Gurúè
City in Mozambique: population, location, elevation, climate and landmarks.
Gurue Mount Murresse: Paulo Oliveira at English Wikipedia, Public domain (Wikimedia Commons)
Overview
Gurúè is a city in Mozambique, in Zambezia Province. About 168,971 people live in the city proper, making it the 12th largest city of Mozambique in our atlas.
It lies at 15.47° S, 36.98° E, about 722 m (2,369 ft) above sea level, and keeps time on the Africa/Maputo time zone. It sits inside the tropics.
Location
Red dot: Gurúè. Green dots: other major cities of Mozambique. Map data: Natural Earth.
Climate
Gurúè has a Mediterranean (hot summer) climate (Köppen Csa). The warmest month is usually Nov, with average highs near 33°C (91°F); the coolest nights come in Jul at about 11°C (52°F). Around 1,571 mm (62 in) of rain and snow falls in a typical year, most of it in Jan.
Bars: average daily high and low (°C) for each month; blue columns and figures: average precipitation (mm). Gridded 2001-2025 averages from NASA POWER, so mountain and coastal spots can differ from local station records.
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- Pemba · 469 km
- Beira · 537 km
- Population, coordinates, elevation, time zone: GeoNames 1045512 (CC BY 4.0)
- Wikidata Q1027188 (CC0)
- Climate: NASA POWER 2001-2025 climatology
Text written by Geographical Effect from these sources.
- Gurue Mount Murresse: Paulo Oliveira at English Wikipedia, Public domain (Wikimedia Commons)