Climate averages 1991–2020
Maxixe weather
in September.
A warm, fairly dry month: the 8th warmest and the 2nd driest of the year. Meets the pleasant-weather rule
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
September is a warm month in Maxixe: daytime highs average 26.3°C and nights cool to about 19.9°C. By daytime temperature it is the 8th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 20 mm of rain on roughly 4 days, which makes September a fairly dry month (the 2nd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 56 min on an average September day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Inhambane (4 km away). In September its highs average 25.4°C, 0.9°C cooler than Maxixe, with 23 mm of rain.
Among the 22 cities listed in Mozambique, Maxixe ranks 19th of 22 for the warmest September highs and joint 17th of 22 for the driest September (rainfall, lowest first). The mean September high of those 22 cities is 28.6°C; Maxixe is 2.4°C cooler than that mean.
From September to October, average highs rise by 0.7°C to 27.0°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 20 mm to 34 mm.
The annual picture
September 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 | 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, selected | 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
September in nearby cities
- Inhambane in SeptemberMozambique · 4 kmHigh 25.4°C · Low 20.7°C · 23 mm rain
- Chibuto in SeptemberMozambique · 206 kmHigh 28.1°C · Low 17.5°C · 17 mm rain
- Xai-Xai in SeptemberMozambique · 217 kmHigh 27.7°C · Low 18.8°C · 25 mm rain
- Maputo in SeptemberMozambique · 364 kmHigh 25.7°C · Low 17.9°C · 31 mm rain
- Matola in SeptemberMozambique · 373 kmHigh 26.6°C · Low 17.8°C · 31 mm rain
- Ressano Garcia in SeptemberMozambique · 382 kmHigh 29.2°C · Low 17.2°C · 20 mm rain
- Phalaborwa in SeptemberSouth Africa · 428 kmHigh 28.8°C · Low 15.5°C · 11 mm rain
- Beira in SeptemberMozambique · 450 kmHigh 29.5°C · Low 19.2°C · 15 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.