Climate averages 1991–2020
Mandimba weather
in April.
A warm, moderately wet month: the 8th warmest and the 7th driest of the year. Meets the pleasant-weather rule
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
April is a warm month in Mandimba: daytime highs average 26.2°C and nights cool to about 17.9°C. By daytime temperature it is the 8th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 40 mm of rain on roughly 7 days, which makes April a moderately wet month (the 7th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 47 min on an average April day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Cuamba (108 km away). In April its highs average 28.0°C, 1.8°C warmer than Mandimba, with 29 mm of rain.
Among the 22 cities listed in Mozambique, Mandimba ranks 19th of 22 for the warmest April highs and joint 5th of 22 for the driest April (rainfall, lowest first). The mean April high of those 22 cities is 27.6°C; Mandimba is 1.4°C cooler than that mean.
From April to May, average highs fall by 0.6°C to 25.6°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 40 mm to 6.4 mm.
The annual picture
April 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
Mandimba climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 27.2°C20.1°C | 20.1°C | 334 | 26.6 | 12.913 h |
| February | 27.1°C19.8°C | 19.8°C | 244 | 22.0 | 12.613 h |
| March | 26.9°C19.4°C | 19.4°C | 151 | 20.0 | 12.212 h |
| April, selected | 26.2°C17.9°C | 17.9°C | 40 | 7.4 | 11.812 h |
| May | 25.6°C15.8°C | 15.8°C | 6.4 | 1.4 | 11.511 h |
| June | 24.0°C13.9°C | 13.9°C | 2.1 | 0.6 | 11.311 h |
| July | 23.6°C13.3°C | 13.3°C | 2.5 | 0.5 | 11.411 h |
| August | 25.9°C14.2°C | 14.2°C | 1.8 | 0.4 | 11.612 h |
| September | 28.8°C16.6°C | 16.6°C | 2.2 | 0.5 | 12.012 h |
| October | 30.7°C19.2°C | 19.2°C | 15 | 2.5 | 12.412 h |
| November | 31.2°C20.7°C | 20.7°C | 58 | 7.8 | 12.813 h |
| December | 28.7°C20.4°C | 20.4°C | 204 | 20.8 | 13.013 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
April in nearby cities
- Cuamba in AprilMozambique · 108 kmHigh 28.0°C · Low 19.1°C · 29 mm rain
- Zomba in AprilMalawi · 120 kmHigh 25.6°C · Low 17.3°C · 26 mm rain
- Lichinga in AprilMozambique · 124 kmHigh 23.1°C · Low 14.5°C · 44 mm rain
- Blantyre in AprilMalawi · 174 kmHigh 24.2°C · Low 16.1°C · 50 mm rain
- Gurúè in AprilMozambique · 189 kmHigh 25.7°C · Low 18.2°C · 87 mm rain
- Lilongwe in AprilMalawi · 205 kmHigh 25.2°C · Low 15.7°C · 23 mm rain
- Tete in AprilMozambique · 299 kmHigh 31.4°C · Low 22.0°C · 17 mm rain
- Mocuba in AprilMozambique · 311 kmHigh 28.7°C · Low 20.5°C · 55 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 Mandimba) is explained once on the Mandimba year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.