Climate averages 1991–2020
Quelimane weather
in October.
A hot, fairly dry month: the 4th warmest and the 3rd driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
October is a hot month in Quelimane: daytime highs average 30.1°C and nights cool to about 23.0°C. By daytime temperature it is the 4th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 15 mm of rain on roughly 4 days, which makes October a fairly dry month (the 3rd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 29 min on an average October day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Mocuba (116 km away). In October its highs average 33.9°C, 3.9°C warmer than Quelimane, with 19 mm of rain.
Among the 22 cities listed in Mozambique, Quelimane ranks joint 10th of 22 for the warmest October highs and joint 7th of 22 for the driest October (rainfall, lowest first). The mean October high of those 22 cities is 29.8°C; Quelimane is 0.3°C warmer than that mean.
From October to November, average highs rise by 1.2°C to 31.2°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 15 mm to 40 mm.
The annual picture
October 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 | 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, selected | 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
October in nearby cities
- Mocuba in OctoberMozambique · 116 kmHigh 33.9°C · Low 21.3°C · 19 mm rain
- Gurúè in OctoberMozambique · 268 kmHigh 30.1°C · Low 18.8°C · 37 mm rain
- Dondo in OctoberMozambique · 297 kmHigh 31.4°C · Low 20.2°C · 25 mm rain
- Blantyre in OctoberMalawi · 307 kmHigh 28.6°C · Low 17.5°C · 29 mm rain
- Beira in OctoberMozambique · 307 kmHigh 30.4°C · Low 21.2°C · 24 mm rain
- Zomba in OctoberMalawi · 324 kmHigh 29.1°C · Low 18.2°C · 16 mm rain
- Cuamba in OctoberMozambique · 344 kmHigh 32.1°C · Low 20.4°C · 11 mm rain
- Angoche in OctoberMozambique · 370 kmHigh 30.3°C · Low 22.6°C · 9.6 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.