Mueda climate — normals and trends

Q: What is the climate of Mueda?

Mueda has a tropical savanna climate (Köppen Aw). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 23.0 °C and it receives 1,038 mm of precipitation per year.

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

The hottest day measured in Mueda between 1940 and 2025 was 25 November 1943, reaching 37.1 °C.

Q: What is the coldest day in Mueda?

The coldest day measured in Mueda between 1940 and 2025 was 12 August 1955, at 11.1 °C.

Q: Does it snow in Mueda?

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

Q: Has the climate of Mueda warmed?

Yes: Mueda warmed by +0.8 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.

Q: What is the wettest day in Mueda?

The wettest day measured in Mueda between 1940 and 2025 was 28 January 1957, with 127 mm of rain in 24 hours.

Q: What was the windiest day in Mueda?

The windiest day measured in Mueda between 1940 and 2025 was 25 April 2019, with winds reaching 38.1 km/h.

Q: What is the warmest month in Mueda?

The warmest month in Mueda is November (24.7 °C on average); the coldest is July (20.6 °C).

Q: How much does it rain in Mueda?

Mueda receives on average 1,038 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 139 rainy days.

Q: Is it sunny in Mueda?

Mueda gets on average 10.4 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,796 hours per year over 1940-2025.

Mueda (Mozambique) has a tropical savanna climate (Aw) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 23.0 °C and it receives 1,038 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 (24.7 °C on average) and the coldest is July (20.6 °C). Rainfall peaks in January.

Mueda averages 0 frost days, 80 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 139 rainy days per year.

Mueda has warmed by +0.8 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.10 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.

The hottest day of the period reached 37.1 °C (on 25 November 1943) and the coldest 11.1 °C (on 12 August 1955).

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

MuedaCabo Delgado Province

coords: -11.66°, 39.55°
period: 1940–2025 · 86 yrs

AwTropical savannaWarmest monthNovemberColdest monthJulyWettest monthJanuaryDriest monthAugust

Mean daily temperature

23.0°C

Average daily high

28.4°C

Average daily low

18.6°C

Annual rainfall

1,038mm

Sunshine / day

10.4h

Mean relative humidity

76%

Average peak wind

13.8km/h

Seasonal range

4.1°C

Frost days (< 0 °C)

0 d/yr

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

80 d/yr

Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)

139 d/yr

Annual snowfall

0.0 cm

Average feels-like high

30.8 °C

Average feels-like low

20.5 °C

Average peak gust

32.6 km/h

Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)

135 d/yr

Solar radiation

19.3 MJ/m²

Has the climate changed?

One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025

+0.8 °C

since 1940

+0.1 °C per decade · r² = 0.42 · 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

37.1 °C

25 November 1943

Coldest day

11.1 °C

12 August 1955

Wettest day

127 mm

28 January 1957

Windiest day

38.1 km/h

25 April 2019

Strongest gust

86.8 km/h

25 April 2019

Hottest feels-like

39.5 °C

10 December 1983

Coldest feels-like

9.1 °C

18 July 1976

Sunniest day

12.7 h

19 December 1940

Year	Hottest day	Coldest day	Annual mean	Rainfall	Hot days
2025	32.4 °C18 January 2025	14.0 °C4 August 2025	23.6 °C	949 mm	95
2024	33.0 °C14 December 2024	13.6 °C10 July 2024	23.8 °C	1,332 mm	105
2023	33.4 °C28 November 2023	13.6 °C15 July 2023	23.7 °C	965 mm	108
2022	34.3 °C13 January 2022	12.9 °C4 October 2022	23.1 °C	1,009 mm	75
2021	33.8 °C21 December 2021	14.0 °C27 July 2021	23.2 °C	958 mm	88
2020	33.3 °C1 October 2020	13.7 °C9 August 2020	23.9 °C	863 mm	129
2019	33.2 °C18 November 2019	12.7 °C23 July 2019	23.5 °C	1,471 mm	79
2018	32.9 °C10 December 2018	12.9 °C8 June 2018	23.1 °C	990 mm	63
2017	33.9 °C7 January 2017	14.0 °C13 July 2017	23.5 °C	1,150 mm	87
2016	32.7 °C12 December 2016	13.9 °C12 July 2016	23.4 °C	1,043 mm	97
2015	33.8 °C5 December 2015	13.5 °C10 July 2015	23.5 °C	878 mm	87
2014	33.9 °C7 January 2014	13.2 °C12 July 2014	23.2 °C	1,079 mm	84
2013	32.5 °C11 November 2013	13.9 °C16 July 2013	23.3 °C	999 mm	79
2012	33.5 °C23 November 2012	12.3 °C19 July 2012	23.2 °C	1,045 mm	92
2011	34.4 °C26 October 2011	13.7 °C7 July 2011	23.2 °C	1,045 mm	81
2010	33.5 °C12 October 2010	13.7 °C15 August 2010	23.4 °C	844 mm	88
2009	33.1 °C17 November 2009	13.7 °C28 July 2009	23.3 °C	866 mm	104
2008	34.0 °C16 November 2008	12.8 °C7 July 2008	22.8 °C	1,172 mm	69
2007	33.6 °C28 November 2007	14.1 °C12 June 2007	23.4 °C	977 mm	90
2006	33.7 °C23 October 2006	13.4 °C29 June 2006	23.0 °C	1,199 mm	70
2005	34.6 °C9 December 2005	14.1 °C19 July 2005	23.4 °C	625 mm	107
2004	33.6 °C20 November 2004	13.3 °C16 July 2004	22.9 °C	1,215 mm	55
2003	33.6 °C10 December 2003	12.7 °C8 July 2003	23.4 °C	826 mm	105
2002	33.5 °C15 December 2002	14.2 °C2 July 2002	23.2 °C	1,067 mm	79
2001	32.9 °C7 December 2001	13.6 °C3 August 2001	23.1 °C	895 mm	74
2000	32.6 °C17 October 2000	13.9 °C4 July 2000	22.8 °C	1,075 mm	55
1999	34.3 °C2 January 1999	13.6 °C4 July 1999	22.8 °C	1,030 mm	64
1998	33.7 °C21 December 1998	13.6 °C13 June 1998	23.4 °C	739 mm	84
1997	33.8 °C19 November 1997	14.5 °C3 August 1997	23.1 °C	957 mm	91
1996	33.4 °C3 December 1996	12.4 °C1 July 1996	22.9 °C	855 mm	78
1995	35.1 °C26 November 1995	13.6 °C12 June 1995	23.0 °C	889 mm	80
1994	33.2 °C25 November 1994	13.3 °C13 July 1994	23.0 °C	941 mm	65
1993	34.7 °C1 November 1993	13.5 °C8 August 1993	22.8 °C	885 mm	94
1992	31.5 °C7 November 1992	12.8 °C19 July 1992	22.8 °C	908 mm	55
1991	32.4 °C20 October 1991	12.6 °C21 July 1991	22.8 °C	1,151 mm	65
1990	33.9 °C23 December 1990	13.2 °C3 September 1990	23.2 °C	817 mm	86
1989	32.0 °C13 November 1989	14.1 °C22 July 1989	22.5 °C	1,221 mm	34
1988	32.6 °C14 November 1988	14.0 °C27 September 1988	23.4 °C	815 mm	86
1987	34.9 °C20 December 1987	12.9 °C2 July 1987	23.2 °C	876 mm	89
1986	33.7 °C20 October 1986	12.7 °C11 August 1986	22.5 °C	1,162 mm	47
1985	32.8 °C21 January 1985	12.3 °C26 July 1985	22.6 °C	955 mm	37
1984	32.6 °C21 November 1984	13.4 °C6 September 1984	22.5 °C	1,262 mm	35
1983	34.2 °C10 December 1983	13.9 °C17 September 1983	23.3 °C	1,006 mm	88
1982	33.0 °C4 November 1982	13.4 °C17 July 1982	23.2 °C	956 mm	91
1981	33.6 °C25 November 1981	12.2 °C30 June 1981	23.1 °C	786 mm	110
1980	33.2 °C30 November 1980	12.1 °C20 June 1980	22.8 °C	916 mm	76
1979	32.7 °C12 October 1979	13.3 °C13 July 1979	22.8 °C	1,135 mm	74
1978	33.2 °C25 October 1978	11.7 °C16 June 1978	22.8 °C	1,329 mm	49
1977	33.6 °C5 December 1977	12.9 °C6 July 1977	23.2 °C	1,021 mm	87
1976	33.1 °C1 November 1976	11.1 °C18 July 1976	22.5 °C	1,168 mm	57
1975	32.4 °C27 October 1975	12.7 °C26 July 1975	22.6 °C	1,033 mm	50
1974	32.7 °C3 December 1974	12.7 °C30 July 1974	22.4 °C	1,370 mm	48
1973	32.5 °C25 October 1973	13.2 °C15 July 1973	22.8 °C	1,044 mm	63
1972	32.4 °C19 November 1972	12.3 °C25 July 1972	22.6 °C	1,308 mm	48
1971	32.7 °C9 November 1971	13.1 °C5 August 1971	22.4 °C	1,191 mm	51
1970	33.2 °C21 November 1970	14.3 °C2 September 1970	23.0 °C	1,075 mm	56
1969	33.8 °C29 December 1969	13.1 °C15 June 1969	23.1 °C	911 mm	87
1968	33.9 °C3 October 1968	11.8 °C17 June 1968	22.5 °C	1,058 mm	64
1967	33.6 °C7 October 1967	13.0 °C20 July 1967	22.9 °C	1,196 mm	76
1966	33.1 °C7 December 1966	12.4 °C28 July 1966	23.0 °C	743 mm	94
1965	33.7 °C20 November 1965	11.5 °C6 July 1965	22.2 °C	1,193 mm	50
1964	33.7 °C17 November 1964	13.1 °C27 June 1964	22.4 °C	958 mm	60
1963	33.2 °C1 November 1963	12.5 °C15 August 1963	22.3 °C	1,216 mm	47
1962	35.6 °C23 November 1962	12.8 °C24 June 1962	22.5 °C	1,213 mm	59
1961	34.0 °C4 November 1961	13.6 °C10 August 1961	22.8 °C	1,480 mm	69
1960	34.9 °C24 December 1960	13.5 °C6 July 1960	22.6 °C	1,116 mm	86
1959	34.3 °C2 November 1959	13.5 °C9 June 1959	22.9 °C	1,288 mm	67
1958	34.2 °C18 October 1958	12.4 °C28 July 1958	23.1 °C	803 mm	111
1957	34.5 °C9 November 1957	11.5 °C24 June 1957	22.5 °C	1,922 mm	94
1956	35.4 °C29 November 1956	12.3 °C14 July 1956	22.3 °C	1,247 mm	86
1955	33.6 °C4 January 1955	11.1 °C12 August 1955	22.3 °C	1,346 mm	81
1954	33.9 °C24 October 1954	12.1 °C22 June 1954	22.7 °C	695 mm	76
1953	35.9 °C21 November 1953	13.1 °C2 August 1953	22.8 °C	1,323 mm	78
1952	33.5 °C5 November 1952	12.5 °C28 August 1952	22.9 °C	1,001 mm	108
1951	34.0 °C8 November 1951	12.0 °C24 July 1951	22.8 °C	1,023 mm	87
1950	33.8 °C22 October 1950	13.1 °C6 September 1950	22.5 °C	1,133 mm	59
1949	34.3 °C7 December 1949	13.1 °C21 August 1949	22.8 °C	977 mm	86
1948	35.1 °C12 November 1948	13.6 °C18 July 1948	23.2 °C	822 mm	108
1947	35.0 °C29 November 1947	12.1 °C15 July 1947	22.8 °C	982 mm	106
1946	34.6 °C10 October 1946	12.4 °C1 June 1946	23.0 °C	906 mm	119
1945	34.6 °C22 November 1945	13.0 °C24 September 1945	22.3 °C	987 mm	96
1944	35.3 °C19 February 1944	12.5 °C10 July 1944	23.0 °C	726 mm	142
1943	37.1 °C25 November 1943	13.2 °C30 August 1943	22.9 °C	697 mm	127
1942	36.0 °C9 November 1942	13.1 °C19 September 1942	23.0 °C	729 mm	130
1941	34.6 °C1 January 1941	12.1 °C8 October 1941	22.8 °C	1,046 mm	100
1940	35.0 °C29 December 1940	13.2 °C18 July 1940	22.6 °C	1,188 mm	81

Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.

A specific year

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Year

Across the whole year

Average daily high

28.7 °C

+0.3 °C

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

95 d/yr

+15

Frost days (< 0 °C)

0 d/yr

Annual rainfall

949 mm

-89 mm

Month by month

	High	vs. normal	Precipitation	vs. normal
Jan	30.0 °C	+1.3 °C	182 mm	-51 mm
Feb	29.8 °C	+1.4 °C	125 mm	-85 mm
Mar	28.6 °C	+0.6 °C	160 mm	-37 mm
Apr	27.7 °C	+0.3 °C	107 mm	+1 mm
May	27.6 °C	+0.2 °C	46 mm	+27 mm
Jun	27.4 °C	+0.8 °C	3 mm	-2 mm
Jul	26.5 °C	+0.2 °C	3 mm	-1 mm
Aug	27.7 °C	+0.1 °C	5 mm	+1 mm
Sep	29.6 °C	+0.4 °C	5 mm	-1 mm
Oct	29.5 °C	-0.8 °C	11 mm	-6 mm
Nov	29.9 °C	-0.9 °C	121 mm	+62 mm
Dec	29.8 °C	0.0 °C	182 mm	+2 mm

The year's extremes

Hottest day

32.4 °C

18 Jan 2025

Coldest day

14.0 °C

4 Aug 2025

Wettest day

26.2 mm

30 Mar 2025

Windiest day

25.8 km/h

9 Jul 2025

Strongest gust

55.4 km/h

9 Jul 2025

Hottest feels-like

38.4 °C

19 Jan 2025

Coldest feels-like

12.9 °C

4 Aug 2025

Sunniest day

12.7 h

5 Jan 2025

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Frequently asked questions

What is the climate of Mueda?

Mueda has a tropical savanna climate (Köppen Aw). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 23.0 °C and it receives 1,038 mm of precipitation per year.

What is the hottest day ever recorded in Mueda?

The hottest day measured in Mueda between 1940 and 2025 was 25 November 1943, reaching 37.1 °C.

What is the coldest day in Mueda?

The coldest day measured in Mueda between 1940 and 2025 was 12 August 1955, at 11.1 °C.

Does it snow in Mueda?

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

Has the climate of Mueda warmed?

Yes: Mueda warmed by +0.8 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.

What is the wettest day in Mueda?

The wettest day measured in Mueda between 1940 and 2025 was 28 January 1957, with 127 mm of rain in 24 hours.

What was the windiest day in Mueda?

The windiest day measured in Mueda between 1940 and 2025 was 25 April 2019, with winds reaching 38.1 km/h.

What is the warmest month in Mueda?

The warmest month in Mueda is November (24.7 °C on average); the coldest is July (20.6 °C).

How much does it rain in Mueda?

Mueda receives on average 1,038 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 139 rainy days.

Is it sunny in Mueda?

Mueda gets on average 10.4 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,796 hours per year over 1940-2025.

Are there tropical nights in Mueda?

Yes: Mueda has on average 135 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.

What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Mueda?

In Mueda, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 39.5 °C on 10 December 1983, and the lowest was 9.1 °C on 18 July 1976.

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