Climate averages 1991–2020
Nampula weather
in March.
A hot, wet month: the 7th warmest and the 9th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
March is a hot month in Nampula: daytime highs average 28.5°C and nights cool to about 21.5°C. By daytime temperature it is the 7th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 143 mm of rain on roughly 21 days, which makes March a wet month (the 9th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 11 min on an average March day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Angoche (142 km away). In March its highs average 29.6°C, 1.2°C warmer than Nampula, with 166 mm of rain.
Among the 22 cities listed in Mozambique, Nampula ranks 14th of 22 for the warmest March highs and 15th of 22 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 22 cities is 28.6°C; Nampula is 0.2°C cooler than that mean.
From March to April, average highs fall by 0.9°C to 27.6°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 143 mm to 47 mm.
The annual picture
March 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, selected | 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
March in nearby cities
- Angoche in MarchMozambique · 142 kmHigh 29.6°C · Low 24.6°C · 166 mm rain
- Nacala in MarchMozambique · 164 kmHigh 28.6°C · Low 24.0°C · 190 mm rain
- Montepuez in MarchMozambique · 223 kmHigh 27.8°C · Low 21.1°C · 138 mm rain
- Gurúè in MarchMozambique · 249 kmHigh 27.0°C · Low 19.8°C · 193 mm rain
- Pemba in MarchMozambique · 274 kmHigh 29.5°C · Low 24.4°C · 206 mm rain
- Cuamba in MarchMozambique · 295 kmHigh 28.3°C · Low 20.5°C · 109 mm rain
- Mocuba in MarchMozambique · 310 kmHigh 29.9°C · Low 22.2°C · 129 mm rain
- Mandimba in MarchMozambique · 398 kmHigh 26.9°C · Low 19.4°C · 151 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.