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Vilanculos in August

Warm and dry, as the days lengthen.

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years

August in Vilanculos is warm: highs near 81°F, lows near 64°F. Rain falls on about one day a week, and the days lengthen by 31 minutes from the first week to the last.August in Vilanculos is warm: highs near 27°C, lows near 18°C. Rain falls on about one day a week, and the days lengthen by 31 minutes from the first week to the last.

High
81°F27°Caverage
Low
64°F18°Caverage
Wet days
1a week · 9% of days
Daylight
11h 24mon average

Is August a good time to visit Vilanculos?

Yes. August is one of Vilanculos's best months (June to August).

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 August sits in the year

week by week

Temperature

Highs near 81°F in August, against 79°F to 89°F through the year.Highs near 27°C in August, against 26°C to 32°C through the year.

Chance of a wet day

9% of days in August, against 8% to 58% through the year.

Cloud cover

13% cover in August, against 12% to 56% through the year.

Daylight

11h 24m in August, against 10h 49m to 13h 27m through the year.

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

Either side

  1. July79°26°low 63°low 17°1 wet day a weekRain on about one day a week.
  2. August81°27°low 64°low 18°1 wet day a weekRain on about one day a week.
  3. September84°29°low 67°low 19°1 wet day a weekRain on about one day a week.

Where Vilanculos sits, in August

Africa/Maputo
this place
typical high in August 40°F4°C95°F35°C
Sunrise, mid-August
6:03 AMsets 5:23 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 August, 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 August

high · low · wet days
See August 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.