Nampula weather in May

In May, Nampula sees average daytime highs of 27°C and overnight lows near 18°C, with 9 mm of rain across 2.4 wet days and about 11.3 hours of daylight. It is the 9th-warmest and 8th-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 27°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 45% of the time in May, and the air most often feels humid.

Daylight stretches from about 11 h 30 min at the start of May to 11 h 12 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, May is Nampula's 5th-clearest and 7th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Nampula's year-round climate.

Daytime high
27°
9th warmest
Overnight low
18°
5th coldest
Rainfall
9 mm
2.4 wet days
Daylight
11 h 18 min
5:40 AM – 4:58 PM
Cloud cover
44%
5th clearest
Wind
11 km/h
7th windiest
Solar energy
4.62 kWh/m²
Travel score
7.8
out of 10

Nampula is city in Mozambique.

Density
2,407/km²
people per km²
Founded
1919

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

Temperature in May

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 27°C through the month.

A typical May day in Nampula reaches about 27°C in the afternoon and slips back to 18°C overnight — a 9°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 25°C and 29°C. Set against its neighbours, May runs about 1°C cooler than April and about 1°C warmer than June.

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Avg high (°C)Avg low (°C)
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How May really feels in Nampula

Once humidity and wind are folded in, May 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

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

Nampula weather by month

How May compares with the rest of the year at a glance. May is the 9th-warmest and 8th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan30° / 22°26725.612.83.2
Feb30° / 22°19521.112.53.5
Mar29° / 22°14320.712.14.0
Apr28° / 20°479.711.75.9
May27° / 18°92.411.37.8
Jun26° / 17°62.111.18.2
Jul26° / 16°6211.28.2
Aug27° / 17°51.511.58.0
Sep30° / 18°4111.96.5
Oct32° / 20°122.612.35.2
Nov33° / 21°476.712.74.1
Dec31° / 22°15418.612.93.4

Cloud cover in May

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 45% of the time in May.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 31% of May, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 24%. Skies tend to open up as the month goes on.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
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27624
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Chance of precipitation in May

Any precipitation

Nampula gets around 9 mm of rain over 2.4 wet days in May. The line is the day-by-day chance of measurable precipitation.

Day to day, the chance of measurable rain averages around 8% and peaks near 14% on the wettest days. The odds ease toward the end of the month.

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Rain chance (%)
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512
611
710
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Humidity in May

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

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

By dew point, May lands in the humid band about 54% of days. Sticky, muggy-or-worse air turns up on roughly 31% of them.

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Dry (%)Comfortable (%)Humid (%)Muggy (%)Oppressive (%)
10343504
20445483
30447463
40549442
50551422
60651412
70752401
80853381
90953371
100954361
1101055350
1201155340
1301255330
1401355320
1501455310
1601555300
1701556290
1801656280
1901756270
2001856260
2101956250
2212055240
2312057220
2412157210
2512257200
2612357190
2712557170
2822656160
2922757140
3022956130
3123056120

Wind in May

Winds average 11 km/h in May.

Across May, daily wind ranges from about 10 km/h on the calmest days to 11 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
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Sunrise & sunset in May

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 11 h 30 min at the start of May to 11 h 12 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days shrink by about 18 minutes over May. Sunrise moves from 5:36 AM to 5:45 AM, and sunset from 5:04 PM to 4:56 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
111.55:365:04
211.55:365:04
311.45:375:03
411.45:375:03
511.45:375:02
611.45:375:02
711.45:385:01
811.45:385:01
911.45:385:01
1011.45:385:00
1111.45:395:00
1211.35:394:59
1311.35:394:59
1411.35:404:59
1511.35:404:58
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1911.35:414:57
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2711.25:444:56
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Solar energy in May

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in May, about 4.62 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 4.2 kWh/m² to a high of 6.76 kWh/m² in November across the year — May's 4.62 kWh/m² sits near the bottom.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
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274.5Bright
284.5Bright
294.4Bright
304.4Bright
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Planning a trip in May

Hazard calendar for Nampula

In seasonPeak

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

Nampula'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 May a good time to visit Nampula?

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

7.8
Sightseeing
4th-best month of the year
8.1
Beach & pool
3rd-best month of the year

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

What to pack for Nampula in May

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

In May, Nampula sees daytime highs around 27°C and nights near 18°C. Pack light clothes. Worth having: sun protection.

light clothessun protection

UV index in Nampula in May

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in May peaks around 9 (very high — sun protection essential). The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Nampula peaks around January 13 at about 16 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near June 18 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 13UV 16Jun 18UV 8
UV index (midday)Level
Jan16Extreme
Feb15Extreme
Mar14Extreme
Apr12Extreme
May9Very high
Jun8Very high
Jul8Very high
Aug10Very high
Sep11Extreme
Oct13Extreme
Nov13Extreme
Dec15Extreme

Air quality in Nampula in May

GoodModeratePoorUnhealthyVery unhealthy

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

Air quality in Nampula is worst in September — around 24 µg/m³ PM2.5 (moderate), about 3.9× the cleanest month (December, 6 µg/m³).

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

0102030JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecGoodModerateGoodSep 1723 µg/m³Dec 136 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan8Good
Feb9Good
Mar8Good
Apr8Good
May8Good
Jun7Good
Jul8Good
Aug13Moderate
Sep24Moderate
Oct16Moderate
Nov7Good
Dec6Good
Location & terrain

Where is Nampula?

Nampula sits at 15.1°S, 39.3°E, 431 m above sea level, in Mozambique. The nearest listed city is Nametil, 68 km away.

MonapoIapalaAngocheMossuril

Topography around Nampula

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Nampula has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 95 m around an average of 405 m above sea level; within 16 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 541 m; within 80 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,336 m.

The land around Nampula is covered by artificial surfaces (84%) within 3 km, grassland (36%), shrubs (24%) and cropland (21%) within 16 km, and shrubs (44%), trees (24%) and grassland (24%) within 80 km.

3 km
95 m
16 km
541 m
80 km
1,336 m
treesshrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrain
May weather nearby: Nametil 68 km · Murrupula 74 km · Namialo 80 km · Ribáuè 103 km · Monapo 113 km · Iapala 132 km · Angoche 142 km · Mossuril 151 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 Nampula (-15.1165°, 39.2666°, elevation 431 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).