Climate averages 1991–2020

Chimoio weather
in April.

A warm, moderately wet month: the 8th warmest and the 7th driest of the year.

Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.

Average high 25.3°C Daytime mean, April
Average low 16.8°C Night-time mean, April
Rainfall 45 mm 10 days with ≥1 mm
Daylight 12 h Sunrise to sunset, per day
Every month in Chimoio · average highYear overview

April is a warm month in Chimoio: daytime highs average 25.3°C and nights cool to about 16.8°C. By daytime temperature it is the 8th warmest of the 12 months.

Expect about 45 mm of rain on roughly 10 days, which makes April a moderately wet month (the 7th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 40 min on an average April day.

The nearest other city in this atlas is Mutare (87 km away). In April its highs average 23.8°C, 1.5°C cooler than Chimoio, with 41 mm of rain.

Among the 22 cities listed in Mozambique, Chimoio ranks 21st of 22 for the warmest April highs and 12th of 22 for the driest April (rainfall, lowest first). The mean April high of those 22 cities is 27.6°C; Chimoio is 2.3°C cooler than that mean.

From April to May, average highs fall by 1.1°C to 24.2°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 45 mm to 16 mm.

The annual picture

April in context

30-year average
Average highAverage low°C
Average daily high and low temperatures by month The same values are available in the monthly table below. Lines show mean daily maxima and minima, not a forecast interval. 5101520253035 JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec

Monthly rainfall

Average total · mm
Average monthly rainfall totalsEach bar is a mean monthly total over 1991–2020. Full numbers are in the table. JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec 2000

Averages from hourly ERA5 reanalysis data. Actual weather varies from year to year. How these numbers are calculated

Every month, side by side

Chimoio climate table

1991–2020
Monthly climate averages for Chimoio, 1991–2020
MonthAverage highHigh / lowAverage lowRainfall mm/monthRain days ≥1 mm/dayDaylight hours/dayDay­light h/day
January 27.5°C20.0°C20.0°C19920.813.113 h
February 27.3°C19.8°C19.8°C16118.112.713 h
March 26.6°C19.0°C19.0°C11616.512.212 h
April, selected 25.3°C16.8°C16.8°C459.611.712 h
May 24.2°C14.2°C14.2°C164.311.211 h
June 22.6°C12.5°C12.5°C113.111.011 h
July 22.2°C11.9°C11.9°C103.411.111 h
August 24.8°C13.0°C13.0°C9.12.911.511 h
September 27.9°C15.2°C15.2°C143.612.012 h
October 29.0°C17.3°C17.3°C336.712.513 h
November 29.2°C18.9°C18.9°C8812.013.013 h
December 27.9°C19.6°C19.6°C19018.413.313 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

Distance from Chimoio

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 limits

How these numbers are made (what the highs, lows and rain days mean, the sources and the model cell used for Chimoio) is explained once on the Chimoio year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.