Climate averages 1991–2020
Chimoio weather
in December.
A warm, very wet month: the joint 3rd warmest and the 11th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
December is a warm month in Chimoio: daytime highs average 27.9°C and nights cool to about 19.6°C. By daytime temperature it is the joint 3rd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 190 mm of rain on roughly 18 days, which makes December a very wet month (the 11th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 15 min on an average December day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Mutare (87 km away). In December its highs average 26.0°C, 1.9°C cooler than Chimoio, with 203 mm of rain.
Among the 22 cities listed in Mozambique, Chimoio ranks joint 20th of 22 for the warmest December highs and 19th of 22 for the driest December (rainfall, lowest first). The mean December high of those 22 cities is 29.9°C; Chimoio is 2.0°C cooler than that mean.
From December to January, average highs fall by 0.4°C to 27.5°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 190 mm to 199 mm.
The annual picture
December 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
Chimoio climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 27.5°C20.0°C | 20.0°C | 199 | 20.8 | 13.113 h |
| February | 27.3°C19.8°C | 19.8°C | 161 | 18.1 | 12.713 h |
| March | 26.6°C19.0°C | 19.0°C | 116 | 16.5 | 12.212 h |
| April | 25.3°C16.8°C | 16.8°C | 45 | 9.6 | 11.712 h |
| May | 24.2°C14.2°C | 14.2°C | 16 | 4.3 | 11.211 h |
| June | 22.6°C12.5°C | 12.5°C | 11 | 3.1 | 11.011 h |
| July | 22.2°C11.9°C | 11.9°C | 10 | 3.4 | 11.111 h |
| August | 24.8°C13.0°C | 13.0°C | 9.1 | 2.9 | 11.511 h |
| September | 27.9°C15.2°C | 15.2°C | 14 | 3.6 | 12.012 h |
| October | 29.0°C17.3°C | 17.3°C | 33 | 6.7 | 12.513 h |
| November | 29.2°C18.9°C | 18.9°C | 88 | 12.0 | 13.013 h |
| December, selected | 27.9°C19.6°C | 19.6°C | 190 | 18.4 | 13.313 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
December in nearby cities
- Mutare in DecemberZimbabwe · 87 kmHigh 26.0°C · Low 17.5°C · 203 mm rain
- Dondo in DecemberMozambique · 143 kmHigh 31.3°C · Low 22.8°C · 178 mm rain
- Beira in DecemberMozambique · 163 kmHigh 31.1°C · Low 23.7°C · 176 mm rain
- Ruwa in DecemberZimbabwe · 273 kmHigh 24.3°C · Low 15.6°C · 193 mm rain
- Chitungwiza in DecemberZimbabwe · 282 kmHigh 25.4°C · Low 16.5°C · 179 mm rain
- Harare in DecemberZimbabwe · 294 kmHigh 25.1°C · Low 16.3°C · 179 mm rain
- Masvingo in DecemberZimbabwe · 297 kmHigh 27.3°C · Low 17.8°C · 145 mm rain
- Norton in DecemberZimbabwe · 324 kmHigh 25.9°C · Low 17.4°C · 171 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 Chimoio) is explained once on the Chimoio year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.