Mocuba climate

Name: Mocuba
Address: MZ

Mocuba is warmest in November, with average highs of 35 °C, and coldest in July, when nights average 16 °C. January is the wettest month (250 mm) and September the driest (11 mm). Figures are 1991–2020 climate normals.

Across a full year Mocuba averages 928 mm of rain and 333 days above 25 °C.

Mozambique · population 196,001 · 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 35 °C
Coldest month July 16 °C
Driest month September 11 mm
Wettest month January 250 mm
Least cloud September 28 % cloud
Hottest on record October 43 °C
Coldest on record July 10 °C

What to expectMocuba through the year

Mocuba has a clear annual cycle: average daily highs run from 26 °C in July to 35 °C in November, a swing of 7.6 °C in mean temperature across the year.

Counted across a normal year, 333 days a year reach 25 °C, 176 of them reach 30 °C. The warmest reading in the 1991–2020 record is 43 °C, in October.

Rain is strongly seasonal. January averages 250 mm against 11 mm in September — 23 times as much. Planning around the dry months matters more here than planning around temperature.

Month by month

Month	Avg high	Rainfall	Cloud
January	30.8 °C	250 mm	77 %
February	30.5 °C	161 mm	72 %
March	30.0 °C	131 mm	63 %
April	28.8 °C	55 mm	49 %
May	27.7 °C	19 mm	40 %
June	26.2 °C	17 mm	40 %
July	26.0 °C	18 mm	41 %
August	28.6 °C	13 mm	33 %
September	32.2 °C	11 mm	28 %
October	34.0 °C	18 mm	33 %
November	34.8 °C	69 mm	47 %
December	32.5 °C	169 mm	67 %

Temperature month by month

Month	Avg high	Avg low	Mean	Record high	Record low	Days above 25 °C	Days above 30 °C
January	30.8 °C	23.0 °C	26.3 °C	38.3 °C	19.1 °C	30	20
February	30.5 °C	22.8 °C	26.0 °C	40.1 °C	18.3 °C	28	16
March	30.0 °C	22.3 °C	25.6 °C	37.1 °C	17.3 °C	31	14
April	28.8 °C	20.5 °C	24.2 °C	35.8 °C	14.4 °C	29	8
May	27.7 °C	18.1 °C	22.6 °C	36.4 °C	12.5 °C	28	4
June	26.2 °C	16.4 °C	21.0 °C	33.1 °C	11.6 °C	21	2
July	26.0 °C	15.8 °C	20.6 °C	33.3 °C	10.3 °C	19	3
August	28.6 °C	16.6 °C	22.3 °C	36.6 °C	11.1 °C	27	11
September	32.2 °C	19.1 °C	25.2 °C	40.4 °C	12.9 °C	29	21
October	34.0 °C	21.2 °C	27.0 °C	42.8 °C	12.6 °C	31	26
November	34.8 °C	22.8 °C	28.2 °C	42.6 °C	16.0 °C	30	27
December	32.5 °C	23.1 °C	27.2 °C	41.2 °C	16.8 °C	31	24

Rain, sun and wind month by month

Month	Rainfall	Wet days	Daylight	Cloud cover	Humidity	Wind
January	250 mm	24	13 h/day	77 %	83 %	12 km/h
February	161 mm	20	13 h/day	72 %	83 %	12 km/h
March	131 mm	19	12 h/day	63 %	83 %	12 km/h
April	55 mm	13	12 h/day	49 %	80 %	13 km/h
May	19 mm	6	11 h/day	40 %	77 %	12 km/h
June	17 mm	6	11 h/day	40 %	76 %	12 km/h
July	18 mm	6	11 h/day	41 %	74 %	13 km/h
August	13 mm	4	12 h/day	33 %	68 %	14 km/h
September	11 mm	2	12 h/day	28 %	60 %	17 km/h
October	18 mm	4	12 h/day	33 %	60 %	18 km/h
November	69 mm	9	13 h/day	47 %	63 %	17 km/h
December	169 mm	19	13 h/day	67 %	76 %	13 km/h

How Mocuba 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
Mocuba	35 °C	16 °C	928 mm	333
Quelimane · Mozambique	31 °C	18 °C	889 mm	332
Gurúè · Mozambique	30 °C	13 °C	1,462 mm	248
Blantyre · Malawi	29 °C	11 °C	1,099 mm	191
Nampula · Mozambique	32 °C	16 °C	898 mm	323
Tete · Mozambique	36 °C	17 °C	667 mm	353
Beira · Mozambique	31 °C	17 °C	929 mm	321

Where Mocuba ranks

Ranking	Position	Value
The warmest places in Africa in November	23rdof 50	35 °C
The warmest places in the world in November	27thof 50	35 °C
The warmest places in Africa in October	31stof 50	34 °C

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

QuestionsCommon questions about Mocuba’s climate

When is the best time to visit Mocuba?

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 September the driest. The month-by-month table above has the full picture.

How hot does Mocuba get?

In November, the warmest month, daily highs average 35 °C. About 176 days a year pass 30 °C. The highest value in the 1991–2020 record is 43 °C.

How cold does it get in winter?

Nights average 16 °C in July, the coldest month. Freezing nights are not part of a normal year here.

Which month is wettest in Mocuba?

January, averaging 250 mm over 24 days with rain. The driest month is September with 11 mm. The year as a whole averages 928 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 Mocuba 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
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.