Climate averages 1991–2020
Nacala weather
in August.
A warm, very dry month: the joint 10th warmest and the 2nd driest of the year. Meets the pleasant-weather rule
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
August is a warm month in Nacala: daytime highs average 26.5°C and nights cool to about 19.6°C. By daytime temperature it is the joint 10th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 8.5 mm of rain on roughly 2 days, which makes August a very dry month (the 2nd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 38 min on an average August day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Nampula (164 km away). In August its highs average 27.0°C, about as warm as Nacala, with 5.1 mm of rain.
Among the 22 cities listed in Mozambique, Nacala ranks 12th of 22 for the warmest August highs and 7th of 22 for the driest August (rainfall, lowest first). The mean August high of those 22 cities is 26.3°C; Nacala is 0.2°C warmer than that mean.
From August to September, average highs rise by 1.1°C to 27.6°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 8.5 mm to 7.0 mm.
The annual picture
August 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
Nacala climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 28.7°C24.3°C | 24.3°C | 206 | 23.6 | 12.913 h |
| February | 28.7°C24.1°C | 24.1°C | 177 | 22.1 | 12.613 h |
| March | 28.6°C24.0°C | 24.0°C | 190 | 22.1 | 12.212 h |
| April | 28.4°C23.4°C | 23.4°C | 76 | 12.7 | 11.812 h |
| May | 27.9°C22.0°C | 22.0°C | 18 | 4.4 | 11.411 h |
| June | 26.5°C20.5°C | 20.5°C | 16 | 4.7 | 11.311 h |
| July | 25.9°C19.7°C | 19.7°C | 15 | 4.5 | 11.311 h |
| August, selected | 26.5°C19.6°C | 19.6°C | 8.5 | 2.3 | 11.612 h |
| September | 27.6°C20.5°C | 20.5°C | 7.0 | 1.3 | 12.012 h |
| October | 28.8°C22.1°C | 22.1°C | 9.5 | 2.7 | 12.412 h |
| November | 29.7°C23.5°C | 23.5°C | 26 | 6.0 | 12.813 h |
| December | 29.4°C24.2°C | 24.2°C | 114 | 17.2 | 13.013 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
August in nearby cities
- Nampula in AugustMozambique · 164 kmHigh 27.0°C · Low 16.2°C · 5.1 mm rain
- Pemba in AugustMozambique · 178 kmHigh 27.6°C · Low 20.2°C · 11 mm rain
- Angoche in AugustMozambique · 204 kmHigh 27.1°C · Low 20.0°C · 10 mm rain
- Montepuez in AugustMozambique · 242 kmHigh 27.7°C · Low 16.8°C · 1.9 mm rain
- Gurúè in AugustMozambique · 411 kmHigh 24.8°C · Low 14.3°C · 21 mm rain
- Moroni in AugustComoros · 423 kmHigh 27.0°C · Low 22.4°C · 27 mm rain
- Cuamba in AugustMozambique · 447 kmHigh 27.5°C · Low 15.5°C · 1.4 mm rain
- Mocuba in AugustMozambique · 470 kmHigh 28.5°C · Low 16.7°C · 12 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 Nacala) is explained once on the Nacala year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.