Climate averages 1991–2020
Gurúè weather
in December.
A hot, very wet month: the joint 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 Gurúè: daytime highs average 28.4°C and nights cool to about 20.3°C. By daytime temperature it is the joint 3rd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 289 mm of rain on roughly 24 days, which makes December a very wet month (the 11th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 01 min on an average December day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Cuamba (88 km away). In December its highs average 30.2°C, 1.7°C warmer than Gurúè, with 178 mm of rain.
Among the 22 cities listed in Mozambique, Gurúè ranks 18th of 22 for the warmest December highs and 22nd of 22 for the driest December (rainfall, lowest first). The mean December high of those 22 cities is 29.9°C; Gurúè is 1.4°C cooler than that mean.
From December to January, average highs fall by 0.9°C to 27.5°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 289 mm to 372 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
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 | 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, selected | 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
December in nearby cities
- Cuamba in DecemberMozambique · 88 kmHigh 30.2°C · Low 21.6°C · 178 mm rain
- Mocuba in DecemberMozambique · 152 kmHigh 32.4°C · Low 23.1°C · 169 mm rain
- Zomba in DecemberMalawi · 178 kmHigh 27.5°C · Low 20.0°C · 179 mm rain
- Mandimba in DecemberMozambique · 189 kmHigh 28.7°C · Low 20.4°C · 204 mm rain
- Blantyre in DecemberMalawi · 214 kmHigh 26.7°C · Low 19.1°C · 225 mm rain
- Nampula in DecemberMozambique · 249 kmHigh 30.9°C · Low 21.9°C · 154 mm rain
- Quelimane in DecemberMozambique · 268 kmHigh 31.0°C · Low 24.9°C · 108 mm rain
- Lichinga in DecemberMozambique · 304 kmHigh 24.7°C · Low 17.0°C · 236 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.