Climate averages 1991–2020

Chimoio weather
in January.

A warm, very wet month: the 5th warmest and the wettest of the year.

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

Average high 27.5°C Daytime mean, January

Average low 20.0°C Night-time mean, January

Rainfall 199 mm 21 days with ≥1 mm

Daylight 13 h Sunrise to sunset, per day

January is a warm month in Chimoio: daytime highs average 27.5°C and nights cool to about 20.0°C. By daytime temperature it is the 5th warmest of the 12 months.

Expect about 199 mm of rain on roughly 21 days, which makes January a very wet month (the wettest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 08 min on an average January day.

The nearest other city in this atlas is Mutare (87 km away). In January its highs average 25.8°C, 1.7°C cooler than Chimoio, with 201 mm of rain.

Among the 22 cities listed in Mozambique, Chimoio ranks joint 19th of 22 for the warmest January highs and 9th of 22 for the driest January (rainfall, lowest first). The mean January high of those 22 cities is 29.1°C; Chimoio is 1.6°C cooler than that mean.

From January to February, average highs fall by 0.2°C to 27.3°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 199 mm to 161 mm.

The annual picture

January in context

30-year average

Average highAverage low°C

Monthly rainfall

Average total · mm

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
Month	Average highHigh / low	Average low	Rainfall mm/month	Rain days ≥1 mm/day	Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day
January, selected	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	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

January 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.