Climate averages 1991–2020
Quelimane weather
in February.
A hot, wet month: the 5th warmest and the 11th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
February is a hot month in Quelimane: daytime highs average 30.0°C and nights cool to about 24.6°C. By daytime temperature it is the 5th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 155 mm of rain on roughly 19 days, which makes February a wet month (the 11th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 41 min on an average February day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Mocuba (116 km away). In February its highs average 30.4°C, about as warm as Quelimane, with 164 mm of rain.
Among the 22 cities listed in Mozambique, Quelimane ranks 8th of 22 for the warmest February highs and 9th of 22 for the driest February (rainfall, lowest first). The mean February high of those 22 cities is 29.0°C; Quelimane is 1.0°C warmer than that mean.
From February to March, average highs fall by 0.5°C to 29.5°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 155 mm to 146 mm.
The annual picture
February 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, selected | 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 | 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
February in nearby cities
- Mocuba in FebruaryMozambique · 116 kmHigh 30.4°C · Low 22.7°C · 164 mm rain
- Gurúè in FebruaryMozambique · 268 kmHigh 27.4°C · Low 20.1°C · 252 mm rain
- Dondo in FebruaryMozambique · 297 kmHigh 30.4°C · Low 23.0°C · 158 mm rain
- Blantyre in FebruaryMalawi · 307 kmHigh 25.5°C · Low 18.6°C · 204 mm rain
- Beira in FebruaryMozambique · 307 kmHigh 30.5°C · Low 23.9°C · 158 mm rain
- Zomba in FebruaryMalawi · 324 kmHigh 26.4°C · Low 19.5°C · 169 mm rain
- Cuamba in FebruaryMozambique · 344 kmHigh 28.4°C · Low 20.9°C · 183 mm rain
- Angoche in FebruaryMozambique · 370 kmHigh 30.2°C · Low 24.7°C · 174 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.