According to Lifeguin’s travel calendar, the best time to visit Mozambique is April to May and October to November. Plan 10–14 days.
Best months for Mozambique
- Best months
- April to May and October to November
- How long to stay
- 10–14 days
- Continent
- Africa
What Mozambique is best for
Unspoiled Bazaruto beaches, world-class diving at Tofo, and restored savannah wildlife in Gorongosa.
- Prices
- € · cheaper than in Slovakia
Weather in Mozambique by month
Monthly averages around Maputo; the mountains and other regions can differ a lot.
| Month | Average temperature | Rain |
|---|---|---|
| January | about 26 °C | a lot of rain (147 mm) |
| February | about 26 °C | a lot of rain (105 mm) |
| March | about 26 °C | some rain (93 mm) |
| April best | about 24 °C | some rain (63 mm) |
| May best | about 22 °C | little rain (21 mm) |
| June | about 20 °C | little rain (18 mm) |
| July | about 19 °C | little rain (15 mm) |
| August | about 21 °C | little rain (15 mm) |
| September | about 22 °C | little rain (27 mm) |
| October best | about 24 °C | some rain (48 mm) |
| November best | about 25 °C | some rain (99 mm) |
| December | about 26 °C | a lot of rain (120 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 Mozambique
- Capital
- Maputo
- Language
- Portuguese
- Currency
- Mozambican Metical (MZN)
- Time
- UTC+2
- Plugs
- Type C, D, F · 220 V
- Driving
- On the left
- Calling code
- +258
Sources: Wikidata, Unicode CLDR and the IANA time zone database.
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