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Weather extremes

How extreme does Maputo's weather get?

The hottest, coldest, wettest and snowiest days Maputo has recorded — the outer limits of what its weather can do, and how far they sit beyond a normal day.

Based on 34 years of daily weather observations (1991–present), from the Maputo station 5 km away. Updated through August 2025 — an all-time extreme only changes when a more extreme day actually occurs, so some dates are old. That is normal, not stale data.

The four kinds of extreme

The hottest, coldest, wettest and snowiest single days Maputo has recorded — each shown against what a normal day that time of year looks like.

🔥 Hottest day
112°F Dec 24, 2016

That is about 25°F hotter than a normal December afternoon in Maputo (typical high near 87°F).

The three most extreme on record

1 112°F Dec 24, 2016
2 111°F Feb 20, 2016
3 111°F Dec 26, 2019
❄️ Coldest night
39°F Jun 20, 1999

About 19°F colder than a normal June night in Maputo (typical low near 58°F).

The three most extreme on record

1 39°F Jun 20, 1999
2 44°F Jul 12, 1994
3 44°F Jun 17, 2022
🌧️ Most rain in one day
17.72 in Oct 7, 1995

More rain in a single day than Maputo usually gets in the whole month of October (typical October total about 2.7 in).

The three most extreme on record

1 17.72 in Oct 7, 1995
2 12.91 in Feb 7, 2000
3 8.03 in Nov 13, 1992

How hot and cold it gets, month by month

The shaded band is the normal range of daily temperatures for each month. The dots show the most extreme it has ever been — so you can see how far beyond a normal day the records really sit.

10°30°50°70°90°110°130° all-time high 112°F JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
normal range of daily temperatureshottest ever recordedcoldest ever recorded

Maputo's record heat sits well above even a hot day for the season — December's 112°F is about 25°F beyond a normal hot afternoon. Its record cold is just as far below a normal winter night — the dots mark how rare each extreme really is.

In plain terms

In a normal year, Maputo's warmest days reach the high 80s°F and its coldest nights drop to the high 50s°F. But across the record it has gone as high as 112°F and as low as 39°F. A single day has delivered over 18 inches of rain. Those are the outer edges worth knowing if you are moving here, planning a trip, or thinking about a house.
Methodology & sources

Temperature & precipitation — 1991–2020 normals computed from 28 years of daily observations at Maputo, a weather station, about 5 km from the city centre. The underlying daily records come from NOAA's global station network.

How we build these numbers →