Nampula weather by month & the best time to visit

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The best time to visit Nampula is September — its sunniest month (Sunshine Score 95/100), with August and May close behind. Nampula averages about 2,977 hours of sunshine a year. Daytime highs around 31°C / 88°F and roughly 8 mm of rain in September.

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Sun hours / year

2,977

Sunniest month

September

Peak score

95/100

Rain / year

1,383 mm

Midday UV at peak

13 (extreme)

Population

770k

Elevation

428 m

When is the best time to visit Nampula?

For sunshine, the best time to visit Nampula is September, then August and May. The dullest month is November (61/100, 50 mm of rain). The full month-by-month picture is in the table below.

How sunny is Nampula?

Nampula gets a lot of sun: around 2,977 hours a year. September (95/100) is noticeably better than November (61). It ranks #2 of 12 destinations in Mozambique for annual sunshine, above the national median of 2,918 hours. Rain is strongly seasonal here: roughly 66% of the year's 1,383 mm falls in the three months around January.

Sunshine Score by month

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Nearby places for sunshine

• Moroni Comoros · 587 km · best in Aug · 3,029 h sun/yr
• Dzaoudzi Mayotte · 696 km · best in Aug · 3,007 h sun/yr
• Dar es Salaam Tanzania · 915 km · best in Jul · 2,837 h sun/yr
• Harare Zimbabwe · 928 km · best in Aug · 3,184 h sun/yr
• Antananarivo Madagascar · 963 km · best in Sep · 2,966 h sun/yr
• Zanzibar Tanzania · 988 km · best in Jul · 2,836 h sun/yr

Nearest destinations

• Nacala Mozambique · 168 km · 2,932 h sun/yr · best in Sep
• Pemba Mozambique · 270 km · 2,938 h sun/yr · best in Sep
• Quelimane Mozambique · 400 km · 2,813 h sun/yr · best in Aug
• Blantyre Malawi · 466 km · 2,827 h sun/yr · best in Aug
• Lichinga Mozambique · 478 km · 2,638 h sun/yr · best in Jun