaryMozambique · 176 kmHigh 30.9°C · Low 22.1°C · 99 mm rain
- Matola in JanuaryMozambique · 178 kmHigh 28.8°C · Low 22.5°C · 115 mm rain
- Maxixe in JanuaryMozambique · 206 kmHigh 29.1°C · Low 24.5°C · 150 mm rain
- Inhambane in JanuaryMozambique · 209 kmHigh 28.6°C · Low 25.0°C · 156 mm rain
- Phalaborwa in JanuarySouth Africa · 256 kmHigh 30.5°C · Low 21.0°C · 93 mm rain
- Mbombela in JanuarySouth Africa · 272 kmHigh 27.8°C · Low 18.9°C · 155 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.