Quelimane
City in Mozambique: population, location, elevation, climate and landmarks.
Quilimane: Claus Bunks aka Afrobrasil on flickr, Public domain (Wikimedia Commons)
Overview
Quelimane is a city in Mozambique, in Zambezia Province. About 349,842 people live in the city proper, making it the 7th largest city of Mozambique in our atlas.
It lies at 17.88° S, 36.89° E, about 9 m (30 ft) above sea level, and keeps time on the Africa/Maputo time zone. It sits inside the tropics.
Location
Red dot: Quelimane. Green dots: other major cities of Mozambique. Map data: Natural Earth.
Climate
Quelimane has a tropical savanna climate (Köppen Aw). The warmest month is usually Nov, with average highs near 33°C (91°F); the coolest nights come in Jul at about 18°C (65°F). Around 1,118 mm (44 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
- Mocuba · 116 km
- Gurúè · 268 km
- Beira · 307 km
- Chimoio · 385 km
- Nampula · 396 km
- Tete · 398 km
- Lichinga · 536 km
- Nacala · 544 km
- Population, coordinates, elevation, time zone: GeoNames 1028434 (CC BY 4.0)
- Wikidata Q318306 (CC0)
- Climate: NASA POWER 2001-2025 climatology
Text written by Geographical Effect from these sources.
- Quilimane: Claus Bunks aka Afrobrasil on flickr, Public domain (Wikimedia Commons)