Nampula weather in October

In October, Nampula sees average daytime highs of 32°C and overnight lows near 20°C, with 12 mm of rain across 2.6 wet days and about 12.3 hours of daylight. It is the 2nd-warmest and 7th-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 32°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 62% of the time in October, and the air most often feels humid.

Daylight stretches from about 12 h 06 min at the start of October to 12 h 30 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, October is Nampula's 2nd-clearest and 1st-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Nampula's year-round climate.

Daytime high
32°
2nd warmest
Overnight low
20°
6th coldest
Rainfall
12 mm
2.6 wet days
Daylight
12 h 18 min
4:58 AM – 5:18 PM
Cloud cover
35%
2nd clearest
Wind
11 km/h
1st windiest
Solar energy
6.62 kWh/m²
Travel score
5.2
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 October

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 32°C through the month.

A typical October day in Nampula reaches about 32°C in the afternoon and slips back to 20°C overnight — a 12°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 29°C and 34°C. Set against its neighbours, October runs about 2°C warmer than September and about 1°C cooler than November.

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

Once humidity and wind are folded in, October averages 15 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
15
heat index over the day's high
Days feeling ≤ C
0
wind chill below the day's low

The story in October is heat — humidity pushes the afternoon "feels like" well above the raw temperature.

Nampula weather by month

How October compares with the rest of the year at a glance. October is the 2nd-warmest and 7th-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 October

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 62% of the time in October.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 24% of October, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 14%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
18713
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38713
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Chance of precipitation in October

Any precipitation

Nampula gets around 12 mm of rain over 2.6 wet days in October. 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 15% on the wettest days. The odds climb toward the end of the month.

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Rain chance (%)
15
25
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Humidity in October

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

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

By dew point, October lands in the humid band about 61% of days. Sticky, muggy-or-worse air turns up on roughly 18% of them.

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Dry (%)Comfortable (%)Humid (%)Muggy (%)
1235567
2234577
3233578
4231598
5230599
6229609
72276110
81266310
91256311
101246411
111236412
121226413
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210156322
220156223
230146125
240146026
250135928
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270125830
280115732
290105733
300105634
31095635

Wind in October

Winds average 11 km/h in October, the windiest month of the year.

Across October, daily wind ranges from about 11 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 October

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 12 h 06 min at the start of October to 12 h 30 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days grow by about 24 minutes over October. Sunrise moves from 5:08 AM to 4:50 AM, and sunset from 5:16 PM to 5:23 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
112.15:085:16
212.15:075:16
312.25:065:16
412.25:065:16
512.25:055:16
612.25:045:17
712.25:045:17
812.25:035:17
912.25:025:17
1012.35:015:17
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Solar energy in October

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in October, about 6.62 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 — October's 6.62 kWh/m² sits near the top of that range.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
16.4Intense
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Planning a trip in October

Hazard calendar for Nampula

In seasonPeak

None of Nampula's seasonal hazards are active in October. 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
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Aug
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Oct
Nov
Dec

Is October a good time to visit Nampula?

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

5.2
Sightseeing
7th-best month of the year
8.0
Beach & pool
4th-best month of the year

October is a reasonable time to visit Nampula for sightseeing. The water and warmth also suit a beach or pool day.

What to pack for Nampula in October

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

In October, Nampula sees daytime highs around 32°C and nights near 20°C. Pack light clothes and sun protection.

light clothessun protection

UV index in Nampula in October

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in October peaks around 13 (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 October

GoodModeratePoorUnhealthyVery unhealthy

Average fine-particle pollution (PM2.5) through the year — so you can see where October 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
October 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).