Climate averages 1991–2020

Mandimba weather
in January.

A warm, very wet month: the 5th warmest and the wettest of the year.

Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.

Average high 27.2°C Daytime mean, January

Average low 20.1°C Night-time mean, January

Rainfall 334 mm 27 days with ≥1 mm

Daylight 13 h Sunrise to sunset, per day

January is a warm month in Mandimba: daytime highs average 27.2°C and nights cool to about 20.1°C. By daytime temperature it is the 5th warmest of the 12 months.

Expect about 334 mm of rain on roughly 27 days, which makes January a very wet month (the wettest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 52 min on an average January day.

The nearest other city in this atlas is Cuamba (108 km away). In January its highs average 28.5°C, 1.3°C warmer than Mandimba, with 257 mm of rain.

Among the 22 cities listed in Mozambique, Mandimba ranks 21st of 22 for the warmest January highs and 21st of 22 for the driest January (rainfall, lowest first). The mean January high of those 22 cities is 29.1°C; Mandimba is 1.9°C cooler than that mean.

From January to February, average highs fall by 0.1°C to 27.1°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 334 mm to 244 mm.

The annual picture

January in context

30-year average

Average highAverage low°C

Monthly rainfall

Average total · mm

Averages 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

1991–2020

Monthly climate averages for Mandimba, 1991–2020
Month	Average highHigh / low	Average low	Rainfall mm/month	Rain days ≥1 mm/day	Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day
January, selected	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	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

January in nearby cities

Distance from Mandimba

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 limits

How 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.