Climate averages 1991–2020
Nampula weather
in July.
A warm, very dry month: the coolest and the 3rd driest of the year. Meets the pleasant-weather rule
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
July is a warm month in Nampula: daytime highs average 25.1°C and nights cool to about 15.7°C. By daytime temperature it is the coolest month of the year.
Expect about 6.1 mm of rain on roughly 2 days, which makes July a very dry month (the 3rd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 19 min on an average July day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Angoche (142 km away). In July its highs average 26.1°C, 1.0°C warmer than Nampula, with 14 mm of rain.
Among the 22 cities listed in Mozambique, Nampula ranks joint 11th of 22 for the warmest July highs and 7th of 22 for the driest July (rainfall, lowest first). The mean July high of those 22 cities is 24.6°C; Nampula is 0.5°C warmer than that mean.
From July to August, average highs rise by 1.9°C to 27.0°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 6.1 mm to 5.1 mm.
The annual picture
July 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, selected | 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
July in nearby cities
- Angoche in JulyMozambique · 142 kmHigh 26.1°C · Low 19.9°C · 14 mm rain
- Nacala in JulyMozambique · 164 kmHigh 25.9°C · Low 19.7°C · 15 mm rain
- Montepuez in JulyMozambique · 223 kmHigh 26.1°C · Low 16.2°C · 1.3 mm rain
- Gurúè in JulyMozambique · 249 kmHigh 22.1°C · Low 13.5°C · 35 mm rain
- Pemba in JulyMozambique · 274 kmHigh 26.9°C · Low 20.2°C · 9.4 mm rain
- Cuamba in JulyMozambique · 295 kmHigh 25.3°C · Low 14.6°C · 1.2 mm rain
- Mocuba in JulyMozambique · 310 kmHigh 25.9°C · Low 15.8°C · 17 mm rain
- Mandimba in JulyMozambique · 398 kmHigh 23.6°C · Low 13.3°C · 2.5 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.