Climate averages 1991–2020
Cuamba weather
in January.
A hot, very wet month: the 5th warmest and the wettest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
January is a hot month in Cuamba: daytime highs average 28.5°C and nights cool to about 21.1°C. By daytime temperature it is the 5th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 257 mm of rain on roughly 25 days, which makes January a very wet month (the wettest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 54 min on an average January day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Gurúè (88 km away). In January its highs average 27.5°C, 1.0°C cooler than Cuamba, with 372 mm of rain.
Among the 22 cities listed in Mozambique, Cuamba ranks 16th of 22 for the warmest January highs and 18th of 22 for the driest January (rainfall, lowest first). The mean January high of those 22 cities is 29.1°C; Cuamba is 0.6°C cooler than that mean.
From January to February, average highs fall by 0.1°C to 28.4°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 257 mm to 183 mm.
The annual picture
January 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, selected | 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 | 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
January in nearby cities
- Gurúè in JanuaryMozambique · 88 kmHigh 27.5°C · Low 20.3°C · 372 mm rain
- Mandimba in JanuaryMozambique · 108 kmHigh 27.2°C · Low 20.1°C · 334 mm rain
- Zomba in JanuaryMalawi · 146 kmHigh 26.4°C · Low 19.8°C · 274 mm rain
- Blantyre in JanuaryMalawi · 197 kmHigh 25.5°C · Low 19.0°C · 321 mm rain
- Lichinga in JanuaryMozambique · 217 kmHigh 23.6°C · Low 16.8°C · 309 mm rain
- Mocuba in JanuaryMozambique · 231 kmHigh 30.7°C · Low 23.0°C · 252 mm rain
- Nampula in JanuaryMozambique · 295 kmHigh 29.2°C · Low 22.0°C · 266 mm rain
- Lilongwe in JanuaryMalawi · 310 kmHigh 25.6°C · Low 18.1°C · 208 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.