Climate averages 1991–2020
Matola weather
in March.
A hot, moderately wet month: the joint 3rd warmest and the 8th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
March is a hot month in Matola: daytime highs average 28.7°C and nights cool to about 21.9°C. By daytime temperature it is the joint 3rd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 73 mm of rain on roughly 10 days, which makes March a moderately wet month (the 8th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 15 min on an average March day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Maputo (12 km away). In March its highs average 27.9°C, 0.7°C cooler than Matola, with 73 mm of rain.
Among the 22 cities listed in Mozambique, Matola ranks joint 11th of 22 for the warmest March highs and joint 4th of 22 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 22 cities is 28.6°C; Matola is level with that mean.
From March to April, average highs fall by 1.6°C to 27.0°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 73 mm to 42 mm.
The annual picture
March 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
Matola climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 28.8°C22.5°C | 22.5°C | 115 | 11.9 | 13.614 h |
| February | 29.1°C22.7°C | 22.7°C | 95 | 10.6 | 13.013 h |
| March, selected | 28.7°C21.9°C | 21.9°C | 73 | 10.2 | 12.312 h |
| April | 27.0°C19.8°C | 19.8°C | 42 | 6.5 | 11.511 h |
| May | 25.8°C17.4°C | 17.4°C | 23 | 3.3 | 10.911 h |
| June | 24.3°C15.2°C | 15.2°C | 12 | 2.5 | 10.511 h |
| July | 23.7°C14.7°C | 14.7°C | 11 | 2.6 | 10.711 h |
| August | 25.1°C15.9°C | 15.9°C | 13 | 2.5 | 11.211 h |
| September | 26.6°C17.8°C | 17.8°C | 31 | 3.8 | 11.912 h |
| October | 26.8°C18.9°C | 18.9°C | 51 | 6.8 | 12.713 h |
| November | 27.6°C20.4°C | 20.4°C | 91 | 9.9 | 13.413 h |
| December | 28.7°C21.8°C | 21.8°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
March in nearby cities
- Maputo in MarchMozambique · 12 kmHigh 27.9°C · Low 22.0°C · 73 mm rain
- Ressano Garcia in MarchMozambique · 74 kmHigh 30.4°C · Low 21.3°C · 61 mm rain
- Manzini in MarchEswatini · 123 kmHigh 26.5°C · Low 17.5°C · 93 mm rain
- Mbabane in MarchEswatini · 138 kmHigh 23.6°C · Low 15.0°C · 159 mm rain
- Xai-Xai in MarchMozambique · 156 kmHigh 29.4°C · Low 22.9°C · 74 mm rain
- Mbombela in MarchSouth Africa · 159 kmHigh 27.1°C · Low 17.6°C · 107 mm rain
- Chibuto in MarchMozambique · 178 kmHigh 29.6°C · Low 21.7°C · 61 mm rain
- Piet Retief in MarchSouth Africa · 201 kmHigh 23.8°C · Low 14.3°C · 103 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 Matola) is explained once on the Matola year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.
Maputo lies in the same rainfall cell, so its rainfall figures are identical to these; temperatures differ because they come from smaller 0.1° cells.