Climate averages 1991–2020
Nacala weather
in May.
A warm, fairly dry month: the 8th warmest and the 6th driest of the year. Meets the pleasant-weather rule
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
May is a warm month in Nacala: daytime highs average 27.9°C and nights cool to about 22.0°C. By daytime temperature it is the 8th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 18 mm of rain on roughly 4 days, which makes May a fairly dry month (the 6th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 27 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Nampula (164 km away). In May its highs average 26.8°C, 1.1°C cooler than Nacala, with 9.2 mm of rain.
Among the 22 cities listed in Mozambique, Nacala ranks 3rd of 22 for the warmest May highs and joint 10th of 22 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 22 cities is 26.6°C; Nacala is 1.3°C warmer than that mean.
From May to June, average highs fall by 1.4°C to 26.5°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 18 mm to 16 mm.
The annual picture
May 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, selected | 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
May in nearby cities
- Nampula in MayMozambique · 164 kmHigh 26.8°C · Low 18.1°C · 9.2 mm rain
- Pemba in MayMozambique · 178 kmHigh 28.6°C · Low 22.4°C · 23 mm rain
- Angoche in MayMozambique · 204 kmHigh 27.8°C · Low 22.1°C · 18 mm rain
- Montepuez in MayMozambique · 242 kmHigh 27.7°C · Low 18.5°C · 4.2 mm rain
- Gurúè in MayMozambique · 411 kmHigh 24.4°C · Low 16.0°C · 28 mm rain
- Moroni in MayComoros · 423 kmHigh 28.6°C · Low 25.3°C · 63 mm rain
- Cuamba in MayMozambique · 447 kmHigh 27.3°C · Low 17.0°C · 4.0 mm rain
- Mocuba in MayMozambique · 470 kmHigh 27.6°C · Low 18.1°C · 19 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.