Xai Xai
Weather station · 25.0°S 33.6°E · 3 m above sea level
ICAO FQXAWMO 67335Station data since 1951
Record high
39.7°C
Tue 23 Sep 1958
Record low
10.5°C
Sun 23 Sep 1990
Average high
28.5°C
all years on record
13.7°C short of the record for 23 September
Today’s high 26.0°C against 39.7°C in 1958. A reading that beats it is flagged here automatically, once a second cycle confirms it.
All-time record high
44.2°C
- Date
- Wednesday, 24 November 1976
- Time of day
- Not recorded. The daily archive stores the day, not the hour.
- Location
- Xai Xai, Mozambique
- Position
- 25.04°S 33.63°E · 3 m
Highest highest in available records since 1951. Source: NOAA GHCN-Daily.
All-time record low
3.4°C
- Date
- Thursday, 13 June 1968
- Time of day
- Not recorded. The daily archive stores the day, not the hour.
- Location
- Xai Xai, Mozambique
- Position
- 25.04°S 33.63°E · 3 m
Highest and lowest lowest in available records since 1951. Source: NOAA GHCN-Daily.
Where Xai Xai is
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25.04°S 33.63°E
Xai Xai
Ground · satellite
Land surface temperature for 2026-09-22, from NASA GIBS. This is the temperature of the ground seen from orbit, not the air, and it is never ranked against air readings. Cloud hides the ground, so gaps are unread rather than guessed.
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Today is colder than 75% of all days recorded here since 1951.
From our dataToday's high against every day recorded at this station since 1951. - 2
Right now Amundsen-Scott South Pole Station is 89.0°C colder than Xai Xai. Same planet. Same afternoon.
From our dataBoth readings are live and ranked on this site now. - 3
The coldest night Xai Xai has ever recorded, 3.4°C, would pass for a warm spell at Amundsen-Scott South Pole Station, which is −63.0°C right now.
From our dataThis station's record low against the current live reading at Amundsen-Scott South Pole Station.
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Every year on record
1951 to 2025
Annual average · °C
Trend over 41 years with data: +0.02 °C per decade
Source: NOAA GHCN-Daily. Years the station did not cover are left as gaps, never joined across. The dashed line is a least squares trend through the years that have data.
Records by month
Jan
41.5°
12.2°
Fri 4 Jan 1980
Feb
44.0°
14.1°
Wed 26 Feb 1992
Mar
39.5°
11.6°
Sun 7 Mar 1965
Apr
38.5°
9.4°
Fri 13 Apr 1951
May
36.4°
4.9°
Fri 3 May 1968
Jun
33.5°
3.4°
Fri 5 Jun 1987
Jul
33.4°
4.6°
Sat 11 Jul 2020
Recent days
| Day | High | At | Low | At |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-09-23 | 26.0°C | 15:00 UTC | 26.0°C | 15:00 UTC |
| 2026-09-22 | 24.0°C | 15:00 UTC | 23.0°C | 17:00 UTC |
Nearby stations
- Xai XaiMozambique1.5 km
- Maputo IntlMozambique144.2 km
- Maputo / MavalaneMozambique144.4 km
- InhambaneMozambique220.3 km
- Inhambane ArptMozambique221.7 km
- Sikhuiphe IntlEswatini241 km
Data sources for this page
| Figure | Source | Type |
|---|---|---|
| Right now, today so far | NOAA Aviation Weather Center (METAR) and NOAA NWS WMO bulletins (SYNOP) | Measured, station |
| All-time, monthly and on-this-day records | NOAA NCEI Global Historical Climatology Network daily (GHCN-Daily), 1951 to 2025 | Measured, station |
| Nearby stations and distances | Computed from station positions in our own database | Calculated |