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Vilanculos in April

Hot and damp, as the days shorten.

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years

April in Vilanculos is hot: highs near 86°F, lows near 71°F. Rain falls on about two days a week, less often as the month goes on, and the days shorten by 25 minutes from the first week to the last.April in Vilanculos is hot: highs near 30°C, lows near 22°C. Rain falls on about two days a week, less often as the month goes on, and the days shorten by 25 minutes from the first week to the last.

High
86°F30°Caverage
Low
71°F22°Caverage
Wet days
2a week · 32% of days
Daylight
11h 36mon average

Is April a good time to visit Vilanculos?

April sits outside Vilanculos's best months, which run from June to August. Expect hot days and rain on about two days a week.

How we judge it: every month is scored on how close its typical high comes to the range from 70°F to 80°F, how mild its nights are, and how rarely it rains. The best months are the run of months that scores best.How we judge it: every month is scored on how close its typical high comes to the range from 21°C to 27°C, how mild its nights are, and how rarely it rains. The best months are the run of months that scores best.

How April sits in the year

week by week

Temperature

Highs near 86°F in April, against 79°F to 89°F through the year.Highs near 30°C in April, against 26°C to 32°C through the year.

Chance of a wet day

32% of days in April, against 8% to 58% through the year.

Cloud cover

27% cover in April, against 12% to 56% through the year.

Daylight

11h 36m in April, against 10h 49m to 13h 27m through the year.

Week by week, lightly smoothed, with April shaded. The olive line marks the best months. Hover or tap a week for its figures.

Either side

  1. March88°31°low 75°low 24°4 wet days a weekRain on about four days a week.
  2. April86°30°low 71°low 22°2 wet days a weekRain on about two days a week.
  3. May83°28°low 67°low 19°1 wet day a weekRain on about one day a week.

Where Vilanculos sits, in April

Africa/Maputo
this place
typical high in April 40°F4°C95°F35°C
Sunrise, mid-April
5:50 AMsets 5:27 PM
Above the sea
10 mlow-lying
Latitude
21.9°Ssouthern hemisphere
Nearest of ours
Maputo538 km south-west

The land around Vilanculos, shaded by its typical high in April, the planning map's own layer. Hover the map for the figure at that spot; tap it on a phone. Clock times are local, for the 15th.

Elsewhere in Mozambique in April

high · low · wet days
See April on the planning mapThe whole year in Vilanculos

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years (1995–2024), read 18 km south-west of Vilanculos. Its own grid square is mostly sea and holds only a daily average, so the page reads the nearest square with a true high and low near the town's height. Temperatures are adjusted against 66 weather stations: daytime highs read about 3.1°F cold in the source data and are raised to match.Temperatures are adjusted against 66 weather stations: daytime highs read about 1.7°C cold in the source data and are raised to match. Daylight is calculated from latitude. Charts are lightly smoothed week to week; the figures in the table are not. Source: Copernicus ERA5-Land reanalysis; cloud cover from NASA's MERRA-2 reanalysis, on a coarser grid of about 50 km. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026; neither the European Commission nor ECMWF is responsible for any use of it. These are averages, not a forecast.

Daylight is calculated from latitude. Charts are lightly smoothed week to week; the figures in the table are not.

Source: Copernicus ERA5-Land reanalysis; cloud cover from NASA's MERRA-2 reanalysis, on a coarser grid of about 50 km. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026; neither the European Commission nor ECMWF is responsible for any use of it. These are averages, not a forecast.