Climate averages 1991–2020
Maxixe weather
in December.
A hot, wet month: the 3rd warmest and the 11th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
December is a hot month in Maxixe: daytime highs average 28.9°C and nights cool to about 23.7°C. By daytime temperature it is the 3rd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 111 mm of rain on roughly 11 days, which makes December a wet month (the 11th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 35 min on an average December day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Inhambane (4 km away). In December its highs average 28.2°C, 0.7°C cooler than Maxixe, with 104 mm of rain.
Among the 22 cities listed in Mozambique, Maxixe ranks 15th of 22 for the warmest December highs and joint 8th of 22 for the driest December (rainfall, lowest first). The mean December high of those 22 cities is 29.9°C; Maxixe is 1.0°C cooler than that mean.
From December to January, average highs rise by 0.2°C to 29.1°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 111 mm to 150 mm.
The annual picture
December 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 | 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, selected | 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
December in nearby cities
- Inhambane in DecemberMozambique · 4 kmHigh 28.2°C · Low 24.3°C · 104 mm rain
- Chibuto in DecemberMozambique · 206 kmHigh 30.4°C · Low 21.9°C · 104 mm rain
- Xai-Xai in DecemberMozambique · 217 kmHigh 30.1°C · Low 22.8°C · 111 mm rain
- Maputo in DecemberMozambique · 364 kmHigh 27.9°C · Low 21.9°C · 103 mm rain
- Matola in DecemberMozambique · 373 kmHigh 28.7°C · Low 21.8°C · 103 mm rain
- Ressano Garcia in DecemberMozambique · 382 kmHigh 31.0°C · Low 21.4°C · 101 mm rain
- Phalaborwa in DecemberSouth Africa · 428 kmHigh 30.7°C · Low 20.5°C · 93 mm rain
- Beira in DecemberMozambique · 450 kmHigh 31.1°C · Low 23.7°C · 176 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.