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Climate guideThirty-year normals for Chimoio
Chimoio climate by month
Monsoon-influenced humid subtropical · CwaBest May–Jun · Aug
Annual mean21°day and night
Seasonal swing7°warmest vs coolest
Precipitation1,249 mm137 wet days a year
19.12° S, 33.48° EElevation 709 mUTC+2 · Central Africa Time
When to goChimoio · weather score
Best timeMay–Jun · Aug
October: high / low28° / 16°
iSummary
What the weather is like
Chimoio has a monsoon-influenced humid subtropical climate (Köppen Cwa): a dry winter and a wetter summer.
The warmest month is November, when afternoons average 28° and nights 18°. July is the coolest month, with highs of 22° and lows of 12°. The difference between the warmest and the coolest month is about 7°, a small seasonal swing typical of places tempered by the sea.
About 1,249 mm of precipitation falls in an average year. January is the wettest month (273 mm, 22 wet days) and August the driest (18 mm, 2 wet days). Cloud cover ranges from 17% in August to 50% in December.
Compared with Maputo, the capital, Chimoio is 2.2° warmer on a November afternoon and receives more precipitation over the year.
Year in figures
- Hottest afternoons
- 28° · November
- Coldest nights
- 12° · July
- Wettest month
- January
- Driest month
- August
- Clearest skies
- August · 17% cloud
- Longest day
- 13 h 16 min
- Shortest day
- 10 h 59 min
iiCharts
Twelve months at a glance
Temperature and precipitation
Daily high/low range bars, monthly precipitation columnsTemperature curve
Average high, lowDaylight
Hours between sunrise and sunset on the 15th of each monthiiiData table
Climate normals month by month
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Average high | 27° | 27° | 26° | 25° | 24° | 22° | 22° | 24° | 27° | 28° | 28° | 27° |
| Average low | 20° | 19° | 19° | 17° | 14° | 12° | 12° | 13° | 15° | 16° | 18° | 19° |
| Precipitation | 273 mm | 248 mm | 162 mm | 71 mm | 27 mm | 17 mm | 25 mm | 18 mm | 20 mm | 56 mm | 100 mm | 232 mm |
| Wet days (≥1 mm) | 22.3 | 20.2 | 19.8 | 12.5 | 5.2 | 4.7 | 6.2 | 2.4 | 3.5 | 6.7 | 12.8 | 20.6 |
| Cloud cover | 49% | 46% | 37% | 26% | 18% | 19% | 21% | 17% | 20% | 26% | 38% | 50% |
| Daylight | 13h 09 | 12h 43 | 12h 13 | 11h 40 | 11h 13 | 10h 59 | 11h 05 | 11h 27 | 11h 58 | 12h 31 | 13h 01 | 13h 16 |
| Month score | 49 | 53 | 58 | 70 | 88 | 89 | 85 | 94 | 84 | 72 | 52 | 49 |
ivMonth by month
Chimoio in every month
January49
27° / 20°
273 mm · 22.3 wet days
February53
27° / 19°
248 mm · 20.2 wet days
March58
26° / 19°
162 mm · 19.8 wet days
April70
25° / 17°
71 mm · 12.5 wet days
May88
24° / 14°
27 mm · 5.2 wet days
June89
22° / 12°
17 mm · 4.7 wet days
July85
22° / 12°
25 mm · 6.2 wet days
August94
24° / 13°
18 mm · 2.4 wet days
September84
27° / 15°
20 mm · 3.5 wet days
October72
28° / 16°
56 mm · 6.7 wet days
November52
28° / 18°
100 mm · 12.8 wet days
December49
27° / 19°
232 mm · 20.6 wet days