Tete climate

Name: Tete
Address: MZ

Tete is warmest in November, with average highs of 36 °C, and coldest in July, when nights average 17 °C. January is the wettest month (217 mm) and August the driest (1.8 mm). Figures are 1991–2020 climate normals.

Across a full year Tete averages 667 mm of rain and 353 days above 25 °C.

Mozambique · population 357,000 · 1991–2020 normals

Temperature below 0 °C to above 30 °C Rain band height is that month’s share of the wettest month

Warmest month November 36 °C
Coldest month July 17 °C
Driest month August 2 mm
Wettest month January 217 mm
Least cloud September 18 % cloud
Hottest on record November 45 °C
Coldest on record July 13 °C

What to expectTete through the year

Tete has a clear annual cycle: average daily highs run from 27 °C in July to 36 °C in November, a swing of 8.4 °C in mean temperature across the year.

Counted across a normal year, 353 days a year reach 25 °C, 234 of them reach 30 °C. The warmest reading in the 1991–2020 record is 45 °C, in November.

Rain is strongly seasonal. January averages 217 mm against 2 mm in August — 120 times as much. Planning around the dry months matters more here than planning around temperature.

Month by month

Month	Avg high	Rainfall	Cloud
January	31.6 °C	217 mm	74 %
February	31.4 °C	148 mm	68 %
March	31.6 °C	77 mm	55 %
April	31.4 °C	18 mm	37 %
May	29.9 °C	4 mm	27 %
June	27.9 °C	3 mm	27 %
July	27.3 °C	4 mm	30 %
August	30.2 °C	2 mm	21 %
September	33.7 °C	3 mm	18 %
October	35.7 °C	7 mm	25 %
November	36.4 °C	40 mm	44 %
December	33.4 °C	147 mm	68 %

Temperature month by month

Month	Avg high	Avg low	Mean	Record high	Record low	Days above 25 °C	Days above 30 °C
January	31.6 °C	24.0 °C	27.5 °C	39.9 °C	19.6 °C	31	22
February	31.4 °C	23.8 °C	27.3 °C	42.3 °C	19.2 °C	28	20
March	31.6 °C	23.4 °C	27.3 °C	40.7 °C	18.5 °C	31	22
April	31.4 °C	21.9 °C	26.5 °C	39.3 °C	16.7 °C	30	21
May	29.9 °C	19.6 °C	24.7 °C	38.2 °C	14.9 °C	31	14
June	27.9 °C	17.6 °C	22.6 °C	34.5 °C	13.2 °C	28	5
July	27.3 °C	17.0 °C	22.0 °C	35.5 °C	12.8 °C	25	5
August	30.2 °C	18.3 °C	24.2 °C	39.4 °C	13.1 °C	29	16
September	33.7 °C	20.9 °C	27.4 °C	41.3 °C	14.7 °C	30	26
October	35.7 °C	23.3 °C	29.5 °C	44.4 °C	15.7 °C	31	29
November	36.4 °C	24.9 °C	30.5 °C	44.6 °C	18.2 °C	30	28
December	33.4 °C	24.4 °C	28.6 °C	42.3 °C	20.0 °C	31	26

Rain, sun and wind month by month

Month	Rainfall	Wet days	Daylight	Cloud cover	Humidity	Wind
January	217 mm	20	13 h/day	74 %	76 %	13 km/h
February	148 mm	15	13 h/day	68 %	76 %	13 km/h
March	77 mm	11	12 h/day	55 %	72 %	15 km/h
April	18 mm	3	12 h/day	37 %	62 %	17 km/h
May	4 mm	1	11 h/day	27 %	58 %	15 km/h
June	3 mm	1	11 h/day	27 %	59 %	16 km/h
July	4 mm	1	11 h/day	30 %	57 %	17 km/h
August	2 mm	0	12 h/day	21 %	50 %	17 km/h
September	3 mm	0	12 h/day	18 %	44 %	19 km/h
October	7 mm	1	12 h/day	25 %	45 %	21 km/h
November	40 mm	6	13 h/day	44 %	50 %	20 km/h
December	147 mm	16	13 h/day	68 %	68 %	15 km/h

How Tete compares

The same four figures for nearby destinations, so the numbers above have something to be read against. Summer high is the warmest month's average high; winter low is the coldest month's average low.

Destination	Summer high	Winter low	Rain per year	Days above 25 °C
Tete	36 °C	17 °C	667 mm	353
Blantyre · Malawi	29 °C	11 °C	1,099 mm	191
Lilongwe · Malawi	30 °C	11 °C	705 mm	224
Chipata · Zambia	31 °C	12 °C	1,022 mm	235
Mutare · Zimbabwe	27 °C	9.2 °C	864 mm	159
Harare · Zimbabwe	28 °C	7.8 °C	771 mm	139
Chimoio · Mozambique	29 °C	12 °C	906 mm	227

Where Tete ranks

Ranking	Position	Value
The warmest places in Africa in November	6th of 50	36 °C
The warmest places in the world in November	6th of 50	36 °C
The warmest places in Africa in October	16th of 50	36 °C
The warmest places in Africa in December	29th of 50	33 °C
The warmest places in Africa in September	32nd of 50	34 °C
The warmest places in the world in December	33rd of 50	33 °C

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QuestionsCommon questions about Tete’s climate

When is the best time to visit Tete?

That depends on what you want, so the honest answer is a comparison rather than a single month. June, July, August sit closest to 20 °C on average, November is the warmest month and August the driest. The month-by-month table above has the full picture.

How hot does Tete get?

In November, the warmest month, daily highs average 36 °C. About 234 days a year pass 30 °C. The highest value in the 1991–2020 record is 45 °C.

How cold does it get in winter?

Nights average 17 °C in July, the coldest month. Freezing nights are not part of a normal year here.

Which month is wettest in Tete?

January, averaging 217 mm over 20 days with rain. The driest month is August with 2 mm. The year as a whole averages 667 mm.

Are these figures a forecast?

No. They are 1991–2020 climate normals: the average of thirty years, which describes what a month is usually like in Tete rather than what any particular week will bring. Individual years can differ substantially from the normal.

Data sources and method

ERA5 / ERA5-Land reanalysis — Copernicus Climate Change Service (C3S), ECMWF. Copernicus Licence
Open-Meteo — Open-Meteo.com. CC BY 4.0
NOAA OISST v2.1 — NOAA Physical Sciences Laboratory. Public domain
GeoNames — GeoNames.org. CC BY 4.0

Normal period: 1991–2020
Data point: -16.156°, 33.587° (the coordinates the reanalysis values are taken for)
Dataset version: era5-1991-2020-scores1.1
Last processed: 1 August 2026

Measured values come from ERA5 reanalysis and are reproduced unchanged. Calculated by us: monthly rankings, daylight hours, beach and comfort scores. Full formulas are on the methodology page.

Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026. Neither the European Commission nor ECMWF is responsible for any use that may be made of the Copernicus information or data it contains.