Lichinga
City in Mozambique: population, location, elevation, climate and landmarks.
Conselho Municipal Lichinga: A Verdade, CC BY 2.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
Overview
Lichinga is a city in Mozambique, in Niassa Province. About 281,341 people live in the city proper, making it the 8th largest city of Mozambique in our atlas.
It lies at 13.31° S, 35.24° E, about 1,349 m (4,426 ft) above sea level, and keeps time on the Africa/Maputo time zone. It sits inside the tropics.
Location
Red dot: Lichinga. Green dots: other major cities of Mozambique. Map data: Natural Earth.
Climate
Lichinga has a tropical savanna climate (Köppen Aw). The warmest month is usually Nov, with average highs near 33°C (91°F); the coolest nights come in Jul at about 15°C (58°F). Around 1,024 mm (40 in) of rain and snow falls in a typical year, most of it in Jan.
Bars: average daily high and low (°C) for each month; blue columns and figures: average precipitation (mm). Gridded 2001-2025 averages from NASA POWER, so mountain and coastal spots can differ from local station records.
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- Nacala · 604 km
- Chimoio · 672 km
- Population, coordinates, elevation, time zone: GeoNames 1043893 (CC BY 4.0)
- Wikidata Q667650 (CC0)
- Climate: NASA POWER 2001-2025 climatology
Text written by Geographical Effect from these sources.
- Conselho Municipal Lichinga: A Verdade, CC BY 2.0 (Wikimedia Commons)