Búzi climate — normals and trends

Q: What is the climate of Búzi?

Búzi has a tropical savanna climate (Köppen Aw). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 24.3 °C and it receives 860 mm of precipitation per year.

Q: What is the hottest day ever recorded in Búzi?

The hottest day measured in Búzi between 1940 and 2025 was 27 November 1951, reaching 47.0 °C.

Q: What is the coldest day in Búzi?

The coldest day measured in Búzi between 1940 and 2025 was 26 July 1975, at 8.1 °C.

Q: Does it snow in Búzi?

Almost never: Búzi sees virtually no snow, with about 0 frost days per year.

Q: Has the climate of Búzi warmed?

Yes: Búzi warmed by +0.7 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.

Q: What is the wettest day in Búzi?

The wettest day measured in Búzi between 1940 and 2025 was 29 December 2007, with 224 mm of rain in 24 hours.

Q: What was the windiest day in Búzi?

The windiest day measured in Búzi between 1940 and 2025 was 14 March 2019, with winds reaching 62.6 km/h.

Q: What is the warmest month in Búzi?

The warmest month in Búzi is January (26.8 °C on average); the coldest is July (20.2 °C).

Q: How much does it rain in Búzi?

Búzi receives on average 860 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 114 rainy days.

Q: Is it sunny in Búzi?

Búzi gets on average 10.5 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,833 hours per year over 1940-2025.

Búzi (Mozambique) has a tropical savanna climate (Aw) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 24.3 °C and it receives 860 mm of precipitation per year.

These figures are normals computed over 86 complete calendar years, from 1940 to 2025, using ERA5 reanalysis data from the Copernicus programme.

The warmest month is January (26.8 °C on average) and the coldest is July (20.2 °C). Rainfall peaks in December.

Búzi averages 0 frost days, 172 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 114 rainy days per year.

Búzi has warmed by +0.7 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.09 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.

The hottest day of the period reached 47.0 °C (on 27 November 1951) and the coldest 8.1 °C (on 26 July 1975).

Data from ERA5 reanalysis (Copernicus Climate Change Service), redistributed under a CC-BY 4.0 licence. Normals are recomputed whenever the archive is updated.

Climate normals · ERA5

BúziSofala

coords: -19.86°, 34.47°
period: 1940–2025 · 86 yrs

AwTropical savannaWarmest monthJanuaryColdest monthJulyWettest monthDecemberDriest monthAugust

Mean daily temperature

24.3°C

Average daily high

29.8°C

Average daily low

19.9°C

Annual rainfall

860mm

Sunshine / day

10.5h

Mean relative humidity

75%

Average peak wind

14.6km/h

Seasonal range

6.6°C

Frost days (< 0 °C)

0 d/yr

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

172 d/yr

Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)

114 d/yr

Annual snowfall

0.0 cm

Average feels-like high

32.7 °C

Average feels-like low

22.2 °C

Average peak gust

31.3 km/h

Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)

196 d/yr

Solar radiation

18.6 MJ/m²

Has the climate changed?

One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025

+0.7 °C

since 1940

+0.1 °C per decade · r² = 0.22 · p = < 0.001

19402025

Trend fitted by linear regression (ordinary least squares) on annual means. A trend is shown only when it is statistically significant (p < 0.05).

A climograph overlays rainfall (bars) and temperature (line): the standard reading in climatology, where you can see at a glance whether the warm season is also the dry one.

Records for the period

Hottest day

47.0 °C

27 November 1951

Coldest day

8.1 °C

26 July 1975

Wettest day

224 mm

29 December 2007

Windiest day

62.6 km/h

14 March 2019

Strongest gust

128.9 km/h

14 March 2019

Hottest feels-like

49.8 °C

27 November 1951

Coldest feels-like

5.6 °C

15 June 1968

Sunniest day

13.0 h

19 November 1940

Year	Hottest day	Coldest day	Annual mean	Rainfall	Hot days
2025	42.0 °C15 January 2025	11.3 °C1 August 2025	24.9 °C	1,074 mm	189
2024	40.6 °C30 September 2024	11.1 °C10 July 2024	25.6 °C	479 mm	237
2023	40.2 °C29 November 2023	12.4 °C26 June 2023	25.1 °C	1,188 mm	210
2022	37.3 °C20 September 2022	12.3 °C28 July 2022	24.8 °C	775 mm	200
2021	41.8 °C18 November 2021	10.9 °C4 July 2021	24.6 °C	1,046 mm	187
2020	41.5 °C7 November 2020	10.6 °C10 August 2020	24.8 °C	994 mm	198
2019	43.5 °C28 October 2019	10.7 °C23 July 2019	24.9 °C	1,095 mm	182
2018	39.5 °C28 December 2018	13.1 °C25 June 2018	24.7 °C	731 mm	185
2017	43.1 °C17 October 2017	12.7 °C23 June 2017	24.2 °C	793 mm	146
2016	40.1 °C13 November 2016	13.0 °C20 June 2016	25.2 °C	614 mm	210
2015	41.2 °C13 December 2015	12.8 °C5 July 2015	24.7 °C	542 mm	182
2014	38.5 °C9 October 2014	11.9 °C28 August 2014	24.2 °C	746 mm	162
2013	41.6 °C28 September 2013	12.0 °C15 July 2013	24.2 °C	900 mm	161
2012	41.0 °C29 September 2012	11.9 °C20 July 2012	24.6 °C	609 mm	186
2011	42.1 °C31 October 2011	10.4 °C20 July 2011	24.7 °C	640 mm	204
2010	39.8 °C13 November 2010	12.2 °C15 August 2010	24.8 °C	948 mm	186
2009	38.0 °C18 September 2009	11.5 °C29 June 2009	24.5 °C	604 mm	193
2008	41.2 °C27 September 2008	11.9 °C16 July 2008	24.7 °C	572 mm	206
2007	41.2 °C5 November 2007	11.2 °C9 July 2007	24.5 °C	1,369 mm	195
2006	40.7 °C4 December 2006	11.3 °C25 June 2006	24.6 °C	753 mm	192
2005	40.9 °C9 March 2005	11.9 °C20 June 2005	24.9 °C	648 mm	215
2004	41.2 °C8 October 2004	11.0 °C17 July 2004	24.5 °C	839 mm	191
2003	41.5 °C9 December 2003	11.4 °C28 August 2003	24.3 °C	743 mm	181
2002	38.1 °C4 November 2002	12.9 °C5 July 2002	24.5 °C	429 mm	185
2001	38.8 °C6 September 2001	11.1 °C24 July 2001	24.4 °C	1,240 mm	166
2000	37.5 °C8 January 2000	12.7 °C15 May 2000	24.0 °C	1,321 mm	149
1999	39.3 °C26 September 1999	11.3 °C24 June 1999	24.0 °C	1,119 mm	134
1998	40.8 °C6 November 1998	12.1 °C20 June 1998	24.3 °C	1,097 mm	159
1997	40.8 °C22 November 1997	12.4 °C18 August 1997	24.0 °C	1,124 mm	127
1996	37.2 °C30 November 1996	11.1 °C24 August 1996	23.9 °C	1,028 mm	147
1995	39.4 °C26 October 1995	10.8 °C11 July 1995	24.5 °C	485 mm	189
1994	39.6 °C22 November 1994	10.5 °C30 June 1994	23.7 °C	636 mm	144
1993	38.3 °C18 December 1993	12.9 °C8 June 1993	24.4 °C	764 mm	164
1992	43.1 °C25 October 1992	12.3 °C29 July 1992	25.0 °C	536 mm	220
1991	37.7 °C7 February 1991	11.0 °C16 July 1991	24.5 °C	617 mm	195
1990	39.5 °C14 November 1990	12.8 °C3 September 1990	24.2 °C	754 mm	159
1989	39.9 °C3 October 1989	12.2 °C11 July 1989	24.0 °C	905 mm	140
1988	37.5 °C10 October 1988	11.5 °C2 August 1988	23.9 °C	1,017 mm	141
1987	38.2 °C25 November 1987	11.6 °C13 July 1987	24.5 °C	604 mm	192
1986	38.3 °C7 October 1986	11.1 °C15 August 1986	23.8 °C	1,004 mm	143
1985	37.6 °C12 September 1985	10.6 °C31 July 1985	23.9 °C	950 mm	145
1984	39.6 °C4 September 1984	13.5 °C18 June 1984	24.2 °C	828 mm	154
1983	39.6 °C2 February 1983	11.5 °C1 September 1983	24.5 °C	633 mm	196
1982	37.7 °C23 December 1982	10.1 °C13 July 1982	23.9 °C	590 mm	142
1981	40.4 °C6 November 1981	9.2 °C12 June 1981	23.4 °C	1,137 mm	142
1980	40.9 °C13 November 1980	11.5 °C7 July 1980	24.3 °C	699 mm	186
1979	42.5 °C23 September 1979	13.1 °C28 July 1979	24.1 °C	679 mm	177
1978	38.0 °C12 November 1978	11.0 °C29 July 1978	23.8 °C	1,157 mm	157
1977	37.9 °C10 September 1977	11.0 °C6 July 1977	24.0 °C	969 mm	169
1976	43.8 °C25 November 1976	9.9 °C18 July 1976	23.7 °C	953 mm	142
1975	39.1 °C21 October 1975	8.1 °C26 July 1975	23.6 °C	776 mm	157
1974	38.3 °C17 October 1974	10.7 °C15 June 1974	23.5 °C	1,001 mm	143
1973	40.4 °C14 September 1973	11.6 °C18 July 1973	24.4 °C	823 mm	198
1972	40.0 °C17 December 1972	10.1 °C3 August 1972	23.9 °C	791 mm	155
1971	38.8 °C13 December 1971	10.2 °C15 July 1971	24.2 °C	666 mm	201
1970	39.2 °C8 October 1970	11.8 °C7 July 1970	24.3 °C	615 mm	192
1969	42.2 °C26 November 1969	11.2 °C19 June 1969	24.1 °C	908 mm	160
1968	40.3 °C16 October 1968	8.3 °C16 June 1968	23.9 °C	706 mm	175
1967	40.4 °C5 October 1967	12.3 °C24 July 1967	24.0 °C	791 mm	158
1966	39.1 °C5 December 1966	11.1 °C12 August 1966	24.2 °C	822 mm	155
1965	39.1 °C18 December 1965	10.4 °C26 June 1965	23.5 °C	486 mm	126
1964	42.0 °C9 November 1964	10.0 °C28 June 1964	23.6 °C	979 mm	144
1963	39.5 °C6 October 1963	10.1 °C15 July 1963	23.5 °C	964 mm	129
1962	40.5 °C18 October 1962	12.1 °C24 July 1962	24.1 °C	933 mm	172
1961	44.3 °C29 October 1961	13.7 °C16 July 1961	24.4 °C	746 mm	184
1960	41.3 °C10 October 1960	12.1 °C3 July 1960	24.3 °C	733 mm	211
1959	43.5 °C4 October 1959	13.2 °C7 August 1959	24.4 °C	742 mm	203
1958	40.4 °C20 November 1958	11.4 °C31 July 1958	24.0 °C	1,336 mm	161
1957	41.4 °C24 November 1957	10.5 °C23 June 1957	24.2 °C	881 mm	133
1956	39.4 °C15 October 1956	9.0 °C7 July 1956	23.7 °C	1,024 mm	142
1955	43.5 °C14 November 1955	10.3 °C13 August 1955	23.4 °C	980 mm	112
1954	43.7 °C27 October 1954	10.1 °C24 July 1954	24.7 °C	680 mm	229
1953	37.6 °C21 October 1953	8.8 °C30 June 1953	23.8 °C	1,249 mm	150
1952	40.2 °C20 November 1952	12.1 °C13 June 1952	24.2 °C	902 mm	181
1951	47.0 °C27 November 1951	11.8 °C14 July 1951	25.3 °C	459 mm	242
1950	41.2 °C16 December 1950	11.3 °C1 July 1950	23.9 °C	812 mm	167
1949	42.4 °C29 November 1949	11.7 °C19 July 1949	24.2 °C	912 mm	177
1948	41.3 °C13 October 1948	11.1 °C7 August 1948	23.6 °C	1,643 mm	106
1947	41.6 °C30 October 1947	10.9 °C6 July 1947	23.9 °C	1,136 mm	146
1946	41.2 °C30 October 1946	11.0 °C23 June 1946	23.6 °C	1,164 mm	134
1945	40.9 °C7 November 1945	10.9 °C28 June 1945	24.0 °C	1,198 mm	145
1944	42.0 °C27 September 1944	12.5 °C11 June 1944	24.2 °C	946 mm	181
1943	43.7 °C1 December 1943	11.1 °C1 July 1943	24.0 °C	1,120 mm	143
1942	40.8 °C13 October 1942	11.4 °C11 July 1942	24.5 °C	662 mm	212
1941	44.1 °C11 October 1941	10.4 °C27 July 1941	24.8 °C	737 mm	204
1940	44.9 °C1 December 1940	11.7 °C10 August 1940	24.9 °C	682 mm	224

Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.

A specific year

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Year

Across the whole year

Average daily high

30.2 °C

+0.4 °C

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

189 d/yr

+17

Frost days (< 0 °C)

0 d/yr

Annual rainfall

1074 mm

+214 mm

Month by month

	High	vs. normal	Precipitation	vs. normal
Jan	34.2 °C	+3.0 °C	145 mm	-38 mm
Feb	32.4 °C	+1.5 °C	135 mm	-34 mm
Mar	30.8 °C	+0.4 °C	208 mm	+103 mm
Apr	29.7 °C	+0.3 °C	81 mm	+35 mm
May	27.5 °C	-0.6 °C	68 mm	+49 mm
Jun	26.9 °C	+0.3 °C	14 mm	+4 mm
Jul	26.4 °C	+0.2 °C	14 mm	+3 mm
Aug	29.0 °C	+0.8 °C	6 mm	-4 mm
Sep	31.3 °C	+0.7 °C	13 mm	+1 mm
Oct	31.6 °C	-0.5 °C	20 mm	-8 mm
Nov	31.3 °C	-1.2 °C	131 mm	+56 mm
Dec	30.8 °C	-1.0 °C	240 mm	+46 mm

The year's extremes

Hottest day

42.0 °C

15 Jan 2025

Coldest day

11.3 °C

1 Aug 2025

Wettest day

118.6 mm

12 Mar 2025

Windiest day

28.9 km/h

12 Mar 2025

Strongest gust

60.8 km/h

12 Mar 2025

Hottest feels-like

47.4 °C

15 Jan 2025

Coldest feels-like

10.7 °C

1 Aug 2025

Sunniest day

13.0 h

21 Nov 2025

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Frequently asked questions

What is the climate of Búzi?

Búzi has a tropical savanna climate (Köppen Aw). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 24.3 °C and it receives 860 mm of precipitation per year.

What is the hottest day ever recorded in Búzi?

The hottest day measured in Búzi between 1940 and 2025 was 27 November 1951, reaching 47.0 °C.

What is the coldest day in Búzi?

The coldest day measured in Búzi between 1940 and 2025 was 26 July 1975, at 8.1 °C.

Does it snow in Búzi?

Almost never: Búzi sees virtually no snow, with about 0 frost days per year.

Has the climate of Búzi warmed?

Yes: Búzi warmed by +0.7 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.

What is the wettest day in Búzi?

The wettest day measured in Búzi between 1940 and 2025 was 29 December 2007, with 224 mm of rain in 24 hours.

What was the windiest day in Búzi?

The windiest day measured in Búzi between 1940 and 2025 was 14 March 2019, with winds reaching 62.6 km/h.

What is the warmest month in Búzi?

The warmest month in Búzi is January (26.8 °C on average); the coldest is July (20.2 °C).

How much does it rain in Búzi?

Búzi receives on average 860 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 114 rainy days.

Is it sunny in Búzi?

Búzi gets on average 10.5 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,833 hours per year over 1940-2025.

Are there tropical nights in Búzi?

Yes: Búzi has on average 196 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.

What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Búzi?

In Búzi, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 49.8 °C on 27 November 1951, and the lowest was 5.6 °C on 15 June 1968.

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