Climate averages 1991–2020
Gurúè weather
in October.
A hot, fairly dry month: the 2nd warmest and the 6th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
October is a hot month in Gurúè: daytime highs average 30.1°C and nights cool to about 18.8°C. By daytime temperature it is the 2nd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 37 mm of rain on roughly 6 days, which makes October a fairly dry month (the 6th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 26 min on an average October day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Cuamba (88 km away). In October its highs average 32.1°C, 2.0°C warmer than Gurúè, with 11 mm of rain.
Among the 22 cities listed in Mozambique, Gurúè ranks joint 10th of 22 for the warmest October highs and joint 19th of 22 for the driest October (rainfall, lowest first). The mean October high of those 22 cities is 29.8°C; Gurúè is 0.3°C warmer than that mean.
From October to November, average highs rise by 0.1°C to 30.2°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 37 mm to 111 mm.
The annual picture
October 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, selected | 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
October in nearby cities
- Cuamba in OctoberMozambique · 88 kmHigh 32.1°C · Low 20.4°C · 11 mm rain
- Mocuba in OctoberMozambique · 152 kmHigh 33.9°C · Low 21.3°C · 19 mm rain
- Zomba in OctoberMalawi · 178 kmHigh 29.1°C · Low 18.2°C · 16 mm rain
- Mandimba in OctoberMozambique · 189 kmHigh 30.7°C · Low 19.2°C · 15 mm rain
- Blantyre in OctoberMalawi · 214 kmHigh 28.6°C · Low 17.5°C · 29 mm rain
- Nampula in OctoberMozambique · 249 kmHigh 31.5°C · Low 19.5°C · 12 mm rain
- Quelimane in OctoberMozambique · 268 kmHigh 30.1°C · Low 23.0°C · 15 mm rain
- Lichinga in OctoberMozambique · 304 kmHigh 27.3°C · Low 16.3°C · 21 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.