Gurúè climate

Name: Gurúè
Address: MZ

Gurúè is warmest in November, with average highs of 30 °C, and coldest in July, when nights average 13 °C. January is the wettest month (356 mm) and September the driest (18 mm). Figures are 1991–2020 climate normals.

Across a full year Gurúè averages 1,462 mm of rain and 248 days above 25 °C.

Mozambique · population 168,971 · 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 30 °C
Coldest month July 13 °C
Driest month September 18 mm
Wettest month January 356 mm
Least cloud September 31 % cloud
Hottest on record November 37 °C
Coldest on record July 8.7 °C

What to expectGurúè through the year

Gurúè has a clear annual cycle: average daily highs run from 22 °C in July to 30 °C in November, a swing of 7.4 °C in mean temperature across the year.

Counted across a normal year, 248 days a year reach 25 °C, 56 of them reach 30 °C. The warmest reading in the 1991–2020 record is 37 °C, in November.

Rain is strongly seasonal. January averages 356 mm against 18 mm in September — 20 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	356 mm	84 %
February	27.4 °C	243 mm	79 %
March	27.0 °C	190 mm	71 %
April	25.7 °C	96 mm	59 %
May	24.4 °C	32 mm	48 %
June	22.6 °C	34 mm	49 %
July	22.1 °C	41 mm	50 %
August	24.7 °C	24 mm	38 %
September	28.3 °C	18 mm	31 %
October	30.1 °C	40 mm	36 %
November	30.2 °C	108 mm	49 %
December	28.4 °C	280 mm	73 %

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	20.2 °C	23.3 °C	31.9 °C	16.8 °C	28	2
February	27.4 °C	20.0 °C	23.2 °C	32.9 °C	16.5 °C	26	1
March	27.0 °C	19.7 °C	22.8 °C	31.6 °C	16.2 °C	27	1
April	25.7 °C	18.0 °C	21.4 °C	30.6 °C	13.5 °C	19	1
May	24.4 °C	15.8 °C	19.8 °C	31.7 °C	11.3 °C	12	0
June	22.6 °C	14.1 °C	18.1 °C	29.5 °C	9.1 °C	5	0
July	22.1 °C	13.4 °C	17.5 °C	28.8 °C	8.7 °C	5	0
August	24.7 °C	14.1 °C	19.3 °C	31.4 °C	8.8 °C	15	0
September	28.3 °C	16.4 °C	22.3 °C	35.2 °C	10.2 °C	25	10
October	30.1 °C	18.5 °C	24.2 °C	36.8 °C	11.1 °C	29	17
November	30.2 °C	19.8 °C	24.9 °C	37.0 °C	14.0 °C	28	16
December	28.4 °C	20.1 °C	23.8 °C	34.9 °C	16.1 °C	29	7

Rain, sun and wind month by month

Month	Rainfall	Wet days	Daylight	Cloud cover	Humidity	Wind
January	356 mm	26	13 h/day	84 %	85 %	10 km/h
February	243 mm	21	13 h/day	79 %	84 %	10 km/h
March	190 mm	20	12 h/day	71 %	84 %	10 km/h
April	96 mm	14	12 h/day	59 %	82 %	11 km/h
May	32 mm	8	11 h/day	48 %	78 %	11 km/h
June	34 mm	8	11 h/day	49 %	77 %	11 km/h
July	41 mm	9	11 h/day	50 %	76 %	11 km/h
August	24 mm	5	12 h/day	38 %	68 %	11 km/h
September	18 mm	4	12 h/day	31 %	59 %	12 km/h
October	40 mm	6	12 h/day	36 %	59 %	12 km/h
November	108 mm	12	13 h/day	49 %	66 %	12 km/h
December	280 mm	23	13 h/day	73 %	80 %	9.6 km/h

How Gurúè 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
Gurúè	30 °C	13 °C	1,462 mm	248
Mocuba · Mozambique	35 °C	16 °C	928 mm	333
Blantyre · Malawi	29 °C	11 °C	1,099 mm	191
Nampula · Mozambique	32 °C	16 °C	898 mm	323
Quelimane · Mozambique	31 °C	18 °C	889 mm	332
Lichinga · Mozambique	27 °C	9.8 °C	1,090 mm	109
Tete · Mozambique	36 °C	17 °C	667 mm	353

Where Gurúè ranks

Ranking	Position	Value
Places with the best weather in Africa in August	22nd of 50	95/100
Places with the best weather in the world in August	40th of 50	95/100

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

QuestionsCommon questions about Gurúè’s climate

When is the best time to visit Gurúè?

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

How hot does Gurúè get?

In November, the warmest month, daily highs average 30 °C. About 56 days a year pass 30 °C. The highest value in the 1991–2020 record is 37 °C.

How cold does it get in winter?

Nights average 13 °C in July, the coldest month. Freezing nights are not part of a normal year here.

Which month is wettest in Gurúè?

January, averaging 356 mm over 26 days with rain. The driest month is September with 18 mm. The year as a whole averages 1,462 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 Gurúè 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: -15.467°, 36.978° (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.