Maputo weather by month & the best time to visit
🇲🇿 Mozambique · coastal city break · tropical — wet & dry seasons climate
The best time to visit Maputo is July — its sunniest month (Sunshine Score 92/100), with August and May close behind. Maputo averages about 2,689 hours of sunshine a year. Daytime highs around 25°C / 77°F and roughly 16 mm of rain in July.
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- Sun hours / year
- 2,689
- Sunniest month
- July
- Peak score
- 92/100
- Rain / year
- 778 mm
- Midday UV at peak
- 11 (extreme)
- Sea at warmest
- 29°C / 84°F
- Population
- 1.4M
- Elevation
- 36 m
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When is the best time to visit Maputo?
For sunshine, the best time to visit Maputo is July, then August and May. The dullest month is January (67/100, 153 mm of rain). The full month-by-month picture is in the table below.
How sunny is Maputo?
Maputo gets a lot of sun: around 2,689 hours a year. July (92/100) is noticeably better than January (67). It ranks #11 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 48% of the annual 778 mm.
Sunshine Score by month
| Month | Score | Day high | Night low | Rain | UV | Sea |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 67 | 31° / 88°F | 22° / 72°F | 153 mm | 11 | 28° / 82°F |
| February | 77 | 31° / 88°F | 22° / 72°F | 99 mm | 11 | 29° / 84°F |
| March | 77 | 31° / 88°F | 21° / 70°F | 95 mm | 9 | 28° / 82°F |
| April | 83 | 28° / 82°F | 19° / 66°F | 64 mm | 7 | 26° / 79°F |
| May | 91 | 27° / 81°F | 16° / 61°F | 20 mm | 5 | 25° / 77°F |
| June | 91 | 25° / 77°F | 14° / 57°F | 18 mm | 4 | 22° / 72°F |
| July | 92 | 25° / 77°F | 14° / 57°F | 16 mm | 4 | 20° / 68°F |
| August | 92 | 27° / 81°F | 15° / 59°F | 14 mm | 5 | 22° / 72°F |
| September | 90 | 29° / 84°F | 17° / 63°F | 28 mm | 7 | 22° / 72°F |
| October | 85 | 29° / 84°F | 18° / 64°F | 51 mm | 8 | 24° / 75°F |
| November | 77 | 30° / 86°F | 20° / 68°F | 98 mm | 9 | 27° / 81°F |
| December | 72 | 31° / 88°F | 21° / 70°F | 122 mm | 10 | 29° / 84°F |
Sea temperature in Maputo by month
The sea off Maputo is warmest in February at around 29°C / 84°F, and coolest in July at 20°C / 68°F. The water sits at a comfortable 21°C or warmer roughly 11 months a year. Month-by-month sea-surface temperatures are in the Sea column of the table above.
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Nearby places for sunshine
- Johannesburg South Africa · 433 km · best in Aug · 3,287 h sun/yr
- Durban South Africa · 435 km · best in Jun · 2,503 h sun/yr
- Gaborone Botswana · 686 km · best in Jul · 3,481 h sun/yr
- Harare Zimbabwe · 901 km · best in Aug · 3,184 h sun/yr
- Gqeberha (Port Elizabeth) South Africa · 1,119 km · best in May · 2,989 h sun/yr
- Lusaka Zambia · 1,253 km · best in Jun · 3,066 h sun/yr
Nearest destinations
- Mpaka Eswatini · 98 km · 2,644 h sun/yr · best in Jun
- Skukuza South Africa · 145 km · 2,745 h sun/yr · best in Jun
- Mbombela South Africa · 159 km · 2,686 h sun/yr · best in May
- Xai-Xai Mozambique · 165 km · 2,904 h sun/yr · best in Aug
- Mkuze South Africa · 197 km · 2,582 h sun/yr · best in Jun
Head-to-head
How Maputo compares month by month: Maputo vs Johannesburg · Maputo vs Durban · Maputo vs Harare · Maputo vs Gaborone · all comparisons
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