Climate averages 1991–2020
Chibuto weather
in March.
A hot, moderately wet month: the joint 4th warmest and the 8th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
March is a hot month in Chibuto: daytime highs average 29.6°C and nights cool to about 21.7°C. By daytime temperature it is the joint 4th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 61 mm of rain on roughly 9 days, which makes March a moderately wet month (the 8th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 15 min on an average March day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Xai-Xai (42 km away). In March its highs average 29.4°C, about as warm as Chibuto, with 74 mm of rain.
Among the 22 cities listed in Mozambique, Chibuto ranks joint 6th of 22 for the warmest March highs and joint 1st of 22 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 22 cities is 28.6°C; Chibuto is 1.0°C warmer than that mean.
From March to April, average highs fall by 1.8°C to 27.8°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 61 mm to 30 mm.
The annual picture
March 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, selected | 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
March in nearby cities
- Xai-Xai in MarchMozambique · 42 kmHigh 29.4°C · Low 22.9°C · 74 mm rain
- Maputo in MarchMozambique · 171 kmHigh 27.9°C · Low 22.0°C · 73 mm rain
- Ressano Garcia in MarchMozambique · 176 kmHigh 30.4°C · Low 21.3°C · 61 mm rain
- Matola in MarchMozambique · 178 kmHigh 28.7°C · Low 21.9°C · 73 mm rain
- Maxixe in MarchMozambique · 206 kmHigh 28.7°C · Low 23.9°C · 75 mm rain
- Inhambane in MarchMozambique · 209 kmHigh 28.2°C · Low 24.6°C · 88 mm rain
- Phalaborwa in MarchSouth Africa · 256 kmHigh 30.0°C · Low 20.2°C · 43 mm rain
- Mbombela in MarchSouth Africa · 272 kmHigh 27.1°C · Low 17.6°C · 107 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.