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Maputo in February

Hot and wet, as the days shorten.

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years

February in Maputo is hot: highs near 87°F, lows near 74°F. Rain falls on about four days a week, and the days shorten by 28 minutes from the first week to the last.February in Maputo is hot: highs near 31°C, lows near 23°C. Rain falls on about four days a week, and the days shorten by 28 minutes from the first week to the last.

High
87°F31°Caverage
Low
74°F23°Caverage
Wet days
4a week · 52% of days
Daylight
13h 01mon average

Is February a good time to visit Maputo?

February sits outside Maputo's best months, which run from May to August. Expect hot days and rain on about four days a week.

How we judge it: every month is scored on how close its typical high comes to the range from 70°F to 80°F, how mild its nights are, and how rarely it rains. The best months are the run of months that scores best.How we judge it: every month is scored on how close its typical high comes to the range from 21°C to 27°C, how mild its nights are, and how rarely it rains. The best months are the run of months that scores best.

How February sits in the year

week by week

Temperature

Highs near 87°F in February, against 77°F to 87°F through the year.Highs near 31°C in February, against 25°C to 31°C through the year.

Chance of a wet day

52% of days in February, against 12% to 52% through the year.

Cloud cover

39% cover in February, against 12% to 46% through the year.

Daylight

13h 01m in February, against 10h 32m to 13h 44m through the year.

Week by week, lightly smoothed, with February shaded. The olive line marks the best months. Hover or tap a week for its figures.

Either side

  1. January86°30°low 73°low 23°3 wet days a weekRain on about three days a week.
  2. February87°31°low 74°low 23°4 wet days a weekRain on about four days a week.
  3. March86°30°low 72°low 22°3 wet days a weekRain on about three days a week.

Where Maputo sits, in February

Africa/Maputo
this place
typical high in February 40°F4°C95°F35°C
Sunrise, mid-February
5:34 AMsets 6:34 PM
Above the sea
10 mlow-lying
Latitude
26.0°Ssouthern hemisphere
Nearest of ours
Vilanculos538 km north-east

The land around Maputo, shaded by its typical high in February, the planning map's own layer. Hover the map for the figure at that spot; tap it on a phone. Clock times are local, for the 15th.

Elsewhere in Mozambique in February

high · low · wet days
See February on the planning mapThe whole year in Maputo

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years (1995–2024), from the 11 km grid square nearest Maputo. Temperatures are adjusted against 66 weather stations: daytime highs read about 3.1°F cold in the source data and are raised to match.Temperatures are adjusted against 66 weather stations: daytime highs read about 1.7°C cold in the source data and are raised to match. Daylight is calculated from latitude. Charts are lightly smoothed week to week; the figures in the table are not. Source: Copernicus ERA5-Land reanalysis; cloud cover from NASA's MERRA-2 reanalysis, on a coarser grid of about 50 km. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026; neither the European Commission nor ECMWF is responsible for any use of it. These are averages, not a forecast.

Daylight is calculated from latitude. Charts are lightly smoothed week to week; the figures in the table are not.

Source: Copernicus ERA5-Land reanalysis; cloud cover from NASA's MERRA-2 reanalysis, on a coarser grid of about 50 km. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026; neither the European Commission nor ECMWF is responsible for any use of it. These are averages, not a forecast.