Matola climate

Name: Matola
Address: MZ

Matola is warmest in February, with average highs of 29 °C, and coldest in July, when nights average 14 °C. January is the wettest month (113 mm) and July the driest (11 mm). Figures are 1991–2020 climate normals.

Across a full year Matola averages 659 mm of rain and 256 days above 25 °C.

Mozambique · population 1,198,988 · 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 February 29 °C
Coldest month July 14 °C
Driest month July 11 mm
Wettest month January 113 mm
Least cloud June 19 % cloud
Hottest on record November 41 °C
Coldest on record July 9.7 °C

What to expectMatola through the year

Matola has a clear annual cycle: average daily highs run from 24 °C in July to 29 °C in February, a swing of 6.8 °C in mean temperature across the year.

Counted across a normal year, 256 days a year reach 25 °C, 69 of them reach 30 °C. The warmest reading in the 1991–2020 record is 41 °C, in November.

Rain is strongly seasonal. January averages 113 mm against 11 mm in July — 10 times as much. Planning around the dry months matters more here than planning around temperature.

Month by month

Month	Avg high	Rainfall	Cloud
January	29.1 °C	113 mm	55 %
February	29.3 °C	95 mm	51 %
March	28.8 °C	75 mm	44 %
April	27.2 °C	42 mm	36 %
May	26.0 °C	22 mm	24 %
June	24.5 °C	13 mm	19 %
July	23.9 °C	11 mm	21 %
August	25.3 °C	14 mm	26 %
September	26.8 °C	31 mm	35 %
October	26.9 °C	52 mm	52 %
November	27.9 °C	88 mm	60 %
December	28.9 °C	103 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	29.1 °C	22.4 °C	25.4 °C	39.1 °C	17.2 °C	30	10
February	29.3 °C	22.6 °C	25.6 °C	39.8 °C	17.8 °C	27	10
March	28.8 °C	21.8 °C	24.9 °C	38.9 °C	17.3 °C	29	9
April	27.2 °C	19.7 °C	23.1 °C	37.2 °C	13.8 °C	24	4
May	26.0 °C	17.2 °C	21.2 °C	35.0 °C	10.8 °C	20	2
June	24.5 °C	15.0 °C	19.3 °C	32.0 °C	10.1 °C	11	1
July	23.9 °C	14.5 °C	18.8 °C	34.2 °C	9.7 °C	10	1
August	25.3 °C	15.7 °C	20.1 °C	37.0 °C	10.5 °C	15	3
September	26.8 °C	17.5 °C	21.8 °C	38.9 °C	11.6 °C	19	6
October	26.9 °C	18.8 °C	22.5 °C	39.7 °C	12.7 °C	20	6
November	27.9 °C	20.2 °C	23.7 °C	41.4 °C	14.1 °C	23	8
December	28.9 °C	21.6 °C	25.0 °C	41.2 °C	14.7 °C	28	10

Rain, sun and wind month by month

Month	Rainfall	Wet days	Daylight	Cloud cover	Humidity	Wind
January	113 mm	12	14 h/day	55 %	76 %	22 km/h
February	95 mm	11	13 h/day	51 %	76 %	21 km/h
March	75 mm	10	12 h/day	44 %	76 %	21 km/h
April	42 mm	6	11 h/day	36 %	75 %	19 km/h
May	22 mm	3	11 h/day	24 %	72 %	18 km/h
June	13 mm	3	11 h/day	19 %	69 %	19 km/h
July	11 mm	2	11 h/day	21 %	68 %	20 km/h
August	14 mm	3	11 h/day	26 %	67 %	21 km/h
September	31 mm	4	12 h/day	35 %	68 %	24 km/h
October	52 mm	7	13 h/day	52 %	71 %	24 km/h
November	88 mm	9	13 h/day	60 %	74 %	23 km/h
December	103 mm	10	14 h/day	60 %	75 %	23 km/h

How Matola 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
Matola	29 °C	14 °C	659 mm	256
Maputo · Mozambique	29 °C	15 °C	665 mm	233
Mbabane · Eswatini	24 °C	6.5 °C	1,264 mm	101
Xai-Xai · Mozambique	30 °C	16 °C	671 mm	276
Vryheid · South Africa	26 °C	4.5 °C	880 mm	139
Middelburg · South Africa	26 °C	3.7 °C	674 mm	127
Richards Bay · South Africa	29 °C	15 °C	896 mm	202

Where Matola ranks

Ranking	Position	Value
Places with the best weather in Africa in July	39th of 50	94/100
Places with the best weather in Africa in June	42nd of 50	93/100

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

QuestionsCommon questions about Matola’s climate

When is the best time to visit Matola?

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, February is the warmest month and July the driest. The month-by-month table above has the full picture.

How hot does Matola get?

In February, the warmest month, daily highs average 29 °C. About 69 days a year pass 30 °C. The highest value in the 1991–2020 record is 41 °C.

How cold does it get in winter?

Nights average 14 °C in July, the coldest month. Freezing nights are not part of a normal year here.

Which month is wettest in Matola?

January, averaging 113 mm over 12 days with rain. The driest month is July with 11 mm. The year as a whole averages 659 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 Matola 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: -25.962°, 32.459° (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.