Messica weather in July

In July, Messica sees average daytime highs of 22°C and overnight lows near 11°C, with 11 mm of rain across 2.9 wet days and about 11 hours of daylight. It is the 12th-warmest and 10th-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 22°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 62% of the time in July, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 10 h 54 min at the start of July to 11 h 06 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, July is Messica's 5th-clearest and 8th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Messica's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 22°; 12th warmest
Overnight low: 11°; 1st coldest
Rainfall: 11 mm; 2.9 wet days
Daylight: 11 hours; 6:25 AM – 5:22 PM
Cloud cover: 32%; 5th clearest
Wind: 6 km/h; 8th windiest
Solar energy: 4.14 kWh/m²
Travel score: 8.2; out of 10

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Temperature in July

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 22°C through the month.

A typical July day in Messica reaches about 22°C in the afternoon and slips back to 11°C overnight — a 11°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 18°C and 25°C. Set against its neighbours, July runs on par with June and about 2°C cooler than August.

	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	29	30	31
Avg high (°C)	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	23
Avg low (°C)	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	12	12

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	21	11
2	21	11
3	21	11
4	21	11
5	21	11
6	21	11
7	21	11
8	21	11
9	21	11
10	21	11
11	21	11
12	21	11
13	21	11
14	21	11
15	21	11
16	21	11
17	21	11
18	22	11
19	22	11
20	22	11
21	22	11
22	22	11
23	22	11
24	22	11
25	22	11
26	22	11
27	22	11
28	22	11
29	22	11
30	22	12
31	23	12

Messica weather by month

How July compares with the rest of the year at a glance. July is the 12th-warmest and 10th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

Month	High / Low (°C)	Rainfall (mm)	Wet days	Daylight (hours)	Travel score
Jan	27° / 19°	221	20.7	13	4.8
Feb	27° / 19°	161	16.6	12.6	5.2
Mar	27° / 18°	114	15.2	12.1	5.9
Apr	25° / 16°	46	8.6	11.6	7.3
May	24° / 13°	15	3.4	11.1	8.6
Jun	22° / 11°	9	2.6	10.9	8.4
Jul	22° / 11°	11	2.9	11	8.2
Aug	24° / 12°	9	2.9	11.4	8.7
Sep	27° / 15°	19	4.3	11.9	8.1
Oct	28° / 17°	40	7.6	12.4	7.0
Nov	28° / 18°	108	13.1	12.9	5.6
Dec	27° / 19°	216	19.5	13.1	5.0

Cloud cover in July

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 62% of the time in July.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 18% of July, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 20%. Skies tend to open up as the month goes on.

	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	29	30	31
Clearer (%)	80	80	79	79	78	78	77	77	78	77	77	78	77	77	78	78	78	79	80	80	80	81	81	82	82	82	82	82	83	83	83
Cloudier (%)	20	20	21	21	22	22	23	23	22	23	23	22	23	23	22	22	22	21	20	20	20	19	19	18	18	18	18	18	17	17	17

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	80	20
2	80	20
3	79	21
4	79	21
5	78	22
6	78	22
7	77	23
8	77	23
9	78	22
10	77	23
11	77	23
12	78	22
13	77	23
14	77	23
15	78	22
16	78	22
17	78	22
18	79	21
19	80	20
20	80	20
21	80	20
22	81	19
23	81	19
24	82	18
25	82	18
26	82	18
27	82	18
28	82	18
29	83	17
30	83	17
31	83	17

Chance of precipitation in July

Any precipitation

Messica gets around 11 mm of rain over 2.9 wet days in July. The line is the day-by-day chance of measurable precipitation.

Day to day, the chance of measurable rain averages around 9% and peaks near 10% 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	29	30	31
Rain chance (%)	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	9	9	9	8	8	8	8	8	7	7	7	7	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8

	Rain chance (%)
1	10
2	10
3	10
4	10
5	10
6	10
7	10
8	10
9	10
10	9
11	9
12	9
13	8
14	8
15	8
16	8
17	8
18	7
19	7
20	7
21	7
22	8
23	8
24	8
25	8
26	8
27	8
28	8
29	8
30	8
31	8

Humidity in July

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

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

By dew point, July lands in the dry band about 94% of days. It rarely turns muggy — the humid and sticky bands barely register.

	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	29	30	31
Dry (%)	92	93	93	93	94	94	95	95	95	95	95	95	95	95	95	95	95	96	96	96	96	95	95	95	95	95	94	94	93	93	92
Comfortable (%)	8	7	7	7	6	6	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	4	4	4	4	5	5	5	5	5	6	6	6	6	7
Humid (%)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)
1	92	8	0
2	93	7	0
3	93	7	0
4	93	7	0
5	94	6	0
6	94	6	0
7	95	5	0
8	95	5	0
9	95	5	0
10	95	5	0
11	95	5	0
12	95	5	0
13	95	5	0
14	95	5	0
15	95	5	0
16	95	5	0
17	95	5	0
18	96	4	0
19	96	4	0
20	96	4	0
21	96	4	0
22	95	5	0
23	95	5	0
24	95	5	0
25	95	5	0
26	95	5	0
27	94	6	0
28	94	6	0
29	93	6	1
30	93	6	1
31	92	7	1

Wind in July

Winds average 6 km/h in July.

Across July, daily wind ranges from about 5 km/h on the calmest days to 6 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	29	30	31
Wind speed (km/h)	5	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6
Feels	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm

	Wind speed (km/h)	Feels
1	5	calm
2	6	calm
3	6	calm
4	6	calm
5	6	calm
6	6	calm
7	6	calm
8	6	calm
9	6	calm
10	6	calm
11	6	calm
12	6	calm
13	6	calm
14	6	calm
15	6	calm
16	6	calm
17	6	calm
18	6	calm
19	6	calm
20	6	calm
21	6	calm
22	6	calm
23	6	calm
24	6	calm
25	6	calm
26	6	calm
27	6	calm
28	6	calm
29	6	calm
30	6	calm
31	6	calm

Sunrise & sunset in July

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 10 h 54 min at the start of July to 11 h 06 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days grow by about 12 minutes over July. Sunrise moves from 6:25 AM to 6:20 AM, and sunset from 5:17 PM to 5:27 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	29	30	31
Daylight (h)	10.9	10.9	10.9	10.9	10.9	10.9	10.9	10.9	10.9	10.9	10.9	10.9	10.9	10.9	11.0	11.0	11.0	11.0	11.0	11.0	11.0	11.0	11.0	11.0	11.0	11.1	11.1	11.1	11.1	11.1	11.1
Sunrise (AM)	6:25	6:25	6:25	6:25	6:25	6:25	6:25	6:25	6:25	6:25	6:25	6:25	6:25	6:25	6:25	6:25	6:24	6:24	6:24	6:24	6:24	6:23	6:23	6:23	6:22	6:22	6:22	6:21	6:21	6:21	6:20
Sunset (PM)	5:17	5:17	5:18	5:18	5:18	5:19	5:19	5:19	5:20	5:20	5:20	5:21	5:21	5:21	5:22	5:22	5:22	5:23	5:23	5:23	5:24	5:24	5:25	5:25	5:25	5:26	5:26	5:26	5:27	5:27	5:27

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	10.9	6:25	5:17
2	10.9	6:25	5:17
3	10.9	6:25	5:18
4	10.9	6:25	5:18
5	10.9	6:25	5:18
6	10.9	6:25	5:19
7	10.9	6:25	5:19
8	10.9	6:25	5:19
9	10.9	6:25	5:20
10	10.9	6:25	5:20
11	10.9	6:25	5:20
12	10.9	6:25	5:21
13	10.9	6:25	5:21
14	10.9	6:25	5:21
15	11.0	6:25	5:22
16	11.0	6:25	5:22
17	11.0	6:24	5:22
18	11.0	6:24	5:23
19	11.0	6:24	5:23
20	11.0	6:24	5:23
21	11.0	6:24	5:24
22	11.0	6:23	5:24
23	11.0	6:23	5:25
24	11.0	6:23	5:25
25	11.0	6:22	5:25
26	11.1	6:22	5:26
27	11.1	6:22	5:26
28	11.1	6:21	5:26
29	11.1	6:21	5:27
30	11.1	6:21	5:27
31	11.1	6:20	5:27

Solar energy in July

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in July, about 4.14 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 4.09 kWh/m² to a high of 6.41 kWh/m² in October across the year — July's 4.14 kWh/m² sits near the bottom.

	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	29	30	31
Solar energy (kWh/m²)	4.0	4.0	3.9	3.9	3.9	3.9	4.0	4.0	4.0	4.0	4.0	4.0	4.0	4.1	4.1	4.1	4.2	4.2	4.2	4.2	4.3	4.3	4.3	4.4	4.4	4.4	4.5	4.5	4.5	4.5	4.6
Level	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright

	Solar energy (kWh/m²)	Level
1	4.0	Moderate
2	4.0	Moderate
3	3.9	Moderate
4	3.9	Moderate
5	3.9	Moderate
6	3.9	Moderate
7	4.0	Moderate
8	4.0	Moderate
9	4.0	Moderate
10	4.0	Moderate
11	4.0	Bright
12	4.0	Bright
13	4.0	Bright
14	4.1	Bright
15	4.1	Bright
16	4.1	Bright
17	4.2	Bright
18	4.2	Bright
19	4.2	Bright
20	4.2	Bright
21	4.3	Bright
22	4.3	Bright
23	4.3	Bright
24	4.4	Bright
25	4.4	Bright
26	4.4	Bright
27	4.5	Bright
28	4.5	Bright
29	4.5	Bright
30	4.5	Bright
31	4.6	Bright

Planning a trip in July

Hazard calendar for Messica

In seasonPeak

None of Messica's seasonal hazards are active in July. The full-year calendar below shows when the rainy season, cyclone risk and dust haze do peak.

Messica's monsoon runs November–March, when most of the year's rain falls.

Monsoon

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Mar

Apr

May

Jun

Jul

Aug

Sep

Oct

Nov

Dec

Is July a good time to visit Messica?

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

8.2

Sightseeing

4th-best month of the year

5.5

Beach & pool

9th-best month of the year

July is one of the better times to visit Messica for general sightseeing.

What to pack for Messica in July

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

In July, Messica sees daytime highs around 22°C and nights near 11°C. Little to plan around — just the basics.

UV index in Messica in July

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in July peaks around 7 — enough to warrant sun protection. The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Messica peaks around January 17 at about 15 (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	14	14	10	8	7	7	8	9	12	14	13
Level	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Very high	Very high	High	Very high	Very high	Very high	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme

	UV index (midday)	Level
Jan	15	Extreme
Feb	14	Extreme
Mar	14	Extreme
Apr	10	Very high
May	8	Very high
Jun	7	High
Jul	7	Very high
Aug	8	Very high
Sep	9	Very high
Oct	12	Extreme
Nov	14	Extreme
Dec	13	Extreme

Air quality in Messica in July

GoodModeratePoorUnhealthyVery unhealthy

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

Air quality in Messica is worst in September — around 102 µg/m³ PM2.5 (unhealthy), about 15.6× the cleanest month (January, 7 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)	7	8	9	10	14	16	24	53	102	55	13	7
Level	Good	Good	Good	Good	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Poor	Unhealthy	Unhealthy	Moderate	Good

	PM2.5 (µg/m³)	Level
Jan	7	Good
Feb	8	Good
Mar	9	Good
Apr	10	Good
May	14	Moderate
Jun	16	Moderate
Jul	24	Moderate
Aug	53	Poor
Sep	102	Unhealthy
Oct	55	Unhealthy
Nov	13	Moderate
Dec	7	Good

Location & terrain

Where is Messica?

Messica sits at 19.0°S, 33.1°E, 639 m above sea level, in Mozambique. The nearest listed city is Manica, 23 km away.

Topography around Messica

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Messica has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 109 m around an average of 654 m above sea level; within 16 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 876 m; within 80 km, extreme variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 2,463 m.

The land around Messica is covered by grassland (34%) within 3 km, trees (26%), shrubs (24%) and cropland (23%) within 16 km, and trees (46%) and grassland (20%) within 80 km.

3 km

109 m

grassland 34%

16 km

876 m

trees 26%

80 km

2,463 m

trees 46%

treesshrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaceswater

← June Messica year-round climate August →Best places to visit in July

July weather nearby: Manica 23 km · Machipanda 36 km · Mutare 43 km · Chimoio 44 km · Gondola 60 km · Chimanimani 93 km · Catandica 104 km · Gorongosa 110 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 Messica (-18.9916°, 33.0823°, elevation 639 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	21	11
2	21	11
3	21	11
4	21	11
5	21	11
6	21	11
7	21	11
8	21	11
9	21	11
10	21	11
11	21	11
12	21	11
13	21	11
14	21	11
15	21	11
16	21	11
17	21	11
18	22	11
19	22	11
20	22	11
21	22	11
22	22	11
23	22	11
24	22	11
25	22	11
26	22	11
27	22	11
28	22	11
29	22	11
30	22	12
31	23	12

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	80	20
2	80	20
3	79	21
4	79	21
5	78	22
6	78	22
7	77	23
8	77	23
9	78	22
10	77	23
11	77	23
12	78	22
13	77	23
14	77	23
15	78	22
16	78	22
17	78	22
18	79	21
19	80	20
20	80	20
21	80	20
22	81	19
23	81	19
24	82	18
25	82	18
26	82	18
27	82	18
28	82	18
29	83	17
30	83	17
31	83	17

	Rain chance (%)
1	10
2	10
3	10
4	10
5	10
6	10
7	10
8	10
9	10
10	9
11	9
12	9
13	8
14	8
15	8
16	8
17	8
18	7
19	7
20	7
21	7
22	8
23	8
24	8
25	8
26	8
27	8
28	8
29	8
30	8
31	8

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)
1	92	8	0
2	93	7	0
3	93	7	0
4	93	7	0
5	94	6	0
6	94	6	0
7	95	5	0
8	95	5	0
9	95	5	0
10	95	5	0
11	95	5	0
12	95	5	0
13	95	5	0
14	95	5	0
15	95	5	0
16	95	5	0
17	95	5	0
18	96	4	0
19	96	4	0
20	96	4	0
21	96	4	0
22	95	5	0
23	95	5	0
24	95	5	0
25	95	5	0
26	95	5	0
27	94	6	0
28	94	6	0
29	93	6	1
30	93	6	1
31	92	7	1

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	21	11
2	21	11
3	21	11
4	21	11
5	21	11
6	21	11
7	21	11
8	21	11
9	21	11
10	21	11
11	21	11
12	21	11
13	21	11
14	21	11
15	21	11
16	21	11
17	21	11
18	22	11
19	22	11
20	22	11
21	22	11
22	22	11
23	22	11
24	22	11
25	22	11
26	22	11
27	22	11
28	22	11
29	22	11
30	22	12
31	23	12

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	80	20
2	80	20
3	79	21
4	79	21
5	78	22
6	78	22
7	77	23
8	77	23
9	78	22
10	77	23
11	77	23
12	78	22
13	77	23
14	77	23
15	78	22
16	78	22
17	78	22
18	79	21
19	80	20
20	80	20
21	80	20
22	81	19
23	81	19
24	82	18
25	82	18
26	82	18
27	82	18
28	82	18
29	83	17
30	83	17
31	83	17

	Rain chance (%)
1	10
2	10
3	10
4	10
5	10
6	10
7	10
8	10
9	10
10	9
11	9
12	9
13	8
14	8
15	8
16	8
17	8
18	7
19	7
20	7
21	7
22	8
23	8
24	8
25	8
26	8
27	8
28	8
29	8
30	8
31	8

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)
1	92	8	0
2	93	7	0
3	93	7	0
4	93	7	0
5	94	6	0
6	94	6	0
7	95	5	0
8	95	5	0
9	95	5	0
10	95	5	0
11	95	5	0
12	95	5	0
13	95	5	0
14	95	5	0
15	95	5	0
16	95	5	0
17	95	5	0
18	96	4	0
19	96	4	0
20	96	4	0
21	96	4	0
22	95	5	0
23	95	5	0
24	95	5	0
25	95	5	0
26	95	5	0
27	94	6	0
28	94	6	0
29	93	6	1
30	93	6	1
31	92	7	1

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	21	11
2	21	11
3	21	11
4	21	11
5	21	11
6	21	11
7	21	11
8	21	11
9	21	11
10	21	11
11	21	11
12	21	11
13	21	11
14	21	11
15	21	11
16	21	11
17	21	11
18	22	11
19	22	11
20	22	11
21	22	11
22	22	11
23	22	11
24	22	11
25	22	11
26	22	11
27	22	11
28	22	11
29	22	11
30	22	12
31	23	12

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	80	20
2	80	20
3	79	21
4	79	21
5	78	22
6	78	22
7	77	23
8	77	23
9	78	22
10	77	23
11	77	23
12	78	22
13	77	23
14	77	23
15	78	22
16	78	22
17	78	22
18	79	21
19	80	20
20	80	20
21	80	20
22	81	19
23	81	19
24	82	18
25	82	18
26	82	18
27	82	18
28	82	18
29	83	17
30	83	17
31	83	17

	Rain chance (%)
1	10
2	10
3	10
4	10
5	10
6	10
7	10
8	10
9	10
10	9
11	9
12	9
13	8
14	8
15	8
16	8
17	8
18	7
19	7
20	7
21	7
22	8
23	8
24	8
25	8
26	8
27	8
28	8
29	8
30	8
31	8

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)
1	92	8	0
2	93	7	0
3	93	7	0
4	93	7	0
5	94	6	0
6	94	6	0
7	95	5	0
8	95	5	0
9	95	5	0
10	95	5	0
11	95	5	0
12	95	5	0
13	95	5	0
14	95	5	0
15	95	5	0
16	95	5	0
17	95	5	0
18	96	4	0
19	96	4	0
20	96	4	0
21	96	4	0
22	95	5	0
23	95	5	0
24	95	5	0
25	95	5	0
26	95	5	0
27	94	6	0
28	94	6	0
29	93	6	1
30	93	6	1
31	92	7	1