Climate averages 1991–2020
Mandimba weather
in October.
A hot, fairly dry month: the 2nd warmest and the 6th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
October is a hot month in Mandimba: daytime highs average 30.7°C and nights cool to about 19.2°C. By daytime temperature it is the 2nd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 15 mm of rain on roughly 3 days, which makes October a fairly dry month (the 6th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 25 min on an average October day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Cuamba (108 km away). In October its highs average 32.1°C, 1.4°C warmer than Mandimba, with 11 mm of rain.
Among the 22 cities listed in Mozambique, Mandimba ranks 7th of 22 for the warmest October highs and joint 7th of 22 for the driest October (rainfall, lowest first). The mean October high of those 22 cities is 29.8°C; Mandimba is 0.9°C warmer than that mean.
From October to November, average highs rise by 0.4°C to 31.2°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 15 mm to 58 mm.
The annual picture
October 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, selected | 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
October in nearby cities
- Cuamba in OctoberMozambique · 108 kmHigh 32.1°C · Low 20.4°C · 11 mm rain
- Zomba in OctoberMalawi · 120 kmHigh 29.1°C · Low 18.2°C · 16 mm rain
- Lichinga in OctoberMozambique · 124 kmHigh 27.3°C · Low 16.3°C · 21 mm rain
- Blantyre in OctoberMalawi · 174 kmHigh 28.6°C · Low 17.5°C · 29 mm rain
- Gurúè in OctoberMozambique · 189 kmHigh 30.1°C · Low 18.8°C · 37 mm rain
- Lilongwe in OctoberMalawi · 205 kmHigh 29.2°C · Low 17.6°C · 9.9 mm rain
- Tete in OctoberMozambique · 299 kmHigh 35.7°C · Low 23.3°C · 6.6 mm rain
- Mocuba in OctoberMozambique · 311 kmHigh 33.9°C · Low 21.3°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.