Climate averages 1991–2020
Maputo weather
in October.
A warm, moderately wet month: the 7th warmest and the 7th driest of the year. Meets the pleasant-weather rule
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
October is a warm month in Maputo: daytime highs average 25.8°C and nights cool to about 19.0°C. By daytime temperature it is the 7th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 51 mm of rain on roughly 7 days, which makes October a moderately wet month (the 7th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 41 min on an average October day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Matola (12 km away). In October its highs average 26.8°C, 0.9°C warmer than Maputo, with 51 mm of rain.
Among the 22 cities listed in Mozambique, Maputo ranks 22nd of 22 for the warmest October highs and joint 21st of 22 for the driest October (rainfall, lowest first). The mean October high of those 22 cities is 29.8°C; Maputo is 3.9°C cooler than that mean.
From October to November, average highs rise by 0.9°C to 26.8°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 51 mm to 91 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
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 | 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, selected | 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
October in nearby cities
- Matola in OctoberMozambique · 12 kmHigh 26.8°C · Low 18.9°C · 51 mm rain
- Ressano Garcia in OctoberMozambique · 83 kmHigh 29.4°C · Low 18.6°C · 36 mm rain
- Manzini in OctoberEswatini · 134 kmHigh 25.2°C · Low 14.5°C · 72 mm rain
- Xai-Xai in OctoberMozambique · 147 kmHigh 28.2°C · Low 20.2°C · 37 mm rain
- Mbabane in OctoberEswatini · 150 kmHigh 23.0°C · Low 12.5°C · 112 mm rain
- Mbombela in OctoberSouth Africa · 171 kmHigh 26.4°C · Low 14.8°C · 71 mm rain
- Chibuto in OctoberMozambique · 171 kmHigh 28.8°C · Low 19.1°C · 27 mm rain
- Piet Retief in OctoberSouth Africa · 211 kmHigh 23.3°C · Low 11.6°C · 96 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.