Monapo weather in August

In August, Monapo sees average daytime highs of 28°C and overnight lows near 18°C, with 9 mm of rain across 2.8 wet days and about 11.5 hours of daylight. It is the 10th-warmest and 11th-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 28°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 60% of the time in August, and the air most often feels humid.

Daylight stretches from about 11 h 18 min at the start of August to 11 h 42 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, August is Monapo's 3rd-clearest and 7th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Monapo's year-round climate.

Daytime high
28°
10th warmest
Overnight low
18°
2nd coldest
Rainfall
9 mm
2.8 wet days
Daylight
11 h 30 min
5:38 AM – 5:08 PM
Cloud cover
37%
3rd clearest
Wind
10 km/h
7th windiest
Solar energy
4.98 kWh/m²
Travel score
7.3
out of 10

Monapo is town in Mozambique.

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

Temperature in August

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 28°C through the month.

A typical August day in Monapo reaches about 28°C in the afternoon and slips back to 18°C overnight — a 10°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 26°C and 30°C. Set against its neighbours, August runs about 1°C warmer than July and about 2°C cooler than September.

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Avg high (°C)Avg low (°C)
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312918

How August really feels in Monapo

Once humidity and wind are folded in, August 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
0
heat index over the day's high
Days feeling ≤ C
0
wind chill below the day's low

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

Monapo weather by month

How August compares with the rest of the year at a glance. August is the 10th-warmest and 11th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan31° / 23°28026.212.82.7
Feb31° / 23°2372312.52.9
Mar30° / 23°1832312.13.3
Apr30° / 22°7214.211.74.8
May29° / 20°175.411.36.5
Jun27° / 19°123.711.17.6
Jul27° / 18°133.611.27.8
Aug28° / 18°92.811.57.3
Sep30° / 19°82.311.96.2
Oct32° / 21°193.612.34.9
Nov33° / 23°487.612.73.8
Dec32° / 23°17019.712.93.0

Cloud cover in August

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 60% of the time in August.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 27% of August, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 13%. Skies tend to open up as the month goes on.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
18416
28416
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48416
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68416
78416
88416
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Chance of precipitation in August

Any precipitation

Monapo gets around 9 mm of rain over 2.8 wet days in August. 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.

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Rain chance (%)
19
29
39
49
59
69
79
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2810
2910
3010
3110

Humidity in August

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

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

By dew point, August lands in the humid band about 62% of days. Sticky, muggy-or-worse air turns up on roughly 25% of them.

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Dry (%)Comfortable (%)Humid (%)Muggy (%)
11176319
21166419
31166320
41156420
51156321
61146421
71146322
81146322
91136323
101136224
111136125
121126126
132125927
142125927
152115928
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171116028
181116028
191116028
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221106128
23196327
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28186328
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30176329
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Wind in August

Winds average 10 km/h in August.

Across August, daily wind ranges from about 10 km/h on the calmest days to 10 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
110calm
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510calm
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3110calm

Sunrise & sunset in August

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 11 h 18 min at the start of August to 11 h 42 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days grow by about 24 minutes over August. Sunrise moves from 5:45 AM to 5:28 AM, and sunset from 5:05 PM to 5:10 PM.

12 AM4 AM8 AM12 PM4 PM8 PM12 AM151015202531
Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
111.35:455:05
211.35:455:05
311.35:445:05
411.45:445:05
511.45:435:06
611.45:435:06
711.45:435:06
811.45:425:06
911.45:425:07
1011.45:415:07
1111.45:415:07
1211.45:405:07
1311.55:405:07
1411.55:395:07
1511.55:395:08
1611.55:385:08
1711.55:375:08
1811.55:375:08
1911.55:365:08
2011.55:365:08
2111.65:355:09
2211.65:345:09
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2411.65:335:09
2511.65:325:09
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2711.65:315:09
2811.75:305:09
2911.75:295:09
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3111.75:285:10

Solar energy in August

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in August, about 4.98 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 4.23 kWh/m² to a high of 6.76 kWh/m² in November across the year — August's 4.98 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
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215.1Bright
225.2Bright
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245.2Bright
255.3Bright
265.3Bright
275.3Bright
285.3Bright
295.4Bright
305.4Bright
315.4Bright
Planning a trip in August

Hazard calendar for Monapo

In seasonPeak

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

Monapo sits in the South Indian Ocean cyclone belt; the season peaks January–March.

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

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

Is August a good time to visit Monapo?

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

7.3
Sightseeing
3rd-best month of the year
8.4
Beach & pool
2nd-best month of the year

August is one of the better times to visit Monapo for general sightseeing. The water and warmth also suit a beach or pool day.

What to pack for Monapo in August

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

In August, Monapo sees daytime highs around 28°C and nights near 18°C. Pack light clothes. Worth having: sun protection.

light clothessun protection

Sea temperature near Monapo in August

The nearest coast averages about 25°C in August — the other half of the beach question. The full-year curve and swim-comfort zones are below.

The sea at the nearest coast (about 62 km away) is warmest in March at about 29°C and coldest in August near 25°C.

The water stays above 20°C all year — warm enough for a swim any month.

24°26°28°30°JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecrefreshingwarmtropicalcomfortable to swim
Sea temperature (°C)Comfort
Jan28Tropical
Feb29Tropical
Mar29Tropical
Apr29Tropical
May28Warm
Jun27Warm
Jul26Warm
Aug25Warm
Sep26Warm
Oct26Warm
Nov27Warm
Dec28Tropical

UV index in Monapo in August

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in August peaks around 10 (very high — sun protection essential). The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Monapo peaks around January 18 at about 15 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near June 19 at about 8 (very high).

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

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecExtremeVery highExtremeJan 18UV 15Jun 19UV 8
UV index (midday)Level
Jan16Extreme
Feb15Extreme
Mar14Extreme
Apr12Extreme
May9Very high
Jun8Very high
Jul8Very high
Aug10Very high
Sep11Extreme
Oct13Extreme
Nov12Extreme
Dec15Extreme
Location & terrain

Where is Monapo?

Monapo sits at 14.9°S, 40.3°E, 111 m above sea level, in Mozambique. The nearest listed city is Namialo, 34 km away.

NampulaNametilNamapa-eratiAngoche

Topography around Monapo

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Monapo has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 101 m around an average of 87 m above sea level; within 16 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 257 m; within 80 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 926 m.

The land around Monapo is covered by grassland (63%) within 3 km, grassland (47%) and shrubs (32%) within 16 km, and shrubs (31%), grassland (26%) and trees (20%) within 80 km.

3 km
101 m
16 km
257 m
80 km
926 m
treesshrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaceswatermangroves
August weather nearby: Namialo 34 km · Mossuril 39 km · Mozambique 48 km · Nacala 57 km · Nampula 113 km · Nametil 136 km · Namapa-erati 143 km · Angoche 152 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 Monapo (-14.9169°, 40.3022°, elevation 111 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. Tropical-cyclone seasons are the published climatological basin seasons (NOAA National Hurricane Center / regional warning centres). Sea temperatures are the NOAA OISST v2.1 1991–2020 monthly climatology (public domain), sampled at the nearest ocean point. UV index is derived from CAMS (Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service) clear-sky UV data — contains modified Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service information. Topography is sampled from the Copernicus DEM GLO-90 elevation model (© ESA/Airbus) and ESA WorldCover 2021 land cover (CC BY 4.0).