Maputo, Maputo City, Mozambique climate
Average temperatures, precipitation and all-time records for Maputo, Maputo City, Mozambique, with every day graded against ~45 years of local climate history (1981–2026). Its warmest month is January, averaging a high of 31°C, and its coldest is July, with an average low of 14°C.
Maputo is the capital and largest city of Mozambique. Located near the southern end of the country, it is within 120 kilometres of the borders with Eswatini and South Africa. The city has a population of 1,088,449 distributed over a land area of 347.69 km2 (134.24 sq mi). via Wikipedia
How today compares
Latest recorded day: 2026-07-21. Each reading placed on Maputo, Maputo City, Mozambique's own ±7-day seasonal distribution.
Maputo average temperatures by month
Typical daily high and low, and average precipitation, for each month in Maputo, Maputo City, Mozambique, based on 1981–2026 records. The wettest month is January (5 mm on an average day).
| Month | Avg high | Avg low | Avg precip |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 31°C | 22°C | 5 mm |
| February | 31°C | 23°C | 5 mm |
| March | 31°C | 22°C | 3 mm |
| April | 29°C | 20°C | 3 mm |
| May | 28°C | 17°C | 0 mm |
| June | 26°C | 14°C | 0 mm |
| July | 25°C | 14°C | 0 mm |
| August | 27°C | 15°C | 0 mm |
| September | 29°C | 17°C | 0 mm |
| October | 29°C | 19°C | 3 mm |
| November | 31°C | 20°C | 3 mm |
| December | 31°C | 22°C | 5 mm |
Each bar spans the 10th-percentile daily low to the 90th-percentile daily high (the range most days fall within), coloured cold → hot on a shared -23°C to 46°C scale, so the whole year's rhythm reads at a glance.
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Record extremes
- Hottest day on record: 42°C on 2024-12-13
- Coldest day on record: 7°C on 2024-07-09
Percentiles compare each day to Maputo, Maputo City, Mozambique's own history, so grades are relative to this location: a “Near Record” day here isn't the same temperature as elsewhere. How the grades work →