Climate averages 1991–2020
Mocuba weather
in March.
A hot, wet month: the 7th warmest and the 9th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
March is a hot month in Mocuba: daytime highs average 29.9°C and nights cool to about 22.2°C. By daytime temperature it is the 7th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 129 mm of rain on roughly 19 days, which makes March a wet month (the 9th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 12 min on an average March day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Quelimane (116 km away). In March its highs average 29.5°C, about as warm as Mocuba, with 146 mm of rain.
Among the 22 cities listed in Mozambique, Mocuba ranks joint 3rd of 22 for the warmest March highs and 13th of 22 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 22 cities is 28.6°C; Mocuba is 1.2°C warmer than that mean.
From March to April, average highs fall by 1.2°C to 28.7°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 129 mm to 55 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
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, selected | 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
March in nearby cities
- Quelimane in MarchMozambique · 116 kmHigh 29.5°C · Low 24.2°C · 146 mm rain
- Gurúè in MarchMozambique · 152 kmHigh 27.0°C · Low 19.8°C · 193 mm rain
- Cuamba in MarchMozambique · 231 kmHigh 28.3°C · Low 20.5°C · 109 mm rain
- Zomba in MarchMalawi · 240 kmHigh 26.3°C · Low 19.0°C · 121 mm rain
- Blantyre in MarchMalawi · 241 kmHigh 25.2°C · Low 18.0°C · 166 mm rain
- Nampula in MarchMozambique · 310 kmHigh 28.5°C · Low 21.5°C · 143 mm rain
- Mandimba in MarchMozambique · 311 kmHigh 26.9°C · Low 19.4°C · 151 mm rain
- Angoche in MarchMozambique · 319 kmHigh 29.6°C · Low 24.6°C · 166 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.