Climate guideThirty-year normals for Maputo
Maputo climate by month
Tropical savanna · AwBest May · Jul–Aug
Annual mean23°day and night
Seasonal swing6°warmest vs coolest
Precipitation795 mm122 wet days a year
25.97° S, 32.58° EElevation 70 mUTC+2 · Central Africa Time
When to goMaputo · weather score
Best timeMay · Jul–Aug
October: high / low25° / 20°
iSummary
What the weather is like
Maputo has a tropical savanna climate (Köppen Aw): .
The warmest month is January, when afternoons average 28° and nights 23°. July is the coolest month, with highs of 23° and lows of 16°. The difference between the warmest and the coolest month is about 6°, a small seasonal swing typical of places tempered by the sea.
About 795 mm of precipitation falls in an average year. January is the wettest month (147 mm, 18 wet days) and August the driest (14 mm, 2 wet days). Cloud cover ranges from 11% in June to 41% in November.
The sea reaches about 28° in February. Sea temperatures lag the air by a month or two, so late summer is usually warmer for swimming than early summer.
Year in figures
- Hottest afternoons
- 28° · January
- Coldest nights
- 16° · July
- Wettest month
- January
- Driest month
- August
- Clearest skies
- June · 11% cloud
- Warmest sea
- 28° · February
- Longest day
- 13 h 45 min
- Shortest day
- 10 h 31 min
iiCharts
Twelve months at a glance
Temperature and precipitation
Daily high/low range bars, monthly precipitation columns, sea temperature lineTemperature curve
Average high, low and seaDaylight
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 | 28° | 28° | 28° | 26° | 25° | 23° | 23° | 24° | 25° | 25° | 26° | 27° |
| Average low | 23° | 23° | 23° | 21° | 19° | 16° | 16° | 17° | 18° | 20° | 21° | 22° |
| Precipitation | 147 mm | 125 mm | 96 mm | 49 mm | 29 mm | 17 mm | 16 mm | 14 mm | 27 mm | 58 mm | 109 mm | 108 mm |
| Wet days (≥1 mm) | 18.3 | 16.2 | 14.7 | 10.8 | 5 | 5.5 | 4.7 | 2 | 5.8 | 8.8 | 12.7 | 17.2 |
| Cloud cover | 32% | 29% | 24% | 19% | 14% | 11% | 12% | 15% | 23% | 35% | 41% | 36% |
| Sea temperature | 27° | 28° | 27° | 26° | 24° | 23° | 22° | 22° | 22° | 23° | 24° | 26° |
| Daylight | 13h 35 | 12h 58 | 12h 16 | 11h 29 | 10h 52 | 10h 31 | 10h 39 | 11h 11 | 11h 55 | 12h 41 | 13h 23 | 13h 45 |
| Month score | 54 | 54 | 56 | 69 | 88 | 87 | 89 | 95 | 86 | 76 | 60 | 55 |
ivMonth by month
Maputo in every month
January54
28° / 23°
147 mm · 18.3 wet days
February54
28° / 23°
125 mm · 16.2 wet days
March56
28° / 23°
96 mm · 14.7 wet days
April69
26° / 21°
49 mm · 10.8 wet days
May88
25° / 19°
29 mm · 5 wet days
June87
23° / 16°
17 mm · 5.5 wet days
July89
23° / 16°
16 mm · 4.7 wet days
August95
24° / 17°
14 mm · 2 wet days
September86
25° / 18°
27 mm · 5.8 wet days
October76
25° / 20°
58 mm · 8.8 wet days
November60
26° / 21°
109 mm · 12.7 wet days
December55
27° / 22°
108 mm · 17.2 wet days