Climate averages 1991–2020
Maxixe weather
in March.
A hot, moderately wet month: the 4th warmest and the joint 8th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
March is a hot month in Maxixe: daytime highs average 28.7°C and nights cool to about 23.9°C. By daytime temperature it is the 4th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 75 mm of rain on roughly 12 days, which makes March a moderately wet month (the joint 8th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 15 min on an average March day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Inhambane (4 km away). In March its highs average 28.2°C, 0.5°C cooler than Maxixe, with 88 mm of rain.
Among the 22 cities listed in Mozambique, Maxixe ranks joint 11th of 22 for the warmest March highs and 7th of 22 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 22 cities is 28.6°C; Maxixe is 0.1°C warmer than that mean.
From March to April, average highs fall by 1.5°C to 27.2°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 75 mm to 40 mm.
The annual picture
March 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, selected | 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
March in nearby cities
- Inhambane in MarchMozambique · 4 kmHigh 28.2°C · Low 24.6°C · 88 mm rain
- Chibuto in MarchMozambique · 206 kmHigh 29.6°C · Low 21.7°C · 61 mm rain
- Xai-Xai in MarchMozambique · 217 kmHigh 29.4°C · Low 22.9°C · 74 mm rain
- Maputo in MarchMozambique · 364 kmHigh 27.9°C · Low 22.0°C · 73 mm rain
- Matola in MarchMozambique · 373 kmHigh 28.7°C · Low 21.9°C · 73 mm rain
- Ressano Garcia in MarchMozambique · 382 kmHigh 30.4°C · Low 21.3°C · 61 mm rain
- Phalaborwa in MarchSouth Africa · 428 kmHigh 30.0°C · Low 20.2°C · 43 mm rain
- Beira in MarchMozambique · 450 kmHigh 29.9°C · Low 23.3°C · 118 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.