Quelimane, Mozambique climate

Aw Tropical savanna (dry winter)

Quelimane has a mildly seasonal tropical climate (Tropical savanna (dry winter), Köppen Aw). The hottest month is December with an average daily high near 33°C, while the coldest is July averaging around 16°C at night. Precipitation totals about 1044 mm a year and is strongly seasonal — January alone averages 247 mm while September barely receives 9 mm.

☀️ All year

Hot

Daytime highs near 33°C most of the year.

🌙 Nights

Stays warm

Even the coolest nights stay near 16°C.

🌧️ Rain

Wet

About 1044 mm 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)

Quelimane climate normals (1991–2020)

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Avg high (°C)	33	32	32	30	29	28	27	29	30	32	34	33
Avg temp (°C)	28	28	28	26	24	22	21	23	25	27	28	29
Avg low (°C)	24	24	24	22	19	17	16	17	19	21	23	24
Precipitation (mm)	247	185	157	90	44	37	56	17	9	14	45	144

Jan – Jun	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun
Avg high (°C)	33	32	32	30	29	28
Avg temp (°C)	28	28	28	26	24	22
Avg low (°C)	24	24	24	22	19	17
Precipitation (mm)	247	185	157	90	44	37

Jul – Dec	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Avg high (°C)	27	29	30	32	34	33
Avg temp (°C)	21	23	25	27	28	29
Avg low (°C)	16	17	19	21	23	24
Precipitation (mm)	56	17	9	14	45	144

Sky & atmosphere

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Cloud cover (%)	74	69	60	50	45	48	52	43	38	45	57	69
Relative humidity (%)	81	82	81	77	73	72	71	69	68	68	69	76
Wind speed (m/s)	2.8	2.7	2.8	2.8	2.7	2.7	2.9	3.2	3.8	4.0	3.7	2.9

Jan – Jun	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun
Cloud cover (%)	74	69	60	50	45	48
Relative humidity (%)	81	82	81	77	73	72
Wind speed (m/s)	2.8	2.7	2.8	2.8	2.7	2.7

Jul – Dec	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Cloud cover (%)	52	43	38	45	57	69
Relative humidity (%)	71	69	68	68	69	76
Wind speed (m/s)	2.9	3.2	3.8	4.0	3.7	2.9

Methodology & sources

Temperature & precipitation — 1991–2020 normals computed from 23 years of daily observations at Quelimane, a weather station, about 3 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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