Yearly weather

Calculations are based on the last 8 years of historical weather data.

Weather Score #

Heat Seeker Score is a composite score designed for those who crave hot, sunny weather with minimal rainfall. It prioritizes high temperatures and abundant sunshine.

Perfect for sun worshippers, beach lovers, and those seeking warm, dry climates for outdoor activities and relaxation.

Formula optimized for hot weather enthusiasts who prefer temperatures above 25°C (77°F) with maximum sun exposure and minimal precipitation.

Key factors in the calculation:

High temperatures: Favors locations with warm to hot daily highs
Abundant sunshine: Rewards areas with maximum daylight hours
Low precipitation: Penalizes frequent rain and wet conditions
Warm nights: Considers comfortable evening temperatures

Temperatures #

Nampula experiences the widest temperature range, with notable discomfort due to high temperatures from September to December
In contrast, Antonio Enes maintains a consistently comfortable temperature range throughout the year
Beira and Maputo have similar temperature patterns, but Beira tends to be slightly warmer overall
Matola shares similar temperature patterns with Maputo, but with slightly higher maximum temperatures, occasionally reaching discomfort levels in January and February.

Maximum Temperatures

Period	Maputo	Matola	Nampula	Beira	Antonio Enes
Jan	30.0°C	30.7°C	29.6°C	30.2°C	30.3°C
Feb	29.8°C	30.3°C	29.5°C	30.0°C	30.3°C
Mar	29.7°C	30.2°C	28.5°C	28.8°C	29.4°C
Apr	27.7°C	28.1°C	27.8°C	27.8°C	28.7°C
May	26.4°C	26.7°C	27.5°C	26.6°C	27.7°C
Jun	24.8°C	25.0°C	26.7°C	25.0°C	26.5°C
Jul	24.7°C	25.0°C	26.6°C	24.4°C	26.0°C
Aug	25.8°C	26.3°C	29.0°C	26.1°C	26.9°C
Sep	27.2°C	28.0°C	31.8°C	27.8°C	28.4°C
Oct	27.3°C	28.0°C	33.9°C	28.8°C	29.9°C
Nov	28.8°C	29.4°C	34.9°C	29.7°C	31.2°C
Dec	30.0°C	30.6°C	32.9°C	30.5°C	31.5°C
Average	28.9°C	28.0°C	27.7°C	28.2°C	29.9°C

Minimum Temperatures

Period	Maputo	Matola	Nampula	Beira	Antonio Enes
Jan	22.4°C	21.7°C	21.5°C	24.7°C	24.8°C
Feb	22.7°C	22.0°C	21.5°C	24.5°C	24.9°C
Mar	21.8°C	21.1°C	20.8°C	23.8°C	24.6°C
Apr	20.2°C	19.7°C	19.6°C	22.4°C	24.1°C
May	18.3°C	17.8°C	17.4°C	20.3°C	22.4°C
Jun	16.4°C	15.8°C	16.0°C	19.0°C	21.0°C
Jul	16.0°C	15.5°C	15.3°C	18.0°C	20.5°C
Aug	17.2°C	16.8°C	16.8°C	19.2°C	21.0°C
Sep	18.6°C	18.3°C	18.3°C	20.8°C	22.0°C
Oct	19.4°C	19.0°C	20.0°C	22.2°C	23.2°C
Nov	20.7°C	20.4°C	21.7°C	23.3°C	24.7°C
Dec	22.0°C	21.5°C	22.0°C	24.3°C	25.4°C
Average	23.2°C	21.9°C	19.6°C	19.1°C	19.2°C

Maximum/minimum temperature averages are computed by averaging the max/min temperature of each day for a given period.

Conditions #

Nampula has the lowest sun hours in the first half of the year, but reaches similar levels to other cities in the second half. Precipitation is generally low across all cities, with a slight increase in the earlier months.
Antonio Enes and Nampula tend to have the most extreme values for sun hours, with Antonio Enes reaching the highest and Nampula the lowest at different points in the year. The other cities (Maputo, Matola, and Beira) exhibit relatively similar patterns of sun hours and precipitation throughout the year.

Sunny Weather

Period	Maputo	Matola	Nampula	Beira	Antonio Enes
Jan	5.1 hours/day	4.7 hours/day	1.3 hours/day	3.8 hours/day	3.2 hours/day
Feb	4.3 hours/day	4.0 hours/day	1.8 hours/day	3.9 hours/day	3.5 hours/day
Mar	6.0 hours/day	5.8 hours/day	1.5 hours/day	3.6 hours/day	2.6 hours/day
Apr	5.7 hours/day	5.5 hours/day	1.6 hours/day	4.4 hours/day	2.4 hours/day
May	7.3 hours/day	7.3 hours/day	4.3 hours/day	6.7 hours/day	4.4 hours/day
Jun	8.1 hours/day	8.0 hours/day	5.0 hours/day	6.3 hours/day	5.0 hours/day
Jul	8.5 hours/day	8.6 hours/day	5.4 hours/day	6.5 hours/day	6.1 hours/day
Aug	7.4 hours/day	7.3 hours/day	7.2 hours/day	7.7 hours/day	7.5 hours/day
Sep	7.4 hours/day	7.2 hours/day	7.8 hours/day	8.1 hours/day	8.6 hours/day
Oct	6.2 hours/day	5.9 hours/day	8.3 hours/day	6.7 hours/day	9.5 hours/day
Nov	6.8 hours/day	6.6 hours/day	6.9 hours/day	6.3 hours/day	8.9 hours/day
Dec	6.2 hours/day	5.7 hours/day	3.9 hours/day	6.6 hours/day	7.3 hours/day
Average	5.8 hours/day	5.9 hours/day	6.6 hours/day	6.4 hours/day	4.6 hours/day

Sun hours are computed from the number of hours of direct sunlight. The length of the day can affect these measurements; for example, northern cities have longer days in summer.

Precipitation Levels

Period	Maputo	Matola	Nampula	Beira	Antonio Enes
Jan	3.3mm	3.3mm	10.7mm	8.0mm	8.9mm
Feb	5.6mm	5.4mm	7.6mm	8.1mm	5.5mm
Mar	2.7mm	2.5mm	7.0mm	6.8mm	6.8mm
Apr	1.8mm	1.8mm	2.8mm	2.6mm	3.3mm
May	0.9mm	0.9mm	0.2mm	0.9mm	0.7mm
Jun	0.6mm	0.6mm	0.2mm	1.2mm	0.9mm
Jul	0.3mm	0.3mm	0.2mm	0.7mm	0.5mm
Aug	0.3mm	0.3mm	0.3mm	0.6mm	0.5mm
Sep	0.8mm	0.8mm	0.1mm	0.5mm	0.3mm
Oct	2.0mm	2.1mm	0.5mm	1.1mm	0.3mm
Nov	2.4mm	2.4mm	1.7mm	2.8mm	1.2mm
Dec	3.4mm	3.5mm	5.7mm	6.5mm	3.2mm
Average	2.7mm	3.3mm	2.0mm	2.0mm	3.1mm

Average amount of precipitation that falls in a form of a rain, snow, sleet or hail.

Wind Speed

Period	Maputo	Matola	Nampula	Beira	Antonio Enes
Jan	21.0km/h	19.0km/h	11.6km/h	19.7km/h	19.0km/h
Feb	20.3km/h	18.4km/h	10.4km/h	17.5km/h	16.5km/h
Mar	18.6km/h	16.8km/h	11.6km/h	18.2km/h	17.6km/h
Apr	17.7km/h	15.7km/h	11.8km/h	15.9km/h	16.8km/h
May	16.4km/h	14.4km/h	12.0km/h	14.6km/h	16.7km/h
Jun	16.7km/h	14.5km/h	13.4km/h	16.3km/h	17.9km/h
Jul	17.9km/h	15.9km/h	14.0km/h	16.8km/h	18.2km/h
Aug	20.6km/h	18.6km/h	14.6km/h	19.3km/h	19.4km/h
Sep	21.8km/h	19.5km/h	16.5km/h	21.7km/h	22.0km/h
Oct	22.3km/h	20.3km/h	17.0km/h	22.5km/h	24.4km/h
Nov	21.9km/h	20.0km/h	16.1km/h	21.5km/h	23.8km/h
Dec	21.6km/h	19.7km/h	12.9km/h	20.6km/h	21.2km/h
Average	19.5km/h	18.7km/h	19.7km/h	17.7km/h	13.5km/h

Humidity

Period	Maputo	Matola	Nampula	Beira	Antonio Enes
Jan	72.9%	72.2%	84.2%	77.0%	79.5%
Feb	75.1%	75.1%	86.8%	79.3%	80.8%
Mar	73.7%	73.9%	87.9%	79.8%	81.0%
Apr	72.9%	73.0%	86.3%	78.3%	78.1%
May	69.6%	69.5%	79.6%	75.9%	74.3%
Jun	65.5%	64.8%	75.5%	76.0%	74.2%
Jul	61.9%	60.5%	71.7%	75.5%	71.7%
Aug	63.0%	61.2%	64.6%	74.5%	72.3%
Sep	64.8%	62.6%	58.3%	73.5%	72.2%
Oct	67.5%	65.5%	55.6%	73.6%	70.9%
Nov	69.1%	67.5%	58.7%	74.7%	72.1%
Dec	72.6%	71.5%	69.8%	75.8%	73.4%
Average	75.0%	76.2%	69.1%	68.1%	73.3%

Daylight Hours #

Overall, sunrise occurs earliest in November/December and latest in July across all cities, while sunsets are earliest in June and latest in January.
The shortest days are in June, and the longest in December.
Matola and Maputo have the latest sunrises, latest sunsets, shortest days, and longest days, compared to the other cities.
Antonio Enes consistently shows the earliest sunrises and sunsets with some of the shortest day lengths, whilst Beira shows the longest.

Sunrise Time

Period	Maputo	Matola	Nampula	Beira	Antonio Enes
Jan	5:13	5:13	5:05	5:15	5:01
Feb	5:35	5:35	5:19	5:32	5:16
Mar	5:52	5:52	5:26	5:43	5:23
Apr	6:05	6:06	5:31	5:52	5:29
May	6:20	6:21	5:38	6:02	5:37
Jun	6:34	6:34	5:46	6:13	5:46
Jul	6:34	6:35	5:49	6:14	5:49
Aug	6:17	6:17	5:38	6:01	5:37
Sep	5:47	5:47	5:18	5:37	5:16
Oct	5:14	5:15	4:56	5:10	4:52
Nov	4:53	4:54	4:44	4:54	4:40
Dec	4:53	4:54	4:49	4:57	4:44
Average	5:18	5:36	5:48	5:48	5:18

Sunrise times are output in the local timezone of each place.

Sunset Time

Period	Maputo	Matola	Nampula	Beira	Antonio Enes
Jan	18:45	18:46	17:59	18:25	17:59
Feb	18:32	18:32	17:54	18:16	17:53
Mar	18:05	18:05	17:37	17:55	17:34
Apr	17:34	17:35	17:16	17:30	17:13
May	17:12	17:13	17:02	17:13	16:58
Jun	17:07	17:07	17:01	17:10	16:56
Jul	17:16	17:17	17:08	17:19	17:04
Aug	17:31	17:31	17:16	17:29	17:12
Sep	17:43	17:44	17:19	17:35	17:16
Oct	17:57	17:58	17:22	17:44	17:20
Nov	18:16	18:17	17:33	17:58	17:32
Dec	18:37	18:38	17:49	18:16	17:49
Average	17:24	17:42	17:54	17:54	17:24

Sunset times are output in the local timezone of each place.

Useful Day Length

Period	Maputo	Matola	Nampula	Beira	Antonio Enes
Jan	11:45 hours	11:46 hours	10:59 hours	11:25 hours	10:59 hours
Feb	11:32 hours	11:32 hours	10:54 hours	11:16 hours	10:53 hours
Mar	11:05 hours	11:05 hours	10:37 hours	10:55 hours	10:34 hours
Apr	10:34 hours	10:35 hours	10:16 hours	10:30 hours	10:13 hours
May	10:12 hours	10:13 hours	10:02 hours	10:13 hours	9:58 hours
Jun	10:07 hours	10:07 hours	10:01 hours	10:10 hours	9:56 hours
Jul	10:16 hours	10:17 hours	10:08 hours	10:19 hours	10:04 hours
Aug	10:31 hours	10:31 hours	10:16 hours	10:29 hours	10:12 hours
Sep	10:43 hours	10:44 hours	10:19 hours	10:35 hours	10:16 hours
Oct	10:57 hours	10:58 hours	10:22 hours	10:44 hours	10:20 hours
Nov	11:16 hours	11:17 hours	10:33 hours	10:58 hours	10:32 hours
Dec	11:37 hours	11:38 hours	10:49 hours	11:16 hours	10:49 hours
Average	10:24 hours	10:42 hours	10:54 hours	10:54 hours	10:24 hours

Discards daylight hours before 7 AM. In places that are located to the west of the timezone, the sun rises and sets later compared to the cities that are located to the east. This means that the useful day length is longer in the cities located to the west of the time zone.

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