Monapo weather in January

In January, Monapo sees average daytime highs of 31°C and overnight lows near 23°C, with 280 mm of rain across 26.2 wet days and about 12.8 hours of daylight. It is the 4th-warmest and 1st-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 31°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 54 min at the start of January to 12 h 42 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, January is Monapo's 12th-clearest and 10th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Monapo's year-round climate.

Daytime high
31°
4th warmest
Overnight low
23°
12th coldest
Rainfall
280 mm
26.2 wet days
Daylight
12 h 48 min
5:04 AM – 5:52 PM
Cloud cover
82%
12th clearest
Wind
8 km/h
10th windiest
Solar energy
5.66 kWh/m²
Travel score
2.7
out of 10

Monapo is town 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 31°C through the month.

A typical January day in Monapo reaches about 31°C in the afternoon and slips back to 23°C overnight — a 8°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 29°C and 33°C. Set against its neighbours, January runs about 1°C cooler than December and on par with February.

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How January really feels in Monapo

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.

Monapo weather by month

How January compares with the rest of the year at a glance. January is the 4th-warmest and 1st-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 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 11% of January, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 81%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
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Chance of precipitation in January

Any precipitation

Monapo gets around 280 mm of rain over 26.2 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 84% and peaks near 86% on the wettest days.

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Rain chance (%)
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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 76% of days. Sticky, muggy-or-worse air turns up on roughly 100% of them.

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Muggy (%)Oppressive (%)Miserable (%)
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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
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Sunrise & sunset in January

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 12 h 54 min at the start of January to 12 h 42 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 4:56 AM to 5:12 AM, and sunset from 5:48 PM to 5:52 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
112.94:565:48
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312.94:575:49
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512.94:585:49
612.94:595:50
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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 5.66 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 — January's 5.66 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

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Planning a trip in January

Hazard calendar for Monapo

In seasonPeak

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

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 January a good time to visit Monapo?

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

2.7
Sightseeing
12th-best month of the year
4.1
Beach & pool
12th-best month of the year

January is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Monapo.

What to pack for Monapo in January

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

In January, Monapo sees daytime highs around 31°C and nights near 23°C. Pack light clothes and rain gear. Worth having: sun protection. About 26 days see rain.

light clothesrain gearsun protection

Sea temperature near Monapo in January

The nearest coast averages about 28°C in January — 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 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 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
January 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).