Climate averages 1991–2020
Nampula weather
in January.
A hot, very wet month: the 5th warmest and the wettest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
January is a hot month in Nampula: daytime highs average 29.2°C and nights cool to about 22.0°C. By daytime temperature it is the 5th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 266 mm of rain on roughly 26 days, which makes January a very wet month (the wettest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 55 min on an average January day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Angoche (142 km away). In January its highs average 30.5°C, 1.3°C warmer than Nampula, with 225 mm of rain.
Among the 22 cities listed in Mozambique, Nampula ranks 11th of 22 for the warmest January highs and 19th of 22 for the driest January (rainfall, lowest first). The mean January high of those 22 cities is 29.1°C; Nampula is 0.1°C warmer than that mean.
From January to February, average highs fall by 0.2°C to 29.0°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 266 mm to 196 mm.
The annual picture
January 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, selected | 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 | 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
January in nearby cities
- Angoche in JanuaryMozambique · 142 kmHigh 30.5°C · Low 24.8°C · 225 mm rain
- Nacala in JanuaryMozambique · 164 kmHigh 28.7°C · Low 24.3°C · 206 mm rain
- Montepuez in JanuaryMozambique · 223 kmHigh 28.3°C · Low 21.5°C · 228 mm rain
- Gurúè in JanuaryMozambique · 249 kmHigh 27.5°C · Low 20.3°C · 372 mm rain
- Pemba in JanuaryMozambique · 274 kmHigh 30.0°C · Low 24.8°C · 252 mm rain
- Cuamba in JanuaryMozambique · 295 kmHigh 28.5°C · Low 21.1°C · 257 mm rain
- Mocuba in JanuaryMozambique · 310 kmHigh 30.7°C · Low 23.0°C · 252 mm rain
- Mandimba in JanuaryMozambique · 398 kmHigh 27.2°C · Low 20.1°C · 334 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.