Lichinga weather in August

In August, Lichinga sees average daytime highs of 24°C and overnight lows near 13°C, with 2 mm of rain across 0.5 wet days and about 11.6 hours of daylight. It is the 9th-warmest and 10th-wettest month of the year here.

Highs climb over the month, from about 23°C in the first days to 25°C by the end. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 49% of the time in August, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 11 h 24 min at the start of August to 11 h 42 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, August is Lichinga's 2nd-clearest and 4th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Lichinga's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 24°; 9th warmest
Overnight low: 13°; 3rd coldest
Rainfall: 2 mm; 0.5 wet days
Daylight: 11 h 36 min; 5:57 AM – 5:30 PM
Cloud cover: 39%; 2nd clearest
Wind: 10 km/h; 4th windiest
Solar energy: 5.27 kWh/m²
Travel score: 8.8; out of 10

Lichinga is Província do Niassa.

Density: 1,005/km²; people per km²

Air quality: WHO Ambient Air Quality Database. Density & description: Wikidata (CC0), GeoNames.

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Temperature in August

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Highs climb over the month, from about 23°C in the first days to 25°C by the end.

A typical August day in Lichinga reaches about 24°C in the afternoon and slips back to 13°C overnight — a 11°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 22°C and 27°C. Set against its neighbours, August runs about 2°C warmer than July and about 3°C cooler than September.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Avg high (°C)	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	25	25	25	25	25	25	25	25	25	25	25	25
Avg low (°C)	12	12	12	12	12	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	23	12
2	23	12
3	23	12
4	23	12
5	23	12
6	23	13
7	23	13
8	24	13
9	24	13
10	24	13
11	24	13
12	24	13
13	24	13
14	24	13
15	24	13
16	24	13
17	24	13
18	24	13
19	24	13
20	25	13
21	25	13
22	25	13
23	25	14
24	25	14
25	25	14
26	25	14
27	25	14
28	25	14
29	25	14
30	25	14
31	25	14

Lichinga weather by month

How August compares with the rest of the year at a glance. August is the 9th-warmest and 10th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

Month	High / Low (°C)	Rainfall (mm)	Wet days	Daylight (hours)	Travel score
Jan	25° / 18°	309	29	12.7	3.7
Feb	25° / 18°	239	24.6	12.4	3.9
Mar	25° / 18°	174	23.7	12.1	4.5
Apr	25° / 16°	44	10.6	11.7	6.8
May	24° / 14°	9	2.3	11.4	8.5
Jun	23° / 12°	2	0.4	11.2	8.6
Jul	22° / 12°	2	0.5	11.3	8.5
Aug	24° / 13°	2	0.5	11.6	8.8
Sep	27° / 16°	3	0.6	11.9	8.3
Oct	28° / 18°	21	4.5	12.3	6.8
Nov	29° / 19°	80	11.9	12.6	5.5
Dec	26° / 19°	236	24.5	12.8	4.3

Cloud cover in August

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 49% of the time in August.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 29% of August, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 23%. Skies tend to open up as the month goes on.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Clearer (%)	77	76	75	74	73	73	73	72	72	73	73	73	74	74	75	77	77	78	79	79	80	80	81	82	82	82	82	82	82	82	82
Cloudier (%)	23	24	25	26	27	27	27	28	28	27	27	27	26	26	25	23	23	22	21	21	20	20	19	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	77	23
2	76	24
3	75	25
4	74	26
5	73	27
6	73	27
7	73	27
8	72	28
9	72	28
10	73	27
11	73	27
12	73	27
13	74	26
14	74	26
15	75	25
16	77	23
17	77	23
18	78	22
19	79	21
20	79	21
21	80	20
22	80	20
23	81	19
24	82	18
25	82	18
26	82	18
27	82	18
28	82	18
29	82	18
30	82	18
31	82	18

Chance of precipitation in August

Any precipitation

Lichinga gets around 2 mm of rain over 0.5 wet days in August. The line is the day-by-day chance of measurable precipitation.

Day to day, the chance of measurable rain averages around 2% and peaks near 2% on the wettest days.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Rain chance (%)	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	1	1	1	1

	Rain chance (%)
1	2
2	2
3	2
4	2
5	2
6	2
7	2
8	1
9	1
10	1
11	1
12	1
13	1
14	1
15	2
16	2
17	2
18	2
19	2
20	2
21	2
22	2
23	2
24	2
25	2
26	2
27	2
28	1
29	1
30	1
31	1

Humidity in August

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

Most of August feels dry — the stacked bands show each day's mix of comfort levels, read off the dew point.

By dew point, August lands in the dry band about 96% of days. It rarely turns muggy — the humid and sticky bands barely register.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Dry (%)	97	97	97	97	97	97	97	97	97	97	97	97	97	97	96	96	96	96	96	96	96	96	96	96	96	96	96	96	96	96	96
Comfortable (%)	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	97	3
2	97	3
3	97	3
4	97	3
5	97	3
6	97	3
7	97	3
8	97	3
9	97	3
10	97	3
11	97	3
12	97	3
13	97	3
14	97	3
15	96	4
16	96	4
17	96	4
18	96	4
19	96	4
20	96	4
21	96	4
22	96	4
23	96	4
24	96	4
25	96	4
26	96	4
27	96	4
28	96	4
29	96	4
30	96	4
31	96	4

Wind in August

Winds average 10 km/h in August.

Across August, daily wind ranges from about 9 km/h on the calmest days to 10 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Wind speed (km/h)	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10
Feels	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm

	Wind speed (km/h)	Feels
1	9	calm
2	9	calm
3	9	calm
4	9	calm
5	9	calm
6	9	calm
7	9	calm
8	9	calm
9	9	calm
10	9	calm
11	9	calm
12	9	calm
13	9	calm
14	9	calm
15	10	calm
16	10	calm
17	10	calm
18	10	calm
19	10	calm
20	10	calm
21	10	calm
22	10	calm
23	10	calm
24	10	calm
25	10	calm
26	10	calm
27	10	calm
28	10	calm
29	10	calm
30	10	calm
31	10	calm

Sunrise & sunset in August

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 11 h 24 min at the start of August to 11 h 42 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days grow by about 18 minutes over August. Sunrise moves from 6:03 AM to 5:47 AM, and sunset from 5:27 PM to 5:31 PM.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Daylight (h)	11.4	11.4	11.4	11.4	11.4	11.5	11.5	11.5	11.5	11.5	11.5	11.5	11.5	11.5	11.5	11.6	11.6	11.6	11.6	11.6	11.6	11.6	11.6	11.6	11.7	11.7	11.7	11.7	11.7	11.7	11.7
Sunrise (AM)	6:03	6:03	6:02	6:02	6:02	6:01	6:01	6:00	6:00	5:59	5:59	5:59	5:58	5:58	5:57	5:57	5:56	5:55	5:55	5:54	5:54	5:53	5:52	5:52	5:51	5:51	5:50	5:49	5:49	5:48	5:47
Sunset (PM)	5:27	5:27	5:28	5:28	5:28	5:28	5:28	5:29	5:29	5:29	5:29	5:29	5:29	5:29	5:30	5:30	5:30	5:30	5:30	5:30	5:30	5:30	5:30	5:31	5:31	5:31	5:31	5:31	5:31	5:31	5:31

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	11.4	6:03	5:27
2	11.4	6:03	5:27
3	11.4	6:02	5:28
4	11.4	6:02	5:28
5	11.4	6:02	5:28
6	11.5	6:01	5:28
7	11.5	6:01	5:28
8	11.5	6:00	5:29
9	11.5	6:00	5:29
10	11.5	5:59	5:29
11	11.5	5:59	5:29
12	11.5	5:59	5:29
13	11.5	5:58	5:29
14	11.5	5:58	5:29
15	11.5	5:57	5:30
16	11.6	5:57	5:30
17	11.6	5:56	5:30
18	11.6	5:55	5:30
19	11.6	5:55	5:30
20	11.6	5:54	5:30
21	11.6	5:54	5:30
22	11.6	5:53	5:30
23	11.6	5:52	5:30
24	11.6	5:52	5:31
25	11.7	5:51	5:31
26	11.7	5:51	5:31
27	11.7	5:50	5:31
28	11.7	5:49	5:31
29	11.7	5:49	5:31
30	11.7	5:48	5:31
31	11.7	5:47	5:31

Solar energy in August

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in August, about 5.27 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 4.6 kWh/m² to a high of 6.41 kWh/m² in October across the year — August's 5.27 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Solar energy (kWh/m²)	4.9	4.9	4.9	4.9	4.9	5.0	5.0	5.0	5.0	5.1	5.1	5.1	5.2	5.2	5.3	5.3	5.3	5.4	5.4	5.4	5.5	5.5	5.5	5.5	5.6	5.6	5.6	5.6	5.7	5.7	5.7
Level	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright

	Solar energy (kWh/m²)	Level
1	4.9	Bright
2	4.9	Bright
3	4.9	Bright
4	4.9	Bright
5	4.9	Bright
6	5.0	Bright
7	5.0	Bright
8	5.0	Bright
9	5.0	Bright
10	5.1	Bright
11	5.1	Bright
12	5.1	Bright
13	5.2	Bright
14	5.2	Bright
15	5.3	Bright
16	5.3	Bright
17	5.3	Bright
18	5.4	Bright
19	5.4	Bright
20	5.4	Bright
21	5.5	Bright
22	5.5	Bright
23	5.5	Bright
24	5.5	Bright
25	5.6	Bright
26	5.6	Bright
27	5.6	Bright
28	5.6	Bright
29	5.7	Bright
30	5.7	Bright
31	5.7	Bright

Planning a trip in August

Hazard calendar for Lichinga

In seasonPeak

None of Lichinga's seasonal hazards are active in August. The full-year calendar below shows when the rainy season, cyclone risk and dust haze do peak.

Lichinga sits in the South Indian Ocean cyclone belt; the season peaks January–March.

Lichinga's monsoon runs December–March, when most of the year's rain falls.

Cyclone

Monsoon

Jan

Feb

Mar

Apr

May

Jun

Jul

Aug

Sep

Oct

Nov

Dec

Is August a good time to visit Lichinga?

Our two travel scores rate August for general sightseeing and for beach or pool weather — 0 (poor) to 10 (ideal).

8.8

Sightseeing

1st-best month of the year

7.5

Beach & pool

3rd-best month of the year

August is one of the better times to visit Lichinga for general sightseeing. The water and warmth also suit a beach or pool day.

What to pack for Lichinga in August

From August's temperature range, rain chance, sun and wind — what's worth putting in the bag.

In August, Lichinga sees daytime highs around 24°C and nights near 13°C. Worth packing: light clothes and sun protection.

light clothessun protection

UV index in Lichinga in August

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in August peaks around 10 (very high — sun protection essential). The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Lichinga peaks around January 20 at about 16 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near June 20 at about 9 (very high).

The index reaches 3 or more — the level where the WHO recommends sun protection — every month of the year.

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
UV index (midday)	16	16	15	13	10	9	9	10	12	13	13	15
Level	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Very high	Very high	Very high	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme

	UV index (midday)	Level
Jan	16	Extreme
Feb	16	Extreme
Mar	15	Extreme
Apr	13	Extreme
May	10	Very high
Jun	9	Very high
Jul	9	Very high
Aug	10	Extreme
Sep	12	Extreme
Oct	13	Extreme
Nov	13	Extreme
Dec	15	Extreme

Air quality in Lichinga in August

GoodModeratePoorUnhealthyVery unhealthy

Average fine-particle pollution (PM2.5) through the year — so you can see where August falls, not just the annual average.

Air quality in Lichinga is worst in September — around 56 µg/m³ PM2.5 (unhealthy), about 7.8× the cleanest month (December, 7 µg/m³).

Modeled monthly averages (CAMS reanalysis, 2015–2024).

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
PM2.5 (µg/m³)	8	9	9	8	9	10	16	42	56	42	11	7
Level	Good	Good	Good	Good	Good	Good	Moderate	Poor	Unhealthy	Poor	Good	Good

	PM2.5 (µg/m³)	Level
Jan	8	Good
Feb	9	Good
Mar	9	Good
Apr	8	Good
May	9	Good
Jun	10	Good
Jul	16	Moderate
Aug	42	Poor
Sep	56	Unhealthy
Oct	42	Poor
Nov	11	Good
Dec	7	Good

Location & terrain

Where is Lichinga?

Lichinga sits at 13.3°S, 35.2°E, 1,349 m above sea level, in Mozambique. The nearest listed city is Monkey Bay, 92 km away.

Topography around Lichinga

How much the land rises and falls, and what covers it, within 3, 16 and 80 km of Lichinga.

Within 3 km, the terrain around Lichinga has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 196 m around an average of 1,330 m above sea level; within 16 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 698 m; within 80 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,365 m.

The land around Lichinga is covered by artificial surfaces (43%) and grassland (32%) within 3 km, grassland (53%) within 16 km, and trees (35%), grassland (28%) and water (20%) within 80 km.

3 km

196 m

artificial surfaces 43%

16 km

698 m

grassland 53%

80 km

1,365 m

trees 35%

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← July Lichinga year-round climate September →Best places to visit in August

August weather nearby: Monkey Bay 92 km · Salima 99 km · Nkhotakota 111 km · Mandimba 124 km · Mangochi 130 km · Dedza 154 km · Mponela 164 km · Lilongwe 173 km

Mozambique travel facts

Travel advisory: Level 2; Exercise Increased Caution
Power plugs: Type C / F / M; 220 V · 50 Hz
Prices: ≈ 37% of US; price level, 2025
GDP per capita: $627; 2025
Happiness: 5.3 / 10; World Happiness, 2025
Safe drinking water: 28%; of population, 2024
Homicide rate: 3.6; per 100k, 2011
Road deaths: 30; per 100k/yr, 2019
Income group: Low; World Bank
English: Low; EF EPI 465
Religion

Sources: World Bank, US State Department, World Happiness Report, WHO/UNICEF, EF EPI, CIA World Factbook.

Data sources

Temperature, precipitation, cloud, humidity, wind and solar figures are a 1991–2020 climatology for Lichinga (-13.3128°, 35.2406°, elevation 1,349 m), computed from hourly ERA5 reanalysis — contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information. Sun figures are astronomical calculations, not observations. City data © GeoNames, CC BY 4.0. Map outlines from Natural Earth (public domain); interactive map © Google. Tropical-cyclone seasons are the published climatological basin seasons (NOAA National Hurricane Center / regional warning centres). UV index is derived from CAMS (Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service) clear-sky UV data — contains modified Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service information. Monthly air-quality (PM2.5) seasonality is from the CAMS EAC4 reanalysis (Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service), scaled to the WHO annual mean where available. Topography is sampled from the Copernicus DEM GLO-90 elevation model (© ESA/Airbus) and ESA WorldCover 2021 land cover (CC BY 4.0).

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	23	12
2	23	12
3	23	12
4	23	12
5	23	12
6	23	13
7	23	13
8	24	13
9	24	13
10	24	13
11	24	13
12	24	13
13	24	13
14	24	13
15	24	13
16	24	13
17	24	13
18	24	13
19	24	13
20	25	13
21	25	13
22	25	13
23	25	14
24	25	14
25	25	14
26	25	14
27	25	14
28	25	14
29	25	14
30	25	14
31	25	14

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	77	23
2	76	24
3	75	25
4	74	26
5	73	27
6	73	27
7	73	27
8	72	28
9	72	28
10	73	27
11	73	27
12	73	27
13	74	26
14	74	26
15	75	25
16	77	23
17	77	23
18	78	22
19	79	21
20	79	21
21	80	20
22	80	20
23	81	19
24	82	18
25	82	18
26	82	18
27	82	18
28	82	18
29	82	18
30	82	18
31	82	18

	Rain chance (%)
1	2
2	2
3	2
4	2
5	2
6	2
7	2
8	1
9	1
10	1
11	1
12	1
13	1
14	1
15	2
16	2
17	2
18	2
19	2
20	2
21	2
22	2
23	2
24	2
25	2
26	2
27	2
28	1
29	1
30	1
31	1

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	97	3
2	97	3
3	97	3
4	97	3
5	97	3
6	97	3
7	97	3
8	97	3
9	97	3
10	97	3
11	97	3
12	97	3
13	97	3
14	97	3
15	96	4
16	96	4
17	96	4
18	96	4
19	96	4
20	96	4
21	96	4
22	96	4
23	96	4
24	96	4
25	96	4
26	96	4
27	96	4
28	96	4
29	96	4
30	96	4
31	96	4

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	23	12
2	23	12
3	23	12
4	23	12
5	23	12
6	23	13
7	23	13
8	24	13
9	24	13
10	24	13
11	24	13
12	24	13
13	24	13
14	24	13
15	24	13
16	24	13
17	24	13
18	24	13
19	24	13
20	25	13
21	25	13
22	25	13
23	25	14
24	25	14
25	25	14
26	25	14
27	25	14
28	25	14
29	25	14
30	25	14
31	25	14

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	77	23
2	76	24
3	75	25
4	74	26
5	73	27
6	73	27
7	73	27
8	72	28
9	72	28
10	73	27
11	73	27
12	73	27
13	74	26
14	74	26
15	75	25
16	77	23
17	77	23
18	78	22
19	79	21
20	79	21
21	80	20
22	80	20
23	81	19
24	82	18
25	82	18
26	82	18
27	82	18
28	82	18
29	82	18
30	82	18
31	82	18

	Rain chance (%)
1	2
2	2
3	2
4	2
5	2
6	2
7	2
8	1
9	1
10	1
11	1
12	1
13	1
14	1
15	2
16	2
17	2
18	2
19	2
20	2
21	2
22	2
23	2
24	2
25	2
26	2
27	2
28	1
29	1
30	1
31	1

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	97	3
2	97	3
3	97	3
4	97	3
5	97	3
6	97	3
7	97	3
8	97	3
9	97	3
10	97	3
11	97	3
12	97	3
13	97	3
14	97	3
15	96	4
16	96	4
17	96	4
18	96	4
19	96	4
20	96	4
21	96	4
22	96	4
23	96	4
24	96	4
25	96	4
26	96	4
27	96	4
28	96	4
29	96	4
30	96	4
31	96	4

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	23	12
2	23	12
3	23	12
4	23	12
5	23	12
6	23	13
7	23	13
8	24	13
9	24	13
10	24	13
11	24	13
12	24	13
13	24	13
14	24	13
15	24	13
16	24	13
17	24	13
18	24	13
19	24	13
20	25	13
21	25	13
22	25	13
23	25	14
24	25	14
25	25	14
26	25	14
27	25	14
28	25	14
29	25	14
30	25	14
31	25	14

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	77	23
2	76	24
3	75	25
4	74	26
5	73	27
6	73	27
7	73	27
8	72	28
9	72	28
10	73	27
11	73	27
12	73	27
13	74	26
14	74	26
15	75	25
16	77	23
17	77	23
18	78	22
19	79	21
20	79	21
21	80	20
22	80	20
23	81	19
24	82	18
25	82	18
26	82	18
27	82	18
28	82	18
29	82	18
30	82	18
31	82	18

	Rain chance (%)
1	2
2	2
3	2
4	2
5	2
6	2
7	2
8	1
9	1
10	1
11	1
12	1
13	1
14	1
15	2
16	2
17	2
18	2
19	2
20	2
21	2
22	2
23	2
24	2
25	2
26	2
27	2
28	1
29	1
30	1
31	1

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	97	3
2	97	3
3	97	3
4	97	3
5	97	3
6	97	3
7	97	3
8	97	3
9	97	3
10	97	3
11	97	3
12	97	3
13	97	3
14	97	3
15	96	4
16	96	4
17	96	4
18	96	4
19	96	4
20	96	4
21	96	4
22	96	4
23	96	4
24	96	4
25	96	4
26	96	4
27	96	4
28	96	4
29	96	4
30	96	4
31	96	4