Nacala weather by month & the best time to visit
🇲🇿 Mozambique · beach resort · tropical — wet & dry seasons climate
The best time to visit Nacala is September — its sunniest month (Sunshine Score 94/100), with May and July close behind. Nacala averages about 2,932 hours of sunshine a year. Daytime highs around 29°C / 84°F and roughly 11 mm of rain in September.
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- Sun hours / year
- 2,932
- Sunniest month
- September
- Peak score
- 94/100
- Rain / year
- 1,178 mm
- Midday UV at peak
- 12 (extreme)
- Sea at warmest
- 31°C / 88°F
- Population
- 240k
- Elevation
- 110 m
When is the best time to visit Nacala?
For sunshine, the best time to visit Nacala is September, then May and July. The dullest month is January (69/100, 327 mm of rain). The full month-by-month picture is in the table below.
How sunny is Nacala?
Nacala gets a lot of sun: around 2,932 hours a year. September (94/100) is noticeably better than January (69). It ranks #6 of 12 destinations in Mozambique for annual sunshine, above the national median of 2,918 hours. Rain is strongly seasonal here: roughly 64% of the year's 1,178 mm falls in the three months around February.
Sunshine Score by month
| Month | Score | Day high | Night low | Rain | UV | Sea |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 69 | 29° / 84°F | 25° / 77°F | 327 mm | 11 | 29° / 84°F |
| February | 69 | 29° / 84°F | 25° / 77°F | 260 mm | 12 | 30° / 86°F |
| March | 69 | 29° / 84°F | 24° / 75°F | 172 mm | 11 | 31° / 88°F |
| April | 76 | 28° / 82°F | 24° / 75°F | 113 mm | 10 | 30° / 86°F |
| May | 93 | 28° / 82°F | 22° / 72°F | 17 mm | 8 | 28° / 82°F |
| June | 90 | 28° / 82°F | 21° / 70°F | 32 mm | 7 | 28° / 82°F |
| July | 93 | 27° / 81°F | 20° / 68°F | 20 mm | 7 | 27° / 81°F |
| August | 93 | 28° / 82°F | 20° / 68°F | 18 mm | 9 | 26° / 79°F |
| September | 94 | 29° / 84°F | 21° / 70°F | 11 mm | 10 | 26° / 79°F |
| October | 93 | 30° / 86°F | 23° / 73°F | 20 mm | 11 | 27° / 81°F |
| November | 89 | 31° / 88°F | 24° / 75°F | 41 mm | 12 | 28° / 82°F |
| December | 69 | 31° / 88°F | 25° / 77°F | 147 mm | 12 | 29° / 84°F |
Sea temperature in Nacala by month
The sea off Nacala is warmest in March at around 31°C / 88°F, and coolest in August at 26°C / 79°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
- Moroni Comoros · 430 km · best in Aug · 3,029 h sun/yr
- Dzaoudzi Mayotte · 528 km · best in Aug · 3,007 h sun/yr
- Dar es Salaam Tanzania · 863 km · best in Jul · 2,837 h sun/yr
- Antananarivo Madagascar · 865 km · best in Sep · 2,966 h sun/yr
- Zanzibar Tanzania · 933 km · best in Jul · 2,836 h sun/yr
- Harare Zimbabwe · 1,096 km · best in Aug · 3,184 h sun/yr
Nearest destinations
- Pemba Mozambique · 167 km · 2,938 h sun/yr · best in Sep
- Nampula Mozambique · 168 km · 2,977 h sun/yr · best in Sep
- Mtwara Tanzania · 465 km · 2,867 h sun/yr · best in Jul
- Besalampy Madagascar · 475 km · 3,187 h sun/yr · best in May
- Ouani Comoros · 480 km · 3,061 h sun/yr · best in Aug
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