Chimoio climate

Name: Chimoio
Address: MZ

Chimoio is warmest in November, with average highs of 29 °C, and coldest in July, when nights average 12 °C. January is the wettest month (199 mm) and August the driest (9.2 mm). Figures are 1991–2020 climate normals.

Across a full year Chimoio averages 906 mm of rain and 227 days above 25 °C.

Mozambique · population 422,046 · 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 29 °C
Coldest month July 12 °C
Driest month August 9 mm
Wettest month January 199 mm
Least cloud August 27 % cloud
Hottest on record October 40 °C
Coldest on record July 7.0 °C

What to expectChimoio through the year

Chimoio has a clear annual cycle: average daily highs run from 22 °C in July to 29 °C in November, a swing of 6.8 °C in mean temperature across the year.

Counted across a normal year, 227 days a year reach 25 °C, 57 of them reach 30 °C. The warmest reading in the 1991–2020 record is 40 °C, in October.

Rain is strongly seasonal. January averages 199 mm against 9 mm in August — 22 times as much. Planning around the dry months matters more here than planning around temperature.

Month by month

Month	Avg high	Rainfall	Cloud
January	27.5 °C	199 mm	70 %
February	27.4 °C	159 mm	65 %
March	26.7 °C	131 mm	58 %
April	25.3 °C	43 mm	44 %
May	24.3 °C	15 mm	30 %
June	22.7 °C	10 mm	29 %
July	22.2 °C	10 mm	32 %
August	24.8 °C	9 mm	27 %
September	27.8 °C	15 mm	29 %
October	29.0 °C	32 mm	39 %
November	29.2 °C	91 mm	55 %
December	27.9 °C	191 mm	69 %

Temperature month by month

Month	Avg high	Avg low	Mean	Record high	Record low	Days above 25 °C	Days above 30 °C
January	27.5 °C	19.9 °C	23.3 °C	35.0 °C	15.6 °C	27	4
February	27.4 °C	19.8 °C	23.1 °C	37.7 °C	15.4 °C	25	3
March	26.7 °C	19.0 °C	22.4 °C	35.9 °C	13.0 °C	24	2
April	25.3 °C	16.7 °C	20.7 °C	33.7 °C	10.7 °C	16	1
May	24.3 °C	14.3 °C	19.0 °C	33.9 °C	9.3 °C	10	1
June	22.7 °C	12.5 °C	17.4 °C	30.6 °C	7.4 °C	6	0
July	22.2 °C	11.9 °C	16.8 °C	32.0 °C	7.0 °C	5	0
August	24.8 °C	13.0 °C	18.7 °C	34.1 °C	7.3 °C	14	2
September	27.8 °C	15.1 °C	21.3 °C	38.0 °C	8.8 °C	23	9
October	29.0 °C	17.2 °C	22.8 °C	40.1 °C	10.2 °C	26	13
November	29.2 °C	18.8 °C	23.6 °C	39.8 °C	11.9 °C	26	13
December	27.9 °C	19.5 °C	23.3 °C	38.7 °C	13.8 °C	26	7

Rain, sun and wind month by month

Month	Rainfall	Wet days	Daylight	Cloud cover	Humidity	Wind
January	199 mm	20	13 h/day	70 %	82 %	15 km/h
February	159 mm	17	13 h/day	65 %	82 %	15 km/h
March	131 mm	16	12 h/day	58 %	82 %	15 km/h
April	43 mm	9	12 h/day	44 %	78 %	14 km/h
May	15 mm	4	11 h/day	30 %	72 %	13 km/h
June	10 mm	3	11 h/day	29 %	69 %	13 km/h
July	10 mm	3	11 h/day	32 %	68 %	14 km/h
August	9 mm	3	11 h/day	27 %	64 %	14 km/h
September	15 mm	4	12 h/day	29 %	62 %	16 km/h
October	32 mm	6	13 h/day	39 %	66 %	17 km/h
November	91 mm	12	13 h/day	55 %	71 %	16 km/h
December	191 mm	18	13 h/day	69 %	80 %	15 km/h

How Chimoio 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
Chimoio	29 °C	12 °C	906 mm	227
Mutare · Zimbabwe	27 °C	9.2 °C	864 mm	159
Beira · Mozambique	31 °C	17 °C	929 mm	321
Chitungwiza · Zimbabwe	28 °C	7.6 °C	746 mm	157
Harare · Zimbabwe	28 °C	7.8 °C	771 mm	139
Tete · Mozambique	36 °C	17 °C	667 mm	353
Quelimane · Mozambique	31 °C	18 °C	889 mm	332

Where Chimoio ranks

Ranking	Position	Value
Places with the best weather in Africa in July	11th of 50	97/100
Places with the best weather in Africa in June	13th of 50	96/100
Places with the best weather in Africa in August	15th of 50	95/100
Places with the best weather in the world in June	16th of 50	96/100
Places with the best weather in the world in July	18th of 50	97/100
Places with the best weather in the world in August	26th of 50	95/100

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

QuestionsCommon questions about Chimoio’s climate

When is the best time to visit Chimoio?

That depends on what you want, so the honest answer is a comparison rather than a single month. April, May, September 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 Chimoio get?

In November, the warmest month, daily highs average 29 °C. About 57 days a year pass 30 °C. The highest value in the 1991–2020 record is 40 °C.

How cold does it get in winter?

Nights average 12 °C in July, the coldest month. Freezing nights are not part of a normal year here.

Which month is wettest in Chimoio?

January, averaging 199 mm over 20 days with rain. The driest month is August with 9 mm. The year as a whole averages 906 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 Chimoio 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: -19.116°, 33.483° (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.