Best time to visit Mozambique

Mozambique is represented here by Maputo (-26.0°, 32.6°). The NASA POWER daily series for 2001–2020 gives that city a monsoon climate with a sharp wet-dry split, 777 mm of rain a year, and a 7.2°C swing between the coolest and warmest monthly averages.

Every city we list in Mozambique falls in a monsoon climate with a sharp wet-dry split.

Climate in Maputo

Maputo is hottest in February (average 27.1°C) and coolest in July (19.9°C). The monsoon runs November–March.

Open the Maputo page for the month-by-month table, the temperature–rainfall chart, and the scoring notes.

Best months by region

Maputo: typical hottest-month average 27.1°C and about 777 mm of rain a year. Best-scoring months — Maputo (May, June, and August).

Maputo in Mozambique

Maputo sits at -25.97°, 32.58°. It is a monsoon climate with a sharp wet-dry split. February is the warmest month at 27.1°C (high 31.5°C); July is the coolest at 19.9°C (low 14.2°C). The gap between those monthly averages is 7.2°C.

The monsoon runs from November to March. The three highest-scoring months for a visit are May, June, and August. That ranking uses the same 22°C / low-rain / 60% humidity score as the city pages. Population in the GeoNames record is 1,254,837. The wettest month is January (152 mm, 18 days with at least 1 mm); the driest is August (14 mm).