Climate averages 1991–2020
Montepuez weather
in February.
A hot, very wet month: the 6th warmest and the 11th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
February is a hot month in Montepuez: daytime highs average 28.0°C and nights cool to about 21.3°C. By daytime temperature it is the 6th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 193 mm of rain on roughly 22 days, which makes February a very wet month (the 11th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 32 min on an average February day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Pemba (165 km away). In February its highs average 29.9°C, 1.9°C warmer than Montepuez, with 215 mm of rain.
Among the 22 cities listed in Mozambique, Montepuez ranks 18th of 22 for the warmest February highs and 17th of 22 for the driest February (rainfall, lowest first). The mean February high of those 22 cities is 29.0°C; Montepuez is 1.1°C cooler than that mean.
From February to March, average highs fall by 0.2°C to 27.8°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 193 mm to 138 mm.
The annual picture
February 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, selected | 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 | 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
February in nearby cities
- Pemba in FebruaryMozambique · 165 kmHigh 29.9°C · Low 24.6°C · 215 mm rain
- Nampula in FebruaryMozambique · 223 kmHigh 29.0°C · Low 21.7°C · 196 mm rain
- Nacala in FebruaryMozambique · 242 kmHigh 28.7°C · Low 24.1°C · 177 mm rain
- Masasi in FebruaryTanzania · 269 kmHigh 29.7°C · Low 22.0°C · 131 mm rain
- Cuamba in FebruaryMozambique · 325 kmHigh 28.4°C · Low 20.9°C · 183 mm rain
- Gurúè in FebruaryMozambique · 339 kmHigh 27.4°C · Low 20.1°C · 252 mm rain
- Mtwara in FebruaryTanzania · 343 kmHigh 28.7°C · Low 25.7°C · 146 mm rain
- Lindi in FebruaryTanzania · 357 kmHigh 30.1°C · Low 24.6°C · 156 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.