The climate of Maputo
Aw Tropical savannah. Hot all year, with a clear dry season. Warm throughout, with a wet season and a distinct dry season long and dry enough for grassland and scattered trees rather than closed forest.
The 1901 to 1930 map puts Maputo in the same zone, Aw.
Maputo: then, now and by 2100
| Map | Climate zone | Compared with now |
|---|---|---|
| 1901 to 1930 | Aw Tropical savannah | Same as now |
| 1991 to 2020 (now) | Aw Tropical savannah | - |
| 2071 to 2099, SSP1-2.6 (low emissions) | Aw Tropical savannah | Same as now |
| 2071 to 2099, SSP2-4.5 (middle of the road) | BSh Hot semi-arid (steppe) | Different from now |
| 2071 to 2099, SSP5-8.5 (high emissions) | BSh Hot semi-arid (steppe) | Different from now |
The 2071 to 2099 rows are model projections under three emissions scenarios, not forecasts. The 1901 to 1930 row is a reconstruction. All come from Beck et al. (2023).
Under the middle-of-the-road scenario (SSP2-4.5), the model puts Maputo in BSh (hot semi-arid (steppe)) in 2071 to 2099, instead of Aw now. Under the high-emissions scenario (SSP5-8.5) it is BSh (hot semi-arid (steppe)).
Cities with the same climate as Maputo
Other big cities that are Aw (tropical savannah) in 1991 to 2020, at most two per country:
- Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo
- Lagos, Nigeria
- Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
- Bengaluru, India
- Hyderabad, India
- Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
- Dar es Salaam, Tanzania
- Bangkok, Thailand
Where Maputo's future climate exists today
In the SSP2-4.5 map for 2071 to 2099, Maputo is BSh. These cities are BSh in 1991 to 2020, so they give a rough idea of the future climate (the real conditions would differ in many ways).
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Population of Maputo from GeoNames: 1,254,837 (rank 423 in our list of 1,000). Climate data: Beck et al. (2023), CC BY 4.0. Data sources and licences.