Climate averages 1991–2020
Nampula weather
in December.
A hot, wet month: the 3rd warmest and the 10th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
December is a hot month in Nampula: daytime highs average 30.9°C and nights cool to about 21.9°C. By daytime temperature it is the 3rd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 154 mm of rain on roughly 19 days, which makes December a wet month (the 10th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 00 min on an average December day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Angoche (142 km away). In December its highs average 31.5°C, 0.5°C warmer than Nampula, with 108 mm of rain.
Among the 22 cities listed in Mozambique, Nampula ranks 8th of 22 for the warmest December highs and 13th of 22 for the driest December (rainfall, lowest first). The mean December high of those 22 cities is 29.9°C; Nampula is 1.1°C warmer than that mean.
From December to January, average highs fall by 1.8°C to 29.2°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 154 mm to 266 mm.
The annual picture
December 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 | 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, selected | 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
December in nearby cities
- Angoche in DecemberMozambique · 142 kmHigh 31.5°C · Low 24.8°C · 108 mm rain
- Nacala in DecemberMozambique · 164 kmHigh 29.4°C · Low 24.2°C · 114 mm rain
- Montepuez in DecemberMozambique · 223 kmHigh 30.2°C · Low 21.6°C · 151 mm rain
- Gurúè in DecemberMozambique · 249 kmHigh 28.4°C · Low 20.3°C · 289 mm rain
- Pemba in DecemberMozambique · 274 kmHigh 30.7°C · Low 24.8°C · 166 mm rain
- Cuamba in DecemberMozambique · 295 kmHigh 30.2°C · Low 21.6°C · 178 mm rain
- Mocuba in DecemberMozambique · 310 kmHigh 32.4°C · Low 23.1°C · 169 mm rain
- Mandimba in DecemberMozambique · 398 kmHigh 28.7°C · Low 20.4°C · 204 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.