Climate averages 1991–2020
Mocuba weather
in December.
A hot, wet month: the 3rd warmest and the 11th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
December is a hot month in Mocuba: daytime highs average 32.4°C and nights cool to about 23.1°C. By daytime temperature it is the 3rd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 169 mm of rain on roughly 19 days, which makes December a wet month (the 11th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 07 min on an average December day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Quelimane (116 km away). In December its highs average 31.0°C, 1.4°C cooler than Mocuba, with 108 mm of rain.
Among the 22 cities listed in Mozambique, Mocuba ranks 2nd of 22 for the warmest December highs and 15th of 22 for the driest December (rainfall, lowest first). The mean December high of those 22 cities is 29.9°C; Mocuba is 2.5°C warmer than that mean.
From December to January, average highs fall by 1.7°C to 30.7°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 169 mm to 252 mm.
The annual picture
December 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
Mocuba climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 30.7°C23.0°C | 23.0°C | 252 | 24.4 | 13.013 h |
| February | 30.4°C22.7°C | 22.7°C | 164 | 20.0 | 12.713 h |
| March | 29.9°C22.2°C | 22.2°C | 129 | 19.2 | 12.212 h |
| April | 28.7°C20.5°C | 20.5°C | 55 | 12.8 | 11.712 h |
| May | 27.6°C18.1°C | 18.1°C | 19 | 6.2 | 11.311 h |
| June | 26.1°C16.4°C | 16.4°C | 16 | 5.5 | 11.111 h |
| July | 25.9°C15.8°C | 15.8°C | 17 | 6.3 | 11.211 h |
| August | 28.5°C16.7°C | 16.7°C | 12 | 3.8 | 11.512 h |
| September | 32.1°C19.2°C | 19.2°C | 11 | 2.8 | 12.012 h |
| October | 33.9°C21.3°C | 21.3°C | 19 | 4.6 | 12.512 h |
| November | 34.7°C22.8°C | 22.8°C | 69 | 8.8 | 12.913 h |
| December, selected | 32.4°C23.1°C | 23.1°C | 169 | 19.1 | 13.113 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
December in nearby cities
- Quelimane in DecemberMozambique · 116 kmHigh 31.0°C · Low 24.9°C · 108 mm rain
- Gurúè in DecemberMozambique · 152 kmHigh 28.4°C · Low 20.3°C · 289 mm rain
- Cuamba in DecemberMozambique · 231 kmHigh 30.2°C · Low 21.6°C · 178 mm rain
- Zomba in DecemberMalawi · 240 kmHigh 27.5°C · Low 20.0°C · 179 mm rain
- Blantyre in DecemberMalawi · 241 kmHigh 26.7°C · Low 19.1°C · 225 mm rain
- Nampula in DecemberMozambique · 310 kmHigh 30.9°C · Low 21.9°C · 154 mm rain
- Mandimba in DecemberMozambique · 311 kmHigh 28.7°C · Low 20.4°C · 204 mm rain
- Angoche in DecemberMozambique · 319 kmHigh 31.5°C · Low 24.8°C · 108 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 Mocuba) is explained once on the Mocuba year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.