Nacala
City in Mozambique: population, location, elevation, climate and landmarks.
NacalaBeach: Stig Nygaard from Copenhagen, Denmark, CC BY 2.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
Overview
Nacala is a city in Mozambique, in Nampula. About 239,808 people live in the city proper, making it the 9th largest city of Mozambique in our atlas.
It lies at 14.56° S, 40.69° E, about 137 m (449 ft) above sea level, and keeps time on the Africa/Maputo time zone. It sits inside the tropics.
Location
Red dot: Nacala. Green dots: other major cities of Mozambique. Map data: Natural Earth.
Climate
Nacala has a tropical savanna climate (Köppen Aw). The warmest month is usually Nov, with average highs near 32°C (89°F); the coolest nights come in Jul at about 20°C (68°F). Around 1,177 mm (46 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.
What to eat in MozambiqueNational dishes, street food, desserts and drinks on Intercontinental Chef.Nearby major cities
- Nampula · 164 km
- Pemba · 177 km
- Gurúè · 411 km
- Mocuba · 471 km
- Quelimane · 549 km
- Lichinga · 601 km
- Tete · 783 km
- Beira · 859 km
- Population, coordinates, elevation, time zone: GeoNames 1035025 (CC BY 4.0)
- Wikidata Q990080 (CC0)
- Climate: NASA POWER 2001-2025 climatology
Text written by Geographical Effect from these sources.
- NacalaBeach: Stig Nygaard from Copenhagen, Denmark, CC BY 2.0 (Wikimedia Commons)