Climate averages 1991–2020
Xai-Xai weather
in March.
A hot, moderately wet month: the 4th warmest and the 9th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
March is a hot month in Xai-Xai: daytime highs average 29.4°C and nights cool to about 22.9°C. By daytime temperature it is the 4th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 74 mm of rain on roughly 12 days, which makes March a moderately wet month (the 9th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 15 min on an average March day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Chibuto (42 km away). In March its highs average 29.6°C, about as warm as Xai-Xai, with 61 mm of rain.
Among the 22 cities listed in Mozambique, Xai-Xai ranks 10th of 22 for the warmest March highs and 6th of 22 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 22 cities is 28.6°C; Xai-Xai is 0.8°C warmer than that mean.
From March to April, average highs fall by 1.6°C to 27.9°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 74 mm to 44 mm.
The annual picture
March 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 | 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, selected | 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
March in nearby cities
- Chibuto in MarchMozambique · 42 kmHigh 29.6°C · Low 21.7°C · 61 mm rain
- Maputo in MarchMozambique · 147 kmHigh 27.9°C · Low 22.0°C · 73 mm rain
- Matola in MarchMozambique · 156 kmHigh 28.7°C · Low 21.9°C · 73 mm rain
- Ressano Garcia in MarchMozambique · 171 kmHigh 30.4°C · Low 21.3°C · 61 mm rain
- Maxixe in MarchMozambique · 217 kmHigh 28.7°C · Low 23.9°C · 75 mm rain
- Inhambane in MarchMozambique · 220 kmHigh 28.2°C · Low 24.6°C · 88 mm rain
- Mbombela in MarchSouth Africa · 273 kmHigh 27.1°C · Low 17.6°C · 107 mm rain
- Manzini in MarchEswatini · 278 kmHigh 26.5°C · Low 17.5°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 Xai-Xai) is explained once on the Xai-Xai year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.