Climate averages 1991–2020
Xai-Xai weather
in November.
A hot, moderately wet month: the 5th warmest and the 8th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
November is a hot month in Xai-Xai: daytime highs average 29.2°C and nights cool to about 21.6°C. By daytime temperature it is the 5th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 73 mm of rain on roughly 10 days, which makes November a moderately wet month (the 8th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 19 min on an average November day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Chibuto (42 km away). In November its highs average 29.6°C, about as warm as Xai-Xai, with 66 mm of rain.
Among the 22 cities listed in Mozambique, Xai-Xai ranks joint 16th of 22 for the warmest November highs and 14th of 22 for the driest November (rainfall, lowest first). The mean November high of those 22 cities is 30.5°C; Xai-Xai is 1.3°C cooler than that mean.
From November to December, average highs rise by 0.9°C to 30.1°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 73 mm to 111 mm.
The annual picture
November 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 | 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, selected | 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
November in nearby cities
- Chibuto in NovemberMozambique · 42 kmHigh 29.6°C · Low 20.7°C · 66 mm rain
- Maputo in NovemberMozambique · 147 kmHigh 26.8°C · Low 20.5°C · 91 mm rain
- Matola in NovemberMozambique · 156 kmHigh 27.6°C · Low 20.4°C · 91 mm rain
- Ressano Garcia in NovemberMozambique · 171 kmHigh 30.1°C · Low 20.0°C · 71 mm rain
- Maxixe in NovemberMozambique · 217 kmHigh 28.1°C · Low 22.5°C · 75 mm rain
- Inhambane in NovemberMozambique · 220 kmHigh 27.2°C · Low 23.1°C · 70 mm rain
- Mbombela in NovemberSouth Africa · 273 kmHigh 27.0°C · Low 16.6°C · 122 mm rain
- Manzini in NovemberEswatini · 278 kmHigh 26.0°C · Low 16.2°C · 120 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.