Climate averages 1991–2020
Maxixe weather
in February.
A hot, wet month: the warmest and the 10th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
February is a hot month in Maxixe: daytime highs average 29.2°C and nights cool to about 24.5°C. By daytime temperature it is the warmest month of the year.
Expect about 103 mm of rain on roughly 13 days, which makes February a wet month (the 10th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 55 min on an average February day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Inhambane (4 km away). In February its highs average 28.7°C, 0.5°C cooler than Maxixe, with 117 mm of rain.
Among the 22 cities listed in Mozambique, Maxixe ranks 11th of 22 for the warmest February highs and 6th of 22 for the driest February (rainfall, lowest first). The mean February high of those 22 cities is 29.0°C; Maxixe is 0.1°C warmer than that mean.
From February to March, average highs fall by 0.4°C to 28.7°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 103 mm to 75 mm.
The annual picture
February 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, selected | 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 | 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
February in nearby cities
- Inhambane in FebruaryMozambique · 4 kmHigh 28.7°C · Low 25.1°C · 117 mm rain
- Chibuto in FebruaryMozambique · 206 kmHigh 30.2°C · Low 22.5°C · 72 mm rain
- Xai-Xai in FebruaryMozambique · 217 kmHigh 29.9°C · Low 23.7°C · 84 mm rain
- Maputo in FebruaryMozambique · 364 kmHigh 28.4°C · Low 22.7°C · 95 mm rain
- Matola in FebruaryMozambique · 373 kmHigh 29.1°C · Low 22.7°C · 95 mm rain
- Ressano Garcia in FebruaryMozambique · 382 kmHigh 31.1°C · Low 22.2°C · 88 mm rain
- Phalaborwa in FebruarySouth Africa · 428 kmHigh 30.7°C · Low 21.1°C · 69 mm rain
- Beira in FebruaryMozambique · 450 kmHigh 30.5°C · Low 23.9°C · 158 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.