Climate averages 1991–2020
Maxixe weather
in July.
A warm, fairly dry month: the coolest and the 3rd driest of the year. Meets the pleasant-weather rule
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
July is a warm month in Maxixe: daytime highs average 23.7°C and nights cool to about 18.0°C. By daytime temperature it is the coolest month of the year.
Expect about 21 mm of rain on roughly 4 days, which makes July a fairly dry month (the 3rd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 10 h 49 min on an average July day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Inhambane (4 km away). In July its highs average 23.4°C, about as warm as Maxixe, with 30 mm of rain.
Among the 22 cities listed in Mozambique, Maxixe ranks joint 15th of 22 for the warmest July highs and 19th of 22 for the driest July (rainfall, lowest first). The mean July high of those 22 cities is 24.6°C; Maxixe is 0.9°C cooler than that mean.
From July to August, average highs rise by 1.0°C to 24.7°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 21 mm to 11 mm.
The annual picture
July 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, selected | 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
July in nearby cities
- Inhambane in JulyMozambique · 4 kmHigh 23.4°C · Low 19.2°C · 30 mm rain
- Chibuto in JulyMozambique · 206 kmHigh 23.9°C · Low 14.4°C · 10 mm rain
- Xai-Xai in JulyMozambique · 217 kmHigh 24.2°C · Low 16.2°C · 18 mm rain
- Maputo in JulyMozambique · 364 kmHigh 23.0°C · Low 15.0°C · 11 mm rain
- Matola in JulyMozambique · 373 kmHigh 23.7°C · Low 14.7°C · 11 mm rain
- Ressano Garcia in JulyMozambique · 382 kmHigh 25.1°C · Low 13.1°C · 5.5 mm rain
- Phalaborwa in JulySouth Africa · 428 kmHigh 23.9°C · Low 11.0°C · 4.5 mm rain
- Beira in JulyMozambique · 450 kmHigh 25.5°C · Low 16.6°C · 17 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.