Lichinga climate

Name: Lichinga
Address: MZ

Lichinga is warmest in October, with average highs of 27 °C, and coldest in July, when nights average 9.8 °C. January is the wettest month (297 mm) and August the driest (2.0 mm). Figures are 1991–2020 climate normals.

Across a full year Lichinga averages 1,090 mm of rain and 109 days above 25 °C.

Mozambique · population 281,341 · 1991–2020 normals

Temperature below 0 °C to above 30 °C Rain band height is that month’s share of the wettest month

Warmest month October 27 °C
Coldest month July 9.8 °C
Driest month August 2 mm
Wettest month January 297 mm
Least cloud September 27 % cloud
Hottest on record November 33 °C
Coldest on record August 4.5 °C

What to expectLichinga through the year

Lichinga has a clear annual cycle: average daily highs run from 21 °C in July to 27 °C in October, a swing of 7.0 °C in mean temperature across the year.

Counted across a normal year, 109 days a year reach 25 °C, 9 of them reach 30 °C. The warmest reading in the 1991–2020 record is 33 °C, in November.

Rain is strongly seasonal. January averages 297 mm against 2 mm in August — 152 times as much. Planning around the dry months matters more here than planning around temperature.

Month by month

Month	Avg high	Rainfall	Cloud
January	23.8 °C	297 mm	89 %
February	23.8 °C	232 mm	85 %
March	23.7 °C	171 mm	77 %
April	23.2 °C	43 mm	53 %
May	22.8 °C	9 mm	37 %
June	21.3 °C	2 mm	32 %
July	20.8 °C	2 mm	34 %
August	23.0 °C	2 mm	30 %
September	25.9 °C	3 mm	27 %
October	27.4 °C	22 mm	33 %
November	27.4 °C	77 mm	51 %
December	24.9 °C	229 mm	78 %

Temperature month by month

Month	Avg high	Avg low	Mean	Record high	Record low	Days above 25 °C	Days above 30 °C
January	23.8 °C	17.0 °C	19.9 °C	27.7 °C	13.1 °C	6	0
February	23.8 °C	16.7 °C	19.8 °C	27.2 °C	11.9 °C	5	0
March	23.7 °C	16.3 °C	19.5 °C	27.2 °C	11.0 °C	4	0
April	23.2 °C	14.6 °C	18.6 °C	26.6 °C	8.9 °C	2	0
May	22.8 °C	12.4 °C	17.3 °C	27.2 °C	6.9 °C	2	0
June	21.3 °C	10.3 °C	15.5 °C	26.5 °C	5.5 °C	0	0
July	20.8 °C	9.8 °C	15.0 °C	25.3 °C	4.9 °C	0	0
August	23.0 °C	11.4 °C	17.0 °C	28.3 °C	4.5 °C	5	0
September	25.9 °C	14.1 °C	19.7 °C	31.3 °C	8.0 °C	20	0
October	27.4 °C	16.4 °C	21.6 °C	33.1 °C	8.9 °C	26	4
November	27.4 °C	17.4 °C	22.1 °C	33.3 °C	10.5 °C	25	4
December	24.9 °C	17.1 °C	20.5 °C	31.3 °C	13.1 °C	13	0

Rain, sun and wind month by month

Month	Rainfall	Wet days	Daylight	Cloud cover	Humidity	Wind
January	297 mm	29	13 h/day	89 %	87 %	12 km/h
February	232 mm	24	13 h/day	85 %	87 %	11 km/h
March	171 mm	23	12 h/day	77 %	85 %	12 km/h
April	43 mm	10	12 h/day	53 %	79 %	14 km/h
May	9 mm	2	12 h/day	37 %	70 %	14 km/h
June	2 mm	0	11 h/day	32 %	66 %	14 km/h
July	2 mm	1	11 h/day	34 %	64 %	15 km/h
August	2 mm	0	12 h/day	30 %	57 %	16 km/h
September	3 mm	1	12 h/day	27 %	50 %	18 km/h
October	22 mm	5	12 h/day	33 %	51 %	19 km/h
November	77 mm	12	13 h/day	51 %	60 %	17 km/h
December	229 mm	24	13 h/day	78 %	80 %	13 km/h

How Lichinga compares

The same four figures for nearby destinations, so the numbers above have something to be read against. Summer high is the warmest month's average high; winter low is the coldest month's average low.

Destination	Summer high	Winter low	Rain per year	Days above 25 °C
Lichinga	27 °C	9.8 °C	1,090 mm	109
Lilongwe · Malawi	30 °C	11 °C	705 mm	224
Mzuzu · Malawi	26 °C	11 °C	1,382 mm	98
Blantyre · Malawi	29 °C	11 °C	1,099 mm	191
Chipata · Zambia	31 °C	12 °C	1,022 mm	235
Songea · Tanzania	29 °C	12 °C	1,275 mm	199
Gurúè · Mozambique	30 °C	13 °C	1,462 mm	248

Where Lichinga ranks

Ranking	Position	Value
Places with the best weather in Africa in August	4th of 50	97/100
Places with the best weather in the world in August	6th of 50	97/100
Places with the best weather in Africa in May	9th of 50	96/100
Places with the best weather in Africa in September	15th of 50	93/100
Places with the best weather in the world in May	15th of 50	96/100
Places with the best weather in Africa in June	27th of 50	95/100

Planning a trip? See the best time to visit Lichinga.

QuestionsCommon questions about Lichinga’s climate

When is the best time to visit Lichinga?

That depends on what you want, so the honest answer is a comparison rather than a single month. January, February, September sit closest to 20 °C on average, October is the warmest month and August the driest. The month-by-month table above has the full picture.

How hot does Lichinga get?

In October, the warmest month, daily highs average 27 °C. About 9 days a year pass 30 °C. The highest value in the 1991–2020 record is 33 °C.

How cold does it get in winter?

Nights average 9.8 °C in July, the coldest month. Freezing nights are not part of a normal year here.

Which month is wettest in Lichinga?

January, averaging 297 mm over 29 days with rain. The driest month is August with 2 mm. The year as a whole averages 1,090 mm.

Are these figures a forecast?

No. They are 1991–2020 climate normals: the average of thirty years, which describes what a month is usually like in Lichinga rather than what any particular week will bring. Individual years can differ substantially from the normal.

Data sources and method

ERA5 / ERA5-Land reanalysis — Copernicus Climate Change Service (C3S), ECMWF. Copernicus Licence
Open-Meteo — Open-Meteo.com. CC BY 4.0
NOAA OISST v2.1 — NOAA Physical Sciences Laboratory. Public domain
GeoNames — GeoNames.org. CC BY 4.0

Normal period: 1991–2020
Data point: -13.313°, 35.241° (the coordinates the reanalysis values are taken for)
Dataset version: era5-1991-2020-scores1.1
Last processed: 1 August 2026

Measured values come from ERA5 reanalysis and are reproduced unchanged. Calculated by us: monthly rankings, daylight hours, beach and comfort scores. Full formulas are on the methodology page.

Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026. Neither the European Commission nor ECMWF is responsible for any use that may be made of the Copernicus information or data it contains.