Weather in Nampula

Calculated from weather data of Nampula Airport (FQNP) between 2021 and 2025.

Maximum temperatures (°C)

Month	Average	2025	2024	2023	2022	2021
January	30.9	31.5	30.8	30.6	30.0	31.8
February	31.0	30.6	31.3	30.0	30.5	31.6
March	29.8	29.5	31.1	29.3	29.3	29.3
April	28.9		29.5	28.8	31.5	27.8
May	27.7	27.8	28.3	28.3	27.6	26.0
June	26.9		27.3	28.0	25.6	26.1
July	26.2		28.3	26.0	26.1	25.5
August	28.3		29.3	27.5	28.3	28.1
September	30.9		31.3	31.6	30.8	29.6
October	32.3		32.0	34.1	32.6	31.6
November	33.8		33.7	33.3	34.1	35.0
December	33.0		33.7	34.0	31.6	34.6
Average	29.9	29.7	30.5	30.1	29.7	29.7

Average highest temperature per day

The maximum temperature is typically observed some hours after noon.

Minimum temperatures (°C)

Month	Average	2025	2024	2023	2022	2021
January	21.0	7	23	22	22	23
February	21.9	15	23	21	22	23
March	20.9	11	23	22	22	22
April	21.3		22	21	22	21
May	19.2	20	20	19	18	18
June	17.8		18	18	17	17
July	17.1		17	17	17	17
August	17.8		18	18	17	18
September	18.8		19	20	18	19
October	20.3		20	21	19	20
November	21.9		21	22	22	22
December	22.1		17	23	22	23
Average	19.5	13.3	20.1	20.3	19.8	20.1

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Cold and hot days

Number of days	2025	2024	2023	2022	2021
30 °C or warmer	48	186	150	140	152
25 °C or warmer	98	356	327	313	317
20 °C or warmer	108	366	355	336	362
0 °C or colder	0	0	0	0	0

Precipitation (%)

Month	Average	2025	2024	2023	2022	2021
January	4.5	4	4	1	6	1
February	3.3	2	6	4	3	1
March	4.4	6	2	6	8	5
April	3.1		2	3	3	1
May	0.9	2	0	0	1	3
June	0.7		1	0	1	1
July	0.8		0	1	0	2
August	0.3		0	1	0	0
September	0.4		2	0	0	1
October	0.5		1	1	0	1
November	0.7		1	0	0	0
December	1.5		0	1	1	1
Average	2.0	3.8	1.5	1.4	1.9	1.4

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	2025	2024	2023	2022	2021
January	10.6	15	14	12	14	13
February	11.0	13	13	14	10	14
March	12.3	15	15	13	14	11
April	12.0		14	13	13	15
May	13.2	16	16	11	13	15
June	14.3		16	12	16	14
July	13.8		9	14	14	16
August	13.5		14	16	14	13
September	15.0		17	15	17	15
October	15.5		16	15	16	17
November	14.4		14	16	15	16
December	12.3		14	14	14	16
Average	13.2	14.9	14.3	13.9	14.2	14.4

Average wind speed

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

Prevailing wind direction

Month	2025	2024	2023	2022	2021
January	N	SW	NW	NW	N
February	N	SW	N	SW	N
March	S	SW	N	SW	SW
April		S	S	S	S
May	S	S	S	S	S
June		S	SE	S	S
July		SE	S	S	S
August		SE	S	SE	S
September		E	NE	E	E
October		E	NE	NE	E
November		E	E	NE	NE
December		NE	N	NE	NE

Prevailing wind direction

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

Nampula weather Q&A

What is the warmest month in Nampula?

The warmest month is November with an average temperature of 34 °C over the past years.

What is the coldest month in Nampula?

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

Which month is the wettest in Nampula?

Chance of precipitation is the highest in January with a probability of around 4.5 %.

Which month is the driest in Nampula?

The least rainfall and snow can be expected in August. The probability is about 0.3 %.