Gorongosa climate — normals and trends

Q: What is the climate of Gorongosa?

Gorongosa has a humid subtropical, dry winter climate (Köppen Cwa). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 22.1 °C and it receives 1,264 mm of precipitation per year.

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

The hottest day measured in Gorongosa between 1940 and 2025 was 27 November 1951, reaching 42.8 °C.

Q: What is the coldest day in Gorongosa?

The coldest day measured in Gorongosa between 1940 and 2025 was 16 June 1968, at 6.2 °C.

Q: Does it snow in Gorongosa?

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

Q: Has the climate of Gorongosa warmed?

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

Q: What is the wettest day in Gorongosa?

The wettest day measured in Gorongosa between 1940 and 2025 was 18 March 2022, with 270 mm of rain in 24 hours.

Q: What was the windiest day in Gorongosa?

The windiest day measured in Gorongosa between 1940 and 2025 was 13 March 1941, with winds reaching 53.3 km/h.

Q: What is the warmest month in Gorongosa?

The warmest month in Gorongosa is November (24.6 °C on average); the coldest is July (17.8 °C).

Q: How much does it rain in Gorongosa?

Gorongosa receives on average 1,264 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 139 rainy days.

Q: Is it sunny in Gorongosa?

Gorongosa gets on average 10.3 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,760 hours per year over 1940-2025.

Gorongosa (Mozambique) has a humid subtropical, dry winter climate (Cwa) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 22.1 °C and it receives 1,264 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 November (24.6 °C on average) and the coldest is July (17.8 °C). Rainfall peaks in December.

Gorongosa averages 0 frost days, 88 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 139 rainy days per year.

Gorongosa has warmed by +0.7 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.08 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.

The hottest day of the period reached 42.8 °C (on 27 November 1951) and the coldest 6.2 °C (on 16 June 1968).

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

GorongosaSofala

coords: -18.68°, 34.07°
period: 1940–2025 · 86 yrs

CwaHumid subtropical, dry winterWarmest monthNovemberColdest monthJulyWettest monthDecemberDriest monthJune

Mean daily temperature

22.1°C

Average daily high

27.4°C

Average daily low

17.6°C

Annual rainfall

1,264mm

Sunshine / day

10.3h

Mean relative humidity

75%

Average peak wind

12.5km/h

Seasonal range

6.8°C

Frost days (< 0 °C)

0 d/yr

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

88 d/yr

Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)

139 d/yr

Annual snowfall

0.0 cm

Average feels-like high

29.8 °C

Average feels-like low

18.9 °C

Average peak gust

29.1 km/h

Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)

116 d/yr

Solar radiation

18.9 MJ/m²

Has the climate changed?

One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025

+0.7 °C

since 1940

+0.1 °C per decade · r² = 0.20 · 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

42.8 °C

27 November 1951

Coldest day

6.2 °C

16 June 1968

Wettest day

270 mm

18 March 2022

Windiest day

53.3 km/h

13 March 1941

Strongest gust

106.2 km/h

13 March 1941

Hottest feels-like

46.0 °C

27 November 1951

Coldest feels-like

2.9 °C

16 June 1968

Sunniest day

13.0 h

22 November 1940

Year	Hottest day	Coldest day	Annual mean	Rainfall	Hot days
2025	37.7 °C15 January 2025	8.9 °C1 August 2025	22.7 °C	1,679 mm	105
2024	38.5 °C13 December 2024	9.3 °C10 July 2024	23.4 °C	892 mm	145
2023	39.7 °C13 October 2023	11.0 °C26 June 2023	23.0 °C	1,485 mm	133
2022	36.9 °C26 October 2022	10.7 °C30 July 2022	22.5 °C	1,592 mm	105
2021	40.1 °C18 November 2021	9.8 °C4 July 2021	22.5 °C	1,126 mm	114
2020	39.7 °C7 November 2020	10.1 °C10 August 2020	22.6 °C	1,317 mm	125
2019	41.1 °C28 October 2019	9.6 °C23 July 2019	22.7 °C	1,409 mm	108
2018	38.1 °C21 November 2018	11.6 °C20 July 2018	22.4 °C	1,269 mm	83
2017	42.2 °C17 October 2017	10.5 °C22 August 2017	22.1 °C	1,489 mm	62
2016	37.9 °C13 November 2016	10.3 °C22 June 2016	22.8 °C	1,016 mm	125
2015	40.1 °C2 November 2015	9.7 °C5 August 2015	22.6 °C	916 mm	94
2014	37.1 °C9 October 2014	10.0 °C11 July 2014	22.1 °C	1,262 mm	78
2013	39.6 °C28 September 2013	9.7 °C16 July 2013	21.9 °C	1,387 mm	79
2012	38.2 °C29 September 2012	8.8 °C11 June 2012	22.3 °C	995 mm	94
2011	39.3 °C31 October 2011	8.9 °C27 June 2011	22.3 °C	1,147 mm	98
2010	38.2 °C13 November 2010	10.0 °C15 August 2010	22.7 °C	1,287 mm	119
2009	36.6 °C18 September 2009	9.4 °C27 July 2009	22.2 °C	1,059 mm	107
2008	39.1 °C27 September 2008	9.5 °C28 June 2008	22.4 °C	1,122 mm	114
2007	39.1 °C5 November 2007	9.3 °C24 May 2007	22.4 °C	1,611 mm	94
2006	38.7 °C4 November 2006	8.5 °C25 June 2006	22.4 °C	1,135 mm	99
2005	38.2 °C27 September 2005	9.8 °C2 August 2005	22.6 °C	1,060 mm	108
2004	38.6 °C8 October 2004	8.8 °C17 July 2004	22.1 °C	1,202 mm	88
2003	39.1 °C17 October 2003	10.0 °C28 August 2003	22.1 °C	1,205 mm	112
2002	36.9 °C4 November 2002	11.5 °C13 July 2002	22.1 °C	793 mm	77
2001	37.4 °C6 September 2001	10.0 °C24 July 2001	22.3 °C	1,515 mm	94
2000	34.6 °C25 October 2000	10.2 °C18 July 2000	21.8 °C	1,451 mm	60
1999	36.3 °C26 September 1999	9.1 °C24 June 1999	21.7 °C	1,339 mm	57
1998	37.8 °C6 November 1998	9.7 °C20 June 1998	22.1 °C	1,357 mm	81
1997	38.1 °C22 November 1997	10.7 °C23 July 1997	21.9 °C	1,717 mm	61
1996	35.7 °C25 October 1996	9.1 °C24 August 1996	21.8 °C	1,507 mm	92
1995	38.4 °C26 October 1995	9.4 °C11 July 1995	22.2 °C	1,021 mm	101
1994	38.8 °C23 November 1994	10.6 °C30 June 1994	21.8 °C	737 mm	77
1993	36.9 °C31 October 1993	10.4 °C8 June 1993	22.2 °C	1,239 mm	72
1992	40.8 °C25 October 1992	9.9 °C14 August 1992	22.9 °C	800 mm	130
1991	36.5 °C31 October 1991	10.9 °C22 July 1991	22.3 °C	1,006 mm	86
1990	36.8 °C7 October 1990	9.9 °C15 August 1990	22.1 °C	1,032 mm	84
1989	38.2 °C3 October 1989	9.8 °C11 July 1989	21.8 °C	1,565 mm	60
1988	36.8 °C10 October 1988	9.9 °C3 August 1988	21.7 °C	1,601 mm	63
1987	36.8 °C20 November 1987	10.6 °C11 July 1987	22.4 °C	1,102 mm	109
1986	37.0 °C7 October 1986	8.6 °C27 June 1986	21.5 °C	1,297 mm	68
1985	35.3 °C12 September 1985	9.6 °C27 July 1985	21.7 °C	1,580 mm	58
1984	36.7 °C4 September 1984	10.3 °C18 June 1984	21.8 °C	1,233 mm	64
1983	36.2 °C2 February 1983	10.3 °C20 July 1983	22.2 °C	1,050 mm	97
1982	35.4 °C7 December 1982	9.2 °C10 June 1982	21.5 °C	1,129 mm	58
1981	37.9 °C8 November 1981	7.9 °C12 June 1981	21.1 °C	1,614 mm	63
1980	38.0 °C13 November 1980	8.6 °C30 June 1980	21.7 °C	1,085 mm	86
1979	39.3 °C23 September 1979	9.1 °C26 July 1979	21.7 °C	986 mm	93
1978	37.7 °C29 September 1978	9.4 °C28 June 1978	21.7 °C	1,561 mm	79
1977	36.0 °C19 October 1977	9.8 °C5 July 1977	21.9 °C	1,411 mm	69
1976	41.4 °C25 November 1976	7.4 °C18 July 1976	21.5 °C	1,344 mm	63
1975	37.6 °C14 November 1975	6.6 °C26 July 1975	21.3 °C	1,219 mm	68
1974	37.3 °C18 October 1974	9.6 °C15 June 1974	21.3 °C	1,602 mm	53
1973	37.1 °C14 September 1973	9.6 °C18 July 1973	21.8 °C	1,394 mm	91
1972	36.7 °C15 December 1972	8.7 °C3 August 1972	21.8 °C	1,050 mm	85
1971	36.2 °C23 October 1971	9.1 °C15 July 1971	21.9 °C	1,012 mm	80
1970	36.5 °C8 October 1970	9.5 °C7 July 1970	22.0 °C	1,033 mm	82
1969	39.2 °C26 November 1969	9.6 °C24 July 1969	22.0 °C	1,310 mm	90
1968	38.7 °C3 October 1968	6.2 °C16 June 1968	21.7 °C	1,026 mm	98
1967	38.3 °C11 December 1967	8.7 °C19 July 1967	21.8 °C	1,159 mm	77
1966	37.8 °C7 December 1966	9.3 °C12 August 1966	22.0 °C	1,194 mm	93
1965	36.9 °C4 November 1965	9.2 °C26 June 1965	21.2 °C	733 mm	60
1964	39.3 °C9 November 1964	7.5 °C28 June 1964	21.4 °C	1,102 mm	66
1963	37.3 °C23 September 1963	8.5 °C18 July 1963	21.4 °C	1,332 mm	61
1962	38.7 °C18 October 1962	9.6 °C27 June 1962	21.9 °C	1,506 mm	79
1961	40.3 °C29 October 1961	10.2 °C10 August 1961	22.1 °C	1,103 mm	85
1960	38.4 °C10 October 1960	9.6 °C3 July 1960	21.9 °C	967 mm	94
1959	39.7 °C4 October 1959	11.1 °C5 August 1959	21.8 °C	1,026 mm	83
1958	37.8 °C11 October 1958	9.2 °C19 July 1958	21.8 °C	1,797 mm	65
1957	39.6 °C25 November 1957	8.9 °C21 July 1957	22.1 °C	1,161 mm	97
1956	36.8 °C15 October 1956	8.3 °C25 July 1956	21.7 °C	1,297 mm	50
1955	39.0 °C14 November 1955	8.8 °C10 August 1955	21.2 °C	1,533 mm	58
1954	40.8 °C27 October 1954	9.8 °C25 July 1954	22.5 °C	960 mm	114
1953	36.6 °C31 October 1953	8.6 °C3 August 1953	21.6 °C	1,781 mm	76
1952	38.0 °C11 October 1952	10.1 °C21 June 1952	22.2 °C	1,287 mm	100
1951	42.8 °C27 November 1951	9.0 °C14 July 1951	23.1 °C	769 mm	180
1950	38.1 °C24 October 1950	10.0 °C2 July 1950	21.7 °C	1,328 mm	81
1949	38.7 °C3 November 1949	9.3 °C19 July 1949	22.1 °C	1,548 mm	121
1948	39.1 °C13 October 1948	9.2 °C18 July 1948	21.6 °C	2,045 mm	65
1947	39.0 °C30 October 1947	8.8 °C6 July 1947	21.9 °C	1,689 mm	81
1946	39.8 °C24 October 1946	9.1 °C19 June 1946	21.5 °C	1,678 mm	69
1945	38.8 °C7 November 1945	9.0 °C28 June 1945	21.8 °C	1,558 mm	82
1944	39.1 °C27 September 1944	9.9 °C13 July 1944	21.8 °C	1,397 mm	89
1943	39.5 °C2 December 1943	9.3 °C1 July 1943	21.8 °C	1,518 mm	82
1942	39.4 °C13 October 1942	8.8 °C10 July 1942	22.4 °C	985 mm	109
1941	41.0 °C11 October 1941	8.8 °C27 July 1941	22.7 °C	921 mm	122
1940	40.4 °C11 November 1940	10.1 °C13 July 1940	22.6 °C	968 mm	107

Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.

A specific year

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Year

Across the whole year

Average daily high

28.0 °C

+0.6 °C

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

105 d/yr

+17

Frost days (< 0 °C)

0 d/yr

Annual rainfall

1679 mm

+415 mm

Month by month

	High	vs. normal	Precipitation	vs. normal
Jan	30.9 °C	+2.2 °C	258 mm	+5 mm
Feb	30.5 °C	+2.1 °C	192 mm	-39 mm
Mar	28.5 °C	+0.6 °C	272 mm	+117 mm
Apr	27.8 °C	+1.0 °C	133 mm	+64 mm
May	25.1 °C	-0.3 °C	86 mm	+59 mm
Jun	24.9 °C	+1.2 °C	25 mm	+5 mm
Jul	23.5 °C	+0.2 °C	36 mm	+12 mm
Aug	26.8 °C	+1.2 °C	10 mm	-14 mm
Sep	30.0 °C	+1.4 °C	29 mm	-1 mm
Oct	30.1 °C	-0.2 °C	35 mm	-18 mm
Nov	29.1 °C	-1.1 °C	162 mm	+39 mm
Dec	28.3 °C	-1.0 °C	442 mm	+187 mm

The year's extremes

Hottest day

37.7 °C

15 Jan 2025

Coldest day

8.9 °C

1 Aug 2025

Wettest day

133.4 mm

12 Mar 2025

Windiest day

31.3 km/h

12 Mar 2025

Strongest gust

66.2 km/h

12 Mar 2025

Hottest feels-like

43.3 °C

15 Jan 2025

Coldest feels-like

7.9 °C

1 Aug 2025

Sunniest day

13.0 h

22 Nov 2025

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Frequently asked questions

What is the climate of Gorongosa?

Gorongosa has a humid subtropical, dry winter climate (Köppen Cwa). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 22.1 °C and it receives 1,264 mm of precipitation per year.

What is the hottest day ever recorded in Gorongosa?

The hottest day measured in Gorongosa between 1940 and 2025 was 27 November 1951, reaching 42.8 °C.

What is the coldest day in Gorongosa?

The coldest day measured in Gorongosa between 1940 and 2025 was 16 June 1968, at 6.2 °C.

Does it snow in Gorongosa?

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

Has the climate of Gorongosa warmed?

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

What is the wettest day in Gorongosa?

The wettest day measured in Gorongosa between 1940 and 2025 was 18 March 2022, with 270 mm of rain in 24 hours.

What was the windiest day in Gorongosa?

The windiest day measured in Gorongosa between 1940 and 2025 was 13 March 1941, with winds reaching 53.3 km/h.

What is the warmest month in Gorongosa?

The warmest month in Gorongosa is November (24.6 °C on average); the coldest is July (17.8 °C).

How much does it rain in Gorongosa?

Gorongosa receives on average 1,264 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 139 rainy days.

Is it sunny in Gorongosa?

Gorongosa gets on average 10.3 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,760 hours per year over 1940-2025.

Are there tropical nights in Gorongosa?

Yes: Gorongosa has on average 116 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.

What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Gorongosa?

In Gorongosa, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 46.0 °C on 27 November 1951, and the lowest was 2.9 °C on 16 June 1968.

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