Climate averages 1991–2020
Mocuba weather
in January.
A hot, very wet month: the 5th warmest and the wettest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
January is a hot month in Mocuba: daytime highs average 30.7°C and nights cool to about 23.0°C. By daytime temperature it is the 5th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 252 mm of rain on roughly 24 days, which makes January a very wet month (the wettest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 00 min on an average January day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Quelimane (116 km away). In January its highs average 30.2°C, about as warm as Mocuba, with 222 mm of rain.
Among the 22 cities listed in Mozambique, Mocuba ranks joint 3rd of 22 for the warmest January highs and joint 16th of 22 for the driest January (rainfall, lowest first). The mean January high of those 22 cities is 29.1°C; Mocuba is 1.6°C warmer than that mean.
From January to February, average highs fall by 0.3°C to 30.4°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 252 mm to 164 mm.
The annual picture
January 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, selected | 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 | 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
January in nearby cities
- Quelimane in JanuaryMozambique · 116 kmHigh 30.2°C · Low 24.8°C · 222 mm rain
- Gurúè in JanuaryMozambique · 152 kmHigh 27.5°C · Low 20.3°C · 372 mm rain
- Cuamba in JanuaryMozambique · 231 kmHigh 28.5°C · Low 21.1°C · 257 mm rain
- Zomba in JanuaryMalawi · 240 kmHigh 26.4°C · Low 19.8°C · 274 mm rain
- Blantyre in JanuaryMalawi · 241 kmHigh 25.5°C · Low 19.0°C · 321 mm rain
- Nampula in JanuaryMozambique · 310 kmHigh 29.2°C · Low 22.0°C · 266 mm rain
- Mandimba in JanuaryMozambique · 311 kmHigh 27.2°C · Low 20.1°C · 334 mm rain
- Angoche in JanuaryMozambique · 319 kmHigh 30.5°C · Low 24.8°C · 225 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.