Climate averages 1991–2020
Matola weather
in May.
A warm, fairly dry month: the 9th warmest and the 4th driest of the year. Meets the pleasant-weather rule
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
May is a warm month in Matola: daytime highs average 25.8°C and nights cool to about 17.4°C. By daytime temperature it is the 9th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 23 mm of rain on roughly 3 days, which makes May a fairly dry month (the 4th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 10 h 52 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Maputo (12 km away). In May its highs average 25.1°C, 0.7°C cooler than Matola, with 23 mm of rain.
Among the 22 cities listed in Mozambique, Matola ranks joint 15th of 22 for the warmest May highs and joint 15th of 22 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 22 cities is 26.6°C; Matola is 0.8°C cooler than that mean.
From May to June, average highs fall by 1.5°C to 24.3°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 23 mm to 12 mm.
The annual picture
May 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 | 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, selected | 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
May in nearby cities
- Maputo in MayMozambique · 12 kmHigh 25.1°C · Low 17.7°C · 23 mm rain
- Ressano Garcia in MayMozambique · 74 kmHigh 27.2°C · Low 16.1°C · 14 mm rain
- Manzini in MayEswatini · 123 kmHigh 23.3°C · Low 11.3°C · 24 mm rain
- Mbabane in MayEswatini · 138 kmHigh 20.4°C · Low 9.5°C · 32 mm rain
- Xai-Xai in MayMozambique · 156 kmHigh 26.3°C · Low 18.6°C · 28 mm rain
- Mbombela in MaySouth Africa · 159 kmHigh 23.8°C · Low 10.6°C · 19 mm rain
- Chibuto in MayMozambique · 178 kmHigh 26.1°C · Low 17.0°C · 17 mm rain
- Piet Retief in MaySouth Africa · 201 kmHigh 20.2°C · Low 8.5°C · 18 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.