Climate averages 1991–2020
Gurúè weather
in November.
A hot, wet month: the warmest and the 8th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
November is a hot month in Gurúè: daytime highs average 30.2°C and nights cool to about 20.1°C. By daytime temperature it is the warmest month of the year.
Expect about 111 mm of rain on roughly 13 days, which makes November a wet month (the 8th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 49 min on an average November day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Cuamba (88 km away). In November its highs average 32.5°C, 2.3°C warmer than Gurúè, with 56 mm of rain.
Among the 22 cities listed in Mozambique, Gurúè ranks 12th of 22 for the warmest November highs and 22nd of 22 for the driest November (rainfall, lowest first). The mean November high of those 22 cities is 30.5°C; Gurúè is 0.3°C cooler than that mean.
From November to December, average highs fall by 1.8°C to 28.4°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 111 mm to 289 mm.
The annual picture
November 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, selected | 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
November in nearby cities
- Cuamba in NovemberMozambique · 88 kmHigh 32.5°C · Low 21.9°C · 56 mm rain
- Mocuba in NovemberMozambique · 152 kmHigh 34.7°C · Low 22.8°C · 69 mm rain
- Zomba in NovemberMalawi · 178 kmHigh 29.5°C · Low 19.9°C · 62 mm rain
- Mandimba in NovemberMozambique · 189 kmHigh 31.2°C · Low 20.7°C · 58 mm rain
- Blantyre in NovemberMalawi · 214 kmHigh 28.8°C · Low 19.0°C · 90 mm rain
- Nampula in NovemberMozambique · 249 kmHigh 32.5°C · Low 21.2°C · 47 mm rain
- Quelimane in NovemberMozambique · 268 kmHigh 31.2°C · Low 24.4°C · 40 mm rain
- Lichinga in NovemberMozambique · 304 kmHigh 27.3°C · Low 17.4°C · 79 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.