Climate averages 1991–2020
Gurúè weather
in April.
A warm, moderately wet month: the 8th warmest and the 7th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
April is a warm month in Gurúè: daytime highs average 25.7°C and nights cool to about 18.2°C. By daytime temperature it is the 8th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 87 mm of rain on roughly 14 days, which makes April a moderately wet month (the 7th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 46 min on an average April day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Cuamba (88 km away). In April its highs average 28.0°C, 2.3°C warmer than Gurúè, with 29 mm of rain.
Among the 22 cities listed in Mozambique, Gurúè ranks 20th of 22 for the warmest April highs and 21st of 22 for the driest April (rainfall, lowest first). The mean April high of those 22 cities is 27.6°C; Gurúè is 1.9°C cooler than that mean.
From April to May, average highs fall by 1.2°C to 24.4°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 87 mm to 28 mm.
The annual picture
April 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
Gurúè climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 27.5°C20.3°C | 20.3°C | 372 | 27.0 | 12.913 h |
| February | 27.4°C20.1°C | 20.1°C | 252 | 21.4 | 12.613 h |
| March | 27.0°C19.8°C | 19.8°C | 193 | 20.4 | 12.212 h |
| April, selected | 25.7°C18.2°C | 18.2°C | 87 | 14.3 | 11.812 h |
| May | 24.4°C16.0°C | 16.0°C | 28 | 6.9 | 11.411 h |
| June | 22.6°C14.3°C | 14.3°C | 28 | 7.4 | 11.211 h |
| July | 22.1°C13.5°C | 13.5°C | 35 | 8.1 | 11.311 h |
| August | 24.8°C14.3°C | 14.3°C | 21 | 4.9 | 11.612 h |
| September | 28.4°C16.6°C | 16.6°C | 15 | 3.3 | 12.012 h |
| October | 30.1°C18.8°C | 18.8°C | 37 | 5.8 | 12.412 h |
| November | 30.2°C20.1°C | 20.1°C | 111 | 12.5 | 12.813 h |
| December | 28.4°C20.3°C | 20.3°C | 289 | 23.5 | 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
April in nearby cities
- Cuamba in AprilMozambique · 88 kmHigh 28.0°C · Low 19.1°C · 29 mm rain
- Mocuba in AprilMozambique · 152 kmHigh 28.7°C · Low 20.5°C · 55 mm rain
- Zomba in AprilMalawi · 178 kmHigh 25.6°C · Low 17.3°C · 26 mm rain
- Mandimba in AprilMozambique · 189 kmHigh 26.2°C · Low 17.9°C · 40 mm rain
- Blantyre in AprilMalawi · 214 kmHigh 24.2°C · Low 16.1°C · 50 mm rain
- Nampula in AprilMozambique · 249 kmHigh 27.6°C · Low 20.2°C · 47 mm rain
- Quelimane in AprilMozambique · 268 kmHigh 28.4°C · Low 22.8°C · 73 mm rain
- Lichinga in AprilMozambique · 304 kmHigh 23.1°C · Low 14.5°C · 44 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 Gurúè) is explained once on the Gurúè year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.