Climate · Maputo

Maputo in May

Warm and mostly dry, as the days shorten.

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years

May in Maputo is warm: highs near 81°F, lows near 65°F. Rain falls on about one day a week, less often as the month goes on, and the days shorten by 28 minutes from the first week to the last.May in Maputo is warm: highs near 27°C, lows near 18°C. Rain falls on about one day a week, less often as the month goes on, and the days shorten by 28 minutes from the first week to the last.

High
81°F27°Caverage
Low
65°F18°Caverage
Wet days
1a week · 16% of days
Daylight
10h 51mon average

Is May a good time to visit Maputo?


Yes. May is one of Maputo's best months (May to August).

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 May sits in the year

week by week

Temperature

Highs near 81°F in May, against 77°F to 87°F through the year.Highs near 27°C in May, against 25°C to 31°C through the year.

Chance of a wet day

16% of days in May, against 12% to 52% through the year.

Cloud cover

16% cover in May, against 12% to 46% through the year.

Daylight

10h 51m in May, against 10h 32m to 13h 44m through the year.

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

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  1. April84°29°low 69°low 21°2 wet days a weekRain on about two days a week.
  2. May81°27°low 65°low 18°1 wet day a weekRain on about one day a week.
  3. June78°26°low 61°low 16°1 wet day a weekRain on about one day a week.

Where Maputo sits, in May

Africa/Maputo

this place
typical high in May 40°F4°C95°F35°C
Sunrise, mid-May
6:20 AMsets 5:12 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 May, 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 May

high · low · wet days

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.