Vilanculo weather by month & the best time to visit
🇲🇿 Mozambique · beach resort · semi-arid climate
The best time to visit Vilanculo is August — its sunniest month (Sunshine Score 95/100), with September and May close behind. Vilanculo averages about 3,000 hours of sunshine a year. Daytime highs around 23°C / 73°F and roughly 11 mm of rain in August.
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- Sun hours / year
- 3,000
- Sunniest month
- August
- Peak score
- 95/100
- Rain / year
- 774 mm
- Midday UV at peak
- 12 (extreme)
- Sea at warmest
- 30°C / 86°F
- Population
- 43k
- Elevation
- 13 m
When is the best time to visit Vilanculo?
For sunshine, the best time to visit Vilanculo is August, then September and May. The dullest month is December (69/100, 165 mm of rain). The full month-by-month picture is in the table below.
How sunny is Vilanculo?
Vilanculo is one of the sunniest places on Earth: about 3,000 hours of sunshine a year. August (95/100) is noticeably better than December (69). Vilanculo is the sunniest of the 12 destinations tracked in Mozambique. Rain has a clear season: the wettest stretch, around January, carries about 52% of the annual 774 mm.
Sunshine Score by month
| Month | Score | Day high | Night low | Rain | UV | Sea |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 76 | 28° / 82°F | 27° / 81°F | 114 mm | 12 | 29° / 84°F |
| February | 75 | 28° / 82°F | 27° / 81°F | 120 mm | 12 | 29° / 84°F |
| March | 76 | 28° / 82°F | 27° / 81°F | 114 mm | 11 | 29° / 84°F |
| April | 87 | 27° / 81°F | 26° / 79°F | 52 mm | 8 | 27° / 81°F |
| May | 93 | 25° / 77°F | 24° / 75°F | 19 mm | 6 | 26° / 79°F |
| June | 90 | 24° / 75°F | 23° / 73°F | 38 mm | 5 | 24° / 75°F |
| July | 89 | 23° / 73°F | 22° / 72°F | 42 mm | 5 | 24° / 75°F |
| August | 95 | 23° / 73°F | 22° / 72°F | 11 mm | 7 | 24° / 75°F |
| September | 95 | 24° / 75°F | 23° / 73°F | 12 mm | 8 | 25° / 77°F |
| October | 91 | 25° / 77°F | 24° / 75°F | 30 mm | 9 | 26° / 79°F |
| November | 86 | 26° / 79°F | 25° / 77°F | 57 mm | 10 | 28° / 82°F |
| December | 69 | 27° / 81°F | 26° / 79°F | 165 mm | 11 | 30° / 86°F |
Sea temperature in Vilanculo by month
The sea off Vilanculo is warmest in December at around 30°C / 86°F, and coolest in June at 24°C / 75°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
- Maputo Mozambique · 516 km · best in Jul · 2,689 h sun/yr
- Harare Zimbabwe · 633 km · best in Aug · 3,184 h sun/yr
- Johannesburg South Africa · 851 km · best in Aug · 3,287 h sun/yr
- Durban South Africa · 943 km · best in Jun · 2,503 h sun/yr
- Gaborone Botswana · 1,000 km · best in Jul · 3,481 h sun/yr
- Lusaka Zambia · 1,037 km · best in Jun · 3,066 h sun/yr
Nearest destinations
- Inhambane Mozambique · 207 km · 2,971 h sun/yr · best in Aug
- Beira Mozambique · 251 km · 2,860 h sun/yr · best in Aug
- Xai-Xai Mozambique · 357 km · 2,904 h sun/yr · best in Aug
- Chimoio Mozambique · 374 km · 2,878 h sun/yr · best in Aug
- Phalaborwa South Africa · 476 km · 2,736 h sun/yr · best in May
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