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Best time to visit Zanzibar

Based on 0 years of real historical weather data (2015–2026). Sunshine hours, rainfall, and temperature — week by week.

⭐ Best week

W29 · Jul 15–21

🌡 27.5°C avg☀️ 10.8h sun/day🌧 1.2mm/day

Weather score: 82/100

27.8°C

Avg summer temp

31.4°C

Avg winter temp

10.8h

Avg sunshine / day

3.3mm

Avg rainfall / day

Month-by-month weather

January72/100

🌡 31.4°C☀️ 11.3h🌧 Light showers

February71/100

🌡 32.1°C☀️ 11.2h🌧 Light showers

March65/100

🌡 31.4°C☀️ 10.3h🌧 Moderate rain

April50/100

🌡 28.9°C☀️ 8.9h🌧 Heavy rain

May73/100

🌡 28.0°C☀️ 9.7h🌧 Moderate rain

June80/100

🌡 27.7°C☀️ 10.6h🌧 Light showers

July82/100

🌡 27.4°C☀️ 10.7h🌧 Light showers

August81/100

🌡 28.3°C☀️ 10.9h🌧 Light showers

September80/100

🌡 29.4°C☀️ 11.4h🌧 Light showers

October69/100

🌡 30.0°C☀️ 11.3h🌧 Moderate rain

November63/100

🌡 29.8°C☀️ 11.4h🌧 Moderate rain

December66/100

🌡 30.6°C☀️ 11.5h🌧 Moderate rain

All weeks ranked by weather score

Week	Dates	Avg temp	Range	Sun / day	Rain / day	Score
W29	Jul 15–21	27.5°C	21.8°–28.2°	10.8h	1.2mm	82
W30	Jul 22–28	27.6°C	21.7°–28.4°	10.9h	1.1mm	82
W27	Jul 1–7	27.2°C	22.0°–28.0°	10.7h	1.5mm	81
W32	Aug 5–11	28.1°C	21.2°–28.7°	10.9h	1.1mm	81
W34	Aug 19–25	28.5°C	21.1°–29.4°	10.8h	1.1mm	81
W24	Jun 10–16	28.0°C	22.3°–28.6°	11.0h	1.1mm	80
W25	Jun 17–23	27.5°C	22.6°–28.3°	10.7h	1.6mm	80
W28	Jul 8–14	27.3°C	21.9°–28.2°	10.6h	1.6mm	80
W31	Jul 29–Aug 4	27.9°C	21.4°–28.6°	10.9h	1.3mm	80
W33	Aug 12–18	28.4°C	21.0°–29.3°	10.9h	1.2mm	80
W35	Aug 26–Sep 1	28.7°C	20.9°–29.5°	11.0h	1.1mm	80
W36	Sep 2–8	29.0°C	21.5°–29.8°	11.2h	0.9mm	80
W23	Jun 3–9	27.9°C	23.2°–28.7°	10.4h	1.4mm	79
W26	Jun 24–30	27.2°C	22.1°–28.0°	10.3h	2.0mm	78
W37	Sep 9–15	29.4°C	21.2°–30.4°	11.3h	1.4mm	77
W38	Sep 16–22	29.6°C	21.4°–30.4°	11.5h	1.2mm	77
W39	Sep 23–29	29.8°C	21.6°–30.7°	11.5h	1.6mm	75
W22	May 27–Jun 2	28.1°C	23.2°–28.9°	10.5h	2.3mm	73
W2	Jan 8–14	31.3°C	25.3°–32.3°	11.6h	1.0mm	72
W4	Jan 22–28	31.6°C	24.9°–32.5°	11.2h	1.0mm	72
W6	Feb 5–11	31.5°C	25.2°–32.4°	10.8h	1.2mm	71
W7	Feb 12–18	32.2°C	24.8°–33.0°	11.4h	1.0mm	70
W8	Feb 19–25	32.3°C	25.1°–33.7°	11.2h	1.1mm	69
W40	Sep 30–Oct 6	29.9°C	22.0°–31.1°	11.6h	2.6mm	69
W1	Jan 1–7	31.3°C	25.3°–32.2°	11.5h	1.8mm	68
W5	Jan 29–Feb 4	31.8°C	24.8°–32.8°	11.4h	1.7mm	68
W41	Oct 7–13	30.3°C	22.3°–31.2°	11.4h	2.9mm	67
W3	Jan 15–21	31.4°C	24.7°–32.7°	10.9h	2.2mm	66
W42	Oct 14–20	30.2°C	22.7°–31.3°	11.4h	3.0mm	66
W50	Dec 9–15	30.6°C	24.3°–31.4°	11.8h	2.3mm	66
W10	Mar 4–10	32.5°C	25.3°–33.4°	10.7h	1.9mm	65
W52	Dec 23–29	31.0°C	24.8°–32.0°	11.4h	2.4mm	65
W9	Feb 26–Mar 3	32.7°C	25.2°–33.9°	11.0h	2.3mm	63
W21	May 20–26	27.9°C	22.9°–28.7°	10.2h	4.5mm	63
W48	Nov 25–Dec 1	29.8°C	23.9°–30.6°	11.7h	3.2mm	63
W11	Mar 11–17	32.1°C	24.9°–33.2°	11.1h	2.6mm	62
W43	Oct 21–27	29.9°C	22.8°–31.0°	11.3h	3.8mm	61
W20	May 13–19	28.1°C	23.7°–29.0°	9.9h	4.8mm	60
W51	Dec 16–22	30.7°C	24.4°–31.8°	11.4h	3.6mm	60
W12	Mar 18–24	30.9°C	24.8°–32.2°	10.0h	3.9mm	58
W49	Dec 2–8	30.2°C	23.9°–31.2°	11.3h	4.0mm	58
W45	Nov 4–10	29.8°C	23.2°–30.6°	11.5h	4.6mm	57
W46	Nov 11–17	29.9°C	23.5°–30.7°	11.3h	4.4mm	57
W44	Oct 28–Nov 3	29.9°C	23.1°–31.2°	10.9h	5.6mm	55
W47	Nov 18–24	29.8°C	23.8°–30.9°	11.3h	5.2mm	54
W14	Apr 1–7	29.7°C	24.4°–30.7°	10.1h	7.1mm	50
W19	May 6–12	27.8°C	23.9°–28.7°	8.8h	7.9mm	50
W13	Mar 25–31	30.1°C	24.3°–31.7°	9.6h	6.1mm	49
W18	Apr 29–May 5	28.0°C	23.7°–28.8°	9.3h	9.1mm	48
W17	Apr 22–28	28.5°C	24.1°–29.9°	9.1h	11.0mm	44
W16	Apr 15–21	28.6°C	24.0°–29.7°	8.3h	12.5mm	41
W15	Apr 8–14	28.7°C	24.2°–30.1°	8.0h	12.6mm	39

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