Climate averages 1991–2020
Dondo weather
in October.
A hot, fairly dry month: the 2nd warmest and the 6th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
October is a hot month in Dondo: daytime highs average 31.4°C and nights cool to about 20.2°C. By daytime temperature it is the 2nd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 25 mm of rain on roughly 6 days, which makes October a fairly dry month (the 6th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 32 min on an average October day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Beira (28 km away). In October its highs average 30.4°C, 1.0°C cooler than Dondo, with 24 mm of rain.
Among the 22 cities listed in Mozambique, Dondo ranks 6th of 22 for the warmest October highs and 13th of 22 for the driest October (rainfall, lowest first). The mean October high of those 22 cities is 29.8°C; Dondo is 1.6°C warmer than that mean.
From October to November, average highs rise by 0.8°C to 32.1°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 25 mm to 78 mm.
The annual picture
October 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, selected | 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
October in nearby cities
- Beira in OctoberMozambique · 28 kmHigh 30.4°C · Low 21.2°C · 24 mm rain
- Chimoio in OctoberMozambique · 143 kmHigh 29.0°C · Low 17.3°C · 33 mm rain
- Mutare in OctoberZimbabwe · 229 kmHigh 26.9°C · Low 14.9°C · 35 mm rain
- Quelimane in OctoberMozambique · 297 kmHigh 30.1°C · Low 23.0°C · 15 mm rain
- Mocuba in OctoberMozambique · 389 kmHigh 33.9°C · Low 21.3°C · 19 mm rain
- Tete in OctoberMozambique · 403 kmHigh 35.7°C · Low 23.3°C · 6.6 mm rain
- Masvingo in OctoberZimbabwe · 413 kmHigh 28.9°C · Low 15.9°C · 22 mm rain
- Ruwa in OctoberZimbabwe · 415 kmHigh 27.1°C · Low 14.0°C · 31 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.