Climate averages 1991–2020
Cuamba weather
in April.
A hot, fairly dry month: the 8th warmest and the 7th driest of the year. Meets the pleasant-weather rule
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
April is a hot month in Cuamba: daytime highs average 28.0°C and nights cool to about 19.1°C. By daytime temperature it is the 8th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 29 mm of rain on roughly 5 days, which makes April a fairly dry month (the 7th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 47 min on an average April day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Gurúè (88 km away). In April its highs average 25.7°C, 2.3°C cooler than Cuamba, with 87 mm of rain.
Among the 22 cities listed in Mozambique, Cuamba ranks 10th of 22 for the warmest April highs and 2nd of 22 for the driest April (rainfall, lowest first). The mean April high of those 22 cities is 27.6°C; Cuamba is 0.4°C warmer than that mean.
From April to May, average highs fall by 0.7°C to 27.3°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 29 mm to 4.0 mm.
The annual picture
April 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
Cuamba climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 28.5°C21.1°C | 21.1°C | 257 | 24.9 | 12.913 h |
| February | 28.4°C20.9°C | 20.9°C | 183 | 19.4 | 12.613 h |
| March | 28.3°C20.5°C | 20.5°C | 109 | 16.0 | 12.212 h |
| April, selected | 28.0°C19.1°C | 19.1°C | 29 | 5.0 | 11.812 h |
| May | 27.3°C17.0°C | 17.0°C | 4.0 | 0.8 | 11.411 h |
| June | 25.6°C15.2°C | 15.2°C | 1.3 | 0.2 | 11.311 h |
| July | 25.3°C14.6°C | 14.6°C | 1.2 | 0.1 | 11.311 h |
| August | 27.5°C15.5°C | 15.5°C | 1.4 | 0.3 | 11.612 h |
| September | 30.3°C17.9°C | 17.9°C | 3.5 | 0.4 | 12.012 h |
| October | 32.1°C20.4°C | 20.4°C | 11 | 1.6 | 12.412 h |
| November | 32.5°C21.9°C | 21.9°C | 56 | 7.4 | 12.813 h |
| December | 30.2°C21.6°C | 21.6°C | 178 | 19.9 | 13.013 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
- Gurúè in AprilMozambique · 88 kmHigh 25.7°C · Low 18.2°C · 87 mm rain
- Mandimba in AprilMozambique · 108 kmHigh 26.2°C · Low 17.9°C · 40 mm rain
- Zomba in AprilMalawi · 146 kmHigh 25.6°C · Low 17.3°C · 26 mm rain
- Blantyre in AprilMalawi · 197 kmHigh 24.2°C · Low 16.1°C · 50 mm rain
- Lichinga in AprilMozambique · 217 kmHigh 23.1°C · Low 14.5°C · 44 mm rain
- Mocuba in AprilMozambique · 231 kmHigh 28.7°C · Low 20.5°C · 55 mm rain
- Nampula in AprilMozambique · 295 kmHigh 27.6°C · Low 20.2°C · 47 mm rain
- Lilongwe in AprilMalawi · 310 kmHigh 25.2°C · Low 15.7°C · 23 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 Cuamba) is explained once on the Cuamba year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.