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Maputo in January

Hot and wet, as the days shorten.

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years

January in Maputo is hot: highs near 86°F, lows near 73°F. Rain falls on about three days a week, and the days shorten by 16 minutes from the first week to the last.January in Maputo is hot: highs near 30°C, lows near 23°C. Rain falls on about three days a week, and the days shorten by 16 minutes from the first week to the last.

High
86°F30°Caverage
Low
73°F23°Caverage
Wet days
3a week · 47% of days
Daylight
13h 34mon average

Is January a good time to visit Maputo?

January sits outside Maputo's best months, which run from May to August. Expect hot days and rain on about three 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 January sits in the year

week by week

Temperature

Highs near 86°F in January, against 77°F to 87°F through the year.Highs near 30°C in January, against 25°C to 31°C through the year.

Chance of a wet day

47% of days in January, against 12% to 52% through the year.

Cloud cover

41% cover in January, against 12% to 46% through the year.

Daylight

13h 34m in January, against 10h 32m to 13h 44m through the year.

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

Either side

  1. December86°30°low 72°low 22°3 wet days a weekRain on about three days a week.
  2. January86°30°low 73°low 23°3 wet days a weekRain on about three days a week.
  3. February87°31°low 74°low 23°4 wet days a weekRain on about four days a week.

Where Maputo sits, in January

Africa/Maputo
this place
typical high in January 40°F4°C95°F35°C
Sunrise, mid-January
5:11 AMsets 6:46 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 January, 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 January

high · low · wet days
See January 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.