Climate averages 1991–2020
Cuamba weather
in March.
A hot, wet month: the 7th warmest and the 9th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
March is a hot month in Cuamba: daytime highs average 28.3°C and nights cool to about 20.5°C. By daytime temperature it is the 7th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 109 mm of rain on roughly 16 days, which makes March a wet month (the 9th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 11 min on an average March day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Gurúè (88 km away). In March its highs average 27.0°C, 1.3°C cooler than Cuamba, with 193 mm of rain.
Among the 22 cities listed in Mozambique, Cuamba ranks 15th of 22 for the warmest March highs and 9th of 22 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 22 cities is 28.6°C; Cuamba is 0.3°C cooler than that mean.
From March to April, average highs fall by 0.3°C to 28.0°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 109 mm to 29 mm.
The annual picture
March 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, selected | 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
March in nearby cities
- Gurúè in MarchMozambique · 88 kmHigh 27.0°C · Low 19.8°C · 193 mm rain
- Mandimba in MarchMozambique · 108 kmHigh 26.9°C · Low 19.4°C · 151 mm rain
- Zomba in MarchMalawi · 146 kmHigh 26.3°C · Low 19.0°C · 121 mm rain
- Blantyre in MarchMalawi · 197 kmHigh 25.2°C · Low 18.0°C · 166 mm rain
- Lichinga in MarchMozambique · 217 kmHigh 23.6°C · Low 16.2°C · 174 mm rain
- Mocuba in MarchMozambique · 231 kmHigh 29.9°C · Low 22.2°C · 129 mm rain
- Nampula in MarchMozambique · 295 kmHigh 28.5°C · Low 21.5°C · 143 mm rain
- Lilongwe in MarchMalawi · 310 kmHigh 25.3°C · Low 17.4°C · 113 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.