Beira weather by month & the best time to visit
🇲🇿 Mozambique · coastal city break · tropical — wet & dry seasons climate
The best time to visit Beira is August — its sunniest month (Sunshine Score 94/100), with September and May close behind. Beira averages about 2,860 hours of sunshine a year. Daytime highs around 25°C / 77°F and roughly 8 mm of rain in August.
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- Sun hours / year
- 2,860
- Sunniest month
- August
- Peak score
- 94/100
- Rain / year
- 895 mm
- Midday UV at peak
- 13 (extreme)
- Sea at warmest
- 31°C / 88°F
- Population
- 688k
- Elevation
- 10 m
When is the best time to visit Beira?
For sunshine, the best time to visit Beira is August, then September and May. The dullest month is January (68/100, 158 mm of rain). The full month-by-month picture is in the table below.
How sunny is Beira?
Beira gets a lot of sun: around 2,860 hours a year. August (94/100) is noticeably better than January (68). It ranks #9 of 12 destinations in Mozambique for annual sunshine, below the national median of 2,918 hours. Rain has a clear season: the wettest stretch, around January, carries about 53% of the annual 895 mm.
Sunshine Score by month
| Month | Score | Day high | Night low | Rain | UV | Sea |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 68 | 29° / 84°F | 27° / 81°F | 158 mm | 12 | 30° / 86°F |
| February | 69 | 29° / 84°F | 27° / 81°F | 149 mm | 13 | 30° / 86°F |
| March | 69 | 29° / 84°F | 26° / 79°F | 145 mm | 12 | 30° / 86°F |
| April | 82 | 28° / 82°F | 25° / 77°F | 75 mm | 10 | 28° / 82°F |
| May | 91 | 26° / 79°F | 23° / 73°F | 27 mm | 8 | 26° / 79°F |
| June | 91 | 25° / 77°F | 21° / 70°F | 29 mm | 7 | 24° / 75°F |
| July | 89 | 24° / 75°F | 20° / 68°F | 37 mm | 7 | 24° / 75°F |
| August | 94 | 25° / 77°F | 20° / 68°F | 8 mm | 8 | 25° / 77°F |
| September | 93 | 26° / 79°F | 22° / 72°F | 14 mm | 9 | 25° / 77°F |
| October | 91 | 27° / 81°F | 23° / 73°F | 26 mm | 10 | 26° / 79°F |
| November | 85 | 29° / 84°F | 25° / 77°F | 57 mm | 11 | 29° / 84°F |
| December | 68 | 29° / 84°F | 26° / 79°F | 170 mm | 12 | 31° / 88°F |
Sea temperature in Beira by month
The sea off Beira is warmest in December at around 31°C / 88°F, and coolest in June at 24°C / 75°F. The water sits at a comfortable 21°C or warmer roughly all year round. Month-by-month sea-surface temperatures are in the Sea column of the table above.
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Nearby places for sunshine
- Harare Zimbabwe · 452 km · best in Aug · 3,184 h sun/yr
- Maputo Mozambique · 722 km · best in Jul · 2,689 h sun/yr
- Lusaka Zambia · 845 km · best in Jun · 3,066 h sun/yr
- Johannesburg South Africa · 981 km · best in Aug · 3,287 h sun/yr
- Gaborone Botswana · 1,066 km · best in Jul · 3,481 h sun/yr
- Durban South Africa · 1,157 km · best in Jun · 2,503 h sun/yr
Nearest destinations
- Chimoio Mozambique · 171 km · 2,878 h sun/yr · best in Aug
- Vilanculo Mozambique · 251 km · 3,000 h sun/yr · best in Aug
- Quelimane Mozambique · 299 km · 2,813 h sun/yr · best in Aug
- Tete Mozambique · 432 km · 2,963 h sun/yr · best in Aug
- Inhambane Mozambique · 457 km · 2,971 h sun/yr · best in Aug
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