Niassa Province · Mozambique
Lichinga travel guide
Lichinga is a city in Niassa Province, Mozambique, home to about 142,000 people.
- Best months
- May to September
- Nearest airport
- VXC4 km · Lichinga Airport
- Currency
- MZNMozambican metical
- Time zone
- Africa/Maputo
- Language
- Portuguese
When to go
The best time to visit Lichinga
The most comfortable months for a city stay in Lichinga are May to September. October is the warmest month, with average highs of 29 °C; January is the wettest, with about 257 mm of rain.
Comfortable means average daytime high between 18 °C and 29 °C and under 80 mm of rain in the month. Averages for 1991–2020 over the surrounding area, a grid square about 50 km across, so a coast or a nearby mountain can make the town itself warmer or cooler. Data: CRU TS v4.10, Climatic Research Unit, University of East Anglia (Open Database License).
Getting there
Getting to Lichinga: airports and arrival
The nearest airport with scheduled flights is Lichinga Airport (VXC), about 3.7 km from the city centre in a straight line.
VXC · Lichinga Airport
Questions
Lichinga: questions travellers ask
When is the best time to visit Lichinga?
The most comfortable months for a city stay in Lichinga are May to September. October is the warmest month, with average highs of 29 °C; January is the wettest, with about 257 mm of rain.
Which airport is closest to Lichinga?
The nearest airport with scheduled flights is Lichinga Airport (VXC), about 3.7 km from the city centre in a straight line.
What currency is used in Lichinga?
Mozambican metical (MZN).
Nearby
Destinations near Lichinga
Sources: city facts from Wikidata and Wikipedia; airports from OurAirports; climate from CRU TS v4.10 (University of East Anglia Climatic Research Unit), 1991–2020 monthly means, 0.5° grid; places to stay, guest scores and amenities from each operator's own public pages. How this guide is made.