Climate averages 1991–2020
Gurúè weather
in July.
A warm, fairly dry month: the coolest and the 5th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
July is a warm month in Gurúè: daytime highs average 22.1°C and nights cool to about 13.5°C. By daytime temperature it is the coolest month of the year.
Expect about 35 mm of rain on roughly 8 days, which makes July a fairly dry month (the 5th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 18 min on an average July day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Cuamba (88 km away). In July its highs average 25.3°C, 3.2°C warmer than Gurúè, with 1.2 mm of rain.
Among the 22 cities listed in Mozambique, Gurúè ranks 21st of 22 for the warmest July highs and 22nd of 22 for the driest July (rainfall, lowest first). The mean July high of those 22 cities is 24.6°C; Gurúè is 2.4°C cooler than that mean.
From July to August, average highs rise by 2.6°C to 24.8°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 35 mm to 21 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
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, selected | 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
July in nearby cities
- Cuamba in JulyMozambique · 88 kmHigh 25.3°C · Low 14.6°C · 1.2 mm rain
- Mocuba in JulyMozambique · 152 kmHigh 25.9°C · Low 15.8°C · 17 mm rain
- Zomba in JulyMalawi · 178 kmHigh 22.0°C · Low 12.3°C · 2.3 mm rain
- Mandimba in JulyMozambique · 189 kmHigh 23.6°C · Low 13.3°C · 2.5 mm rain
- Blantyre in JulyMalawi · 214 kmHigh 20.7°C · Low 11.1°C · 14 mm rain
- Nampula in JulyMozambique · 249 kmHigh 25.1°C · Low 15.7°C · 6.1 mm rain
- Quelimane in JulyMozambique · 268 kmHigh 25.3°C · Low 18.8°C · 26 mm rain
- Lichinga in JulyMozambique · 304 kmHigh 20.7°C · Low 9.6°C · 1.7 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.