Climate averages 1991–2020
Maputo weather
in April.
A warm, moderately wet month: the 6th warmest and the 6th driest of the year. Meets the pleasant-weather rule
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
April is a warm month in Maputo: daytime highs average 26.4°C and nights cool to about 20.0°C. By daytime temperature it is the 6th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 42 mm of rain on roughly 7 days, which makes April a moderately wet month (the 6th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 30 min on an average April day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Matola (12 km away). In April its highs average 27.0°C, 0.7°C warmer than Maputo, with 42 mm of rain.
Among the 22 cities listed in Mozambique, Maputo ranks 18th of 22 for the warmest April highs and joint 7th of 22 for the driest April (rainfall, lowest first). The mean April high of those 22 cities is 27.6°C; Maputo is 1.2°C cooler than that mean.
From April to May, average highs fall by 1.3°C to 25.1°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 42 mm to 23 mm.
The annual picture
April 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
Maputo climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 28.2°C22.6°C | 22.6°C | 115 | 11.9 | 13.614 h |
| February | 28.4°C22.7°C | 22.7°C | 95 | 10.6 | 13.013 h |
| March | 27.9°C22.0°C | 22.0°C | 73 | 10.2 | 12.312 h |
| April, selected | 26.4°C20.0°C | 20.0°C | 42 | 6.5 | 11.511 h |
| May | 25.1°C17.7°C | 17.7°C | 23 | 3.3 | 10.911 h |
| June | 23.6°C15.6°C | 15.6°C | 12 | 2.5 | 10.511 h |
| July | 23.0°C15.0°C | 15.0°C | 11 | 2.6 | 10.711 h |
| August | 24.3°C16.2°C | 16.2°C | 13 | 2.5 | 11.211 h |
| September | 25.7°C17.9°C | 17.9°C | 31 | 3.8 | 11.912 h |
| October | 25.8°C19.0°C | 19.0°C | 51 | 6.8 | 12.713 h |
| November | 26.8°C20.5°C | 20.5°C | 91 | 9.9 | 13.413 h |
| December | 27.9°C21.9°C | 21.9°C | 103 | 10.3 | 13.714 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
April in nearby cities
- Matola in AprilMozambique · 12 kmHigh 27.0°C · Low 19.8°C · 42 mm rain
- Ressano Garcia in AprilMozambique · 83 kmHigh 28.5°C · Low 19.0°C · 30 mm rain
- Manzini in AprilEswatini · 134 kmHigh 24.6°C · Low 14.7°C · 49 mm rain
- Xai-Xai in AprilMozambique · 147 kmHigh 27.9°C · Low 21.0°C · 44 mm rain
- Mbabane in AprilEswatini · 150 kmHigh 21.8°C · Low 12.6°C · 78 mm rain
- Mbombela in AprilSouth Africa · 171 kmHigh 25.2°C · Low 14.7°C · 53 mm rain
- Chibuto in AprilMozambique · 171 kmHigh 27.8°C · Low 19.6°C · 30 mm rain
- Piet Retief in AprilSouth Africa · 211 kmHigh 21.8°C · Low 11.7°C · 48 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 Maputo) is explained once on the Maputo year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.
Matola lies in the same rainfall cell, so its rainfall figures are identical to these; temperatures differ because they come from smaller 0.1° cells.