Climate averages 1991–2020
Chibuto weather
in May.
A warm, fairly dry month: the 9th warmest and the joint 4th driest of the year. Meets the pleasant-weather rule
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
May is a warm month in Chibuto: daytime highs average 26.1°C and nights cool to about 17.0°C. By daytime temperature it is the 9th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 17 mm of rain on roughly 4 days, which makes May a fairly dry month (the joint 4th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 10 h 56 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Xai-Xai (42 km away). In May its highs average 26.3°C, about as warm as Chibuto, with 28 mm of rain.
Among the 22 cities listed in Mozambique, Chibuto ranks 14th of 22 for the warmest May highs and 9th of 22 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 22 cities is 26.6°C; Chibuto is 0.5°C cooler than that mean.
From May to June, average highs fall by 1.7°C to 24.4°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 17 mm to 11 mm.
The annual picture
May 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 | 27.8°C19.6°C | 19.6°C | 30 | 6.1 | 11.512 h |
| May, selected | 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
May in nearby cities
- Xai-Xai in MayMozambique · 42 kmHigh 26.3°C · Low 18.6°C · 28 mm rain
- Maputo in MayMozambique · 171 kmHigh 25.1°C · Low 17.7°C · 23 mm rain
- Ressano Garcia in MayMozambique · 176 kmHigh 27.2°C · Low 16.1°C · 14 mm rain
- Matola in MayMozambique · 178 kmHigh 25.8°C · Low 17.4°C · 23 mm rain
- Maxixe in MayMozambique · 206 kmHigh 25.8°C · Low 20.2°C · 23 mm rain
- Inhambane in MayMozambique · 209 kmHigh 25.5°C · Low 21.3°C · 31 mm rain
- Phalaborwa in MaySouth Africa · 256 kmHigh 26.4°C · Low 14.3°C · 8.9 mm rain
- Mbombela in MaySouth Africa · 272 kmHigh 23.8°C · Low 10.6°C · 19 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.