Climate averages 1991–2020
Mandimba weather
in December.
A hot, very wet month: the 4th warmest and the 10th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
December is a hot month in Mandimba: daytime highs average 28.7°C and nights cool to about 20.4°C. By daytime temperature it is the 4th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 204 mm of rain on roughly 21 days, which makes December a very wet month (the 10th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 57 min on an average December day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Cuamba (108 km away). In December its highs average 30.2°C, 1.4°C warmer than Mandimba, with 178 mm of rain.
Among the 22 cities listed in Mozambique, Mandimba ranks joint 16th of 22 for the warmest December highs and 20th of 22 for the driest December (rainfall, lowest first). The mean December high of those 22 cities is 29.9°C; Mandimba is 1.1°C cooler than that mean.
From December to January, average highs fall by 1.5°C to 27.2°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 204 mm to 334 mm.
The annual picture
December 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 | 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, selected | 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
December in nearby cities
- Cuamba in DecemberMozambique · 108 kmHigh 30.2°C · Low 21.6°C · 178 mm rain
- Zomba in DecemberMalawi · 120 kmHigh 27.5°C · Low 20.0°C · 179 mm rain
- Lichinga in DecemberMozambique · 124 kmHigh 24.7°C · Low 17.0°C · 236 mm rain
- Blantyre in DecemberMalawi · 174 kmHigh 26.7°C · Low 19.1°C · 225 mm rain
- Gurúè in DecemberMozambique · 189 kmHigh 28.4°C · Low 20.3°C · 289 mm rain
- Lilongwe in DecemberMalawi · 205 kmHigh 27.2°C · Low 18.6°C · 142 mm rain
- Tete in DecemberMozambique · 299 kmHigh 33.4°C · Low 24.5°C · 144 mm rain
- Mocuba in DecemberMozambique · 311 kmHigh 32.4°C · Low 23.1°C · 169 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.