Climate averages 1991–2020
Mandimba weather
in February.
A warm, very wet month: the 6th warmest and the 11th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
February is a warm month in Mandimba: daytime highs average 27.1°C and nights cool to about 19.8°C. By daytime temperature it is the 6th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 244 mm of rain on roughly 22 days, which makes February a very wet month (the 11th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 34 min on an average February day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Cuamba (108 km away). In February its highs average 28.4°C, 1.3°C warmer than Mandimba, with 183 mm of rain.
Among the 22 cities listed in Mozambique, Mandimba ranks 21st of 22 for the warmest February highs and 21st of 22 for the driest February (rainfall, lowest first). The mean February high of those 22 cities is 29.0°C; Mandimba is 1.9°C cooler than that mean.
From February to March, average highs fall by 0.2°C to 26.9°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 244 mm to 151 mm.
The annual picture
February 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, selected | 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 | 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
February in nearby cities
- Cuamba in FebruaryMozambique · 108 kmHigh 28.4°C · Low 20.9°C · 183 mm rain
- Zomba in FebruaryMalawi · 120 kmHigh 26.4°C · Low 19.5°C · 169 mm rain
- Lichinga in FebruaryMozambique · 124 kmHigh 23.6°C · Low 16.6°C · 241 mm rain
- Blantyre in FebruaryMalawi · 174 kmHigh 25.5°C · Low 18.6°C · 204 mm rain
- Gurúè in FebruaryMozambique · 189 kmHigh 27.4°C · Low 20.1°C · 252 mm rain
- Lilongwe in FebruaryMalawi · 205 kmHigh 25.5°C · Low 17.8°C · 159 mm rain
- Tete in FebruaryMozambique · 299 kmHigh 31.3°C · Low 23.8°C · 148 mm rain
- Mocuba in FebruaryMozambique · 311 kmHigh 30.4°C · Low 22.7°C · 164 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.