Climate averages 1991–2020
Inhambane weather
in August.
A warm, very dry month: the 11th warmest and the driest of the year. Meets the pleasant-weather rule
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
August is a warm month in Inhambane: daytime highs average 24.1°C and nights cool to about 19.6°C. By daytime temperature it is the 11th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 14 mm of rain on roughly 4 days, which makes August a very dry month (the driest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 17 min on an average August day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Maxixe (4 km away). In August its highs average 24.7°C, 0.6°C warmer than Inhambane, with 11 mm of rain.
Among the 22 cities listed in Mozambique, Inhambane ranks 21st of 22 for the warmest August highs and joint 19th of 22 for the driest August (rainfall, lowest first). The mean August high of those 22 cities is 26.3°C; Inhambane is 2.2°C cooler than that mean.
From August to September, average highs rise by 1.2°C to 25.4°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 14 mm to 23 mm.
The annual picture
August 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
Inhambane climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 28.6°C25.0°C | 25.0°C | 156 | 13.4 | 13.413 h |
| February | 28.7°C25.1°C | 25.1°C | 117 | 13.3 | 12.913 h |
| March | 28.2°C24.6°C | 24.6°C | 88 | 11.8 | 12.212 h |
| April | 26.8°C23.1°C | 23.1°C | 50 | 9.1 | 11.612 h |
| May | 25.5°C21.3°C | 21.3°C | 31 | 6.4 | 11.011 h |
| June | 24.2°C19.8°C | 19.8°C | 33 | 6.1 | 10.711 h |
| July | 23.4°C19.2°C | 19.2°C | 30 | 5.9 | 10.811 h |
| August, selected | 24.1°C19.6°C | 19.6°C | 14 | 3.7 | 11.311 h |
| September | 25.4°C20.7°C | 20.7°C | 23 | 4.1 | 11.912 h |
| October | 26.1°C21.8°C | 21.8°C | 33 | 5.1 | 12.613 h |
| November | 27.2°C23.1°C | 23.1°C | 70 | 7.6 | 13.213 h |
| December | 28.2°C24.3°C | 24.3°C | 104 | 9.3 | 13.614 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
August in nearby cities
- Maxixe in AugustMozambique · 4 kmHigh 24.7°C · Low 18.6°C · 11 mm rain
- Chibuto in AugustMozambique · 209 kmHigh 25.7°C · Low 15.5°C · 8.6 mm rain
- Xai-Xai in AugustMozambique · 220 kmHigh 25.8°C · Low 17.1°C · 15 mm rain
- Maputo in AugustMozambique · 366 kmHigh 24.3°C · Low 16.2°C · 13 mm rain
- Matola in AugustMozambique · 376 kmHigh 25.1°C · Low 15.9°C · 13 mm rain
- Ressano Garcia in AugustMozambique · 385 kmHigh 27.0°C · Low 14.8°C · 8.9 mm rain
- Phalaborwa in AugustSouth Africa · 431 kmHigh 26.2°C · Low 12.8°C · 3.8 mm rain
- Beira in AugustMozambique · 451 kmHigh 27.3°C · Low 17.4°C · 11 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 Inhambane) is explained once on the Inhambane year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.