Weather in Maputo City

Calculated from weather data of Maputo Airport (FQMA) between 2020 and 2024.

Maximum temperatures (°C)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	31.1	30.1	30.8	29.6	31.3	31.1
February	31.2	31.3	29.6	30.8	30.1	30.8
March	31.0	29.8	30.0	29.6	31.0	30.6
April	29.4	28.1	30.1	28.1	29.0	28.5
May	28.1		27.6	26.1	27.5	27.8
June	26.4		26.8	24.1	25.5	25.3
July	26.0		25.0	25.5	25.1	25.1
August	26.8		25.3	26.3	26.3	26.1
September	28.0		29.3	28.5	27.1	26.1
October	27.9		26.6	29.8	27.1	26.3
November	29.4		29.8	29.1	28.0	30.5
December	30.5		29.1	30.1	30.6	31.3
Average	29.0	29.9	28.3	28.0	28.2	28.3

10th highest temperature of Mozambique

Average highest temperature per day

The maximum temperature is typically observed some hours after noon.

Minimum temperatures (°C)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	22.3	21	22	23	24	23
February	23.0	23	23	23	23	23
March	21.7	23	22	22	22	20
April	19.6	20	20	20	19	20
May	16.6		19	17	16	16
June	14.3		16	13	15	14
July	13.8		13	16	13	13
August	15.5		16	15	15	15
September	17.6		18	18	17	17
October	18.6		18	21	18	19
November	20.2		21	20	20	21
December	22.1		22	23	22	23
Average	19.1	21.7	19.0	19.0	18.6	18.5

4th lowest temperature of Mozambique

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Cold and hot days

Number of days	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
30 °C or warmer	50	102	72	112	105
25 °C or warmer	113	273	255	261	274
20 °C or warmer	121	349	331	360	357
0 °C or colder	0	0	0	0	1

Precipitation (%)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	2.7	3	1	3	2	2
February	5.8	3	11	2	6	8
March	2.9	7	3	2	1	0
April	2.1	5	0	5	0	2
May	1.1		0	3	0	1
June	0.8		1	2	1	3
July	0.9		3	1	0	2
August	0.8		1	0	1	0
September	2.5		3	6	2	2
October	4.0		8	1	4	4
November	2.5		1	3	3	2
December	4.4		7	4	1	4
Average	2.8	4.4	3.5	2.5	1.7	2.4

Precipitation during daylight period

Percentage of observations with observed rain, drizzle, snow or hail. Only observations between sunrise and sunset are taken into account.

Wind speed (km/h)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	17.5	15	18	15	19	18
February	17.0	19	16	17	20	17
March	15.5	16	16	16	15	16
April	15.0	13	17	17	15	16
May	13.9		14	13	15	14
June	14.2		15	13	14	14
July	15.2		17	13	16	15
August	17.0		16	17	18	19
September	17.8		19	18	20	17
October	17.9		19	18	21	16
November	18.3		18	19	18	19
December	17.8		18	17	17	19
Average	16.4	15.9	17.1	16.0	17.5	16.6

4th highest wind speed of Mozambique

Average wind speed

Excluding wind gusts. Only observations between sunrise and sunset are taken into account.

Prevailing wind direction

Month	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	SE	SE	SE	SE	SE
February	SE	SE	SE	S	SE
March	SE	SE	SE	SE	E
April	SE	E	S	SE	S
May		N	S	E	E
June		N	S	S	SE
July		SW	E	S	E
August		E	E	E	E
September		E	E	SE	SE
October		S	E	SE	E
November		E	SE	SE	E
December		SE	SE	E	E

Prevailing wind direction

Average wind direction, weighed by wind speed. Only observations between sunrise and sunset are taken into account.

Maputo City weather Q&A

What is the warmest month in Maputo City?

The warmest month is February with an average temperature of 31 °C over the past years.

What is the coldest month in Maputo City?

The coldest month is July with an average daytime temperature of 26 °C in the past few years.

Which month is the wettest in Maputo City?

Chance of precipitation is the highest in February with a probability of around 5.8 %.

Which month is the driest in Maputo City?

The least rainfall and snow can be expected in August. The probability is about 0.9 %.