Climate averages 1991–2020
Montepuez 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 Montepuez: daytime highs average 28.3°C and nights cool to about 21.5°C. By daytime temperature it is the 5th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 228 mm of rain on roughly 25 days, which makes January a very wet month (the wettest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 48 min on an average January day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Pemba (165 km away). In January its highs average 30.0°C, 1.7°C warmer than Montepuez, with 252 mm of rain.
Among the 22 cities listed in Mozambique, Montepuez ranks 17th of 22 for the warmest January highs and 15th of 22 for the driest January (rainfall, lowest first). The mean January high of those 22 cities is 29.1°C; Montepuez is 0.8°C cooler than that mean.
From January to February, average highs fall by 0.3°C to 28.0°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 228 mm to 193 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
Montepuez climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January, selected | 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 | 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
January in nearby cities
- Pemba in JanuaryMozambique · 165 kmHigh 30.0°C · Low 24.8°C · 252 mm rain
- Nampula in JanuaryMozambique · 223 kmHigh 29.2°C · Low 22.0°C · 266 mm rain
- Nacala in JanuaryMozambique · 242 kmHigh 28.7°C · Low 24.3°C · 206 mm rain
- Masasi in JanuaryTanzania · 269 kmHigh 30.5°C · Low 22.3°C · 134 mm rain
- Cuamba in JanuaryMozambique · 325 kmHigh 28.5°C · Low 21.1°C · 257 mm rain
- Gurúè in JanuaryMozambique · 339 kmHigh 27.5°C · Low 20.3°C · 372 mm rain
- Mtwara in JanuaryTanzania · 343 kmHigh 28.7°C · Low 25.8°C · 186 mm rain
- Lindi in JanuaryTanzania · 357 kmHigh 30.1°C · Low 24.8°C · 168 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.