Nampula climate

Name: Nampula
Address: MZ

Nampula is warmest in November, with average highs of 32 °C, and coldest in July, when nights average 16 °C. January is the wettest month (266 mm) and September the driest (4.7 mm). Figures are 1991–2020 climate normals.

Across a full year Nampula averages 898 mm of rain and 323 days above 25 °C.

Mozambique · population 770,379 · 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 32 °C
Coldest month July 16 °C
Driest month September 5 mm
Wettest month January 266 mm
Least cloud September 33 % cloud
Hottest on record November 38 °C
Coldest on record July 11 °C

What to expectNampula through the year

Nampula has a clear annual cycle: average daily highs run from 25 °C in July to 32 °C in November, a swing of 6.3 °C in mean temperature across the year.

Counted across a normal year, 323 days a year reach 25 °C, 108 of them reach 30 °C. The warmest reading in the 1991–2020 record is 38 °C, in November.

Rain is strongly seasonal. January averages 266 mm against 5 mm in September — 57 times as much. Planning around the dry months matters more here than planning around temperature.

Month by month

Month	Avg high	Rainfall	Cloud
January	29.2 °C	266 mm	84 %
February	29.0 °C	194 mm	80 %
March	28.5 °C	144 mm	72 %
April	27.6 °C	44 mm	56 %
May	26.8 °C	9 mm	45 %
June	25.4 °C	7 mm	43 %
July	25.1 °C	6 mm	43 %
August	27.0 °C	6 mm	39 %
September	29.7 °C	5 mm	33 %
October	31.6 °C	13 mm	34 %
November	32.5 °C	48 mm	46 %
December	30.9 °C	155 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	29.2 °C	21.9 °C	24.8 °C	34.2 °C	18.4 °C	30	10
February	29.0 °C	21.7 °C	24.6 °C	33.0 °C	18.2 °C	28	6
March	28.5 °C	21.4 °C	24.3 °C	32.7 °C	17.0 °C	30	3
April	27.6 °C	20.1 °C	23.4 °C	32.8 °C	14.5 °C	29	2
May	26.8 °C	18.0 °C	22.1 °C	33.4 °C	12.3 °C	27	1
June	25.4 °C	16.3 °C	20.6 °C	30.3 °C	12.3 °C	17	0
July	25.1 °C	15.6 °C	20.0 °C	30.6 °C	10.7 °C	15	0
August	27.0 °C	16.1 °C	21.2 °C	32.6 °C	11.4 °C	26	2
September	29.7 °C	17.5 °C	23.3 °C	34.5 °C	12.8 °C	29	14
October	31.6 °C	19.4 °C	25.2 °C	37.7 °C	12.5 °C	31	24
November	32.5 °C	21.1 °C	26.3 °C	38.4 °C	16.0 °C	30	25
December	30.9 °C	21.8 °C	25.8 °C	37.1 °C	17.7 °C	31	20

Rain, sun and wind month by month

Month	Rainfall	Wet days	Daylight	Cloud cover	Humidity	Wind
January	266 mm	25	13 h/day	84 %	83 %	13 km/h
February	194 mm	21	13 h/day	80 %	83 %	13 km/h
March	144 mm	21	12 h/day	72 %	83 %	13 km/h
April	44 mm	10	12 h/day	56 %	80 %	15 km/h
May	9 mm	2	11 h/day	45 %	74 %	15 km/h
June	7 mm	2	11 h/day	43 %	73 %	16 km/h
July	6 mm	2	11 h/day	43 %	71 %	16 km/h
August	6 mm	1	12 h/day	39 %	68 %	16 km/h
September	5 mm	1	12 h/day	33 %	63 %	17 km/h
October	13 mm	2	12 h/day	34 %	62 %	17 km/h
November	48 mm	7	13 h/day	46 %	64 %	16 km/h
December	155 mm	18	13 h/day	67 %	75 %	14 km/h

How Nampula 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
Nampula	32 °C	16 °C	898 mm	323
Nacala · Mozambique	30 °C	19 °C	1,190 mm	353
Gurúè · Mozambique	30 °C	13 °C	1,462 mm	248
Pemba · Mozambique	31 °C	20 °C	1,041 mm	361
Mocuba · Mozambique	35 °C	16 °C	928 mm	333
Quelimane · Mozambique	31 °C	18 °C	889 mm	332
Blantyre · Malawi	29 °C	11 °C	1,099 mm	191

Where Nampula ranks

Ranking	Position	Value
Places with the best weather in Africa in July	43rdof 50	93/100

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

QuestionsCommon questions about Nampula’s climate

When is the best time to visit Nampula?

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 Nampula get?

In November, the warmest month, daily highs average 32 °C. About 108 days a year pass 30 °C. The highest value in the 1991–2020 record is 38 °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 Nampula?

January, averaging 266 mm over 25 days with rain. The driest month is September with 5 mm. The year as a whole averages 898 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 Nampula 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.