Climate averages 1991–2020
Cuamba weather
in February.
A hot, very wet month: the 6th warmest and the 11th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
February is a hot month in Cuamba: daytime highs average 28.4°C and nights cool to about 20.9°C. By daytime temperature it is the 6th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 183 mm of rain on roughly 19 days, which makes February a very wet month (the 11th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 35 min on an average February day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Gurúè (88 km away). In February its highs average 27.4°C, 1.0°C cooler than Cuamba, with 252 mm of rain.
Among the 22 cities listed in Mozambique, Cuamba ranks joint 16th of 22 for the warmest February highs and 16th of 22 for the driest February (rainfall, lowest first). The mean February high of those 22 cities is 29.0°C; Cuamba is 0.6°C cooler than that mean.
From February to March, average highs fall by 0.1°C to 28.3°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 183 mm to 109 mm.
The annual picture
February 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, selected | 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 | 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
February in nearby cities
- Gurúè in FebruaryMozambique · 88 kmHigh 27.4°C · Low 20.1°C · 252 mm rain
- Mandimba in FebruaryMozambique · 108 kmHigh 27.1°C · Low 19.8°C · 244 mm rain
- Zomba in FebruaryMalawi · 146 kmHigh 26.4°C · Low 19.5°C · 169 mm rain
- Blantyre in FebruaryMalawi · 197 kmHigh 25.5°C · Low 18.6°C · 204 mm rain
- Lichinga in FebruaryMozambique · 217 kmHigh 23.6°C · Low 16.6°C · 241 mm rain
- Mocuba in FebruaryMozambique · 231 kmHigh 30.4°C · Low 22.7°C · 164 mm rain
- Nampula in FebruaryMozambique · 295 kmHigh 29.0°C · Low 21.7°C · 196 mm rain
- Lilongwe in FebruaryMalawi · 310 kmHigh 25.5°C · Low 17.8°C · 159 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.