Climate averages 1991–2020
Xai-Xai weather
in January.
A hot, wet month: the 3rd warmest and the wettest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
January is a hot month in Xai-Xai: daytime highs average 29.8°C and nights cool to about 23.6°C. By daytime temperature it is the 3rd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 130 mm of rain on roughly 14 days, which makes January a wet month (the wettest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 30 min on an average January day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Chibuto (42 km away). In January its highs average 30.1°C, about as warm as Xai-Xai, with 112 mm of rain.
Among the 22 cities listed in Mozambique, Xai-Xai ranks 10th of 22 for the warmest January highs and 5th of 22 for the driest January (rainfall, lowest first). The mean January high of those 22 cities is 29.1°C; Xai-Xai is 0.7°C warmer than that mean.
From January to February, average highs rise by 0.2°C to 29.9°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 130 mm to 84 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
Xai-Xai climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January, selected | 29.8°C23.6°C | 23.6°C | 130 | 13.8 | 13.514 h |
| February | 29.9°C23.7°C | 23.7°C | 84 | 11.6 | 13.013 h |
| March | 29.4°C22.9°C | 22.9°C | 74 | 12.0 | 12.312 h |
| April | 27.9°C21.0°C | 21.0°C | 44 | 9.3 | 11.512 h |
| May | 26.3°C18.6°C | 18.6°C | 28 | 6.1 | 10.911 h |
| June | 24.7°C16.7°C | 16.7°C | 20 | 4.8 | 10.611 h |
| July | 24.2°C16.2°C | 16.2°C | 18 | 4.6 | 10.711 h |
| August | 25.8°C17.1°C | 17.1°C | 15 | 3.4 | 11.211 h |
| September | 27.7°C18.8°C | 18.8°C | 25 | 4.4 | 11.912 h |
| October | 28.2°C20.2°C | 20.2°C | 37 | 6.5 | 12.713 h |
| November | 29.2°C21.6°C | 21.6°C | 73 | 9.6 | 13.313 h |
| December | 30.1°C22.8°C | 22.8°C | 111 | 10.7 | 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
- Chibuto in JanuaryMozambique · 42 kmHigh 30.1°C · Low 22.5°C · 112 mm rain
- Maputo in JanuaryMozambique · 147 kmHigh 28.2°C · Low 22.6°C · 115 mm rain
- Matola in JanuaryMozambique · 156 kmHigh 28.8°C · Low 22.5°C · 115 mm rain
- Ressano Garcia in JanuaryMozambique · 171 kmHigh 30.9°C · Low 22.1°C · 99 mm rain
- Maxixe in JanuaryMozambique · 217 kmHigh 29.1°C · Low 24.5°C · 150 mm rain
- Inhambane in JanuaryMozambique · 220 kmHigh 28.6°C · Low 25.0°C · 156 mm rain
- Mbombela in JanuarySouth Africa · 273 kmHigh 27.8°C · Low 18.9°C · 155 mm rain
- Manzini in JanuaryEswatini · 278 kmHigh 27.0°C · Low 18.5°C · 131 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 Xai-Xai) is explained once on the Xai-Xai year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.