Climate averages 1991–2020
Quelimane weather
in March.
A hot, wet month: the 6th warmest and the 10th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
March is a hot month in Quelimane: daytime highs average 29.5°C and nights cool to about 24.2°C. By daytime temperature it is the 6th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 146 mm of rain on roughly 18 days, which makes March a wet month (the 10th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 12 min on an average March day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Mocuba (116 km away). In March its highs average 29.9°C, about as warm as Quelimane, with 129 mm of rain.
Among the 22 cities listed in Mozambique, Quelimane ranks joint 8th of 22 for the warmest March highs and 16th of 22 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 22 cities is 28.6°C; Quelimane is 0.9°C warmer than that mean.
From March to April, average highs fall by 1.1°C to 28.4°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 146 mm to 73 mm.
The annual picture
March 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, selected | 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
March in nearby cities
- Mocuba in MarchMozambique · 116 kmHigh 29.9°C · Low 22.2°C · 129 mm rain
- Gurúè in MarchMozambique · 268 kmHigh 27.0°C · Low 19.8°C · 193 mm rain
- Dondo in MarchMozambique · 297 kmHigh 29.9°C · Low 22.3°C · 118 mm rain
- Blantyre in MarchMalawi · 307 kmHigh 25.2°C · Low 18.0°C · 166 mm rain
- Beira in MarchMozambique · 307 kmHigh 29.9°C · Low 23.3°C · 118 mm rain
- Zomba in MarchMalawi · 324 kmHigh 26.3°C · Low 19.0°C · 121 mm rain
- Cuamba in MarchMozambique · 344 kmHigh 28.3°C · Low 20.5°C · 109 mm rain
- Angoche in MarchMozambique · 370 kmHigh 29.6°C · Low 24.6°C · 166 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.