Nampula
City in Mozambique: population, location, elevation, climate and landmarks.
Overview
Nampula is a city in Mozambique. About 770,379 people live in the city proper, making it the 3rd largest city of Mozambique in our atlas.
It lies at 15.12° S, 39.27° E, about 431 m (1,414 ft) above sea level, and keeps time on the Africa/Maputo time zone. It sits inside the tropics.
Location
Red dot: Nampula. Green dots: other major cities of Mozambique. Map data: Natural Earth.
Climate
Nampula has a tropical savanna climate (Köppen Aw). The warmest month is usually Nov, with average highs near 35°C (95°F); the coolest nights come in Jul at about 14°C (58°F). Around 1,383 mm (54 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.
Landmarks and places to see
Popular sights within a few kilometres of the city centre, ranked by how widely they are documented on Wikipedia.
What to eat in MozambiqueNational dishes, street food, desserts and drinks on Intercontinental Chef.Nearby major cities
- Nacala · 164 km
- Gurúè · 248 km
- Pemba · 273 km
- Mocuba · 310 km
- Quelimane · 399 km
- Lichinga · 476 km
- Tete · 620 km
- Beira · 707 km
- Population, coordinates, elevation, time zone: GeoNames 1033356 (CC BY 4.0)
- Wikidata Q323801 (CC0)
- Climate: NASA POWER 2001-2025 climatology
Text written by Geographical Effect from these sources.