Climate averages 1991–2020
Montepuez weather
in March.
A warm, 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 warm month in Montepuez: daytime highs average 27.8°C and nights cool to about 21.1°C. By daytime temperature it is the 7th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 138 mm of rain on roughly 21 days, which makes March a wet month (the 9th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 11 min on an average March day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Pemba (165 km away). In March its highs average 29.5°C, 1.6°C warmer than Montepuez, with 206 mm of rain.
Among the 22 cities listed in Mozambique, Montepuez ranks 18th of 22 for the warmest March highs and 14th of 22 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 22 cities is 28.6°C; Montepuez is 0.8°C cooler than that mean.
From March to April, average highs fall by 0.2°C to 27.6°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 138 mm to 42 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
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, selected | 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
March in nearby cities
- Pemba in MarchMozambique · 165 kmHigh 29.5°C · Low 24.4°C · 206 mm rain
- Nampula in MarchMozambique · 223 kmHigh 28.5°C · Low 21.5°C · 143 mm rain
- Nacala in MarchMozambique · 242 kmHigh 28.6°C · Low 24.0°C · 190 mm rain
- Masasi in MarchTanzania · 269 kmHigh 28.8°C · Low 21.5°C · 155 mm rain
- Cuamba in MarchMozambique · 325 kmHigh 28.3°C · Low 20.5°C · 109 mm rain
- Gurúè in MarchMozambique · 339 kmHigh 27.0°C · Low 19.8°C · 193 mm rain
- Mtwara in MarchTanzania · 343 kmHigh 28.9°C · Low 25.2°C · 182 mm rain
- Lindi in MarchTanzania · 357 kmHigh 29.8°C · Low 24.2°C · 195 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.