Climate averages 1991–2020
Maxixe weather
in January.
A hot, wet month: the 2nd warmest and the wettest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
January is a hot month in Maxixe: daytime highs average 29.1°C and nights cool to about 24.5°C. By daytime temperature it is the 2nd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 150 mm of rain on roughly 14 days, which makes January a wet month (the wettest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 25 min on an average January day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Inhambane (4 km away). In January its highs average 28.6°C, 0.6°C cooler than Maxixe, with 156 mm of rain.
Among the 22 cities listed in Mozambique, Maxixe ranks 12th of 22 for the warmest January highs and 6th of 22 for the driest January (rainfall, lowest first). The mean January high of those 22 cities is 29.1°C; Maxixe is level with that mean.
From January to February, average highs rise by 0.1°C to 29.2°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 150 mm to 103 mm.
The annual picture
January 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, selected | 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 | 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
January in nearby cities
- Inhambane in JanuaryMozambique · 4 kmHigh 28.6°C · Low 25.0°C · 156 mm rain
- Chibuto in JanuaryMozambique · 206 kmHigh 30.1°C · Low 22.5°C · 112 mm rain
- Xai-Xai in JanuaryMozambique · 217 kmHigh 29.8°C · Low 23.6°C · 130 mm rain
- Maputo in JanuaryMozambique · 364 kmHigh 28.2°C · Low 22.6°C · 115 mm rain
- Matola in JanuaryMozambique · 373 kmHigh 28.8°C · Low 22.5°C · 115 mm rain
- Ressano Garcia in JanuaryMozambique · 382 kmHigh 30.9°C · Low 22.1°C · 99 mm rain
- Phalaborwa in JanuarySouth Africa · 428 kmHigh 30.5°C · Low 21.0°C · 93 mm rain
- Beira in JanuaryMozambique · 450 kmHigh 30.6°C · Low 24.1°C · 197 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.