Climate averages 1991–2020
Pemba weather
in January.
A hot, very wet month: the 4th warmest and the wettest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
January is a hot month in Pemba: daytime highs average 30.0°C and nights cool to about 24.8°C. By daytime temperature it is the 4th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 252 mm of rain on roughly 25 days, which makes January a very wet month (the wettest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 48 min on an average January day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Montepuez (165 km away). In January its highs average 28.3°C, 1.7°C cooler than Pemba, with 228 mm of rain.
Among the 22 cities listed in Mozambique, Pemba ranks 9th of 22 for the warmest January highs and joint 16th of 22 for the driest January (rainfall, lowest first). The mean January high of those 22 cities is 29.1°C; Pemba is 0.9°C warmer than that mean.
From January to February, average highs fall by 0.2°C to 29.9°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 252 mm to 215 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
Pemba climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January, selected | 30.0°C24.8°C | 24.8°C | 252 | 24.9 | 12.813 h |
| February | 29.9°C24.6°C | 24.6°C | 215 | 23.3 | 12.513 h |
| March | 29.5°C24.4°C | 24.4°C | 206 | 24.7 | 12.212 h |
| April | 29.0°C23.8°C | 23.8°C | 95 | 16.4 | 11.812 h |
| May | 28.6°C22.4°C | 22.4°C | 23 | 6.0 | 11.512 h |
| June | 27.5°C21.0°C | 21.0°C | 10 | 3.4 | 11.411 h |
| July | 26.9°C20.2°C | 20.2°C | 9.4 | 2.9 | 11.411 h |
| August | 27.6°C20.2°C | 20.2°C | 11 | 4.2 | 11.712 h |
| September | 28.8°C21.2°C | 21.2°C | 11 | 3.4 | 12.012 h |
| October | 30.1°C22.7°C | 22.7°C | 18 | 5.2 | 12.412 h |
| November | 31.1°C24.1°C | 24.1°C | 42 | 9.0 | 12.713 h |
| December | 30.7°C24.8°C | 24.8°C | 166 | 20.0 | 12.913 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
- Montepuez in JanuaryMozambique · 165 kmHigh 28.3°C · Low 21.5°C · 228 mm rain
- Nacala in JanuaryMozambique · 178 kmHigh 28.7°C · Low 24.3°C · 206 mm rain
- Nampula in JanuaryMozambique · 274 kmHigh 29.2°C · Low 22.0°C · 266 mm rain
- Mtwara in JanuaryTanzania · 303 kmHigh 28.7°C · Low 25.8°C · 186 mm rain
- Masasi in JanuaryTanzania · 313 kmHigh 30.5°C · Low 22.3°C · 134 mm rain
- Moroni in JanuaryComoros · 329 kmHigh 29.6°C · Low 26.1°C · 240 mm rain
- Lindi in JanuaryTanzania · 342 kmHigh 30.1°C · Low 24.8°C · 168 mm rain
- Angoche in JanuaryMozambique · 368 kmHigh 30.5°C · Low 24.8°C · 225 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 Pemba) is explained once on the Pemba year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.