Climate averages 1991–2020
Gurúè weather
in August.
A warm, fairly dry month: the 9th warmest and the 2nd 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 Gurúè: daytime highs average 24.8°C and nights cool to about 14.3°C. By daytime temperature it is the 9th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 21 mm of rain on roughly 5 days, which makes August a fairly dry month (the 2nd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 36 min on an average August day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Cuamba (88 km away). In August its highs average 27.5°C, 2.7°C warmer than Gurúè, with 1.4 mm of rain.
Among the 22 cities listed in Mozambique, Gurúè ranks joint 17th of 22 for the warmest August highs and 22nd of 22 for the driest August (rainfall, lowest first). The mean August high of those 22 cities is 26.3°C; Gurúè is 1.5°C cooler than that mean.
From August to September, average highs rise by 3.6°C to 28.4°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 21 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
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 | 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, selected | 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
August in nearby cities
- Cuamba in AugustMozambique · 88 kmHigh 27.5°C · Low 15.5°C · 1.4 mm rain
- Mocuba in AugustMozambique · 152 kmHigh 28.5°C · Low 16.7°C · 12 mm rain
- Zomba in AugustMalawi · 178 kmHigh 24.3°C · Low 13.3°C · 1.5 mm rain
- Mandimba in AugustMozambique · 189 kmHigh 25.9°C · Low 14.2°C · 1.8 mm rain
- Blantyre in AugustMalawi · 214 kmHigh 23.4°C · Low 12.3°C · 6.8 mm rain
- Nampula in AugustMozambique · 249 kmHigh 27.0°C · Low 16.2°C · 5.1 mm rain
- Quelimane in AugustMozambique · 268 kmHigh 26.7°C · Low 19.5°C · 14 mm rain
- Lichinga in AugustMozambique · 304 kmHigh 22.9°C · Low 11.2°C · 1.8 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.