Climate averages 1991–2020
Nacala weather
in December.
A hot, wet month: the 2nd warmest and the 9th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
December is a hot month in Nacala: daytime highs average 29.4°C and nights cool to about 24.2°C. By daytime temperature it is the 2nd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 114 mm of rain on roughly 17 days, which makes December a wet month (the 9th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 58 min on an average December day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Nampula (164 km away). In December its highs average 30.9°C, 1.6°C warmer than Nacala, with 154 mm of rain.
Among the 22 cities listed in Mozambique, Nacala ranks 14th of 22 for the warmest December highs and 10th of 22 for the driest December (rainfall, lowest first). The mean December high of those 22 cities is 29.9°C; Nacala is 0.5°C cooler than that mean.
From December to January, average highs fall by 0.6°C to 28.7°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 114 mm to 206 mm.
The annual picture
December 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 | 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, selected | 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
December in nearby cities
- Nampula in DecemberMozambique · 164 kmHigh 30.9°C · Low 21.9°C · 154 mm rain
- Pemba in DecemberMozambique · 178 kmHigh 30.7°C · Low 24.8°C · 166 mm rain
- Angoche in DecemberMozambique · 204 kmHigh 31.5°C · Low 24.8°C · 108 mm rain
- Montepuez in DecemberMozambique · 242 kmHigh 30.2°C · Low 21.6°C · 151 mm rain
- Gurúè in DecemberMozambique · 411 kmHigh 28.4°C · Low 20.3°C · 289 mm rain
- Moroni in DecemberComoros · 423 kmHigh 30.0°C · Low 25.9°C · 166 mm rain
- Cuamba in DecemberMozambique · 447 kmHigh 30.2°C · Low 21.6°C · 178 mm rain
- Mocuba in DecemberMozambique · 470 kmHigh 32.4°C · Low 23.1°C · 169 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.