Climate averages 1991–2020
Nampula weather
in May.
A warm, very dry month: the 10th warmest and the 5th driest of the year. Meets the pleasant-weather rule
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
May is a warm month in Nampula: daytime highs average 26.8°C and nights cool to about 18.1°C. By daytime temperature it is the 10th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 9.2 mm of rain on roughly 2 days, which makes May a very dry month (the 5th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 25 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Angoche (142 km away). In May its highs average 27.8°C, 1.1°C warmer than Nampula, with 18 mm of rain.
Among the 22 cities listed in Mozambique, Nampula ranks 12th of 22 for the warmest May highs and 6th of 22 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 22 cities is 26.6°C; Nampula is 0.2°C warmer than that mean.
From May to June, average highs fall by 1.4°C to 25.4°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 9.2 mm to 6.3 mm.
The annual picture
May 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, selected | 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
May in nearby cities
- Angoche in MayMozambique · 142 kmHigh 27.8°C · Low 22.1°C · 18 mm rain
- Nacala in MayMozambique · 164 kmHigh 27.9°C · Low 22.0°C · 18 mm rain
- Montepuez in MayMozambique · 223 kmHigh 27.7°C · Low 18.5°C · 4.2 mm rain
- Gurúè in MayMozambique · 249 kmHigh 24.4°C · Low 16.0°C · 28 mm rain
- Pemba in MayMozambique · 274 kmHigh 28.6°C · Low 22.4°C · 23 mm rain
- Cuamba in MayMozambique · 295 kmHigh 27.3°C · Low 17.0°C · 4.0 mm rain
- Mocuba in MayMozambique · 310 kmHigh 27.6°C · Low 18.1°C · 19 mm rain
- Mandimba in MayMozambique · 398 kmHigh 25.6°C · Low 15.8°C · 6.4 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.