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Vilanculos in December

Hot and damp, as the days hold steady.

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years

December in Vilanculos is hot: highs near 89°F, lows near 75°F. Rain falls on about three days a week, more often as the month goes on, and daylight holds at about 13 hours 27 minutes.December in Vilanculos is hot: highs near 32°C, lows near 24°C. Rain falls on about three days a week, more often as the month goes on, and daylight holds at about 13 hours 27 minutes.

High
89°F32°Caverage
Low
75°F24°Caverage
Wet days
3a week · 42% of days
Daylight
13h 27mon average

Is December a good time to visit Vilanculos?

December sits outside Vilanculos's best months, which run from June to August. Expect hot days and rain on about three 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 December sits in the year

week by week

Temperature

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

Chance of a wet day

42% of days in December, against 8% to 58% through the year.

Cloud cover

53% cover in December, against 12% to 56% through the year.

Daylight

13h 27m in December, against 10h 49m to 13h 27m through the year.

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

Either side

  1. November88°31°low 73°low 23°2 wet days a weekRain on about two days a week.
  2. December89°32°low 75°low 24°3 wet days a weekRain on about three days a week.
  3. January89°32°low 76°low 24°4 wet days a weekRain on about four days a week.

Where Vilanculos sits, in December

Africa/Maputo
this place
typical high in December 40°F4°C95°F35°C
Sunrise, mid-December
4:50 AMsets 6:17 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 December, 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 December

high · low · wet days
See December 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.