Lumbo

Lumbo
Lumbo
Coordinates	15 ° 2 ′  S , 40 ° 41 ′  E Coordinates: 15 ° 2 ′  S , 40 ° 41 ′  E
Basic data
Country	Mozambique
province	Nampula
District

Lumbo is a small port town in the Nampula Province in Mozambique .

geography

Location of Lumbo in the province of Nampula

Lumbo lies in a wide but sheltered bay at the narrowest point of the Mozambique Strait .

Economy and Infrastructure

The city lives from fishing, the export of cashew nuts and wood as well as tourism, as the Ilha de Moçambique, declared a World Heritage Site by UNESCO, is directly opposite and the bridge leads to the island from here. Lumbo is the land side of this historically and therefore also touristically important island, which was the seat of the Portuguese governor for centuries. Lumbo has several upscale hotels.

Rail traffic to Nampula has been suspended since the civil war . The airport has no scheduled services. Only small passenger planes land here.

sons and daughters of the town

• Marcelino dos Santos (1929–2020), politician and writer

climate

Lumbo
Climate diagram
J F. M. A. M. J J A. S. O N D.     193   32 24     133   32 24     191   31 23     102   30th 22nd     26th   29 19th     37   28 18th     42   27 17th     7th   28 17th     3   29 18th     4th   30th 21st     25th   31 23     129   32 24 Temperature in ° C ,  precipitation in mm Source: wetterkontor.de

Average monthly temperatures and rainfall for Lumbo Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Max. Temperature ( ° C ) 31.5 31.6 31.0 30.2 29.0 27.7 27.0 27.6 28.7 30.1 31.3 31.7 O 29.8 Min. Temperature (° C) 23.6 23.6 22.9 21.8 19.2 17.5 16.9 16.8 18.3 20.8 22.9 23.6 O 20.6 Precipitation ( mm ) 193 133 191 102 26th 37 42 7th 3 4th 25th 129 Σ 892 Hours of sunshine ( h / d ) 7.1 7.3 7.1 8.0 8.5 7.9 7.5 9.1 9.4 9.7 9.4 7.8 O 8.2 Rainy days ( d ) 11 9 9 8th 3 5 4th 4th 2 1 4th 7th Σ 67 Humidity ( % ) 79 80 81 80 79 78 77 76 75 73 73 76 O 77.2 Source: wetterkontor.de