Climate averages 1991–2020
Gurúè weather
in May.
A warm, fairly dry month: the 10th warmest and the joint 3rd driest of the year. Meets the pleasant-weather rule
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
May is a warm month in Gurúè: daytime highs average 24.4°C and nights cool to about 16.0°C. By daytime temperature it is the 10th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 28 mm of rain on roughly 7 days, which makes May a fairly dry month (the joint 3rd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 24 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Cuamba (88 km away). In May its highs average 27.3°C, 2.8°C warmer than Gurúè, with 4.0 mm of rain.
Among the 22 cities listed in Mozambique, Gurúè ranks 20th of 22 for the warmest May highs and joint 19th of 22 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 22 cities is 26.6°C; Gurúè is 2.1°C cooler than that mean.
From May to June, average highs fall by 1.8°C to 22.6°C, and monthly rainfall stays at 28 mm.
The annual picture
May 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, selected | 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
May in nearby cities
- Cuamba in MayMozambique · 88 kmHigh 27.3°C · Low 17.0°C · 4.0 mm rain
- Mocuba in MayMozambique · 152 kmHigh 27.6°C · Low 18.1°C · 19 mm rain
- Zomba in MayMalawi · 178 kmHigh 24.4°C · Low 14.8°C · 4.8 mm rain
- Mandimba in MayMozambique · 189 kmHigh 25.6°C · Low 15.8°C · 6.4 mm rain
- Blantyre in MayMalawi · 214 kmHigh 23.1°C · Low 13.6°C · 14 mm rain
- Nampula in MayMozambique · 249 kmHigh 26.8°C · Low 18.1°C · 9.2 mm rain
- Quelimane in MayMozambique · 268 kmHigh 27.2°C · Low 20.8°C · 35 mm rain
- Lichinga in MayMozambique · 304 kmHigh 22.7°C · Low 12.2°C · 8.9 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.