Climate averages 1991–2020
Maputo weather
in July.
A warm, very dry month: the coolest and the driest of the year. Meets the pleasant-weather rule
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
July is a warm month in Maputo: daytime highs average 23.0°C and nights cool to about 15.0°C. By daytime temperature it is the coolest month of the year.
Expect about 11 mm of rain on roughly 3 days, which makes July a very dry month (the driest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 10 h 41 min on an average July day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Matola (12 km away). In July its highs average 23.7°C, 0.7°C warmer than Maputo, with 11 mm of rain.
Among the 22 cities listed in Mozambique, Maputo ranks 19th of 22 for the warmest July highs and joint 11th of 22 for the driest July (rainfall, lowest first). The mean July high of those 22 cities is 24.6°C; Maputo is 1.5°C cooler than that mean.
From July to August, average highs rise by 1.3°C to 24.3°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 11 mm to 13 mm.
The annual picture
July 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, selected | 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
July in nearby cities
- Matola in JulyMozambique · 12 kmHigh 23.7°C · Low 14.7°C · 11 mm rain
- Ressano Garcia in JulyMozambique · 83 kmHigh 25.1°C · Low 13.1°C · 5.5 mm rain
- Manzini in JulyEswatini · 134 kmHigh 21.4°C · Low 8.1°C · 14 mm rain
- Xai-Xai in JulyMozambique · 147 kmHigh 24.2°C · Low 16.2°C · 18 mm rain
- Mbabane in JulyEswatini · 150 kmHigh 18.5°C · Low 6.5°C · 18 mm rain
- Mbombela in JulySouth Africa · 171 kmHigh 21.7°C · Low 6.9°C · 12 mm rain
- Chibuto in JulyMozambique · 171 kmHigh 23.9°C · Low 14.4°C · 10 mm rain
- Piet Retief in JulySouth Africa · 211 kmHigh 18.3°C · Low 5.3°C · 12 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.