Climate averages 1991–2020
Montepuez weather
in April.
A warm, moderately wet month: the 10th warmest and the 8th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
April is a warm month in Montepuez: daytime highs average 27.6°C and nights cool to about 20.2°C. By daytime temperature it is the 10th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 42 mm of rain on roughly 8 days, which makes April a moderately wet month (the 8th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 49 min on an average April day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Pemba (165 km away). In April its highs average 29.0°C, 1.3°C warmer than Montepuez, with 95 mm of rain.
Among the 22 cities listed in Mozambique, Montepuez ranks joint 13th of 22 for the warmest April highs and joint 7th of 22 for the driest April (rainfall, lowest first). The mean April high of those 22 cities is 27.6°C; Montepuez is 0.1°C warmer than that mean.
From April to May, average highs rise by 0.1°C to 27.7°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 42 mm to 4.2 mm.
The annual picture
April 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
Montepuez climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 28.3°C21.5°C | 21.5°C | 228 | 25.0 | 12.813 h |
| February | 28.0°C21.3°C | 21.3°C | 193 | 22.1 | 12.513 h |
| March | 27.8°C21.1°C | 21.1°C | 138 | 20.5 | 12.212 h |
| April, selected | 27.6°C20.2°C | 20.2°C | 42 | 8.3 | 11.812 h |
| May | 27.7°C18.5°C | 18.5°C | 4.2 | 1.2 | 11.512 h |
| June | 26.4°C16.8°C | 16.8°C | 2.1 | 0.6 | 11.411 h |
| July | 26.1°C16.2°C | 16.2°C | 1.3 | 0.4 | 11.411 h |
| August | 27.7°C16.8°C | 16.8°C | 1.9 | 0.5 | 11.712 h |
| September | 29.9°C18.1°C | 18.1°C | 1.9 | 0.6 | 12.012 h |
| October | 31.5°C19.6°C | 19.6°C | 7.9 | 1.8 | 12.412 h |
| November | 32.1°C21.0°C | 21.0°C | 35 | 5.6 | 12.713 h |
| December | 30.2°C21.6°C | 21.6°C | 151 | 17.8 | 12.913 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
April in nearby cities
- Pemba in AprilMozambique · 165 kmHigh 29.0°C · Low 23.8°C · 95 mm rain
- Nampula in AprilMozambique · 223 kmHigh 27.6°C · Low 20.2°C · 47 mm rain
- Nacala in AprilMozambique · 242 kmHigh 28.4°C · Low 23.4°C · 76 mm rain
- Masasi in AprilTanzania · 269 kmHigh 28.5°C · Low 20.7°C · 67 mm rain
- Cuamba in AprilMozambique · 325 kmHigh 28.0°C · Low 19.1°C · 29 mm rain
- Gurúè in AprilMozambique · 339 kmHigh 25.7°C · Low 18.2°C · 87 mm rain
- Mtwara in AprilTanzania · 343 kmHigh 28.9°C · Low 24.7°C · 115 mm rain
- Lindi in AprilTanzania · 357 kmHigh 29.5°C · Low 23.7°C · 120 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 Montepuez) is explained once on the Montepuez year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.