Climate averages 1991–2020
Cuamba weather
in December.
A hot, wet month: the 4th warmest and the 10th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
December is a hot month in Cuamba: daytime highs average 30.2°C and nights cool to about 21.6°C. By daytime temperature it is the 4th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 178 mm of rain on roughly 20 days, which makes December a wet month (the 10th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 59 min on an average December day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Gurúè (88 km away). In December its highs average 28.4°C, 1.7°C cooler than Cuamba, with 289 mm of rain.
Among the 22 cities listed in Mozambique, Cuamba ranks joint 11th of 22 for the warmest December highs and joint 17th of 22 for the driest December (rainfall, lowest first). The mean December high of those 22 cities is 29.9°C; Cuamba is 0.3°C warmer than that mean.
From December to January, average highs fall by 1.7°C to 28.5°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 178 mm to 257 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
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 | 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, selected | 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
December in nearby cities
- Gurúè in DecemberMozambique · 88 kmHigh 28.4°C · Low 20.3°C · 289 mm rain
- Mandimba in DecemberMozambique · 108 kmHigh 28.7°C · Low 20.4°C · 204 mm rain
- Zomba in DecemberMalawi · 146 kmHigh 27.5°C · Low 20.0°C · 179 mm rain
- Blantyre in DecemberMalawi · 197 kmHigh 26.7°C · Low 19.1°C · 225 mm rain
- Lichinga in DecemberMozambique · 217 kmHigh 24.7°C · Low 17.0°C · 236 mm rain
- Mocuba in DecemberMozambique · 231 kmHigh 32.4°C · Low 23.1°C · 169 mm rain
- Nampula in DecemberMozambique · 295 kmHigh 30.9°C · Low 21.9°C · 154 mm rain
- Lilongwe in DecemberMalawi · 310 kmHigh 27.2°C · Low 18.6°C · 142 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.