Climate averages 1991–2020
Mandimba weather
in May.
A warm, very dry month: the 10th warmest and the 5th driest of the year. Meets the pleasant-weather rule
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
May is a warm month in Mandimba: daytime highs average 25.6°C and nights cool to about 15.8°C. By daytime temperature it is the 10th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 6.4 mm of rain on roughly 1 day, which makes May a very dry month (the 5th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 27 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Cuamba (108 km away). In May its highs average 27.3°C, 1.7°C warmer than Mandimba, with 4.0 mm of rain.
Among the 22 cities listed in Mozambique, Mandimba ranks 17th of 22 for the warmest May highs and 4th of 22 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 22 cities is 26.6°C; Mandimba is 1.0°C cooler than that mean.
From May to June, average highs fall by 1.6°C to 24.0°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 6.4 mm to 2.1 mm.
The annual picture
May 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, selected | 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
May in nearby cities
- Cuamba in MayMozambique · 108 kmHigh 27.3°C · Low 17.0°C · 4.0 mm rain
- Zomba in MayMalawi · 120 kmHigh 24.4°C · Low 14.8°C · 4.8 mm rain
- Lichinga in MayMozambique · 124 kmHigh 22.7°C · Low 12.2°C · 8.9 mm rain
- Blantyre in MayMalawi · 174 kmHigh 23.1°C · Low 13.6°C · 14 mm rain
- Gurúè in MayMozambique · 189 kmHigh 24.4°C · Low 16.0°C · 28 mm rain
- Lilongwe in MayMalawi · 205 kmHigh 24.8°C · Low 13.5°C · 3.5 mm rain
- Tete in MayMozambique · 299 kmHigh 29.9°C · Low 19.7°C · 3.3 mm rain
- Mocuba in MayMozambique · 311 kmHigh 27.6°C · Low 18.1°C · 19 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.