Climate averages 1991–2020
Inhambane weather
in March.
A hot, moderately wet month: the joint 3rd warmest and the 9th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
March is a hot month in Inhambane: daytime highs average 28.2°C and nights cool to about 24.6°C. By daytime temperature it is the joint 3rd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 88 mm of rain on roughly 12 days, which makes March a moderately wet month (the 9th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 15 min on an average March day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Maxixe (4 km away). In March its highs average 28.7°C, 0.5°C warmer than Inhambane, with 75 mm of rain.
Among the 22 cities listed in Mozambique, Inhambane ranks 16th of 22 for the warmest March highs and 8th of 22 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 22 cities is 28.6°C; Inhambane is 0.4°C cooler than that mean.
From March to April, average highs fall by 1.4°C to 26.8°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 88 mm to 50 mm.
The annual picture
March 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, selected | 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
March in nearby cities
- Maxixe in MarchMozambique · 4 kmHigh 28.7°C · Low 23.9°C · 75 mm rain
- Chibuto in MarchMozambique · 209 kmHigh 29.6°C · Low 21.7°C · 61 mm rain
- Xai-Xai in MarchMozambique · 220 kmHigh 29.4°C · Low 22.9°C · 74 mm rain
- Maputo in MarchMozambique · 366 kmHigh 27.9°C · Low 22.0°C · 73 mm rain
- Matola in MarchMozambique · 376 kmHigh 28.7°C · Low 21.9°C · 73 mm rain
- Ressano Garcia in MarchMozambique · 385 kmHigh 30.4°C · Low 21.3°C · 61 mm rain
- Phalaborwa in MarchSouth Africa · 431 kmHigh 30.0°C · Low 20.2°C · 43 mm rain
- Beira in MarchMozambique · 451 kmHigh 29.9°C · Low 23.3°C · 118 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.