Climate averages 1991–2020
Gurúè weather
in September.
A hot, fairly dry month: the joint 3rd warmest and the driest of the year. Meets the pleasant-weather rule
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
September is a hot month in Gurúè: daytime highs average 28.4°C and nights cool to about 16.6°C. By daytime temperature it is the joint 3rd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 15 mm of rain on roughly 3 days, which makes September a fairly dry month (the driest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 00 min on an average September day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Cuamba (88 km away). In September its highs average 30.3°C, 1.9°C warmer than Gurúè, with 3.5 mm of rain.
Among the 22 cities listed in Mozambique, Gurúè ranks 13th of 22 for the warmest September highs and joint 13th of 22 for the driest September (rainfall, lowest first). The mean September high of those 22 cities is 28.6°C; Gurúè is 0.2°C cooler than that mean.
From September to October, average highs rise by 1.7°C to 30.1°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 15 mm to 37 mm.
The annual picture
September 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, selected | 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
September in nearby cities
- Cuamba in SeptemberMozambique · 88 kmHigh 30.3°C · Low 17.9°C · 3.5 mm rain
- Mocuba in SeptemberMozambique · 152 kmHigh 32.1°C · Low 19.2°C · 11 mm rain
- Zomba in SeptemberMalawi · 178 kmHigh 27.2°C · Low 15.6°C · 2.4 mm rain
- Mandimba in SeptemberMozambique · 189 kmHigh 28.8°C · Low 16.6°C · 2.2 mm rain
- Blantyre in SeptemberMalawi · 214 kmHigh 26.8°C · Low 15.1°C · 8.5 mm rain
- Nampula in SeptemberMozambique · 249 kmHigh 29.7°C · Low 17.6°C · 4.3 mm rain
- Quelimane in SeptemberMozambique · 268 kmHigh 28.9°C · Low 21.3°C · 12 mm rain
- Lichinga in SeptemberMozambique · 304 kmHigh 25.7°C · Low 13.9°C · 2.9 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.