Matola, Mozambique climate

BSh Hot semi-arid

Matola has a mildly seasonal warm-temperate climate (Hot semi-arid, Köppen BSh). The hottest month is February with an average daily high near 88°F, while the coldest is July averaging around 57°F at night. Precipitation totals about 26 inches a year and is strongly seasonal — January alone averages 5.2 inches while June barely receives 0.51 inches.

☀️ Summers

Hot

Highs near 88°F in February.

❄️ Winters

Mild

Lows near 57°F in July.

🌧️ Rain

Moderate rainfall

About 26 in of rain a year.

Wettest in January

⛅ Sky & trend

Partly cloudy

A roughly even mix of sun and cloud.

Temperature & precipitation

Daily high–low temperature range with the monthly average, plus monthly precipitation · 1991–2020 normals · hover a month for the exact figures

Hours of sunshine per day

Estimated sunny hours each month — daylight length × clear-sky fraction · 1991–2020 monthly cloud cover (NASA POWER)

Matola climate normals (1991–2020)

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Avg high (°F)	88	88	87	85	82	80	78	81	82	83	85	87
Avg temp (°F)	81	81	80	76	72	69	68	70	73	74	77	79
Avg low (°F)	73	73	72	67	62	58	57	59	63	66	69	72
Precipitation (in)	5.2	3.5	2.8	1.5	0.7	0.5	0.6	0.7	0.8	2.7	3.5	3.8

Jan – Jun	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun
Avg high (°F)	88	88	87	85	82	80
Avg temp (°F)	81	81	80	76	72	69
Avg low (°F)	73	73	72	67	62	58
Precipitation (in)	5.2	3.5	2.8	1.5	0.7	0.5

Jul – Dec	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Avg high (°F)	78	81	82	83	85	87
Avg temp (°F)	68	70	73	74	77	79
Avg low (°F)	57	59	63	66	69	72
Precipitation (in)	0.6	0.7	0.8	2.7	3.5	3.8

Sky & atmosphere

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Cloud cover (%)	63	58	53	47	35	36	35	38	45	59	67	68
Relative humidity (%)	74	75	74	73	71	68	67	66	65	68	70	72
Wind speed (mph)	7.3	6.9	6.6	6.4	6.1	6.4	6.8	7.7	8.5	8.6	8.2	7.6

Jan – Jun	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun
Cloud cover (%)	63	58	53	47	35	36
Relative humidity (%)	74	75	74	73	71	68
Wind speed (mph)	7.3	6.9	6.6	6.4	6.1	6.4

Jul – Dec	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Cloud cover (%)	35	38	45	59	67	68
Relative humidity (%)	67	66	65	68	70	72
Wind speed (mph)	6.8	7.7	8.5	8.6	8.2	7.6

Methodology & sources

Temperature & precipitation — 1991–2020 normals computed from 28 years of daily observations at Maputo, a weather station, about 12 km from the city centre. The underlying daily records come from NOAA's global station network.

Cloud, humidity, wind & sunshine — modelled estimates from NASA POWER, NASA's satellite-and-reanalysis climatology. This is the standard global source for atmospheric variables, which are not measured at most weather stations.

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