Morrumbala climate — normals and trends

Q: What is the climate of Morrumbala?

Morrumbala has a tropical savanna climate (Köppen Aw). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 24.2 °C and it receives 840 mm of precipitation per year.

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

The hottest day measured in Morrumbala between 1940 and 2025 was 27 November 1951, reaching 44.2 °C.

Q: What is the coldest day in Morrumbala?

The coldest day measured in Morrumbala between 1940 and 2025 was 15 June 1968, at 7.8 °C.

Q: Does it snow in Morrumbala?

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

Q: Has the climate of Morrumbala warmed?

Yes: Morrumbala warmed by +0.9 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.

Q: What is the wettest day in Morrumbala?

The wettest day measured in Morrumbala between 1940 and 2025 was 2 March 1988, with 243 mm of rain in 24 hours.

Q: What was the windiest day in Morrumbala?

The windiest day measured in Morrumbala between 1940 and 2025 was 13 March 1941, with winds reaching 44.4 km/h.

Q: What is the warmest month in Morrumbala?

The warmest month in Morrumbala is November (27.4 °C on average); the coldest is July (19.9 °C).

Q: How much does it rain in Morrumbala?

Morrumbala receives on average 840 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 120 rainy days.

Q: Is it sunny in Morrumbala?

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

Morrumbala (Mozambique) has a tropical savanna climate (Aw) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 24.2 °C and it receives 840 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 (27.4 °C on average) and the coldest is July (19.9 °C). Rainfall peaks in January.

Morrumbala averages 0 frost days, 168 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 120 rainy days per year.

Morrumbala has warmed by +0.9 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.11 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.

The hottest day of the period reached 44.2 °C (on 27 November 1951) and the coldest 7.8 °C (on 15 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

MorrumbalaZambezia Province

coords: -17.33°, 35.58°
period: 1940–2025 · 86 yrs

AwTropical savannaWarmest monthNovemberColdest monthJulyWettest monthJanuaryDriest monthSeptember

Mean daily temperature

24.2°C

Average daily high

29.8°C

Average daily low

19.5°C

Annual rainfall

840mm

Sunshine / day

10.5h

Mean relative humidity

72%

Average peak wind

14.6km/h

Seasonal range

7.5°C

Frost days (< 0 °C)

0 d/yr

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

168 d/yr

Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)

120 d/yr

Annual snowfall

0.0 cm

Average feels-like high

32.3 °C

Average feels-like low

21.4 °C

Average peak gust

32.2 km/h

Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)

187 d/yr

Solar radiation

19.2 MJ/m²

Has the climate changed?

One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025

+0.9 °C

since 1940

+0.1 °C per decade · r² = 0.24 · 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

44.2 °C

27 November 1951

Coldest day

7.8 °C

15 June 1968

Wettest day

243 mm

2 March 1988

Windiest day

44.4 km/h

13 March 1941

Strongest gust

87.5 km/h

13 March 2023

Hottest feels-like

46.2 °C

13 December 2015

Coldest feels-like

3.9 °C

15 June 1968

Sunniest day

13.0 h

7 December 1940

Year	Hottest day	Coldest day	Annual mean	Rainfall	Hot days
2025	40.7 °C27 October 2025	10.8 °C1 August 2025	24.5 °C	1,247 mm	172
2024	41.3 °C19 December 2024	11.3 °C7 July 2024	25.7 °C	514 mm	248
2023	41.7 °C13 October 2023	11.5 °C26 June 2023	25.4 °C	1,067 mm	213
2022	39.7 °C20 November 2022	11.1 °C28 July 2022	24.3 °C	1,315 mm	174
2021	43.0 °C9 November 2021	9.8 °C3 August 2021	25.0 °C	601 mm	202
2020	43.0 °C25 November 2020	9.4 °C11 August 2020	24.9 °C	752 mm	196
2019	43.0 °C29 October 2019	9.4 °C24 July 2019	24.8 °C	1,079 mm	189
2018	41.2 °C22 November 2018	13.0 °C7 June 2018	25.0 °C	641 mm	210
2017	42.1 °C27 October 2017	10.9 °C3 August 2017	24.4 °C	892 mm	164
2016	41.9 °C14 November 2016	10.6 °C10 July 2016	25.4 °C	707 mm	222
2015	41.4 °C13 December 2015	11.6 °C5 August 2015	24.8 °C	854 mm	171
2014	40.1 °C9 October 2014	11.7 °C3 August 2014	24.4 °C	763 mm	180
2013	41.2 °C1 November 2013	10.8 °C16 July 2013	24.2 °C	762 mm	163
2012	41.5 °C19 October 2012	10.2 °C18 July 2012	24.5 °C	710 mm	181
2011	41.2 °C26 October 2011	9.5 °C20 July 2011	24.3 °C	753 mm	176
2010	41.7 °C12 October 2010	10.4 °C15 August 2010	24.8 °C	875 mm	195
2009	39.0 °C1 December 2009	10.5 °C30 July 2009	24.5 °C	646 mm	196
2008	40.1 °C4 November 2008	9.5 °C30 June 2008	24.3 °C	719 mm	185
2007	42.0 °C5 November 2007	10.6 °C21 August 2007	24.7 °C	907 mm	211
2006	42.4 °C4 November 2006	10.5 °C8 August 2006	24.6 °C	701 mm	186
2005	42.3 °C17 November 2005	10.2 °C2 July 2005	25.1 °C	737 mm	224
2004	41.2 °C22 November 2004	10.2 °C18 July 2004	24.2 °C	820 mm	182
2003	39.4 °C6 November 2003	11.2 °C17 August 2003	24.1 °C	872 mm	168
2002	40.7 °C5 November 2002	12.3 °C14 July 2002	24.6 °C	520 mm	207
2001	39.6 °C5 November 2001	11.0 °C23 July 2001	24.3 °C	1,013 mm	157
2000	38.6 °C26 October 2000	11.4 °C24 August 2000	23.8 °C	1,061 mm	129
1999	38.3 °C26 September 1999	9.8 °C24 June 1999	23.8 °C	752 mm	117
1998	40.1 °C6 November 1998	11.5 °C13 June 1998	24.1 °C	1,000 mm	161
1997	38.9 °C12 November 1997	12.1 °C19 May 1997	23.7 °C	1,226 mm	127
1996	39.5 °C6 November 1996	9.9 °C24 August 1996	24.2 °C	1,007 mm	162
1995	41.8 °C20 October 1995	8.5 °C11 July 1995	24.7 °C	627 mm	194
1994	43.5 °C24 November 1994	10.7 °C29 May 1994	24.2 °C	615 mm	162
1993	39.5 °C9 December 1993	12.6 °C8 June 1993	24.8 °C	728 mm	194
1992	41.6 °C25 October 1992	10.5 °C13 August 1992	25.3 °C	464 mm	246
1991	39.0 °C31 October 1991	11.4 °C14 June 1991	23.9 °C	941 mm	172
1990	40.8 °C18 December 1990	11.4 °C17 August 1990	24.4 °C	733 mm	178
1989	39.3 °C10 November 1989	10.9 °C13 July 1989	23.9 °C	1,046 mm	135
1988	39.2 °C11 October 1988	11.1 °C4 August 1988	23.9 °C	1,145 mm	134
1987	40.9 °C20 November 1987	9.8 °C23 July 1987	24.7 °C	730 mm	215
1986	38.3 °C7 October 1986	10.9 °C16 August 1986	23.5 °C	968 mm	127
1985	38.4 °C3 November 1985	8.4 °C14 July 1985	23.4 °C	1,175 mm	115
1984	38.1 °C14 October 1984	12.1 °C23 August 1984	23.9 °C	807 mm	137
1983	41.0 °C12 November 1983	10.6 °C21 August 1983	24.6 °C	699 mm	192
1982	38.3 °C15 October 1982	11.0 °C11 June 1982	23.5 °C	899 mm	138
1981	39.9 °C6 November 1981	9.7 °C18 July 1981	23.3 °C	918 mm	143
1980	40.2 °C13 November 1980	9.7 °C7 July 1980	24.1 °C	739 mm	171
1979	40.1 °C24 September 1979	11.1 °C26 June 1979	24.2 °C	588 mm	191
1978	38.9 °C29 September 1978	9.5 °C15 June 1978	24.0 °C	1,074 mm	170
1977	39.4 °C22 October 1977	11.3 °C10 July 1977	24.3 °C	739 mm	188
1976	41.7 °C25 November 1976	10.2 °C18 July 1976	23.7 °C	868 mm	140
1975	38.7 °C14 November 1975	8.0 °C26 July 1975	23.6 °C	631 mm	156
1974	39.3 °C18 October 1974	9.8 °C16 June 1974	23.4 °C	1,072 mm	133
1973	39.6 °C15 September 1973	9.7 °C11 July 1973	23.9 °C	1,045 mm	165
1972	39.0 °C23 November 1972	10.6 °C4 August 1972	23.9 °C	787 mm	173
1971	37.0 °C5 October 1971	10.5 °C15 July 1971	24.0 °C	642 mm	185
1970	38.4 °C7 October 1970	10.6 °C6 July 1970	24.3 °C	686 mm	187
1969	43.2 °C27 November 1969	10.7 °C19 June 1969	24.5 °C	790 mm	185
1968	40.2 °C3 October 1968	7.8 °C15 June 1968	24.0 °C	602 mm	190
1967	39.8 °C17 November 1967	11.0 °C11 August 1967	23.8 °C	718 mm	151
1966	39.3 °C5 December 1966	10.6 °C21 July 1966	24.4 °C	602 mm	170
1965	38.5 °C4 November 1965	10.2 °C23 June 1965	23.1 °C	644 mm	103
1964	40.7 °C10 November 1964	9.5 °C27 July 1964	23.5 °C	649 mm	140
1963	38.8 °C24 September 1963	10.1 °C18 July 1963	23.3 °C	939 mm	118
1962	40.1 °C18 October 1962	10.8 °C6 June 1962	24.1 °C	873 mm	160
1961	42.1 °C29 October 1961	11.7 °C5 July 1961	24.4 °C	678 mm	158
1960	40.5 °C14 October 1960	11.3 °C30 July 1960	24.3 °C	764 mm	174
1959	40.6 °C4 October 1959	12.3 °C18 July 1959	24.0 °C	681 mm	160
1958	39.8 °C17 October 1958	10.1 °C20 July 1958	24.1 °C	1,150 mm	171
1957	42.4 °C25 November 1957	9.2 °C25 June 1957	24.1 °C	963 mm	128
1956	38.7 °C27 October 1956	8.4 °C8 July 1956	23.5 °C	1,010 mm	124
1955	41.6 °C14 November 1955	9.2 °C10 August 1955	23.4 °C	1,001 mm	118
1954	42.0 °C27 October 1954	9.0 °C25 July 1954	24.1 °C	652 mm	183
1953	40.0 °C11 November 1953	9.1 °C3 August 1953	23.5 °C	1,328 mm	130
1952	40.9 °C1 October 1952	11.3 °C14 July 1952	24.0 °C	1,022 mm	156
1951	44.2 °C27 November 1951	10.6 °C25 July 1951	25.1 °C	468 mm	245
1950	41.2 °C24 October 1950	11.3 °C29 June 1950	23.5 °C	1,005 mm	130
1949	42.4 °C19 November 1949	10.6 °C9 August 1949	24.4 °C	846 mm	180
1948	40.1 °C13 October 1948	10.2 °C11 July 1948	23.7 °C	1,212 mm	109
1947	40.9 °C30 October 1947	10.9 °C11 August 1947	23.9 °C	1,018 mm	122
1946	41.3 °C31 October 1946	9.4 °C23 June 1946	23.5 °C	1,113 mm	119
1945	40.0 °C24 November 1945	10.9 °C28 June 1945	23.9 °C	1,012 mm	141
1944	40.0 °C27 September 1944	10.5 °C2 June 1944	23.9 °C	820 mm	150
1943	42.9 °C1 December 1943	8.8 °C1 July 1943	23.8 °C	968 mm	141
1942	40.3 °C13 October 1942	11.0 °C10 July 1942	24.6 °C	673 mm	205
1941	42.4 °C12 October 1941	10.2 °C27 July 1941	25.0 °C	438 mm	199
1940	41.7 °C10 November 1940	10.5 °C10 August 1940	24.3 °C	685 mm	173

Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.

A specific year

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Year

Across the whole year

Average daily high

29.8 °C

0.0 °C

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

172 d/yr

Frost days (< 0 °C)

0 d/yr

Annual rainfall

1247 mm

+407 mm

Month by month

	High	vs. normal	Precipitation	vs. normal
Jan	31.6 °C	+1.3 °C	342 mm	+133 mm
Feb	30.5 °C	+0.5 °C	201 mm	+40 mm
Mar	29.6 °C	0.0 °C	170 mm	+50 mm
Apr	29.5 °C	+0.6 °C	43 mm	+2 mm
May	26.7 °C	-1.0 °C	52 mm	+36 mm
Jun	27.0 °C	+1.0 °C	10 mm	-1 mm
Jul	25.9 °C	+0.1 °C	16 mm	+3 mm
Aug	28.8 °C	+0.4 °C	9 mm	+1 mm
Sep	32.8 °C	+0.9 °C	9 mm	+2 mm
Oct	33.5 °C	-0.4 °C	10 mm	-9 mm
Nov	31.6 °C	-2.1 °C	99 mm	+32 mm
Dec	30.1 °C	-1.5 °C	286 mm	+118 mm

The year's extremes

Hottest day

40.7 °C

27 Oct 2025

Coldest day

10.8 °C

1 Aug 2025

Wettest day

73.3 mm

11 Mar 2025

Windiest day

36.7 km/h

11 Mar 2025

Strongest gust

83.5 km/h

11 Mar 2025

Hottest feels-like

44.4 °C

16 Jan 2025

Coldest feels-like

10.0 °C

1 Aug 2025

Sunniest day

13.0 h

12 Dec 2025

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Frequently asked questions

What is the climate of Morrumbala?

Morrumbala has a tropical savanna climate (Köppen Aw). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 24.2 °C and it receives 840 mm of precipitation per year.

What is the hottest day ever recorded in Morrumbala?

The hottest day measured in Morrumbala between 1940 and 2025 was 27 November 1951, reaching 44.2 °C.

What is the coldest day in Morrumbala?

The coldest day measured in Morrumbala between 1940 and 2025 was 15 June 1968, at 7.8 °C.

Does it snow in Morrumbala?

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

Has the climate of Morrumbala warmed?

Yes: Morrumbala warmed by +0.9 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.

What is the wettest day in Morrumbala?

The wettest day measured in Morrumbala between 1940 and 2025 was 2 March 1988, with 243 mm of rain in 24 hours.

What was the windiest day in Morrumbala?

The windiest day measured in Morrumbala between 1940 and 2025 was 13 March 1941, with winds reaching 44.4 km/h.

What is the warmest month in Morrumbala?

The warmest month in Morrumbala is November (27.4 °C on average); the coldest is July (19.9 °C).

How much does it rain in Morrumbala?

Morrumbala receives on average 840 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 120 rainy days.

Is it sunny in Morrumbala?

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

Are there tropical nights in Morrumbala?

Yes: Morrumbala has on average 187 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.

What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Morrumbala?

In Morrumbala, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 46.2 °C on 13 December 2015, and the lowest was 3.9 °C on 15 June 1968.

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