Mozambique
Weather locations in Mozambique
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Climate of Mozambique
Country climate guideMozambique is a long, low country on the Indian Ocean whose weather is set by the south-west monsoon of the southern hemisphere. The coast is warm and humid for most of the year, the interior plateau is cooler and drier, and the far north begins to merge into the tropical rain belt of the Congo. Cyclones add the wildest weather.
Main climate types
Köppen recognises tropical wet and dry over most of the interior, tropical rainforest along the northern coast near the Rovuma, and a warm, dry variant on the southern coastal strip and the highlands of the far south, which approach a semi-arid regime. Rain arrives with the south-east monsoon between December and March, and the country lies in the southern African cyclone track, most systems crossing the coast around Beira.
Temperatures
Maputo, at the south, averages about 26 °C in January and about 21 °C in July — the widest seasonal swing on the coast. Further north the pattern shifts: Nampula and the northern lowlands stay near 26 or 27 °C all year. The highlands of the far north, around Lichinga on the Niassa plateau, are cooler than the coast, with July means below 18 °C.
Rainfall
Totals run from about 400 or 500 mm in the semi-arid south to more than 1,000 mm near Beira and on the plateau, with the coast generally wetter than the interior. Most rain falls between November and March, and February is usually the wettest month; the dry season from May to September can be severe. Cyclones account for a large share of the annual total in coastal areas, and the flooding of 2019, when record rain across the centre of the country displaced hundreds of thousands of people, shows the risk.
When to go
The dry season, from May to September, is the best time for most travel: cooler temperatures, clear skies and low humidity. Between December and March the coast is hot and the humidity is high, and between January and March cyclones can disrupt flights, roads and the ferries along the coast. For the beaches near Pemba and the Quirimbas, the cool months are the best. National parks in the south are easier to visit in winter, when the animals gather at the remaining waterholes.