Climate averages 1991–2020
Maputo weather
in August.
A warm, very dry month: the 10th warmest and the 3rd driest of the year. Meets the pleasant-weather rule
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
August is a warm month in Maputo: daytime highs average 24.3°C and nights cool to about 16.2°C. By daytime temperature it is the 10th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 13 mm of rain on roughly 3 days, which makes August a very dry month (the 3rd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 12 min on an average August day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Matola (12 km away). In August its highs average 25.1°C, 0.8°C warmer than Maputo, with 13 mm of rain.
Among the 22 cities listed in Mozambique, Maputo ranks 20th of 22 for the warmest August highs and joint 17th of 22 for the driest August (rainfall, lowest first). The mean August high of those 22 cities is 26.3°C; Maputo is 2.0°C cooler than that mean.
From August to September, average highs rise by 1.4°C to 25.7°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 13 mm to 31 mm.
The annual picture
August 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 | 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, selected | 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
August in nearby cities
- Matola in AugustMozambique · 12 kmHigh 25.1°C · Low 15.9°C · 13 mm rain
- Ressano Garcia in AugustMozambique · 83 kmHigh 27.0°C · Low 14.8°C · 8.9 mm rain
- Manzini in AugustEswatini · 134 kmHigh 23.2°C · Low 9.8°C · 22 mm rain
- Xai-Xai in AugustMozambique · 147 kmHigh 25.8°C · Low 17.1°C · 15 mm rain
- Mbabane in AugustEswatini · 150 kmHigh 20.8°C · Low 8.4°C · 32 mm rain
- Mbombela in AugustSouth Africa · 171 kmHigh 23.9°C · Low 9.1°C · 17 mm rain
- Chibuto in AugustMozambique · 171 kmHigh 25.7°C · Low 15.5°C · 8.6 mm rain
- Piet Retief in AugustSouth Africa · 211 kmHigh 20.9°C · Low 7.5°C · 21 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.