Climate averages 1991–2020
Pemba weather
in November.
A hot, moderately wet month: the warmest and the 7th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
November is a hot month in Pemba: daytime highs average 31.1°C and nights cool to about 24.1°C. By daytime temperature it is the warmest month of the year.
Expect about 42 mm of rain on roughly 9 days, which makes November a moderately wet month (the 7th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 42 min on an average November day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Montepuez (165 km away). In November its highs average 32.1°C, 1.1°C warmer than Pemba, with 35 mm of rain.
Among the 22 cities listed in Mozambique, Pemba ranks 11th of 22 for the warmest November highs and 6th of 22 for the driest November (rainfall, lowest first). The mean November high of those 22 cities is 30.5°C; Pemba is 0.5°C warmer than that mean.
From November to December, average highs fall by 0.4°C to 30.7°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 42 mm to 166 mm.
The annual picture
November 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 | 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, selected | 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
November in nearby cities
- Montepuez in NovemberMozambique · 165 kmHigh 32.1°C · Low 21.0°C · 35 mm rain
- Nacala in NovemberMozambique · 178 kmHigh 29.7°C · Low 23.5°C · 26 mm rain
- Nampula in NovemberMozambique · 274 kmHigh 32.5°C · Low 21.2°C · 47 mm rain
- Mtwara in NovemberTanzania · 303 kmHigh 29.0°C · Low 24.9°C · 42 mm rain
- Masasi in NovemberTanzania · 313 kmHigh 32.9°C · Low 21.7°C · 32 mm rain
- Moroni in NovemberComoros · 329 kmHigh 29.7°C · Low 25.2°C · 69 mm rain
- Lindi in NovemberTanzania · 342 kmHigh 30.8°C · Low 23.6°C · 52 mm rain
- Angoche in NovemberMozambique · 368 kmHigh 31.6°C · Low 24.1°C · 29 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.