According to Lifeguin’s travel calendar, the best time to visit Eswatini is April to May and September to October. Plan 3–5 days.
Best months for Eswatini
- Best months
- April to May and September to October
- How long to stay
- 3–5 days
- Continent
- Africa
What Eswatini is best for
Explore rhinos at Hlane, hike Mlilwane or Malolotja, and experience traditional life at Mantenga.
- Prices
- € · cheaper than in Slovakia
Weather in Eswatini by month
Monthly averages around Mbabane; the mountains and other regions can differ a lot.
| Month | Average temperature | Rain |
|---|---|---|
| January | about 23 °C | a lot of rain (132 mm) |
| February | about 23 °C | a lot of rain (102 mm) |
| March | about 22 °C | some rain (84 mm) |
| April best | about 19 °C | some rain (54 mm) |
| May best | about 17 °C | little rain (15 mm) |
| June | about 15 °C | little rain (9 mm) |
| July | about 14 °C | little rain (12 mm) |
| August | about 17 °C | little rain (12 mm) |
| September best | about 20 °C | some rain (30 mm) |
| October best | about 21 °C | some rain (57 mm) |
| November | about 22 °C | a lot of rain (105 mm) |
| December | about 23 °C | a lot of rain (117 mm) |
Sources: what a place is best for — our own travel guides and, for places we have not written about yet, research done with the help of AI (Google Gemini); weather — NASA POWER climate averages; prices — World Bank price levels (CC BY 4.0).
Good to know about Eswatini
- Capitals
- Mbabane and Lobamba
- Languages
- English and Swati
- Currency
- Swazi Lilangeni (SZL)
- Time
- UTC+2
- Plugs
- Type D · 230 V
- Driving
- On the left
- Calling code
- +268
Sources: Wikidata, Unicode CLDR and the IANA time zone database.
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