Climate averages 1991–2020
Ressano Garcia weather
in August.
A warm, very dry month: the 10th warmest and the 3rd driest of the year. Meets the pleasant-weather rule
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
August is a warm month in Ressano Garcia: daytime highs average 27.0°C and nights cool to about 14.8°C. By daytime temperature it is the 10th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 8.9 mm of rain on roughly 2 days, which makes August a very dry month (the 3rd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 14 min on an average August day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Matola (74 km away). In August its highs average 25.1°C, 1.9°C cooler than Ressano Garcia, with 13 mm of rain.
Among the 22 cities listed in Mozambique, Ressano Garcia ranks joint 9th of 22 for the warmest August highs and 9th of 22 for the driest August (rainfall, lowest first). The mean August high of those 22 cities is 26.3°C; Ressano Garcia is 0.7°C warmer than that mean.
From August to September, average highs rise by 2.2°C to 29.2°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 8.9 mm to 20 mm.
The annual picture
August 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
Ressano Garcia climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 30.9°C22.1°C | 22.1°C | 99 | 10.6 | 13.514 h |
| February | 31.1°C22.2°C | 22.2°C | 88 | 10.2 | 13.013 h |
| March | 30.4°C21.3°C | 21.3°C | 61 | 8.6 | 12.312 h |
| April | 28.5°C19.0°C | 19.0°C | 30 | 5.2 | 11.512 h |
| May | 27.2°C16.1°C | 16.1°C | 14 | 2.3 | 10.911 h |
| June | 25.5°C13.6°C | 13.6°C | 6.0 | 1.7 | 10.611 h |
| July | 25.1°C13.1°C | 13.1°C | 5.5 | 1.0 | 10.711 h |
| August, selected | 27.0°C14.8°C | 14.8°C | 8.9 | 1.8 | 11.211 h |
| September | 29.2°C17.2°C | 17.2°C | 20 | 2.9 | 11.912 h |
| October | 29.4°C18.6°C | 18.6°C | 36 | 5.6 | 12.713 h |
| November | 30.1°C20.0°C | 20.0°C | 71 | 9.0 | 13.313 h |
| December | 31.0°C21.4°C | 21.4°C | 101 | 11.0 | 13.714 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
August in nearby cities
- Matola in AugustMozambique · 74 kmHigh 25.1°C · Low 15.9°C · 13 mm rain
- Maputo in AugustMozambique · 83 kmHigh 24.3°C · Low 16.2°C · 13 mm rain
- Mbombela in AugustSouth Africa · 103 kmHigh 23.9°C · Low 9.1°C · 17 mm rain
- Mbabane in AugustEswatini · 130 kmHigh 20.8°C · Low 8.4°C · 32 mm rain
- Manzini in AugustEswatini · 133 kmHigh 23.2°C · Low 9.8°C · 22 mm rain
- Xai-Xai in AugustMozambique · 171 kmHigh 25.8°C · Low 17.1°C · 15 mm rain
- Chibuto in AugustMozambique · 176 kmHigh 25.7°C · Low 15.5°C · 8.6 mm rain
- Phalaborwa in AugustSouth Africa · 188 kmHigh 26.2°C · Low 12.8°C · 3.8 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 Ressano Garcia) is explained once on the Ressano Garcia year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.