Climate averages 1991–2020
Gurúè weather
in March.
A warm, very wet month: the 7th warmest and the 9th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
March is a warm month in Gurúè: daytime highs average 27.0°C and nights cool to about 19.8°C. By daytime temperature it is the 7th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 193 mm of rain on roughly 20 days, which makes March a very wet month (the 9th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 11 min on an average March day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Cuamba (88 km away). In March its highs average 28.3°C, 1.3°C warmer than Gurúè, with 109 mm of rain.
Among the 22 cities listed in Mozambique, Gurúè ranks 19th of 22 for the warmest March highs and 21st of 22 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 22 cities is 28.6°C; Gurúè is 1.6°C cooler than that mean.
From March to April, average highs fall by 1.3°C to 25.7°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 193 mm to 87 mm.
The annual picture
March 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, selected | 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 | 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
March in nearby cities
- Cuamba in MarchMozambique · 88 kmHigh 28.3°C · Low 20.5°C · 109 mm rain
- Mocuba in MarchMozambique · 152 kmHigh 29.9°C · Low 22.2°C · 129 mm rain
- Zomba in MarchMalawi · 178 kmHigh 26.3°C · Low 19.0°C · 121 mm rain
- Mandimba in MarchMozambique · 189 kmHigh 26.9°C · Low 19.4°C · 151 mm rain
- Blantyre in MarchMalawi · 214 kmHigh 25.2°C · Low 18.0°C · 166 mm rain
- Nampula in MarchMozambique · 249 kmHigh 28.5°C · Low 21.5°C · 143 mm rain
- Quelimane in MarchMozambique · 268 kmHigh 29.5°C · Low 24.2°C · 146 mm rain
- Lichinga in MarchMozambique · 304 kmHigh 23.6°C · Low 16.2°C · 174 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.