Gondola weather in February

In February, Gondola sees average daytime highs of 29°C and overnight lows near 21°C, with 144 mm of rain across 16.6 wet days and about 12.6 hours of daylight. It is the 5th-warmest and 3rd-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 29°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 28% of the time in February, and the air most often feels oppressive.

Daylight stretches from about 12 h 54 min at the start of February to 12 h 24 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, February is Gondola's 10th-clearest and 6th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Gondola's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 29°; 5th warmest
Overnight low: 21°; 11th coldest
Rainfall: 144 mm; 16.6 wet days
Daylight: 12 h 36 min; 5:41 AM – 6:19 PM
Cloud cover: 60%; 10th clearest
Wind: 9 km/h; 6th windiest
Solar energy: 5.76 kWh/m²
Travel score: 4.4; out of 10

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Temperature in February

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 29°C through the month.

A typical February day in Gondola reaches about 29°C in the afternoon and slips back to 21°C overnight — a 8°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 26°C and 32°C. Set against its neighbours, February runs on par with January and about 1°C warmer than March.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28
Avg high (°C)	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29
Avg low (°C)	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	29	21
2	29	21
3	29	21
4	29	21
5	29	21
6	29	21
7	29	21
8	29	21
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19	29	21
20	29	21
21	29	21
22	29	21
23	29	21
24	29	21
25	29	21
26	29	21
27	29	21
28	29	21

How February really feels in Gondola

Once humidity and wind are folded in, February averages 0 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

heat index over the day's high

Days feeling ≤ 0°C

wind chill below the day's low

February sits comfortably in between — no days that feel dangerously hot or drop to a hard freeze once humidity and wind are folded in.

Gondola weather by month

How February compares with the rest of the year at a glance. February is the 5th-warmest and 3rd-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

Month	High / Low (°C)	Rainfall (mm)	Wet days	Daylight (hours)	Travel score
Jan	29° / 21°	185	19.4	13	4.1
Feb	29° / 21°	144	16.6	12.6	4.4
Mar	28° / 21°	108	15.9	12.1	5.2
Apr	27° / 18°	42	8.7	11.6	6.9
May	26° / 16°	14	3.6	11.1	8.2
Jun	25° / 14°	9	2.8	10.9	8.6
Jul	24° / 14°	10	3.6	11	8.5
Aug	26° / 15°	10	3.3	11.4	8.2
Sep	29° / 17°	17	3.8	11.9	6.7
Oct	30° / 19°	34	6.3	12.4	5.5
Nov	31° / 20°	79	11.1	12.9	4.5
Dec	30° / 21°	172	17.2	13.1	4.2

Cloud cover in February

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 28% of the time in February.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 26% of February, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 47%.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28
Clearer (%)	49	49	51	52	53	53	54	55	54	54	54	54	54	54	54	54	54	53	53	53	53	53	53	53	54	55	55	55
Cloudier (%)	51	51	49	48	47	47	46	45	46	46	46	46	46	46	46	46	46	47	47	47	47	47	47	47	46	45	45	45

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	49	51
2	49	51
3	51	49
4	52	48
5	53	47
6	53	47
7	54	46
8	55	45
9	54	46
10	54	46
11	54	46
12	54	46
13	54	46
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23	53	47
24	53	47
25	54	46
26	55	45
27	55	45
28	55	45

Chance of precipitation in February

Any precipitation

Gondola gets around 144 mm of rain over 16.6 wet days in February. The line is the day-by-day chance of measurable precipitation.

Day to day, the chance of measurable rain averages around 60% and peaks near 61% on the wettest days.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28
Rain chance (%)	61	61	61	61	61	61	61	61	61	61	61	61	61	61	61	60	60	60	59	59	58	58	58	57	57	57	56	56

	Rain chance (%)
1	61
2	61
3	61
4	61
5	61
6	61
7	61
8	61
9	61
10	61
11	61
12	61
13	61
14	61
15	61
16	60
17	60
18	60
19	59
20	59
21	58
22	58
23	58
24	57
25	57
26	57
27	56
28	56

Humidity in February

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

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

By dew point, February lands in the oppressive band about 51% of days. Sticky, muggy-or-worse air turns up on roughly 94% of them.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28
Humid (%)	4	4	4	4	4	4	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	7	7	7	8	8	9
Muggy (%)	41	41	41	42	42	42	43	43	43	43	43	43	43	43	43	43	43	43	43	43	44	44	44	44	44	44	45	45
Oppressive (%)	55	55	55	54	54	54	52	52	52	52	52	52	52	52	51	51	51	51	51	51	50	50	49	49	48	47	47	46

	Humid (%)	Muggy (%)	Oppressive (%)
1	4	41	55
2	4	41	55
3	4	41	55
4	4	42	54
5	4	42	54
6	4	42	54
7	5	43	52
8	5	43	52
9	5	43	52
10	5	43	52
11	5	43	52
12	5	43	52
13	5	43	52
14	5	43	52
15	6	43	51
16	6	43	51
17	6	43	51
18	6	43	51
19	6	43	51
20	6	43	51
21	6	44	50
22	6	44	50
23	7	44	49
24	7	44	49
25	7	44	48
26	8	44	47
27	8	45	47
28	9	45	46

Wind in February

Winds average 9 km/h in February.

Across February, daily wind ranges from about 9 km/h on the calmest days to 9 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28
Wind speed (km/h)	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9
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Sunrise & sunset in February

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Daylight runs from about 12 h 54 min at the start of February to 12 h 24 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days shrink by about 30 minutes over February. Sunrise moves from 5:33 AM to 5:46 AM, and sunset from 6:24 PM to 6:12 PM.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28
Daylight (h)	12.9	12.8	12.8	12.8	12.8	12.8	12.8	12.8	12.7	12.7	12.7	12.7	12.7	12.7	12.6	12.6	12.6	12.6	12.6	12.6	12.5	12.5	12.5	12.5	12.5	12.5	12.4	12.4
Sunrise (AM)	5:33	5:34	5:34	5:35	5:36	5:36	5:37	5:37	5:38	5:38	5:39	5:39	5:40	5:40	5:41	5:41	5:42	5:42	5:42	5:43	5:43	5:44	5:44	5:45	5:45	5:45	5:46	5:46
Sunset (PM)	6:24	6:24	6:24	6:24	6:23	6:23	6:23	6:22	6:22	6:22	6:21	6:21	6:20	6:20	6:19	6:19	6:18	6:18	6:17	6:17	6:16	6:15	6:15	6:14	6:14	6:13	6:12	6:12

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	12.9	5:33	6:24
2	12.8	5:34	6:24
3	12.8	5:34	6:24
4	12.8	5:35	6:24
5	12.8	5:36	6:23
6	12.8	5:36	6:23
7	12.8	5:37	6:23
8	12.8	5:37	6:22
9	12.7	5:38	6:22
10	12.7	5:38	6:22
11	12.7	5:39	6:21
12	12.7	5:39	6:21
13	12.7	5:40	6:20
14	12.7	5:40	6:20
15	12.6	5:41	6:19
16	12.6	5:41	6:19
17	12.6	5:42	6:18
18	12.6	5:42	6:18
19	12.6	5:42	6:17
20	12.6	5:43	6:17
21	12.5	5:43	6:16
22	12.5	5:44	6:15
23	12.5	5:44	6:15
24	12.5	5:45	6:14
25	12.5	5:45	6:14
26	12.5	5:45	6:13
27	12.4	5:46	6:12
28	12.4	5:46	6:12

Solar energy in February

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in February, about 5.76 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 3.97 kWh/m² to a high of 6.23 kWh/m² in November across the year — February's 5.76 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28
Solar energy (kWh/m²)	5.8	5.8	5.8	5.8	5.8	5.8	5.8	5.8	5.8	5.8	5.8	5.8	5.7	5.7	5.7	5.7	5.7	5.7	5.7	5.7	5.7	5.7	5.7	5.7	5.7	5.7	5.6	5.6
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	Solar energy (kWh/m²)	Level
1	5.8	Bright
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10	5.8	Bright
11	5.8	Bright
12	5.8	Bright
13	5.7	Bright
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20	5.7	Bright
21	5.7	Bright
22	5.7	Bright
23	5.7	Bright
24	5.7	Bright
25	5.7	Bright
26	5.7	Bright
27	5.6	Bright
28	5.6	Bright

Planning a trip in February

Hazard calendar for Gondola

In seasonPeak

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

Gondola'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 February a good time to visit Gondola?

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

4.4

Sightseeing

10th-best month of the year

5.7

Beach & pool

10th-best month of the year

February is a reasonable time to visit Gondola for sightseeing.

What to pack for Gondola in February

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

In February, Gondola sees daytime highs around 29°C and nights near 21°C. Pack light clothes and rain gear. Worth having: sun protection. About 17 days see rain.

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UV index in Gondola in February

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in February peaks around 13 (very high — sun protection essential). The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Gondola peaks around January 17 at about 14 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near June 21 at about 7 (high).

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

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
UV index (midday)	15	13	13	10	8	7	7	8	8	12	14	13
Level	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Very high	Very high	High	High	Very high	Very high	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme

	UV index (midday)	Level
Jan	15	Extreme
Feb	13	Extreme
Mar	13	Extreme
Apr	10	Very high
May	8	Very high
Jun	7	High
Jul	7	High
Aug	8	Very high
Sep	8	Very high
Oct	12	Extreme
Nov	14	Extreme
Dec	13	Extreme

Air quality in Gondola in February

GoodModeratePoorUnhealthyVery unhealthy

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

Air quality in Gondola is worst in September — around 115 µg/m³ PM2.5 (unhealthy), about 19.8× the cleanest month (December, 6 µg/m³).

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

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
PM2.5 (µg/m³)	6	8	7	8	13	16	42	91	115	52	12	6
Level	Good	Good	Good	Good	Moderate	Moderate	Poor	Unhealthy	Unhealthy	Poor	Moderate	Good

	PM2.5 (µg/m³)	Level
Jan	6	Good
Feb	8	Good
Mar	7	Good
Apr	8	Good
May	13	Moderate
Jun	16	Moderate
Jul	42	Poor
Aug	91	Unhealthy
Sep	115	Unhealthy
Oct	52	Poor
Nov	12	Moderate
Dec	6	Good

Location & terrain

Where is Gondola?

Gondola sits at 19.1°S, 33.6°E, 627 m above sea level, in Mozambique. The nearest listed city is Chimoio, 18 km away.

Topography around Gondola

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Gondola has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 136 m around an average of 597 m above sea level; within 16 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 522 m; within 80 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,543 m.

The land around Gondola is covered by trees (35%) and cropland (21%) within 3 km, trees (35%), grassland (26%) and cropland (22%) within 16 km, and trees (51%) and grassland (22%) within 80 km.

3 km

136 m

trees 35%

16 km

522 m

trees 35%

80 km

1,543 m

trees 51%

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← January Gondola year-round climate March →Best places to visit in February

February weather nearby: Chimoio 18 km · Messica 60 km · Nhamatanda 63 km · Gorongosa 64 km · Manica 83 km · Machipanda 97 km · Mutare 104 km · Chimanimani 114 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

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 Gondola (-19.0883°, 33.6486°, elevation 627 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).

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	29	21
2	29	21
3	29	21
4	29	21
5	29	21
6	29	21
7	29	21
8	29	21
9	29	21
10	29	21
11	29	21
12	29	21
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20	29	21
21	29	21
22	29	21
23	29	21
24	29	21
25	29	21
26	29	21
27	29	21
28	29	21

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	49	51
2	49	51
3	51	49
4	52	48
5	53	47
6	53	47
7	54	46
8	55	45
9	54	46
10	54	46
11	54	46
12	54	46
13	54	46
14	54	46
15	54	46
16	54	46
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18	53	47
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20	53	47
21	53	47
22	53	47
23	53	47
24	53	47
25	54	46
26	55	45
27	55	45
28	55	45

	Rain chance (%)
1	61
2	61
3	61
4	61
5	61
6	61
7	61
8	61
9	61
10	61
11	61
12	61
13	61
14	61
15	61
16	60
17	60
18	60
19	59
20	59
21	58
22	58
23	58
24	57
25	57
26	57
27	56
28	56

	Humid (%)	Muggy (%)	Oppressive (%)
1	4	41	55
2	4	41	55
3	4	41	55
4	4	42	54
5	4	42	54
6	4	42	54
7	5	43	52
8	5	43	52
9	5	43	52
10	5	43	52
11	5	43	52
12	5	43	52
13	5	43	52
14	5	43	52
15	6	43	51
16	6	43	51
17	6	43	51
18	6	43	51
19	6	43	51
20	6	43	51
21	6	44	50
22	6	44	50
23	7	44	49
24	7	44	49
25	7	44	48
26	8	44	47
27	8	45	47
28	9	45	46

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	29	21
2	29	21
3	29	21
4	29	21
5	29	21
6	29	21
7	29	21
8	29	21
9	29	21
10	29	21
11	29	21
12	29	21
13	29	21
14	29	21
15	29	21
16	29	21
17	29	21
18	29	21
19	29	21
20	29	21
21	29	21
22	29	21
23	29	21
24	29	21
25	29	21
26	29	21
27	29	21
28	29	21

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	49	51
2	49	51
3	51	49
4	52	48
5	53	47
6	53	47
7	54	46
8	55	45
9	54	46
10	54	46
11	54	46
12	54	46
13	54	46
14	54	46
15	54	46
16	54	46
17	54	46
18	53	47
19	53	47
20	53	47
21	53	47
22	53	47
23	53	47
24	53	47
25	54	46
26	55	45
27	55	45
28	55	45

	Rain chance (%)
1	61
2	61
3	61
4	61
5	61
6	61
7	61
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10	61
11	61
12	61
13	61
14	61
15	61
16	60
17	60
18	60
19	59
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21	58
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24	57
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26	57
27	56
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	Humid (%)	Muggy (%)	Oppressive (%)
1	4	41	55
2	4	41	55
3	4	41	55
4	4	42	54
5	4	42	54
6	4	42	54
7	5	43	52
8	5	43	52
9	5	43	52
10	5	43	52
11	5	43	52
12	5	43	52
13	5	43	52
14	5	43	52
15	6	43	51
16	6	43	51
17	6	43	51
18	6	43	51
19	6	43	51
20	6	43	51
21	6	44	50
22	6	44	50
23	7	44	49
24	7	44	49
25	7	44	48
26	8	44	47
27	8	45	47
28	9	45	46

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	29	21
2	29	21
3	29	21
4	29	21
5	29	21
6	29	21
7	29	21
8	29	21
9	29	21
10	29	21
11	29	21
12	29	21
13	29	21
14	29	21
15	29	21
16	29	21
17	29	21
18	29	21
19	29	21
20	29	21
21	29	21
22	29	21
23	29	21
24	29	21
25	29	21
26	29	21
27	29	21
28	29	21

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	49	51
2	49	51
3	51	49
4	52	48
5	53	47
6	53	47
7	54	46
8	55	45
9	54	46
10	54	46
11	54	46
12	54	46
13	54	46
14	54	46
15	54	46
16	54	46
17	54	46
18	53	47
19	53	47
20	53	47
21	53	47
22	53	47
23	53	47
24	53	47
25	54	46
26	55	45
27	55	45
28	55	45

	Rain chance (%)
1	61
2	61
3	61
4	61
5	61
6	61
7	61
8	61
9	61
10	61
11	61
12	61
13	61
14	61
15	61
16	60
17	60
18	60
19	59
20	59
21	58
22	58
23	58
24	57
25	57
26	57
27	56
28	56

	Humid (%)	Muggy (%)	Oppressive (%)
1	4	41	55
2	4	41	55
3	4	41	55
4	4	42	54
5	4	42	54
6	4	42	54
7	5	43	52
8	5	43	52
9	5	43	52
10	5	43	52
11	5	43	52
12	5	43	52
13	5	43	52
14	5	43	52
15	6	43	51
16	6	43	51
17	6	43	51
18	6	43	51
19	6	43	51
20	6	43	51
21	6	44	50
22	6	44	50
23	7	44	49
24	7	44	49
25	7	44	48
26	8	44	47
27	8	45	47
28	9	45	46