Climate averages 1991–2020
Quelimane weather
in April.
A hot, moderately wet month: the 8th warmest and the 8th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
April is a hot month in Quelimane: daytime highs average 28.4°C and nights cool to about 22.8°C. By daytime temperature it is the 8th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 73 mm of rain on roughly 13 days, which makes April a moderately wet month (the 8th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 42 min on an average April day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Mocuba (116 km away). In April its highs average 28.7°C, about as warm as Quelimane, with 55 mm of rain.
Among the 22 cities listed in Mozambique, Quelimane ranks joint 8th of 22 for the warmest April highs and 19th of 22 for the driest April (rainfall, lowest first). The mean April high of those 22 cities is 27.6°C; Quelimane is 0.8°C warmer than that mean.
From April to May, average highs fall by 1.2°C to 27.2°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 73 mm to 35 mm.
The annual picture
April 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
Quelimane climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 30.2°C24.8°C | 24.8°C | 222 | 21.0 | 13.113 h |
| February | 30.0°C24.6°C | 24.6°C | 155 | 18.6 | 12.713 h |
| March | 29.5°C24.2°C | 24.2°C | 146 | 18.4 | 12.212 h |
| April, selected | 28.4°C22.8°C | 22.8°C | 73 | 13.4 | 11.712 h |
| May | 27.2°C20.8°C | 20.8°C | 35 | 8.5 | 11.311 h |
| June | 25.8°C19.4°C | 19.4°C | 26 | 7.8 | 11.111 h |
| July | 25.3°C18.8°C | 18.8°C | 26 | 7.7 | 11.211 h |
| August | 26.7°C19.5°C | 19.5°C | 14 | 4.1 | 11.512 h |
| September | 28.9°C21.3°C | 21.3°C | 12 | 3.2 | 12.012 h |
| October | 30.1°C23.0°C | 23.0°C | 15 | 4.3 | 12.512 h |
| November | 31.2°C24.4°C | 24.4°C | 40 | 6.1 | 12.913 h |
| December | 31.0°C24.9°C | 24.9°C | 108 | 13.7 | 13.213 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
April in nearby cities
- Mocuba in AprilMozambique · 116 kmHigh 28.7°C · Low 20.5°C · 55 mm rain
- Gurúè in AprilMozambique · 268 kmHigh 25.7°C · Low 18.2°C · 87 mm rain
- Dondo in AprilMozambique · 297 kmHigh 28.5°C · Low 20.1°C · 52 mm rain
- Blantyre in AprilMalawi · 307 kmHigh 24.2°C · Low 16.1°C · 50 mm rain
- Beira in AprilMozambique · 307 kmHigh 28.6°C · Low 21.3°C · 54 mm rain
- Zomba in AprilMalawi · 324 kmHigh 25.6°C · Low 17.3°C · 26 mm rain
- Cuamba in AprilMozambique · 344 kmHigh 28.0°C · Low 19.1°C · 29 mm rain
- Angoche in AprilMozambique · 370 kmHigh 28.8°C · Low 23.7°C · 65 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 Quelimane) is explained once on the Quelimane year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.