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.

Mozambique guide · Tanzania guide · How we score

By the numbers

Mozambique compared with Tanzania
Mozambique	Measure	Tanzania
Level 2: Exercise Increased Caution	U.S. travel advisory	Level 3: Reconsider Travel
3	Resorts in our catalog	14
★ 4.7 (better)	Average guest rating	★ 4.7
$579–$592/night pp	Nightly rates	$152–$615/night pp
0 of 3	Adults-only resorts	0 of 14
In the hurricane belt	Hurricane exposure	No hurricane season
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.

On the map

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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. Deeper gold = hotter; deeper teal = wetter.