Mozambique vs Tanzania

Thatched-roof bungalow with wooden deck at dusk, featuring black sofa, clay fire bowl, and lit interiors at andBeyond Benguerra Island.

Thatched-roof pavilion with blue curtains surrounded by palm trees, flowering plants, and a small pool at The Palms Zanzibar.

Mozambique and Tanzania, side by side: live travel advisories, our resort catalog's real guest data, and each destination's honest weather picture. Everything you need to break the tie.

By the numbers

Mozambique compared with Tanzania
Mozambique	Measure	Tanzania
Level 2: Exercise Increased Caution (better)	U.S. travel advisory	Level 3: Reconsider Travel
3	Resorts in our catalog	15 (better)
★ 4.7 (better)	Average guest rating	★ 4.6
$579–$592/night pp	Nightly rates	$75–$560/night pp (better)
0 of 3	Adults-only resorts	0 of 15
In the hurricane belt	Hurricane exposure	No hurricane season (better)
December–March	Rainy season	Long rains mid-March–May (April is seriously wet), short rains November
May–October	Sweet spot	June–October and December–February
Portuguese official; some English at resorts	Language	Swahili & English (English widely used in tourism)
Mozambican metical (MZN); USD often accepted at resorts	Currency	Tanzanian shilling (TZS); USD widely accepted
220V, Type C/F and M plugs – bring a universal adapter	Power	230V, Type G (UK-style) plugs – bring an adapter
On the left	Driving	On the left
Vilankulo (VNX); via Maputo, Joburg or charter	Main airport	Zanzibar / Abeid Amani Karume (ZNZ)
~18–22h+ from the US, with connections	Flight time	~16–19h+ from the US, with a connection

Advisory levels sync from travel.state.gov; catalog figures reflect the resorts we've researched, not every hotel in the country. A marked row is one we are willing to call; rows without a mark are a matter of taste, or we have no comparable figure for both sides.

On the map

Mozambique

Tanzania

Weather, month by month

Month-by-month average high temperature and rainfall for Mozambique and Tanzania
Measure	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Mozambique · high °F	88	88	87	84	81	78	78	80	83	85	87	88
Tanzania · high °F	89	90	90	87	84	84	83	83	84	86	88	89
Mozambique · rain (in)	5.5	5.0	3.5	1.5	1.0	0.7	0.5	0.4	0.6	1.2	2.5	4.5
Tanzania · rain (in)	3.0	2.4	5.9	15.3	7.8	1.9	1.1	1.4	2.0	3.5	8.0	5.5

Approximate climate normals for Bazaruto / Vilanculos coast and Zanzibar: planning guidance, not a forecast. A deeper tint is a higher number, read within its own row.