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Best time to go to Africa
Find the best time to go to Africa for your ideal weather. Select from the top destinations below or search with our 'Best time to go' tool.
What's the hottest it gets in Africa?
Below is the hottest it usually gets at popular destinations in Africa. Select a destination to see the best time to go based on your preferred weather.
- Egypt
- Luxor
- Marrakech
- Morocco
- Gambia
- Sharm el Sheikh
- Hurghada
- Tunisia
- Hammamet
- Kenya
- Mombasa
- Zanzibar
- Cape Verde
- Agadir
- Cape Town
- South Africa
More Africa regions
- Algeria
- Angola
- Benin
- Botswana
- Burkina Faso
- Burundi
- Cameroon
- Cape Verde
- Central African Republic
- Chad
- Congo-Brazzaville
- Congo-Kinshasa
- Djibouti
- Egypt
- Equatorial Guinea
- Eritrea
- Ethiopia
- Gabon
- Gambia
- Ghana
- Guinea
- Guinea-Bissau
- Ivory Coast
- Kenya
- Lesotho
- Liberia
- Libya
- Malawi
- Mali
- Mauritania
- Morocco
- Mozambique
- Namibia
- Niger
- Nigeria
- Rwanda
- Sao Tome & Principe
- Senegal
- Sierra Leone
- Somalia
- South Africa
- South Sudan
- St Helena & Islands
- Sudan
- Swaziland
- Tanzania
- Togo
- Tunisia
- Uganda
- Western Sahara
- Zambia
- Zimbabwe
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The best time to go guide for Africa shows long term monthly weather averages processed from data supplied by CRU (University of East Anglia) & the Met Office. Find out more about our data sources.
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