Best time to visit Lichinga

The best time to visit Lichinga is April–October, judged on twenty years of weather records and the events worth going for.

Lichinga, Niassa Province, Mozambique

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  • Made good or best by an event
Average daily high and low temperature, average precipitation and each month's verdict
MonthAverage daily highAverage daily lowPrecipitationVerdict
January25 °C / 77 °F18.4 °C / 65 °F327 mm / 12.9 inneither best nor good
February25.3 °C / 78 °F18.3 °C / 65 °F269 mm / 10.6 inneither best nor good
March25.3 °C / 78 °F17.9 °C / 64 °F196 mm / 7.7 inneither best nor good
April24.9 °C / 77 °F16.5 °C / 62 °F49 mm / 1.9 inbest month
May24.3 °C / 76 °F14.2 °C / 58 °F7 mm / 0.3 inbest month
June22.7 °C / 73 °F12.2 °C / 54 °F2 mm / 0.1 inbest month
July22.2 °C / 72 °F11.7 °C / 53 °F2 mm / 0.1 inbest month
August24.3 °C / 76 °F13.3 °C / 56 °F2 mm / 0.1 inbest month
September27 °C / 81 °F15.9 °C / 61 °F2 mm / 0.1 inbest month
October28.6 °C / 83 °F18.2 °C / 65 °F20 mm / 0.8 inbest month
November28.6 °C / 83 °F19.3 °C / 67 °F77 mm / 3 ingood month
December26.3 °C / 79 °F18.8 °C / 66 °F251 mm / 9.9 inneither best nor good
Good and best months depend on more than temperature, rain and events. How they are chosen

Each activity on this page has its own good and best months, rated on twenty years of daily weather records. Which measures count, and how much, depends on the activity: humidity for exploring outdoors, wind for the beach, hiking and skiing, snow for skiing alone. Between them, the activities are rated on:

  • Daytime highs
  • Night-time lows
  • How warm it feels
  • Humidity
  • How much of the day is sunny
  • Hours of daylight
  • Monthly rainfall
  • How many days it rains
  • Days of heavy rain
  • Wind
  • Snowfall and days with snow
  • Major events, such as festivals

The chart shows the good and best months for exploring outdoors.

The event icon marks a month that an event lifts to good or best, such as a festival or a natural spectacle. Choose “Weather only” in the toolbar to rate the months on weather alone.

Best months by activity

Exploring outdoors

Mild days and nights, mostly dry and bright. The default for 'when should I go'.

  1. JJanuary: neither
  2. FFebruary: neither
  3. MMarch: neither
  4. AApril: best
  5. MMay: best
  6. JJune: best
  7. JJuly: best
  8. AAugust: best
  9. SSeptember: best
  10. OOctober: best
  11. NNovember: good
  12. DDecember: neither
Best
April–October
Good
November
Why these months
  • April · best

    In its favour: feels like (high) 26.8 °C / 80 °F, average daily high 24.9 °C / 77 °F, precipitation 49 mm / 1.9 in, share of daylight that is sunny 87%, days with heavy rain 0.8 days, average daily low 16.5 °C / 62 °F, wet days 11.1 days.

    Against: relative humidity 81%.

  • May · best

    In its favour: feels like (high) 24.9 °C / 77 °F, average daily high 24.3 °C / 76 °F, precipitation 7 mm / 0.3 in, share of daylight that is sunny 92%, wet days 1.8 days, days with heavy rain 0.1 days, average daily low 14.2 °C / 58 °F, relative humidity 72%.

  • June · best

    In its favour: feels like (high) 22.2 °C / 72 °F, average daily high 22.7 °C / 73 °F, precipitation 2 mm / 0.1 in, share of daylight that is sunny 92%, wet days 0.2 days, days with heavy rain 0 days, average daily low 12.2 °C / 54 °F, relative humidity 69%.

  • July · best

    In its favour: feels like (high) 21.2 °C / 70 °F, average daily high 22.2 °C / 72 °F, precipitation 2 mm / 0.1 in, share of daylight that is sunny 90%, wet days 0.4 days, days with heavy rain 0 days, average daily low 11.7 °C / 53 °F, relative humidity 66%.

  • August · best

    In its favour: feels like (high) 23.8 °C / 75 °F, average daily high 24.3 °C / 76 °F, precipitation 2 mm / 0.1 in, share of daylight that is sunny 91%, wet days 0.7 days, days with heavy rain 0 days, average daily low 13.3 °C / 56 °F, relative humidity 60%.

  • September · best

    In its favour: feels like (high) 26.8 °C / 80 °F, precipitation 2 mm / 0.1 in, share of daylight that is sunny 92%, average daily high 27 °C / 81 °F, wet days 0.3 days, days with heavy rain 0 days, average daily low 15.9 °C / 61 °F, relative humidity 53%.

  • October · best

    In its favour: feels like (high) 29.2 °C / 85 °F, precipitation 20 mm / 0.8 in, share of daylight that is sunny 94%, wet days 4.5 days, days with heavy rain 0.4 days, average daily high 28.6 °C / 83 °F, average daily low 18.2 °C / 65 °F, relative humidity 54%.

  • November · good

    In its favour: share of daylight that is sunny 92%, precipitation 77 mm / 3 in, feels like (high) 30.2 °C / 86 °F, average daily high 28.6 °C / 83 °F, days with heavy rain 2.4 days, relative humidity 62%, average daily low 19.3 °C / 67 °F, wet days 11.4 days.

An activity is listed only where it applies: skiing at ski destinations, beach and swimming at beach destinations. The nearest ski area is پیست اسکی پولادکف, Pooladkaf Ski Resort, 5174 km away.

Weather averages

Monthly averages over twenty years, 2006–2025. Highs, lows and precipitation are in the chart at the top.

  JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Feels like (high) 28.2 °C28.8 °C28.4 °C26.8 °C24.9 °C22.2 °C21.2 °C23.8 °C26.8 °C29.2 °C30.2 °C29.3 °C
Days with heavy rain 15.4 days11.8 days6.5 days0.8 days0.1 days0 days0 days0 days0 days0.4 days2.4 days11.1 days
Time rain usually falls 1 pm1 pm2 pm3 pm3 pm11 am11 am2 pm3 pm3 pm2 pm2 pm
Sunshine per day 8.3 h8.9 h9.6 h10.3 h10.5 h10.4 h10.3 h10.7 h11 h11.7 h11.7 h9.9 h
Relative humidity 87%86%85%81%72%69%66%60%53%54%62%80%

Air quality

Averaged over a shorter period (2022–2025) than the twenty-year averages above, and not counted towards good or best months.

  JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Air pollution (PM2.5) 2022–20255.7 µg/m³7 µg/m³5.7 µg/m³5.2 µg/m³5.5 µg/m³6.2 µg/m³9 µg/m³11.1 µg/m³13.2 µg/m³13.2 µg/m³6.4 µg/m³5 µg/m³
Air pollution (PM2.5, daily peak) 2022–20259.2 µg/m³10.6 µg/m³8.7 µg/m³7.7 µg/m³8.2 µg/m³9.3 µg/m³13.8 µg/m³16.7 µg/m³20.5 µg/m³22.5 µg/m³9.8 µg/m³8.1 µg/m³
  • Good 15 µg/m³ or less
  • Fair 15 to 25 µg/m³
  • Moderate 25 to 37.5 µg/m³
  • Poor 37.5 to 50 µg/m³
  • Very poor 50 to 75 µg/m³
  • Extremely poor over 75 µg/m³

Each figure is compared with the World Health Organization's guideline for a day's air, 15 µg/m³ or less, and with its interim targets above that. The words are ours: the WHO does not name its steps. The figures are modelled monthly averages, so single days can be well above them. The daily peak is the average of each day's highest hour, shaded on the same scale.

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Monthly averages over 2006–2025, unless stated otherwise.

Weather data by Open-Meteo.com (CC-BY 4.0), generated using Copernicus Climate Change Service information (ERA5). City data from GeoNames (CC-BY 4.0). Air quality from the Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service (CAMS) and sea temperature from Météo-France / Copernicus Marine, both via Open-Meteo.com. Coastline from Natural Earth. Ski areas from OpenSkiMap.org, © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL) and Skimap.org. World Heritage sites from Wikidata (CC0), from the World Heritage List © UNESCO World Heritage Centre. Readership from Wikimedia pageview data (CC0). Destination classification derived from English Wikivoyage, © Wikivoyage contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0).