Maputo weather by month
The best time to visit Maputo is June to August — 93/100 in July, 26°C and 2 rainy days. The best season is the dry season, April to October (86/100 on average).
The worst month is February at 63/100 — sweltering, rainy, clean air. See February →
Updated September 2026 · climate normals from ERA5 reanalysis
Planning the wider trip? Best time to visit Mozambique →
Best season: April to October (86/100 on average) · worst February (63/100)
- Days
- 26°C
- Nights
- 13°C
- Wet days
- 2
- Sun
- 9.4 h
- Humidity
- 70%
- Daylight
- 11 h
Maputo, month by month
Comfort score out of 100 for the kind of trip Maputo is best for, the average high, rainy days and hours of sun a day from the climate normals, and how busy it tends to be.
What's on in Maputo through the year
Festivals, natural spectacles, holidays and the seasons to watch out for — curated and sourced. The month pages carry the detail.
Crowds in Maputo in July
How busy the place itself is — school and mass holidays, the months an editor tagged, and how sought-after the weather makes them. Never part of the comfort score.
Busyschool holidays in 5 of the markets that fill it, one of its best months for weather(estimated)
Peak crowdsBusyShoulder seasonQuiet
Good to know before you go to Maputo
Real experiences from travellers' own write-ups, quoted with a link to the original.
Safety
A practical safety guide to Maputo describes it as generally safe for visitors who keep to sensible city habits, but not the safest city in Africa either. Their advice boils down to a few concrete habits: base yourself in central neighborhoods like Polana or Sommerschield, use hotel-recommended drivers or a reputable app-based cab rather than hailing on the street, keep phones and jewelry out of sight while walking, and avoid isolated streets once it gets dark, even in otherwise central areas.
Traveller notes on Maputo
What people who have been say about the place — the year-round notes first, then month by month.
Forum posters describe January in Maputo as very hot and genuinely well-suited to a beach holiday, warmer and more humid than the dry winter season, though posters are clear this isn't the intense, near-daily downpour pattern of a tropical Southeast Asian rainy season - when rain does come it can be heavy and briefly affect roads, but rarely lasts longer than a day, often just a few hours. Posters flag a real health consideration: malaria risk rises during this wetter, hotter season, and note that flooding further north of Maputo can turn genuinely serious in January and February. Posters generally rate January as hot, humid and beach-friendly for Maputo itself, with occasional heavy but short-lived rain and a real malaria-season precaution worth taking seriously.
Forum posters describe July as Maputo's coldest month, with daytime highs commonly in the mid-70sF and overnight lows dropping into the 50sF - genuinely cool by local standards but far from harsh. Posters give mixed verdicts on beach time this month: one visitor found it warm enough to swim further up the coast near Bierra, while others call July simply not the best month for extended beach lounging given the cooler winter temperatures. Posters consistently name the broader winter season (of which July is the coldest point) as actually the best overall time to visit Mozambique - less rain, less oppressive heat, and fair humidity, adding up to what many posters call genuinely ideal beach-and-sightseeing weather once you account for the cooler temperatures.
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