Climate averages 1991–2020
Dondo weather
in August.
A warm, very dry month: the 9th warmest and the driest of the year. Meets the pleasant-weather rule
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
August is a warm month in Dondo: daytime highs average 27.7°C and nights cool to about 16.1°C. By daytime temperature it is the 9th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 11 mm of rain on roughly 3 days, which makes August a very dry month (the driest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 27 min on an average August day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Beira (28 km away). In August its highs average 27.3°C, about as warm as Dondo, with 11 mm of rain.
Among the 22 cities listed in Mozambique, Dondo ranks joint 3rd of 22 for the warmest August highs and joint 12th of 22 for the driest August (rainfall, lowest first). The mean August high of those 22 cities is 26.3°C; Dondo is 1.4°C warmer than that mean.
From August to September, average highs rise by 2.7°C to 30.4°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 11 mm to 15 mm.
The annual picture
August 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
Dondo climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 30.7°C23.2°C | 23.2°C | 200 | 19.8 | 13.213 h |
| February | 30.4°C23.0°C | 23.0°C | 158 | 17.1 | 12.813 h |
| March | 29.9°C22.3°C | 22.3°C | 118 | 17.0 | 12.212 h |
| April | 28.5°C20.1°C | 20.1°C | 52 | 10.8 | 11.712 h |
| May | 27.4°C17.5°C | 17.5°C | 19 | 4.8 | 11.211 h |
| June | 26.0°C15.7°C | 15.7°C | 14 | 4.2 | 11.011 h |
| July | 25.5°C15.2°C | 15.2°C | 17 | 5.3 | 11.111 h |
| August, selected | 27.7°C16.1°C | 16.1°C | 11 | 3.4 | 11.411 h |
| September | 30.4°C18.2°C | 18.2°C | 15 | 3.6 | 12.012 h |
| October | 31.4°C20.2°C | 20.2°C | 25 | 5.9 | 12.513 h |
| November | 32.1°C22.0°C | 22.0°C | 78 | 10.0 | 13.013 h |
| December | 31.3°C22.8°C | 22.8°C | 178 | 15.7 | 13.313 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
August in nearby cities
- Beira in AugustMozambique · 28 kmHigh 27.3°C · Low 17.4°C · 11 mm rain
- Chimoio in AugustMozambique · 143 kmHigh 24.8°C · Low 13.0°C · 9.1 mm rain
- Mutare in AugustZimbabwe · 229 kmHigh 22.8°C · Low 10.6°C · 6.0 mm rain
- Quelimane in AugustMozambique · 297 kmHigh 26.7°C · Low 19.5°C · 14 mm rain
- Mocuba in AugustMozambique · 389 kmHigh 28.5°C · Low 16.7°C · 12 mm rain
- Tete in AugustMozambique · 403 kmHigh 30.1°C · Low 18.4°C · 1.6 mm rain
- Masvingo in AugustZimbabwe · 413 kmHigh 24.1°C · Low 10.5°C · 1.8 mm rain
- Ruwa in AugustZimbabwe · 415 kmHigh 22.5°C · Low 8.6°C · 0.9 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 Dondo) is explained once on the Dondo year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.