Best time to visit Nampula

The best time to visit Nampula is May–August, judged on twenty years of weather records and the events worth going for.

Nampula, Nampula, Mozambique

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  • Best month
  • Made good or best by an event
Average daily high and low temperature, average precipitation and each month's verdict
MonthAverage daily highAverage daily lowPrecipitationVerdict
January29.9 °C / 86 °F22.4 °C / 72 °F278 mm / 10.9 inneither best nor good
February29.9 °C / 86 °F22.2 °C / 72 °F199 mm / 7.8 inneither best nor good
March29.3 °C / 85 °F21.9 °C / 71 °F159 mm / 6.3 inneither best nor good
April28.6 °C / 83 °F20.7 °C / 69 °F52 mm / 2 ingood month
May27.5 °C / 82 °F18.5 °C / 65 °F9 mm / 0.3 inbest month
June26.2 °C / 79 °F16.9 °C / 62 °F6 mm / 0.2 inbest month
July25.7 °C / 78 °F16.2 °C / 61 °F7 mm / 0.3 inbest month
August27.6 °C / 82 °F16.8 °C / 62 °F6 mm / 0.2 inbest month
September30 °C / 86 °F18.1 °C / 65 °F3 mm / 0.1 ingood month
October31.8 °C / 89 °F19.9 °C / 68 °F12 mm / 0.5 ingood month
November32.8 °C / 91 °F21.7 °C / 71 °F41 mm / 1.6 inneither best nor good
December31.8 °C / 89 °F22.6 °C / 73 °F158 mm / 6.2 inneither best nor good
Good and best months depend on more than temperature, rain and events. How they are chosen

Each activity on this page has its own good and best months, rated on twenty years of daily weather records. Which measures count, and how much, depends on the activity: humidity for exploring outdoors, wind for the beach, hiking and skiing, snow for skiing alone. Between them, the activities are rated on:

  • Daytime highs
  • Night-time lows
  • How warm it feels
  • Humidity
  • How much of the day is sunny
  • Hours of daylight
  • Monthly rainfall
  • How many days it rains
  • Days of heavy rain
  • Wind
  • Snowfall and days with snow
  • Major events, such as festivals

The chart shows the good and best months for exploring outdoors.

The event icon marks a month that an event lifts to good or best, such as a festival or a natural spectacle. Choose “Weather only” in the toolbar to rate the months on weather alone.

Best months by activity

Exploring outdoors

Mild days and nights, mostly dry and bright. The default for 'when should I go'.

  1. JJanuary: neither
  2. FFebruary: neither
  3. MMarch: neither
  4. AApril: good
  5. MMay: best
  6. JJune: best
  7. JJuly: best
  8. AAugust: best
  9. SSeptember: good
  10. OOctober: good
  11. NNovember: neither
  12. DDecember: neither
Best
May–August
Good
April, September–October
Why these months
  • April · good

    In its favour: precipitation 52 mm / 2 in, share of daylight that is sunny 83%, days with heavy rain 0.8 days, average daily high 28.6 °C / 83 °F, wet days 10.7 days, average daily low 20.7 °C / 69 °F.

    Against: feels like (high) 31.7 °C / 89 °F, relative humidity 80%.

  • May · best

    In its favour: feels like (high) 29 °C / 84 °F, precipitation 9 mm / 0.3 in, share of daylight that is sunny 89%, average daily high 27.5 °C / 82 °F, wet days 2.8 days, days with heavy rain 0.1 days, average daily low 18.5 °C / 65 °F, relative humidity 75%.

  • June · best

    In its favour: feels like (high) 26.6 °C / 80 °F, precipitation 6 mm / 0.2 in, share of daylight that is sunny 89%, average daily high 26.2 °C / 79 °F, wet days 2 days, days with heavy rain 0 days, average daily low 16.9 °C / 62 °F, relative humidity 74%.

  • July · best

    In its favour: feels like (high) 25.7 °C / 78 °F, average daily high 25.7 °C / 78 °F, precipitation 7 mm / 0.3 in, share of daylight that is sunny 88%, wet days 1.9 days, days with heavy rain 0.1 days, average daily low 16.2 °C / 61 °F, relative humidity 72%.

  • August · best

    In its favour: feels like (high) 27.9 °C / 82 °F, precipitation 6 mm / 0.2 in, share of daylight that is sunny 87%, average daily high 27.6 °C / 82 °F, wet days 1.6 days, days with heavy rain 0.1 days, average daily low 16.8 °C / 62 °F, relative humidity 69%.

  • September · good

    In its favour: precipitation 3 mm / 0.1 in, share of daylight that is sunny 90%, wet days 0.8 days, days with heavy rain 0.1 days, average daily low 18.1 °C / 65 °F, relative humidity 64%.

    Against: feels like (high) 31 °C / 88 °F, average daily high 30 °C / 86 °F.

  • October · good

    In its favour: precipitation 12 mm / 0.5 in, share of daylight that is sunny 91%, wet days 2.8 days, days with heavy rain 0.2 days, relative humidity 63%, average daily low 19.9 °C / 68 °F.

    Against: feels like (high) 33.5 °C / 92 °F, average daily high 31.8 °C / 89 °F.

An activity is listed only where it applies: skiing at ski destinations, beach and swimming at beach destinations. The nearest ski area is پیست اسکی پولادکف, Pooladkaf Ski Resort, 5235 km away.

Weather averages

Monthly averages over twenty years, 2006–2025. Highs, lows and precipitation are in the chart at the top.

  JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Feels like (high) 35 °C35.1 °C33.9 °C31.7 °C29 °C26.6 °C25.7 °C27.9 °C31 °C33.5 °C35.8 °C36.3 °C
Days with heavy rain 10 days7.5 days4.7 days0.8 days0.1 days0 days0.1 days0.1 days0.1 days0.2 days1.1 days5.6 days
Time rain usually falls 3 pm4 pm3 pm3 pm3 pm2 pm4 pm4 pm4 pm4 pm4 pm4 pm
Sunshine per day 9.6 h9.8 h9.5 h9.8 h10.2 h10 h10 h10.1 h10.8 h11.4 h11.5 h11.1 h
Relative humidity 83%83%83%80%75%74%72%69%64%63%65%74%

Air quality

Averaged over a shorter period (2022–2025) than the twenty-year averages above, and not counted towards good or best months.

  JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Air pollution (PM2.5) 2022–20255.2 µg/m³6.1 µg/m³5.2 µg/m³5.1 µg/m³5.3 µg/m³5.3 µg/m³5.8 µg/m³6.5 µg/m³8.4 µg/m³9.8 µg/m³6.3 µg/m³5.4 µg/m³
Air pollution (PM2.5, daily peak) 2022–20258.4 µg/m³9.1 µg/m³7.9 µg/m³7.4 µg/m³7.7 µg/m³8 µg/m³8.6 µg/m³9.5 µg/m³13 µg/m³17.7 µg/m³9.6 µg/m³8.2 µg/m³
  • Good 15 µg/m³ or less
  • Fair 15 to 25 µg/m³
  • Moderate 25 to 37.5 µg/m³
  • Poor 37.5 to 50 µg/m³
  • Very poor 50 to 75 µg/m³
  • Extremely poor over 75 µg/m³

Each figure is compared with the World Health Organization's guideline for a day's air, 15 µg/m³ or less, and with its interim targets above that. The words are ours: the WHO does not name its steps. The figures are modelled monthly averages, so single days can be well above them. The daily peak is the average of each day's highest hour, shaded on the same scale.

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Monthly averages over 2006–2025, unless stated otherwise.

Weather data by Open-Meteo.com (CC-BY 4.0), generated using Copernicus Climate Change Service information (ERA5). City data from GeoNames (CC-BY 4.0). Air quality from the Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service (CAMS) and sea temperature from Météo-France / Copernicus Marine, both via Open-Meteo.com. Coastline from Natural Earth. Ski areas from OpenSkiMap.org, © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL) and Skimap.org. World Heritage sites from Wikidata (CC0), from the World Heritage List © UNESCO World Heritage Centre. Readership from Wikimedia pageview data (CC0). Destination classification derived from English Wikivoyage, © Wikivoyage contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0).