Climate averages 1991–2020
Inhambane weather
in January.
A hot, wet month: the 2nd warmest and the wettest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
January is a hot month in Inhambane: daytime highs average 28.6°C and nights cool to about 25.0°C. By daytime temperature it is the 2nd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 156 mm of rain on roughly 13 days, which makes January a wet month (the wettest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 25 min on an average January day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Maxixe (4 km away). In January its highs average 29.1°C, 0.6°C warmer than Inhambane, with 150 mm of rain.
Among the 22 cities listed in Mozambique, Inhambane ranks 15th of 22 for the warmest January highs and 7th of 22 for the driest January (rainfall, lowest first). The mean January high of those 22 cities is 29.1°C; Inhambane is 0.5°C cooler than that mean.
From January to February, average highs rise by 0.1°C to 28.7°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 156 mm to 117 mm.
The annual picture
January 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, selected | 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 | 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
January in nearby cities
- Maxixe in JanuaryMozambique · 4 kmHigh 29.1°C · Low 24.5°C · 150 mm rain
- Chibuto in JanuaryMozambique · 209 kmHigh 30.1°C · Low 22.5°C · 112 mm rain
- Xai-Xai in JanuaryMozambique · 220 kmHigh 29.8°C · Low 23.6°C · 130 mm rain
- Maputo in JanuaryMozambique · 366 kmHigh 28.2°C · Low 22.6°C · 115 mm rain
- Matola in JanuaryMozambique · 376 kmHigh 28.8°C · Low 22.5°C · 115 mm rain
- Ressano Garcia in JanuaryMozambique · 385 kmHigh 30.9°C · Low 22.1°C · 99 mm rain
- Phalaborwa in JanuarySouth Africa · 431 kmHigh 30.5°C · Low 21.0°C · 93 mm rain
- Beira in JanuaryMozambique · 451 kmHigh 30.6°C · Low 24.1°C · 197 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.