Climate averages 1991–2020
Dondo weather
in July.
A warm, fairly dry month: the coolest and the 4th driest of the year. Meets the pleasant-weather rule
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
July is a warm month in Dondo: daytime highs average 25.5°C and nights cool to about 15.2°C. By daytime temperature it is the coolest month of the year.
Expect about 17 mm of rain on roughly 5 days, which makes July a fairly dry month (the 4th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 04 min on an average July day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Beira (28 km away). In July its highs average 25.5°C, about as warm as Dondo, with 17 mm of rain.
Among the 22 cities listed in Mozambique, Dondo ranks joint 7th of 22 for the warmest July highs and joint 15th of 22 for the driest July (rainfall, lowest first). The mean July high of those 22 cities is 24.6°C; Dondo is 1.0°C warmer than that mean.
From July to August, average highs rise by 2.2°C to 27.7°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 17 mm to 11 mm.
The annual picture
July 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, selected | 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 | 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
July in nearby cities
- Beira in JulyMozambique · 28 kmHigh 25.5°C · Low 16.6°C · 17 mm rain
- Chimoio in JulyMozambique · 143 kmHigh 22.2°C · Low 11.9°C · 10 mm rain
- Mutare in JulyZimbabwe · 229 kmHigh 20.0°C · Low 9.2°C · 8.9 mm rain
- Quelimane in JulyMozambique · 297 kmHigh 25.3°C · Low 18.8°C · 26 mm rain
- Mocuba in JulyMozambique · 389 kmHigh 25.9°C · Low 15.8°C · 17 mm rain
- Tete in JulyMozambique · 403 kmHigh 27.3°C · Low 17.1°C · 3.1 mm rain
- Masvingo in JulyZimbabwe · 413 kmHigh 20.4°C · Low 8.4°C · 6.6 mm rain
- Ruwa in JulyZimbabwe · 415 kmHigh 19.3°C · Low 6.9°C · 1.0 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.