Climate averages 1991–2020
Inhambane weather
in December.
A hot, wet month: the joint 3rd warmest and the 10th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
December is a hot month in Inhambane: daytime highs average 28.2°C and nights cool to about 24.3°C. By daytime temperature it is the joint 3rd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 104 mm of rain on roughly 9 days, which makes December a wet month (the 10th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 35 min on an average December day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Maxixe (4 km away). In December its highs average 28.9°C, 0.7°C warmer than Inhambane, with 111 mm of rain.
Among the 22 cities listed in Mozambique, Inhambane ranks 19th of 22 for the warmest December highs and joint 4th of 22 for the driest December (rainfall, lowest first). The mean December high of those 22 cities is 29.9°C; Inhambane is 1.7°C cooler than that mean.
From December to January, average highs rise by 0.4°C to 28.6°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 104 mm to 156 mm.
The annual picture
December 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 | 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, selected | 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
December in nearby cities
- Maxixe in DecemberMozambique · 4 kmHigh 28.9°C · Low 23.7°C · 111 mm rain
- Chibuto in DecemberMozambique · 209 kmHigh 30.4°C · Low 21.9°C · 104 mm rain
- Xai-Xai in DecemberMozambique · 220 kmHigh 30.1°C · Low 22.8°C · 111 mm rain
- Maputo in DecemberMozambique · 366 kmHigh 27.9°C · Low 21.9°C · 103 mm rain
- Matola in DecemberMozambique · 376 kmHigh 28.7°C · Low 21.8°C · 103 mm rain
- Ressano Garcia in DecemberMozambique · 385 kmHigh 31.0°C · Low 21.4°C · 101 mm rain
- Phalaborwa in DecemberSouth Africa · 431 kmHigh 30.7°C · Low 20.5°C · 93 mm rain
- Beira in DecemberMozambique · 451 kmHigh 31.1°C · Low 23.7°C · 176 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.