Pemba weather by month & the best time to visit

🇲🇿 Mozambique · beach resort · tropical — wet & dry seasons climate

The best time to visit Pemba is September — its sunniest month (Sunshine Score 94/100), with July and August close behind. Pemba averages about 2,938 hours of sunshine a year. Daytime highs around 27°C / 81°F and roughly 13 mm of rain in September.

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Sun hours / year

2,938

Sunniest month

September

Peak score

94/100

Rain / year

1,174 mm

Midday UV at peak

12 (extreme)

Sea at warmest

30°C / 86°F

Population

233k

Elevation

99 m

When is the best time to visit Pemba?

For sunshine, the best time to visit Pemba is September, then July and August. The dullest month is January (69/100, 297 mm of rain). The full month-by-month picture is in the table below.

How sunny is Pemba?

Pemba gets a lot of sun: around 2,938 hours a year. September (94/100) is noticeably better than January (69). It ranks #5 of 12 destinations in Mozambique for annual sunshine, above the national median of 2,918 hours. Rain is strongly seasonal here: roughly 62% of the year's 1,174 mm falls in the three months around February.

Sunshine Score by month

Sea temperature in Pemba by month

The sea off Pemba is warmest in February at around 30°C / 86°F, and coolest in August at 26°C / 79°F. The water sits at a comfortable 21°C or warmer roughly all year round. Month-by-month sea-surface temperatures are in the Sea column of the table above.

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Nearby places for sunshine

• Moroni Comoros · 340 km · best in Aug · 3,029 h sun/yr
• Dzaoudzi Mayotte · 516 km · best in Aug · 3,007 h sun/yr
• Dar es Salaam Tanzania · 696 km · best in Jul · 2,837 h sun/yr
• Zanzibar Tanzania · 766 km · best in Jul · 2,836 h sun/yr
• Antananarivo Madagascar · 984 km · best in Sep · 2,966 h sun/yr
• Mombasa Kenya · 1,001 km · best in Aug · 2,799 h sun/yr

Nearest destinations

• Nacala Mozambique · 167 km · 2,932 h sun/yr · best in Sep
• Nampula Mozambique · 270 km · 2,977 h sun/yr · best in Sep
• Mtwara Tanzania · 298 km · 2,867 h sun/yr · best in Jul
• Ouani Comoros · 435 km · 3,061 h sun/yr · best in Aug