Climate averages 1991–2020
Nampula weather
in August.
A warm, very dry month: the 9th warmest and the 2nd driest of the year. Meets the pleasant-weather rule
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
August is a warm month in Nampula: daytime highs average 27.0°C and nights cool to about 16.2°C. By daytime temperature it is the 9th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 5.1 mm of rain on roughly 2 days, which makes August a very dry month (the 2nd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 37 min on an average August day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Angoche (142 km away). In August its highs average 27.1°C, about as warm as Nampula, with 10 mm of rain.
Among the 22 cities listed in Mozambique, Nampula ranks joint 9th of 22 for the warmest August highs and 6th of 22 for the driest August (rainfall, lowest first). The mean August high of those 22 cities is 26.3°C; Nampula is 0.7°C warmer than that mean.
From August to September, average highs rise by 2.7°C to 29.7°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 5.1 mm to 4.3 mm.
The annual picture
August 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 | 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, selected | 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
August in nearby cities
- Angoche in AugustMozambique · 142 kmHigh 27.1°C · Low 20.0°C · 10 mm rain
- Nacala in AugustMozambique · 164 kmHigh 26.5°C · Low 19.6°C · 8.5 mm rain
- Montepuez in AugustMozambique · 223 kmHigh 27.7°C · Low 16.8°C · 1.9 mm rain
- Gurúè in AugustMozambique · 249 kmHigh 24.8°C · Low 14.3°C · 21 mm rain
- Pemba in AugustMozambique · 274 kmHigh 27.6°C · Low 20.2°C · 11 mm rain
- Cuamba in AugustMozambique · 295 kmHigh 27.5°C · Low 15.5°C · 1.4 mm rain
- Mocuba in AugustMozambique · 310 kmHigh 28.5°C · Low 16.7°C · 12 mm rain
- Mandimba in AugustMozambique · 398 kmHigh 25.9°C · Low 14.2°C · 1.8 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.