Murrupula weather in January

In January, Murrupula sees average daytime highs of 30°C and overnight lows near 22°C, with 284 mm of rain across 25.7 wet days and about 12.8 hours of daylight. It is the 5th-warmest and 1st-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 30°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 5% 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 Murrupula's 12th-clearest and 11th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Murrupula's year-round climate.

Daytime high
30°
5th warmest
Overnight low
22°
11th coldest
Rainfall
284 mm
25.7 wet days
Daylight
12 h 48 min
5:10 AM – 5:59 PM
Cloud cover
82%
12th clearest
Wind
8 km/h
11th windiest
Solar energy
5.5 kWh/m²
Travel score
3.1
out of 10

Murrupula is town in Nampula, 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 30°C through the month.

A typical January day in Murrupula reaches about 30°C in the afternoon and slips back to 22°C overnight — a 8°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 28°C and 32°C. Set against its neighbours, January runs about 2°C cooler than December and on par with February.

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Avg high (°C)Avg low (°C)
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How January really feels in Murrupula

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.

Murrupula weather by month

How January compares with the rest of the year at a glance. January is the 5th-warmest and 1st-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan30° / 22°28425.712.83.1
Feb30° / 22°19720.812.53.4
Mar29° / 22°13820.112.14.0
Apr28° / 20°4811.211.75.7
May27° / 18°144.211.37.5
Jun26° / 17°114.211.17.9
Jul25° / 16°113.611.28.0
Aug27° / 17°82.711.57.8
Sep30° / 18°61.511.96.3
Oct32° / 20°163.312.44.8
Nov33° / 22°537.612.73.7
Dec32° / 22°1721912.93.2

Cloud cover in January

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 5% of the time in January, the cloudiest month of the year.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 13% of January, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 81%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
12773
22674
32674
42575
52476
62278
72179
82080
92080
101882
111882
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Chance of precipitation in January

Any precipitation

Murrupula gets around 284 mm of rain over 25.7 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 81% and peaks near 83% on the wettest days.

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Rain chance (%)
176
277
378
478
579
680
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881
982
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1383
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1783
1883
1983
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3080
3180

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 85% of days. Sticky, muggy-or-worse air turns up on roughly 99% of them.

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Humid (%)Muggy (%)Oppressive (%)
112079
211980
311980
411881
511782
611782
711683
811584
901585
1001486
1101486
1201486
1301486
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2001486
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3001387
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Wind in January

Winds average 8 km/h in January.

Across January, daily wind ranges from about 8 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
28calm
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48calm
58calm
68calm
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108calm
118calm
128calm
138calm
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278calm
288calm
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318calm

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 5:01 AM to 5:18 AM, and sunset from 5:56 PM to 5:59 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
112.95:015:56
212.95:025:56
312.95:025:56
412.95:035:57
512.95:045:57
612.95:045:57
712.95:055:57
812.95:055:58
912.95:065:58
1012.95:065:58
1112.95:075:58
1212.95:085:59
1312.85:085:59
1412.85:095:59
1512.85:095:59
1612.85:105:59
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1812.85:116:00
1912.85:126:00
2012.85:126:00
2112.85:136:00
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2312.85:146:00
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2512.85:156:00
2612.75:156:00
2712.75:166:00
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2912.75:176:00
3012.75:175:59
3112.75:185:59

Solar energy in January

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in January, about 5.5 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 4.07 kWh/m² to a high of 6.74 kWh/m² in November across the year — January's 5.5 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
15.8Bright
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Planning a trip in January

Hazard calendar for Murrupula

In seasonPeak

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

Murrupula'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 January a good time to visit Murrupula?

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

3.1
Sightseeing
12th-best month of the year
4.3
Beach & pool
12th-best month of the year

January is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Murrupula.

What to pack for Murrupula in January

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

In January, Murrupula sees daytime highs around 30°C and nights near 22°C. Pack light clothes and rain gear. Worth having: sun protection. About 26 days see rain.

light clothesrain gearsun protection

UV index in Murrupula 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 Murrupula peaks around January 14 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 14UV 15Jun 19UV 8
UV index (midday)Level
Jan16Extreme
Feb15Extreme
Mar14Extreme
Apr12Extreme
May9Very high
Jun8Very high
Jul8Very high
Aug10Very high
Sep11Extreme
Oct13Extreme
Nov13Extreme
Dec15Extreme

Air quality in Murrupula in January

GoodModeratePoorUnhealthyVery unhealthy

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

Air quality in Murrupula is worst in September — around 23 µg/m³ PM2.5 (moderate), about 3.4× the cleanest month (December, 7 µg/m³).

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

0102030JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecGoodModerateGoodSep 2022 µg/m³Dec 217 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan7Good
Feb8Good
Mar8Good
Apr8Good
May8Good
Jun7Good
Jul8Good
Aug12Good
Sep23Moderate
Oct19Moderate
Nov10Good
Dec7Good
Location & terrain

Where is Murrupula?

Murrupula sits at 15.5°S, 38.7°E, 456 m above sea level, in Mozambique. The nearest listed city is Ribáuè, 68 km away.

Alto MolocueMalemaNamialoMicolene

Topography around Murrupula

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Murrupula has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 216 m around an average of 430 m above sea level; within 16 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 785 m; within 80 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,558 m.

The land around Murrupula is covered by cropland (38%), grassland (24%) and shrubs (23%) within 3 km, shrubs (36%), grassland (27%) and cropland (22%) within 16 km, and shrubs (39%), trees (30%) and grassland (21%) within 80 km.

3 km
216 m
16 km
785 m
80 km
1,558 m
treesshrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaces
January weather nearby: Ribáuè 68 km · Nampula 74 km · Nametil 77 km · Iapala 83 km · Alto Molocue 108 km · Malema 147 km · Namialo 152 km · Micolene 154 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 Murrupula (-15.4569°, 38.6772°, elevation 456 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).