Beira climate

Name: Beira
Address: MZ

Beira is warmest in November, with average highs of 31 °C, and coldest in July, when nights average 17 °C. January is the wettest month (205 mm) and August the driest (12 mm). Figures are 1991–2020 climate normals.

Across a full year Beira averages 929 mm of rain and 321 days above 25 °C.

Mozambique · population 687,764 · 1991–2020 normals

Temperature below 0 °C to above 30 °C Rain band height is that month’s share of the wettest month

Warmest month November 31 °C
Coldest month July 17 °C
Driest month August 12 mm
Wettest month January 205 mm
Least cloud August 26 % cloud
Hottest on record October 42 °C
Coldest on record June 9.7 °C
Warmest sea February 30 °C

What to expectBeira through the year

Beira has a clear annual cycle: average daily highs run from 25 °C in July to 31 °C in November, a swing of 6.3 °C in mean temperature across the year.

Counted across a normal year, 321 days a year reach 25 °C, 129 of them reach 30 °C. The warmest reading in the 1991–2020 record is 42 °C, in October.

Rain is strongly seasonal. January averages 205 mm against 12 mm in August — 17 times as much. Planning around the dry months matters more here than planning around temperature.

The sea off Beira is warmest in February at 30 °C and coldest in July at 23 °C. Sea temperature lags the air by a month or two, which is why late summer swims warmer than early summer at the same air temperature.

Month by month

Month	Avg high	Rainfall	Cloud
January	30.6 °C	205 mm	61 %
February	30.4 °C	166 mm	57 %
March	29.8 °C	126 mm	49 %
April	28.5 °C	61 mm	38 %
May	27.4 °C	23 mm	28 %
June	26.0 °C	18 mm	28 %
July	25.3 °C	21 mm	30 %
August	27.1 °C	12 mm	26 %
September	29.3 °C	17 mm	28 %
October	30.2 °C	28 mm	35 %
November	31.3 °C	76 mm	49 %
December	31.0 °C	175 mm	60 %

Temperature month by month

Month	Avg high	Avg low	Mean	Record high	Record low	Days above 25 °C	Days above 30 °C
January	30.6 °C	24.1 °C	27.1 °C	37.6 °C	19.6 °C	31	18
February	30.4 °C	23.9 °C	26.9 °C	39.5 °C	19.4 °C	28	15
March	29.8 °C	23.3 °C	26.4 °C	40.8 °C	18.3 °C	31	13
April	28.5 °C	21.3 °C	24.8 °C	36.1 °C	15.3 °C	29	6
May	27.4 °C	19.0 °C	23.1 °C	37.0 °C	13.0 °C	28	3
June	26.0 °C	17.2 °C	21.5 °C	33.9 °C	9.7 °C	19	2
July	25.3 °C	16.6 °C	20.8 °C	35.3 °C	10.1 °C	15	2
August	27.1 °C	17.3 °C	22.0 °C	37.7 °C	11.3 °C	23	5
September	29.3 °C	19.1 °C	23.9 °C	40.8 °C	12.1 °C	27	12
October	30.2 °C	21.1 °C	25.3 °C	41.7 °C	14.3 °C	30	15
November	31.3 °C	22.8 °C	26.7 °C	41.0 °C	16.2 °C	29	20
December	31.0 °C	23.7 °C	27.1 °C	40.3 °C	18.4 °C	31	19

Rain, sun and wind month by month

Month	Rainfall	Wet days	Daylight	Cloud cover	Humidity	Wind	Sea temp
January	205 mm	19	13 h/day	61 %	79 %	17 km/h	29.4 °C
February	166 mm	17	13 h/day	57 %	80 %	16 km/h	29.5 °C
March	126 mm	17	12 h/day	49 %	80 %	16 km/h	29.1 °C
April	61 mm	11	12 h/day	38 %	77 %	15 km/h	27.9 °C
May	23 mm	6	11 h/day	28 %	74 %	14 km/h	26.0 °C
June	18 mm	5	11 h/day	28 %	74 %	14 km/h	24.1 °C
July	21 mm	5	11 h/day	30 %	74 %	15 km/h	22.9 °C
August	12 mm	3	11 h/day	26 %	72 %	17 km/h	23.3 °C
September	17 mm	4	12 h/day	28 %	71 %	19 km/h	24.5 °C
October	28 mm	6	13 h/day	35 %	71 %	20 km/h	26.1 °C
November	76 mm	10	13 h/day	49 %	72 %	19 km/h	27.6 °C
December	175 mm	15	13 h/day	60 %	76 %	17 km/h	28.7 °C

How Beira compares

The same four figures for nearby destinations, so the numbers above have something to be read against. Summer high is the warmest month's average high; winter low is the coldest month's average low.

Destination	Summer high	Winter low	Rain per year	Days above 25 °C
Beira	31 °C	17 °C	929 mm	321
Chimoio · Mozambique	29 °C	12 °C	906 mm	227
Mutare · Zimbabwe	27 °C	9.2 °C	864 mm	159
Quelimane · Mozambique	31 °C	18 °C	889 mm	332
Mocuba · Mozambique	35 °C	16 °C	928 mm	333
Tete · Mozambique	36 °C	17 °C	667 mm	353
Chitungwiza · Zimbabwe	28 °C	7.6 °C	746 mm	157

Where Beira ranks

Ranking	Position	Value
Warmest sea temperatures in Africa in February	1st of 50	30 °C
Warmest sea temperatures in Africa in January	2nd of 50	29 °C
Warmest sea temperatures in Africa in December	5th of 50	29 °C
Best beach destinations in Africa in August	8th of 50	97/100
Warmest sea temperatures in the world in February	9th of 50	30 °C
Best beach destinations in Africa in May	11th of 50	95/100

Planning a trip? See the best time to visit Beira.

QuestionsCommon questions about Beira’s climate

When is the best time to visit Beira?

That depends on what you want, so the honest answer is a comparison rather than a single month. June, July, August sit closest to 20 °C on average, November is the warmest month and August the driest. The month-by-month table above has the full picture.

How hot does Beira get?

In November, the warmest month, daily highs average 31 °C. About 129 days a year pass 30 °C. The highest value in the 1991–2020 record is 42 °C.

How cold does it get in winter?

Nights average 17 °C in July, the coldest month. Freezing nights are not part of a normal year here.

Which month is wettest in Beira?

January, averaging 205 mm over 19 days with rain. The driest month is August with 12 mm. The year as a whole averages 929 mm.

Are these figures a forecast?

No. They are 1991–2020 climate normals: the average of thirty years, which describes what a month is usually like in Beira rather than what any particular week will bring. Individual years can differ substantially from the normal.

Data sources and method

ERA5 / ERA5-Land reanalysis — Copernicus Climate Change Service (C3S), ECMWF. Copernicus Licence
Open-Meteo — Open-Meteo.com. CC BY 4.0
NOAA OISST v2.1 — NOAA Physical Sciences Laboratory. Public domain
GeoNames — GeoNames.org. CC BY 4.0

Normal period: 1991–2020
Data point: -19.844°, 34.839° (the coordinates the reanalysis values are taken for)
Dataset version: era5-1991-2020-scores1.1
Last processed: 1 August 2026

Measured values come from ERA5 reanalysis and are reproduced unchanged. Calculated by us: monthly rankings, daylight hours, beach and comfort scores. Full formulas are on the methodology page.

Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026. Neither the European Commission nor ECMWF is responsible for any use that may be made of the Copernicus information or data it contains.