Climate averages 1991–2020
Dondo weather
in December.
A hot, wet month: the 3rd warmest and the 11th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
December is a hot month in Dondo: daytime highs average 31.3°C and nights cool to about 22.8°C. By daytime temperature it is the 3rd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 178 mm of rain on roughly 16 days, which makes December a wet month (the 11th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 17 min on an average December day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Beira (28 km away). In December its highs average 31.1°C, about as warm as Dondo, with 176 mm of rain.
Among the 22 cities listed in Mozambique, Dondo ranks 4th 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; Dondo is 1.4°C warmer than that mean.
From December to January, average highs fall by 0.6°C to 30.7°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 178 mm to 200 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
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 | 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, selected | 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
December in nearby cities
- Beira in DecemberMozambique · 28 kmHigh 31.1°C · Low 23.7°C · 176 mm rain
- Chimoio in DecemberMozambique · 143 kmHigh 27.9°C · Low 19.6°C · 190 mm rain
- Mutare in DecemberZimbabwe · 229 kmHigh 26.0°C · Low 17.5°C · 203 mm rain
- Quelimane in DecemberMozambique · 297 kmHigh 31.0°C · Low 24.9°C · 108 mm rain
- Mocuba in DecemberMozambique · 389 kmHigh 32.4°C · Low 23.1°C · 169 mm rain
- Tete in DecemberMozambique · 403 kmHigh 33.4°C · Low 24.5°C · 144 mm rain
- Masvingo in DecemberZimbabwe · 413 kmHigh 27.3°C · Low 17.8°C · 145 mm rain
- Ruwa in DecemberZimbabwe · 415 kmHigh 24.3°C · Low 15.6°C · 193 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.