Climate averages 1991–2020
Maxixe weather
in April.
A warm, moderately wet month: the 6th warmest and the 7th driest of the year. Meets the pleasant-weather rule
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
April is a warm month in Maxixe: daytime highs average 27.2°C and nights cool to about 22.2°C. By daytime temperature it is the 6th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 40 mm of rain on roughly 8 days, which makes April a moderately wet month (the 7th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 33 min on an average April day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Inhambane (4 km away). In April its highs average 26.8°C, about as warm as Maxixe, with 50 mm of rain.
Among the 22 cities listed in Mozambique, Maxixe ranks 15th of 22 for the warmest April highs and joint 5th of 22 for the driest April (rainfall, lowest first). The mean April high of those 22 cities is 27.6°C; Maxixe is 0.4°C cooler than that mean.
From April to May, average highs fall by 1.4°C to 25.8°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 40 mm to 23 mm.
The annual picture
April 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
Maxixe climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 29.1°C24.5°C | 24.5°C | 150 | 13.9 | 13.413 h |
| February | 29.2°C24.5°C | 24.5°C | 103 | 12.6 | 12.913 h |
| March | 28.7°C23.9°C | 23.9°C | 75 | 12.1 | 12.212 h |
| April, selected | 27.2°C22.2°C | 22.2°C | 40 | 7.8 | 11.612 h |
| May | 25.8°C20.2°C | 20.2°C | 23 | 5.4 | 11.011 h |
| June | 24.4°C18.6°C | 18.6°C | 23 | 4.5 | 10.711 h |
| July | 23.7°C18.0°C | 18.0°C | 21 | 4.4 | 10.811 h |
| August | 24.7°C18.6°C | 18.6°C | 11 | 2.8 | 11.311 h |
| September | 26.3°C19.9°C | 19.9°C | 20 | 3.9 | 11.912 h |
| October | 27.0°C21.1°C | 21.1°C | 34 | 5.1 | 12.613 h |
| November | 28.1°C22.5°C | 22.5°C | 75 | 8.7 | 13.213 h |
| December | 28.9°C23.7°C | 23.7°C | 111 | 10.7 | 13.614 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
April in nearby cities
- Inhambane in AprilMozambique · 4 kmHigh 26.8°C · Low 23.1°C · 50 mm rain
- Chibuto in AprilMozambique · 206 kmHigh 27.8°C · Low 19.6°C · 30 mm rain
- Xai-Xai in AprilMozambique · 217 kmHigh 27.9°C · Low 21.0°C · 44 mm rain
- Maputo in AprilMozambique · 364 kmHigh 26.4°C · Low 20.0°C · 42 mm rain
- Matola in AprilMozambique · 373 kmHigh 27.0°C · Low 19.8°C · 42 mm rain
- Ressano Garcia in AprilMozambique · 382 kmHigh 28.5°C · Low 19.0°C · 30 mm rain
- Phalaborwa in AprilSouth Africa · 428 kmHigh 28.0°C · Low 17.6°C · 20 mm rain
- Beira in AprilMozambique · 450 kmHigh 28.6°C · Low 21.3°C · 54 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 Maxixe) is explained once on the Maxixe year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.