Chiúre weather in January

In January, Chiúre sees average daytime highs of 30°C and overnight lows near 23°C, with 217 mm of rain across 25.2 wet days and about 12.7 hours of daylight. It is the 5th-warmest and 1st-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 30°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 7% of the time in January, and the air most often feels oppressive.

Daylight stretches from about 12 h 48 min at the start of January to 12 h 36 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, January is Chiúre's 12th-clearest and 10th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Chiúre's year-round climate.

Daytime high
30°
5th warmest
Overnight low
23°
11th coldest
Rainfall
217 mm
25.2 wet days
Daylight
12 h 42 min
5:09 AM – 5:51 PM
Cloud cover
83%
12th clearest
Wind
8 km/h
10th windiest
Solar energy
5.2 kWh/m²
Travel score
3.1
out of 10

Chiúre is human settlement in Mozambique.

Air quality: WHO Ambient Air Quality Database. Density & description: Wikidata (CC0), GeoNames.

Temperature in January

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 30°C through the month.

A typical January day in Chiúre reaches about 30°C in the afternoon and slips back to 23°C overnight — a 7°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 28°C and 32°C. Set against its neighbours, January runs about 2°C cooler than December and on par with February.

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Avg high (°C)Avg low (°C)
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How January really feels in Chiúre

Once humidity and wind are folded in, January averages 31 days that feel above 32°C and 0 that feel at or below 0°C — the comfort signal a plain temperature reading hides.

Days feeling ≥ 32°C
31
heat index over the day's high
Days feeling ≤ C
0
wind chill below the day's low

The story in January is heat — humidity pushes the afternoon "feels like" well above the raw temperature.

Chiúre weather by month

How January compares with the rest of the year at a glance. January is the 5th-warmest and 1st-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan30° / 23°21725.212.73.1
Feb30° / 23°18021.512.43.3
Mar30° / 22°13821.412.13.7
Apr30° / 21°5510.411.75.2
May29° / 20°71.611.46.7
Jun28° / 18°30.811.27.8
Jul28° / 18°20.311.38.0
Aug29° / 18°30.611.67.1
Sep31° / 19°40.811.96.1
Oct32° / 21°102.212.35.0
Nov33° / 22°34612.64.0
Dec32° / 23°12917.812.83.3

Cloud cover in January

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 7% of the time in January, the cloudiest month of the year.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 10% of January, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 83%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
12476
22377
32278
42179
52080
61882
71684
81585
91486
101486
111486
121387
131486
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Chance of precipitation in January

Any precipitation

Chiúre gets around 217 mm of rain over 25.2 wet days in January, the wettest month. The line is the day-by-day chance of measurable precipitation.

Day to day, the chance of measurable rain averages around 80% and peaks near 83% on the wettest days.

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Rain chance (%)
173
274
375
476
578
679
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982
1082
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1582
1682
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3077
3177

Humidity in January

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

Most of January feels oppressive — the stacked bands show each day's mix of comfort levels, read off the dew point.

By dew point, January lands in the oppressive band about 96% of days. Sticky, muggy-or-worse air turns up on roughly 100% of them.

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Muggy (%)Oppressive (%)Miserable (%)
17921
26931
36931
45941
55941
65941
74951
84951
94951
103961
113961
123961
132971
142971
152962
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Wind in January

Winds average 8 km/h in January.

Across January, daily wind ranges from about 7 km/h on the calmest days to 8 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
18calm
28calm
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58calm
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128calm
138calm
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Sunrise & sunset in January

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 12 h 48 min at the start of January to 12 h 36 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days shrink by about 12 minutes over January. Sunrise moves from 5:01 AM to 5:16 AM, and sunset from 5:47 PM to 5:52 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
112.85:015:47
212.85:015:48
312.85:025:48
412.85:025:48
512.85:035:49
612.85:035:49
712.85:045:49
812.85:055:50
912.75:055:50
1012.75:065:50
1112.75:065:50
1212.75:075:51
1312.75:075:51
1412.75:085:51
1512.75:085:51
1612.75:095:51
1712.75:095:52
1812.75:105:52
1912.75:105:52
2012.75:115:52
2112.75:125:52
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2312.75:135:52
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2712.65:145:52
2812.65:155:52
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3012.65:165:52
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Solar energy in January

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in January, about 5.2 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 4.43 kWh/m² to a high of 6.48 kWh/m² in November across the year — January's 5.2 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
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Planning a trip in January

Hazard calendar for Chiúre

In seasonPeak

In January, Chiúre sits inside its monsoon season. The full year is below, with each hazard's peak months called out.

Chiúre's monsoon runs December–March, when most of the year's rain falls.

Monsoon
Jan
Feb
Mar
Apr
May
Jun
Jul
Aug
Sep
Oct
Nov
Dec

Is January a good time to visit Chiúre?

Our two travel scores rate January for general sightseeing and for beach or pool weather — 0 (poor) to 10 (ideal).

3.1
Sightseeing
12th-best month of the year
4.4
Beach & pool
12th-best month of the year

January is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Chiúre.

What to pack for Chiúre in January

From January's temperature range, rain chance, sun and wind — what's worth putting in the bag.

In January, Chiúre sees daytime highs around 30°C and nights near 23°C. Pack light clothes and rain gear. Worth having: sun protection. About 25 days see rain.

light clothesrain gearsun protection

UV index in Chiúre in January

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in January peaks around 16 (very high — sun protection essential). The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Chiúre peaks around January 15 at about 16 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near June 20 at about 9 (very high).

The index reaches 3 or more — the level where the WHO recommends sun protection — every month of the year.

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecExtremeVery highExtremeJan 15UV 16Jun 20UV 9
UV index (midday)Level
Jan16Extreme
Feb15Extreme
Mar14Extreme
Apr12Extreme
May10Very high
Jun9Very high
Jul9Very high
Aug10Extreme
Sep12Extreme
Oct13Extreme
Nov13Extreme
Dec15Extreme

Air quality in Chiúre in January

GoodModeratePoorUnhealthyVery unhealthy

Average fine-particle pollution (PM2.5) through the year — so you can see where January falls, not just the annual average.

Air quality in Chiúre is worst in August — around 16 µg/m³ PM2.5 (moderate), about 2.8× the cleanest month (November, 6 µg/m³).

Modeled monthly averages (CAMS reanalysis, 2015–2024).

01020JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecGoodModerateGoodAug 1816 µg/m³Nov 196 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan10Good
Feb10Good
Mar9Good
Apr9Good
May8Good
Jun7Good
Jul11Good
Aug16Moderate
Sep13Moderate
Oct9Good
Nov6Good
Dec7Good
Location & terrain

Where is Chiúre?

Chiúre sits at 13.4°S, 39.8°E, 343 m above sea level, in Mozambique. The nearest listed city is Namapa-erati, 37 km away.

MacomiaNacalaNamialoMonapoMueda

Topography around Chiúre

How much the land rises and falls, and what covers it, within 3, 16 and 80 km of Chiúre.

Within 3 km, the terrain around Chiúre has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 131 m around an average of 316 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 248 m; within 80 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 932 m.

The land around Chiúre is covered by cropland (31%) and grassland (29%) within 3 km, shrubs (43%), grassland (28%) and cropland (21%) within 16 km, and trees (39%) and shrubs (37%) within 80 km.

3 km
131 m
16 km
248 m
80 km
932 m
treesshrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaces
January weather nearby: Namapa-erati 37 km · Montepuez 89 km · Pemba 92 km · Macomia 132 km · Nacala 163 km · Namialo 172 km · Monapo 180 km · Mueda 193 km

Mozambique travel facts

Travel advisory
Level 2
Exercise Increased Caution
Power plugs
Type C / F / M
220 V · 50 Hz
Prices
≈ 37% of US
price level, 2025
GDP per capita
$627
2025
Happiness
5.3 / 10
World Happiness, 2025
Safe drinking water
28%
of population, 2024
Homicide rate
3.6
per 100k, 2011
Road deaths
30
per 100k/yr, 2019
Income group
Low
World Bank
English
Low
EF EPI 465
Religion
Catholic 27%Islam 19%Pentecostal 17%Saio/Zione 16%

Sources: World Bank, US State Department, World Happiness Report, WHO/UNICEF, EF EPI, CIA World Factbook.

Data sources

Temperature, precipitation, cloud, humidity, wind and solar figures are a 1991–2020 climatology for Chiúre (-13.3825°, 39.7817°, elevation 343 m), computed from hourly ERA5 reanalysis — contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information. Sun figures are astronomical calculations, not observations. City data © GeoNames, CC BY 4.0. Map outlines from Natural Earth (public domain); interactive map © Google. UV index is derived from CAMS (Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service) clear-sky UV data — contains modified Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service information. Monthly air-quality (PM2.5) seasonality is from the CAMS EAC4 reanalysis (Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service), scaled to the WHO annual mean where available. Topography is sampled from the Copernicus DEM GLO-90 elevation model (© ESA/Airbus) and ESA WorldCover 2021 land cover (CC BY 4.0).