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Triplandio Pemba guide covers 3 travel guides across 12 areas, complete with hotel picks. Explore 11 self-guided walking tours in Pemba with 31 POI, spanning 35.6 km in total. Get inspired by 4 local dishes, complete with recipes and our unique Food Flavour DNA graph.
Pemba
City & Country Data Mozambique (Pemba)
Key travel data for Pemba — cost of living, safety, healthcare, local currency and essentials, curated by Triplandio.
🌍 Mozambique
Tourists
2.0M/y
GDP/cap
$0.6k
Life Exp
63.8 yrs
Population
35.6M
Payments
Mixed
Emergency
112
💰 Prices in Pemba
Coffee
$3.00
Beer
$1.00
Lunch
$15.00
Groceries
$50.00/w
Taxi/km
$0.50
Transit
$0.50
Fuel
$1.00/l
Internet
$50.00/m
Salary
$500/m
Best time to visit Pemba (Mozambique)
Now (September) avg: 26°C, mostly dry, full season — expect crowds. Best months to walk: Oct & Jun.
Live Temp
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~Day / Night Temp
33°C / 19°C
Sunrise / Sunset
5:10 / 17:19
Local time
0:20
Best Months 
Oct & Jun
Oct & Jun
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Temperature
Average night-low temperature, month by month. Zero line marks freezing point.
Crowds
How busy it gets — traveller interest by month.
Rainfall
Rainy days to expect each month.
Sunshine
Hours of sun per day, by month.
Small, savory bean cakes often served as snacks or appetizers. A simple dish of locally grown bitter greens sautéed with garlic. A creamy dish of cassava leaves cooked in coconut milk and peanuts. Rice cooked with coconut and often served with beans.
Traditional Local Food
Pemba (Mozambique)
Snack
Vegan
Badjia
BAH-jee-ah
· Fried bean patties
Side dish
Vegan
Kakana
kah-KAH-nah
· Bitter greens sauté
Main course
Vegetarian
Matapa
mah-TAH-pah
· Cassava leaves in coconut sauce
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Main course
Vegetarian
Mucapata
moo-kah-PAH-tah
· Rice and coconut dish
