Lichinga weather by month & the best time to visit

🇲🇿 Mozambique · regional city · Mediterranean climate

The best time to visit Lichinga is June — its sunniest month (Sunshine Score 94/100), with September and July close behind. Lichinga averages about 2,638 hours of sunshine a year. Daytime highs around 21°C / 70°F and roughly 3 mm of rain in June.

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Sun hours / year

2,638

Sunniest month

June

Peak score

94/100

Rain / year

1,025 mm

Midday UV at peak

11 (extreme)

Population

281k

Elevation

1,362 m

When is the best time to visit Lichinga?

For sunshine, the best time to visit Lichinga is June, then September and July. The dullest month is January (67/100, 301 mm of rain). The full month-by-month picture is in the table below.

How sunny is Lichinga?

Lichinga gets a lot of sun: around 2,638 hours a year. June (94/100) is noticeably better than January (67). It ranks #12 of 12 destinations in Mozambique for annual sunshine, below the national median of 2,918 hours. Rain is strongly seasonal here: roughly 72% of the year's 1,025 mm falls in the three months around January.

Sunshine Score by month

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Nearby places for sunshine

• Harare Zimbabwe · 684 km · best in Aug · 3,184 h sun/yr
• Lusaka Zambia · 769 km · best in Jun · 3,066 h sun/yr
• Dar es Salaam Tanzania · 832 km · best in Jul · 2,837 h sun/yr
• Lubumbashi Congo - Kinshasa · 860 km · best in May · 2,978 h sun/yr
• Moroni Comoros · 891 km · best in Aug · 3,029 h sun/yr
• Zanzibar Tanzania · 896 km · best in Jul · 2,836 h sun/yr

Nearest destinations

• Lilongwe Malawi · 170 km · 2,943 h sun/yr · best in Jun
• Blantyre Malawi · 269 km · 2,827 h sun/yr · best in Aug
• Tete Mozambique · 360 km · 2,963 h sun/yr · best in Aug
• Mfuwe Zambia · 360 km · 3,052 h sun/yr · best in May
• Nampula Mozambique · 478 km · 2,977 h sun/yr · best in Sep