Climate and average weather in Morrumbala

In Morrumbala, the summers are humid, sweltering, showery, and mostly clear and the winters are warm and mostly clear.

Best: late April to late August

Over the course of the year, the temperature in Morrumbala typically varies from 15°C to 34°C, and is rarely below 12°C or above 39°C. November is the hottest month of the year, while July is the coldest.

Based on the travel score, the best time of year to visit Morrumbala for warm-weather activities is from late April to late August.

Hottest
Nov
34°
Coldest
Jul
15°
Wettest
Jan
222 mm
Driest
Aug
6 mm
Rain / yr
811 mm
113 wet days
Daylight
11.0–13.0 h
shortest–longest
Elevation
412 m
17.3°S
Clearest
Sep
29% cloud

Morrumbala weather by month, at a glance

The whole year in one picture — sky, rain, humidity, temperature and travel score. Click any band to jump to its full chart.

Each stripe is one measure across the whole year, stacked so a single day reads top to bottom. The sky band runs overcast grey on top down to clear blue at the base — more blue means sunnier — followed by the rainfall curve, the humidity band, a temperature strip that tints each stretch of the year by how warm its average high is, and the travel-score line at the foot. Scan straight down any date to read that day across every measure at once; the score climbs highest around late April to late August.

Temperature through the year

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Daily average highs and lows in Morrumbala, from 1991–2020 of climate data. The shaded bands show the range most days fall in — 10th to 90th percentile.

The hot season lasts 2.7 months, from September 18 to December 7, with daily high temperatures above 32°C. The hottest month of the year in Morrumbala is November, with an average high of 34°C and low of 22°C.

The cool season lasts 2.1 months, from May 29 to August 1, with daily high temperatures below 27°C. The coldest month of the year in Morrumbala is July, with an average low of 15°C and high of 26°C.

Days typically run about 10°C warmer than nights, with the widest day–night swing (around 13°C) in September.

10°15°20°25°30°35°40°JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg high (°C)Avg low (°C)
Jan3123
Feb3023
Mar3022
Apr2920
May2817
Jun2616
Jul2615
Aug2916
Sep3219
Oct3421
Nov3422
Dec3223

How hot and cold Morrumbala really feels

Feels-like highFeels-like lowactual air temp

The felt-temperature range through the year — heat index on the day's high (summer humidity), wind chill on the night's low (winter wind). The dashed lines are the plain thermometer; the gap is how much hotter or colder it really feels.

On the hottest afternoons, once humidity is folded in, Morrumbala feels like about 36°C (around November 14). About 197 days a year carry some heat stress, peaking in November.

10°15°20°25°30°35°40°JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Feels-like high (°C)Air high (°C)Feels-like low (°C)Air low (°C)
Jan34312323
Feb34302323
Mar33302222
Apr31292020
May28281717
Jun26261616
Jul26261515
Aug29291616
Sep32321919
Oct34342121
Nov36342222
Dec35322323

Average hourly temperature in Morrumbala

A compact picture of the whole year, hour by hour: each column is a day, each row an hour, and the color is the modeled average temperature. Darker overlays mark night, lighter ones the civil-twilight hours around sunrise and sunset.

Read left to right for the day of the year and top to bottom for the hour of the day; the color is the modeled temperature, cool blues through to hot reds on the same scale as the other charts. A vertical slice is a single day's swing — coolest just before dawn, warmest in the mid-afternoon — while a horizontal slice follows one hour across the seasons. The darker overlay marks night and the lighter one the twilight around sunrise and sunset. Colors run warmest on November afternoons, near 34°C, and coldest before dawn in July, near 15°C.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec12 AM2 AM4 AM6 AM8 AM10 AM12 PM2 PM4 PM6 PM8 PM10 PM12 AM

Morrumbala weather by month

Every month at a glance. Click a month for its detailed page.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan31° / 23°22221.312.93.3
Feb30° / 23°14117.412.63.7
Mar30° / 22°11517.312.14.2
Apr29° / 20°399.411.65.7
May28° / 17°134.411.27.3
Jun26° / 16°103.5117.9
Jul26° / 15°124.611.17.8
Aug29° / 16°62.411.47.1
Sep32° / 19°81.711.95.2
Oct34° / 21°173.412.43.9
Nov34° / 22°629.312.83.0
Dec32° / 23°16518.2133.2

Chance of rain

How likely it is to rain on a typical day, and how that shifts across the wetter and drier seasons.

Morrumbala gets about 811 mm of precipitation a year. On a typical day the chance of rain is often wet, but that rises and falls sharply with the seasons.

The wetter season lasts 5.0 months, from around Nov 16 to Apr 15, peaking in January at about 71% chance on a given day. The drier stretch runs the rest of the year, bottoming out around Sep 7.

January is the wettest month by volume, with 222 mm over about 21 wet days; August is the driest, with 6 mm.

0%10%20%30%40%50%60%70%80%JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecwetterdrierwettermostly drysome rainoften wetvery wetJan 21 · 71%Sep 7 · 5%
Rain on a day (%)Rain days
Jan6821
Feb6317
Mar5517
Apr319
May154
Jun124
Jul145
Aug82
Sep62
Oct123
Nov319
Dec5818

Monthly rainfall

Over a full year, Morrumbala collects about 811 mm of rain across 113 wet days — roughly 68 mm in an average month.

It doesn’t fall evenly. January is the wettest month with 222 mm, while August is the driest at just 6 mm. The three wettest months alone bring about 65% of the year’s total.

050100150200250JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec22214111539131012681762165
Rainfall (mm)Rain days
Jan22221
Feb14117
Mar11517
Apr399
May134
Jun104
Jul125
Aug62
Sep82
Oct173
Nov629
Dec16518

Clouds and sunshine

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

How often the daytime sky is clear, partly cloudy or overcast.

In Morrumbala, the average share of the sky covered by clouds shows significant seasonal variation over the course of the year.

The clearer part of the year begins around March 31 and lasts for 7.6 months, ending around November 16. The clearest month is September, when the sky is clear, mostly clear, or partly cloudy 85% of the time on average.

The cloudier part of the year begins around November 17 and lasts for 4.4 months, ending around March 30. The cloudiest month is January, when it is overcast or mostly cloudy 68% of the time.

0%100%10%90%20%80%30%70%40%60%50%50%60%40%70%30%80%20%90%10%100%0%JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecSep 16 · 85%Jan 17 · 31%clearmostly clearpartly cloudymostly cloudyovercastcloudierclearercloudier
Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
Jan3268
Feb4159
Mar5644
Apr7426
May8020
Jun7723
Jul7327
Aug8020
Sep8515
Oct8218
Nov6733
Dec4159

Daylight, sunrise and sunset

DaylightNight

Hours of daylight through the year, with sunrise and sunset times.

The gold band is daylight — sunrise runs along its lower edge, sunset along the upper — so it widens toward summer and pinches toward winter, with night the dark area above and below. The longest day, around January 1, brings about 13 hours of light; the shortest, around May 31, only 11 hours — a swing of roughly 2 hours.

12 AM4 AM8 AM12 PM4 PM8 PM12 AMJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
Jan12.95:196:15
Feb12.65:356:10
Mar12.15:445:51
Apr11.65:505:26
May11.25:585:10
Jun11.06:095:07
Jul11.16:125:15
Aug11.45:595:24
Sep11.95:355:29
Oct12.45:115:35
Nov12.84:585:48
Dec13.05:036:05

Sunny days

How many genuinely sunny days each month brings — days the sky stays clear or mostly clear — banded into plain-language zones.

Morrumbala averages about 13 sunny days a month — counting the days the sky stays clear or mostly clear — with a clear seasonal swing between 4 and 21 days.

The sunnier stretch runs 4.2 months, from around Jul 14 to Nov 19. The sunniest month is September, with roughly 20 sunny days (bright).

The greyest month is January, down near 5 sunny days — about 77% fewer than the September peak.

0510152025JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecgreyersunniergreyergloomymixedbrightbrilliantSep 1621 daysJan 184 days
Sunny daysSky
Jan5Gloomy
Feb5Gloomy
Mar8Gloomy
Apr13Mixed
May16Bright
Jun14Mixed
Jul14Mixed
Aug18Bright
Sep20Bright
Oct19Bright
Nov14Mixed
Dec7Gloomy

Humidity comfort

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

Share of days at each humidity comfort level, based on the dew point — the measure that tracks how muggy it actually feels.

Humidity comfort is graded by the dew point — the temperature at which the air would be fully saturated — because it tracks how muggy it actually feels far better than relative humidity does. A low dew point feels dry and crisp; a high one feels sticky and oppressive no matter the reading on a humidity gauge.

In Morrumbala, how humid it feels changes dramatically over the year.

The more humid part of the year lasts 7.2 months, from around October 15 to May 20. The muggiest month is January, when the air feels humid, muggy or worse about 100% of the time.

The most comfortable stretch runs from around May 21 to October 14, and July is the most comfortable month — the air is dry or comfortable 78% of the time.

0%10%20%30%40%50%60%70%80%90%100%JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecJul 29 · 81%Jan 1 · 0%miserablemuggyhumidoppressivecomfortabledryhumidcomfortablehumid
Dry (%)Comfortable (%)Humid (%)Muggy (%)Oppressive (%)Miserable (%)
Jan00118729
Feb00017776
Mar00327673
Apr032249250
May323492510
Jun124836500
Jul215721100
Aug245223100
Sep164633500
Oct425442520
Nov183140200
Dec01825605

Wind

Average wind speed through the year, banded into plain-language speed zones so a number reads as 'breezy' or 'calm' without knowing the scale.

This is the average sustained wind speed at the standard 10 metres above open ground — the steady flow a weather station reports, not the sharper gusts that come and go, which can run half again as fast. It's the number that says whether a place is generally breezy or calm.

Across the year, average wind speed in Morrumbala is typically calm, near 9 km/h, and varies little with the seasons.

The windier part of the year lasts 4.2 months, from around Aug 2 to Dec 7. The windiest month is October, averaging about 12 km/h (calm).

The calmer part of the year runs from around Dec 8 to Aug 1, with February the calmest month at about 8 km/h.

051015JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDeccalmerwindiercalmlight breezeOct 11 · 12 km/hFeb 2 · 7 km/h
Wind speed (km/h)Feels
Jan8calm
Feb8calm
Mar8calm
Apr9calm
May8calm
Jun8calm
Jul9calm
Aug10calm
Sep11calm
Oct12calm
Nov11calm
Dec9calm

Hazard calendar for Morrumbala

In seasonPeak

When the seasonal hazards worth planning around — the rainy season, tropical-cyclone risk and dust haze — are active through the year.

Morrumbala'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

Best time to visit Morrumbala

TravelBeach/poolTemperatureCloudsPrecipitation

To characterize how pleasant the weather is in Morrumbala throughout the year, we compute two travel scores — one for general sightseeing, one for beach and pool weather.

Around late August, Morrumbala is still near the tail of its best-weather window — great conditions with the peak-season crowds already thinning.

Inferred from the travel-score curve; month-by-month visitor numbers are a planned addition.

The travel score favors clear, rainless days with daytime highs between 18°C and 28°C. Based on this score, the best time of year to visit Morrumbala for general outdoor tourist activities is from late April to late August, with a peak score in the last week of June.

0246810JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecbest timetravel scoretemperaturecloudsprecipitationJun 23 · 8.0

The travel score (filled area), and its constituents: the temperature score (red line), the cloud cover score (blue line), and the precipitation score (green line).

Travel score (0–10)Rating
Jan3.3poor
Feb3.7fair
Mar4.2fair
Apr5.7good
May7.3good
Jun7.9ideal
Jul7.9ideal
Aug7.1good
Sep5.2fair
Oct3.9fair
Nov3.1poor
Dec3.2poor

The beach/pool score favors clear, rainless days with daytime highs between 24°C and 34°C. Based on this score, the best time of year to visit Morrumbala for hot-weather activities is from mid April to late October, with a peak score in the last week of August.

024681012JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecbest timebeach/pool scoretemperaturecloudsprecipitationAug 24 · 8.7

The beach/pool score (filled area), and its constituents: the temperature score (red line), the cloud cover score (blue line), and the precipitation score (green line).

What to pack for Morrumbala, by month

EssentialRecommendedOptional

Month by month, what's worth putting in the bag — from the temperature range, rain chance, sun and wind. Tap a month for a quick packing note.

For a warm-season trip around November (highs near 34°C), the essentials are light clothes, rain gear and sun protection. In the cold season around July (highs near 26°C), pack light clothes.

Light clothing
Warm layer
Winter coat
Rain gear
Sun protection
Windbreaker

In November, Morrumbala sees daytime highs around 34°C and nights near 22°C. Pack light clothes and sun protection. Worth having: rain gear. About 9 days see rain.

UV index (midday) in Morrumbala by month

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV index through the year, shaded by the WHO exposure levels — how much sun protection each month calls for.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Morrumbala peaks around January 17 at about 14 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near June 20 at about 7 (very high).

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

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecExtremeVery highExtremeJan 17UV 14Jun 20UV 7
UV index (midday)Level
Jan14Extreme
Feb14Extreme
Mar14Extreme
Apr11Extreme
May8Very high
Jun7High
Jul7Very high
Aug8Very high
Sep10Very high
Oct12Extreme
Nov12Extreme
Dec14Extreme

Average hourly UV index in Morrumbala

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Modeled clear-sky UV for every hour of every day — when in the day sun protection actually matters.

The whole year hour by hour: each column is a day, each row an hour, and the color is the modeled clear-sky UV index — the midday peak scaled down as the sun sits lower in the sky. Darker overlays mark night, lighter ones the civil-twilight hours around sunrise and sunset.

UV falls off far faster than brightness as the sun drops, so even in January the burn window is concentrated in the middle of the day: about 8.5 hours a day reach index 3 (protection recommended), and 7 hours reach 6 or more. Mornings and late afternoons stay comparatively gentle year round.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec12 AM2 AM4 AM6 AM8 AM10 AM12 PM2 PM4 PM6 PM8 PM10 PM12 AM
UV ≥ 3 (h/day)UV ≥ 6 (h/day)
Jan8.57
Feb8.56.5
Mar86.5
Apr7.55
May6.54
Jun63
Jul63.5
Aug6.54
Sep7.55
Oct86
Nov8.56
Dec8.57

Air quality in Morrumbala by month

GoodModeratePoorUnhealthyVery unhealthy

Average fine-particle pollution (PM2.5) through the year — so you can see which months the air is worst, not just the yearly average.

Air quality in Morrumbala is worst in September — around 58 µg/m³ PM2.5 (unhealthy), about 8.2× the cleanest month (December, 7 µg/m³).

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

0204060JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecGoodModeratePoorModerateGoodSep 1356 µg/m³Dec 227 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan8Good
Feb9Good
Mar8Good
Apr8Good
May11Good
Jun14Moderate
Jul25Moderate
Aug45Poor
Sep58Unhealthy
Oct28Moderate
Nov12Good
Dec7Good
Almanac & agriculture

Growing season

Chance of a frost-free dayFrost-free year round

Morrumbala is frost-free year round — even the coldest nights rarely reach freezing, so there is no start or end to the growing season.

0%25%50%75%100%JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecfrost-free year round
Frost-free chance (%)Frost nights
Jan1000
Feb1000
Mar1000
Apr1000
May1000
Jun1000
Jul1000
Aug1000
Sep1000
Oct1000
Nov1000
Dec1000

Growing degree days

Degree days (base 10°C)Frost-free shaded

Growing degree days tally heat above 10°C: each day adds however many degrees its average temperature runs over that threshold, and cold days add nothing. Morrumbala banks about 5,419 degree days a year, and the running total — which growers use to time plantings and predict maturity — climbs fastest around November.

02,0004,000JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Growing degree days (°C·days)
Jan520
Feb462
Mar497
Apr435
May392
Jun328
Jul326
Aug387
Sep459
Oct531
Nov545
Dec537

Solar energy

Average daily shortwave solar energy reaching the ground, banded into brightness zones so the number means something at a glance.

Solar energy is how much sunlight actually reaches the ground each day, measured in kilowatt-hours per square metre (kWh/m²) — the combined effect of how long the sun is up, how high it climbs, and how much cloud gets in the way. It's the raw fuel a solar panel has to work with: for scale, 1 kWh/m² a day is dim and wintry, while 7+ is desert-bright.

Morrumbala receives about 5.3 kWh/m² a day of solar energy on average — bright — with a clear seasonal swing between 3.9 and 6.7 kWh/m².

The brighter stretch of the year lasts 6.7 months, from around Aug 27 to Mar 17. The brightest month is November, averaging about 6.6 kWh/m² (intense).

The dimmest month is July, down near 4.0 kWh/m² — roughly 38% less than the November peak.

012345678JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecbrighterdimmerbrighterdimmoderatebrightintenseNov 86.7 kWhJul 43.9 kWh
Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
Jan5.6Bright
Feb5.7Bright
Mar5.3Bright
Apr4.9Bright
May4.5Bright
Jun4.0Moderate
Jul4.0Moderate
Aug5.0Bright
Sep6.0Bright
Oct6.4Intense
Nov6.6Intense
Dec6.1Intense

Where is Morrumbala?

Morrumbala sits at 17.3°S, 35.6°E, 412 m above sea level, in Mozambique. The nearest listed city is Nsanje, 57 km away.

MarromeuMilangeMulanjeQuelimaneNamacurraMocuba

Topography around Morrumbala

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Morrumbala has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 107 m around an average of 405 m above sea level; within 16 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 560 m; within 80 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,121 m.

The land around Morrumbala is covered by cropland (47%) and shrubs (31%) within 3 km, shrubs (42%) and cropland (33%) within 16 km, and trees (45%) and shrubs (28%) within 80 km.

3 km
107 m
16 km
560 m
80 km
1,121 m
treesshrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaceswaterwetland
Nearby: Nsanje 57 km · Caia 60 km · Marromeu 114 km · Milange 138 km · Mulanje 144 km · Quelimane 151 km · Namacurra 154 km · Mocuba 159 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 Morrumbala (-17.3269°, 35.5842°, elevation 412 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).