Climate averages 1991–2020
Ressano Garcia weather
in February.
A hot, moderately wet month: the warmest and the 10th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
February is a hot month in Ressano Garcia: daytime highs average 31.1°C and nights cool to about 22.2°C. By daytime temperature it is the warmest month of the year.
Expect about 88 mm of rain on roughly 10 days, which makes February a moderately wet month (the 10th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 58 min on an average February day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Matola (74 km away). In February its highs average 29.1°C, 2.0°C cooler than Ressano Garcia, with 95 mm of rain.
Among the 22 cities listed in Mozambique, Ressano Garcia ranks 2nd of 22 for the warmest February highs and 3rd of 22 for the driest February (rainfall, lowest first). The mean February high of those 22 cities is 29.0°C; Ressano Garcia is 2.1°C warmer than that mean.
From February to March, average highs fall by 0.7°C to 30.4°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 88 mm to 61 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
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, selected | 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 | 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
February in nearby cities
- Matola in FebruaryMozambique · 74 kmHigh 29.1°C · Low 22.7°C · 95 mm rain
- Maputo in FebruaryMozambique · 83 kmHigh 28.4°C · Low 22.7°C · 95 mm rain
- Mbombela in FebruarySouth Africa · 103 kmHigh 27.9°C · Low 18.9°C · 135 mm rain
- Mbabane in FebruaryEswatini · 130 kmHigh 24.4°C · Low 16.2°C · 177 mm rain
- Manzini in FebruaryEswatini · 133 kmHigh 27.1°C · Low 18.6°C · 107 mm rain
- Xai-Xai in FebruaryMozambique · 171 kmHigh 29.9°C · Low 23.7°C · 84 mm rain
- Chibuto in FebruaryMozambique · 176 kmHigh 30.2°C · Low 22.5°C · 72 mm rain
- Phalaborwa in FebruarySouth Africa · 188 kmHigh 30.7°C · Low 21.1°C · 69 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.