Climate averages 1991–2020
Nacala weather
in March.
A hot, very wet month: the 6th warmest and the 11th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
March is a hot month in Nacala: daytime highs average 28.6°C and nights cool to about 24.0°C. By daytime temperature it is the 6th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 190 mm of rain on roughly 22 days, which makes March a very wet month (the 11th 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 Nampula (164 km away). In March its highs average 28.5°C, about as warm as Nacala, with 143 mm of rain.
Among the 22 cities listed in Mozambique, Nacala ranks 13th of 22 for the warmest March highs and 20th of 22 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 22 cities is 28.6°C; Nacala is 0.1°C cooler than that mean.
From March to April, average highs fall by 0.2°C to 28.4°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 190 mm to 76 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
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, selected | 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
March in nearby cities
- Nampula in MarchMozambique · 164 kmHigh 28.5°C · Low 21.5°C · 143 mm rain
- Pemba in MarchMozambique · 178 kmHigh 29.5°C · Low 24.4°C · 206 mm rain
- Angoche in MarchMozambique · 204 kmHigh 29.6°C · Low 24.6°C · 166 mm rain
- Montepuez in MarchMozambique · 242 kmHigh 27.8°C · Low 21.1°C · 138 mm rain
- Gurúè in MarchMozambique · 411 kmHigh 27.0°C · Low 19.8°C · 193 mm rain
- Moroni in MarchComoros · 423 kmHigh 29.8°C · Low 26.1°C · 199 mm rain
- Cuamba in MarchMozambique · 447 kmHigh 28.3°C · Low 20.5°C · 109 mm rain
- Mocuba in MarchMozambique · 470 kmHigh 29.9°C · Low 22.2°C · 129 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.