Climate averages 1991–2020
Nacala weather
in July.
A warm, fairly dry month: the coolest and the 4th driest of the year. Meets the pleasant-weather rule
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
July is a warm month in Nacala: daytime highs average 25.9°C and nights cool to about 19.7°C. By daytime temperature it is the coolest month of the year.
Expect about 15 mm of rain on roughly 5 days, which makes July a fairly dry month (the 4th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 21 min on an average July day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Nampula (164 km away). In July its highs average 25.1°C, 0.8°C cooler than Nacala, with 6.1 mm of rain.
Among the 22 cities listed in Mozambique, Nacala ranks joint 5th of 22 for the warmest July highs and 14th of 22 for the driest July (rainfall, lowest first). The mean July high of those 22 cities is 24.6°C; Nacala is 1.3°C warmer than that mean.
From July to August, average highs rise by 0.6°C to 26.5°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 15 mm to 8.5 mm.
The annual picture
July 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, selected | 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
July in nearby cities
- Nampula in JulyMozambique · 164 kmHigh 25.1°C · Low 15.7°C · 6.1 mm rain
- Pemba in JulyMozambique · 178 kmHigh 26.9°C · Low 20.2°C · 9.4 mm rain
- Angoche in JulyMozambique · 204 kmHigh 26.1°C · Low 19.9°C · 14 mm rain
- Montepuez in JulyMozambique · 242 kmHigh 26.1°C · Low 16.2°C · 1.3 mm rain
- Gurúè in JulyMozambique · 411 kmHigh 22.1°C · Low 13.5°C · 35 mm rain
- Moroni in JulyComoros · 423 kmHigh 26.6°C · Low 23.1°C · 40 mm rain
- Cuamba in JulyMozambique · 447 kmHigh 25.3°C · Low 14.6°C · 1.2 mm rain
- Mocuba in JulyMozambique · 470 kmHigh 25.9°C · Low 15.8°C · 17 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.