Climate averages 1991–2020
Inhambane weather
in February.
A hot, wet month: the warmest and the 11th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
February is a hot month in Inhambane: daytime highs average 28.7°C and nights cool to about 25.1°C. By daytime temperature it is the warmest month of the year.
Expect about 117 mm of rain on roughly 13 days, which makes February a wet month (the 11th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 55 min on an average February day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Maxixe (4 km away). In February its highs average 29.2°C, 0.5°C warmer than Inhambane, with 103 mm of rain.
Among the 22 cities listed in Mozambique, Inhambane ranks joint 14th of 22 for the warmest February highs and 7th of 22 for the driest February (rainfall, lowest first). The mean February high of those 22 cities is 29.0°C; Inhambane is 0.4°C cooler than that mean.
From February to March, average highs fall by 0.4°C to 28.2°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 117 mm to 88 mm.
The annual picture
February 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, selected | 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 | 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
February in nearby cities
- Maxixe in FebruaryMozambique · 4 kmHigh 29.2°C · Low 24.5°C · 103 mm rain
- Chibuto in FebruaryMozambique · 209 kmHigh 30.2°C · Low 22.5°C · 72 mm rain
- Xai-Xai in FebruaryMozambique · 220 kmHigh 29.9°C · Low 23.7°C · 84 mm rain
- Maputo in FebruaryMozambique · 366 kmHigh 28.4°C · Low 22.7°C · 95 mm rain
- Matola in FebruaryMozambique · 376 kmHigh 29.1°C · Low 22.7°C · 95 mm rain
- Ressano Garcia in FebruaryMozambique · 385 kmHigh 31.1°C · Low 22.2°C · 88 mm rain
- Phalaborwa in FebruarySouth Africa · 431 kmHigh 30.7°C · Low 21.1°C · 69 mm rain
- Beira in FebruaryMozambique · 451 kmHigh 30.5°C · Low 23.9°C · 158 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.