Climate averages 1991–2020
Inhambane weather
in May.
A warm, fairly dry month: the 8th warmest and the 4th driest of the year. Meets the pleasant-weather rule
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
May is a warm month in Inhambane: daytime highs average 25.5°C and nights cool to about 21.3°C. By daytime temperature it is the 8th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 31 mm of rain on roughly 6 days, which makes May a fairly dry month (the 4th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 10 h 59 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Maxixe (4 km away). In May its highs average 25.8°C, about as warm as Inhambane, with 23 mm of rain.
Among the 22 cities listed in Mozambique, Inhambane ranks 18th of 22 for the warmest May highs and 21st of 22 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 22 cities is 26.6°C; Inhambane is 1.1°C cooler than that mean.
From May to June, average highs fall by 1.3°C to 24.2°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 31 mm to 33 mm.
The annual picture
May 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, selected | 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
May in nearby cities
- Maxixe in MayMozambique · 4 kmHigh 25.8°C · Low 20.2°C · 23 mm rain
- Chibuto in MayMozambique · 209 kmHigh 26.1°C · Low 17.0°C · 17 mm rain
- Xai-Xai in MayMozambique · 220 kmHigh 26.3°C · Low 18.6°C · 28 mm rain
- Maputo in MayMozambique · 366 kmHigh 25.1°C · Low 17.7°C · 23 mm rain
- Matola in MayMozambique · 376 kmHigh 25.8°C · Low 17.4°C · 23 mm rain
- Ressano Garcia in MayMozambique · 385 kmHigh 27.2°C · Low 16.1°C · 14 mm rain
- Phalaborwa in MaySouth Africa · 431 kmHigh 26.4°C · Low 14.3°C · 8.9 mm rain
- Beira in MayMozambique · 451 kmHigh 27.6°C · Low 19.0°C · 19 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.