Climate averages 1991–2020
Mandimba weather
in March.
A warm, wet month: the 7th warmest and the 9th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
March is a warm month in Mandimba: daytime highs average 26.9°C and nights cool to about 19.4°C. By daytime temperature it is the 7th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 151 mm of rain on roughly 20 days, which makes March a wet month (the 9th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 11 min on an average March day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Cuamba (108 km away). In March its highs average 28.3°C, 1.4°C warmer than Mandimba, with 109 mm of rain.
Among the 22 cities listed in Mozambique, Mandimba ranks 20th of 22 for the warmest March highs and 17th of 22 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 22 cities is 28.6°C; Mandimba is 1.7°C cooler than that mean.
From March to April, average highs fall by 0.7°C to 26.2°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 151 mm to 40 mm.
The annual picture
March 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, selected | 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
March in nearby cities
- Cuamba in MarchMozambique · 108 kmHigh 28.3°C · Low 20.5°C · 109 mm rain
- Zomba in MarchMalawi · 120 kmHigh 26.3°C · Low 19.0°C · 121 mm rain
- Lichinga in MarchMozambique · 124 kmHigh 23.6°C · Low 16.2°C · 174 mm rain
- Blantyre in MarchMalawi · 174 kmHigh 25.2°C · Low 18.0°C · 166 mm rain
- Gurúè in MarchMozambique · 189 kmHigh 27.0°C · Low 19.8°C · 193 mm rain
- Lilongwe in MarchMalawi · 205 kmHigh 25.3°C · Low 17.4°C · 113 mm rain
- Tete in MarchMozambique · 299 kmHigh 31.6°C · Low 23.5°C · 71 mm rain
- Mocuba in MarchMozambique · 311 kmHigh 29.9°C · Low 22.2°C · 129 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.