Climate averages 1991–2020
Nampula weather
in April.
A warm, moderately wet month: the 8th warmest and the joint 7th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
April is a warm month in Nampula: daytime highs average 27.6°C and nights cool to about 20.2°C. By daytime temperature it is the 8th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 47 mm of rain on roughly 10 days, which makes April a moderately wet month (the joint 7th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 46 min on an average April day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Angoche (142 km away). In April its highs average 28.8°C, 1.3°C warmer than Nampula, with 65 mm of rain.
Among the 22 cities listed in Mozambique, Nampula ranks joint 13th of 22 for the warmest April highs and 13th of 22 for the driest April (rainfall, lowest first). The mean April high of those 22 cities is 27.6°C; Nampula is level with that mean.
From April to May, average highs fall by 0.8°C to 26.8°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 47 mm to 9.2 mm.
The annual picture
April 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
Nampula climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 29.2°C22.0°C | 22.0°C | 266 | 25.6 | 12.913 h |
| February | 29.0°C21.7°C | 21.7°C | 196 | 21.4 | 12.613 h |
| March | 28.5°C21.5°C | 21.5°C | 143 | 20.7 | 12.212 h |
| April, selected | 27.6°C20.2°C | 20.2°C | 47 | 9.7 | 11.812 h |
| May | 26.8°C18.1°C | 18.1°C | 9.2 | 2.4 | 11.411 h |
| June | 25.4°C16.5°C | 16.5°C | 6.3 | 2.1 | 11.211 h |
| July | 25.1°C15.7°C | 15.7°C | 6.1 | 2.0 | 11.311 h |
| August | 27.0°C16.2°C | 16.2°C | 5.1 | 1.5 | 11.612 h |
| September | 29.7°C17.6°C | 17.6°C | 4.3 | 1.0 | 12.012 h |
| October | 31.5°C19.5°C | 19.5°C | 12 | 2.6 | 12.412 h |
| November | 32.5°C21.2°C | 21.2°C | 47 | 6.7 | 12.813 h |
| December | 30.9°C21.9°C | 21.9°C | 154 | 18.5 | 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
April in nearby cities
- Angoche in AprilMozambique · 142 kmHigh 28.8°C · Low 23.7°C · 65 mm rain
- Nacala in AprilMozambique · 164 kmHigh 28.4°C · Low 23.4°C · 76 mm rain
- Montepuez in AprilMozambique · 223 kmHigh 27.6°C · Low 20.2°C · 42 mm rain
- Gurúè in AprilMozambique · 249 kmHigh 25.7°C · Low 18.2°C · 87 mm rain
- Pemba in AprilMozambique · 274 kmHigh 29.0°C · Low 23.8°C · 95 mm rain
- Cuamba in AprilMozambique · 295 kmHigh 28.0°C · Low 19.1°C · 29 mm rain
- Mocuba in AprilMozambique · 310 kmHigh 28.7°C · Low 20.5°C · 55 mm rain
- Mandimba in AprilMozambique · 398 kmHigh 26.2°C · Low 17.9°C · 40 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 Nampula) is explained once on the Nampula year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.