Climate averages 1991–2020
Ressano Garcia weather
in January.
A hot, wet month: the 3rd warmest and the 11th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
January is a hot month in Ressano Garcia: daytime highs average 30.9°C and nights cool to about 22.1°C. By daytime temperature it is the 3rd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 99 mm of rain on roughly 11 days, which makes January a wet month (the 11th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 32 min on an average January day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Matola (74 km away). In January its highs average 28.8°C, 2.0°C cooler than Ressano Garcia, with 115 mm of rain.
Among the 22 cities listed in Mozambique, Ressano Garcia ranks 2nd of 22 for the warmest January highs and 1st of 22 for the driest January (rainfall, lowest first). The mean January high of those 22 cities is 29.1°C; Ressano Garcia is 1.8°C warmer than that mean.
From January to February, average highs rise by 0.2°C to 31.1°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 99 mm to 88 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
Ressano Garcia climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January, selected | 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 | 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
January in nearby cities
- Matola in JanuaryMozambique · 74 kmHigh 28.8°C · Low 22.5°C · 115 mm rain
- Maputo in JanuaryMozambique · 83 kmHigh 28.2°C · Low 22.6°C · 115 mm rain
- Mbombela in JanuarySouth Africa · 103 kmHigh 27.8°C · Low 18.9°C · 155 mm rain
- Mbabane in JanuaryEswatini · 130 kmHigh 24.4°C · Low 16.2°C · 216 mm rain
- Manzini in JanuaryEswatini · 133 kmHigh 27.0°C · Low 18.5°C · 131 mm rain
- Xai-Xai in JanuaryMozambique · 171 kmHigh 29.8°C · Low 23.6°C · 130 mm rain
- Chibuto in JanuaryMozambique · 176 kmHigh 30.1°C · Low 22.5°C · 112 mm rain
- Phalaborwa in JanuarySouth Africa · 188 kmHigh 30.5°C · Low 21.0°C · 93 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.