Climate averages 1991–2020
Nacala weather
in February.
A hot, wet month: the joint 4th warmest and the 10th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
February is a hot month in Nacala: daytime highs average 28.7°C and nights cool to about 24.1°C. By daytime temperature it is the joint 4th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 177 mm of rain on roughly 22 days, which makes February a wet month (the 10th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 35 min on an average February day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Nampula (164 km away). In February its highs average 29.0°C, about as warm as Nacala, with 196 mm of rain.
Among the 22 cities listed in Mozambique, Nacala ranks joint 14th of 22 for the warmest February highs and 15th of 22 for the driest February (rainfall, lowest first). The mean February high of those 22 cities is 29.0°C; Nacala is 0.3°C cooler than that mean.
From February to March, average highs fall by 0.1°C to 28.6°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 177 mm to 190 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
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, selected | 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 | 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
February in nearby cities
- Nampula in FebruaryMozambique · 164 kmHigh 29.0°C · Low 21.7°C · 196 mm rain
- Pemba in FebruaryMozambique · 178 kmHigh 29.9°C · Low 24.6°C · 215 mm rain
- Angoche in FebruaryMozambique · 204 kmHigh 30.2°C · Low 24.7°C · 174 mm rain
- Montepuez in FebruaryMozambique · 242 kmHigh 28.0°C · Low 21.3°C · 193 mm rain
- Gurúè in FebruaryMozambique · 411 kmHigh 27.4°C · Low 20.1°C · 252 mm rain
- Moroni in FebruaryComoros · 423 kmHigh 29.6°C · Low 26.1°C · 213 mm rain
- Cuamba in FebruaryMozambique · 447 kmHigh 28.4°C · Low 20.9°C · 183 mm rain
- Mocuba in FebruaryMozambique · 470 kmHigh 30.4°C · Low 22.7°C · 164 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.