Climate averages 1991–2020
Nacala weather
in November.
A hot, fairly dry month: the warmest and the 7th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
November is a hot month in Nacala: daytime highs average 29.7°C and nights cool to about 23.5°C. By daytime temperature it is the warmest month of the year.
Expect about 26 mm of rain on roughly 6 days, which makes November a fairly dry month (the 7th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 47 min on an average November day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Nampula (164 km away). In November its highs average 32.5°C, 2.8°C warmer than Nacala, with 47 mm of rain.
Among the 22 cities listed in Mozambique, Nacala ranks 14th of 22 for the warmest November highs and 1st of 22 for the driest November (rainfall, lowest first). The mean November high of those 22 cities is 30.5°C; Nacala is 0.9°C cooler than that mean.
From November to December, average highs fall by 0.3°C to 29.4°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 26 mm to 114 mm.
The annual picture
November 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, selected | 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
November in nearby cities
- Nampula in NovemberMozambique · 164 kmHigh 32.5°C · Low 21.2°C · 47 mm rain
- Pemba in NovemberMozambique · 178 kmHigh 31.1°C · Low 24.1°C · 42 mm rain
- Angoche in NovemberMozambique · 204 kmHigh 31.6°C · Low 24.1°C · 29 mm rain
- Montepuez in NovemberMozambique · 242 kmHigh 32.1°C · Low 21.0°C · 35 mm rain
- Gurúè in NovemberMozambique · 411 kmHigh 30.2°C · Low 20.1°C · 111 mm rain
- Moroni in NovemberComoros · 423 kmHigh 29.7°C · Low 25.2°C · 69 mm rain
- Cuamba in NovemberMozambique · 447 kmHigh 32.5°C · Low 21.9°C · 56 mm rain
- Mocuba in NovemberMozambique · 470 kmHigh 34.7°C · Low 22.8°C · 69 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.