Climate averages 1991–2020
Maxixe weather
in May.
A warm, fairly dry month: the 9th warmest and the joint 4th driest of the year. Meets the pleasant-weather rule
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
May is a warm month in Maxixe: daytime highs average 25.8°C and nights cool to about 20.2°C. By daytime temperature it is the 9th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 23 mm of rain on roughly 5 days, which makes May a fairly dry month (the joint 4th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 10 h 59 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Inhambane (4 km away). In May its highs average 25.5°C, about as warm as Maxixe, with 31 mm of rain.
Among the 22 cities listed in Mozambique, Maxixe ranks joint 15th of 22 for the warmest May highs and joint 15th of 22 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 22 cities is 26.6°C; Maxixe is 0.8°C cooler than that mean.
From May to June, average highs fall by 1.4°C to 24.4°C, and monthly rainfall stays at 23 mm.
The annual picture
May 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, selected | 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
May in nearby cities
- Inhambane in MayMozambique · 4 kmHigh 25.5°C · Low 21.3°C · 31 mm rain
- Chibuto in MayMozambique · 206 kmHigh 26.1°C · Low 17.0°C · 17 mm rain
- Xai-Xai in MayMozambique · 217 kmHigh 26.3°C · Low 18.6°C · 28 mm rain
- Maputo in MayMozambique · 364 kmHigh 25.1°C · Low 17.7°C · 23 mm rain
- Matola in MayMozambique · 373 kmHigh 25.8°C · Low 17.4°C · 23 mm rain
- Ressano Garcia in MayMozambique · 382 kmHigh 27.2°C · Low 16.1°C · 14 mm rain
- Phalaborwa in MaySouth Africa · 428 kmHigh 26.4°C · Low 14.3°C · 8.9 mm rain
- Beira in MayMozambique · 450 kmHigh 27.6°C · Low 19.0°C · 19 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.