Climate averages 1991–2020

Chimoio weather
in March.

A warm, wet month: the 7th warmest and the 9th driest of the year.

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

Average high 26.6°C Daytime mean, March

Average low 19.0°C Night-time mean, March

Rainfall 116 mm 17 days with ≥1 mm

Daylight 12 h Sunrise to sunset, per day

March is a warm month in Chimoio: daytime highs average 26.6°C and nights cool to about 19.0°C. By daytime temperature it is the 7th warmest of the 12 months.

Expect about 116 mm of rain on roughly 17 days, which makes March a wet month (the 9th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 13 min on an average March day.

The nearest other city in this atlas is Mutare (87 km away). In March its highs average 25.0°C, 1.6°C cooler than Chimoio, with 103 mm of rain.

Among the 22 cities listed in Mozambique, Chimoio ranks 21st of 22 for the warmest March highs and 10th of 22 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 22 cities is 28.6°C; Chimoio is 2.0°C cooler than that mean.

From March to April, average highs fall by 1.3°C to 25.3°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 116 mm to 45 mm.

The annual picture

March 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	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, selected	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

March 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.