Climate averages 1991–2020
Quelimane weather
in January.
A hot, very wet month: the 3rd warmest and the wettest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
January is a hot month in Quelimane: daytime highs average 30.2°C and nights cool to about 24.8°C. By daytime temperature it is the 3rd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 222 mm of rain on roughly 21 days, which makes January a very wet month (the wettest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 04 min on an average January day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Mocuba (116 km away). In January its highs average 30.7°C, about as warm as Quelimane, with 252 mm of rain.
Among the 22 cities listed in Mozambique, Quelimane ranks 7th of 22 for the warmest January highs and 13th of 22 for the driest January (rainfall, lowest first). The mean January high of those 22 cities is 29.1°C; Quelimane is 1.2°C warmer than that mean.
From January to February, average highs fall by 0.2°C to 30.0°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 222 mm to 155 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
Quelimane climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January, selected | 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 | 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
January in nearby cities
- Mocuba in JanuaryMozambique · 116 kmHigh 30.7°C · Low 23.0°C · 252 mm rain
- Gurúè in JanuaryMozambique · 268 kmHigh 27.5°C · Low 20.3°C · 372 mm rain
- Dondo in JanuaryMozambique · 297 kmHigh 30.7°C · Low 23.2°C · 200 mm rain
- Blantyre in JanuaryMalawi · 307 kmHigh 25.5°C · Low 19.0°C · 321 mm rain
- Beira in JanuaryMozambique · 307 kmHigh 30.6°C · Low 24.1°C · 197 mm rain
- Zomba in JanuaryMalawi · 324 kmHigh 26.4°C · Low 19.8°C · 274 mm rain
- Cuamba in JanuaryMozambique · 344 kmHigh 28.5°C · Low 21.1°C · 257 mm rain
- Angoche in JanuaryMozambique · 370 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 Quelimane) is explained once on the Quelimane year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.