Climate averages 1991–2020
Tete weather
in April.
A hot, fairly dry month: the 7th warmest and the 7th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
April is a hot month in Tete: daytime highs average 31.4°C and nights cool to about 22.0°C. By daytime temperature it is the 7th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 17 mm of rain on roughly 3 days, which makes April a fairly dry month (the 7th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 45 min on an average April day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Blantyre (158 km away). In April its highs average 24.2°C, 7.1°C cooler than Tete, with 50 mm of rain.
Among the 22 cities listed in Mozambique, Tete ranks 1st of 22 for the warmest April highs and 1st of 22 for the driest April (rainfall, lowest first). The mean April high of those 22 cities is 27.6°C; Tete is 3.8°C warmer than that mean.
From April to May, average highs fall by 1.5°C to 29.9°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 17 mm to 3.3 mm.
The annual picture
April in context
Monthly rainfall
Average total · mmAverages from hourly ERA5 reanalysis data. Actual weather varies from year to year. How these numbers are calculated
Every month, side by side
Tete climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 31.6°C24.1°C | 24.1°C | 217 | 20.3 | 13.013 h |
| February | 31.3°C23.8°C | 23.8°C | 148 | 15.2 | 12.613 h |
| March | 31.6°C23.5°C | 23.5°C | 71 | 10.9 | 12.212 h |
| April, selected | 31.4°C22.0°C | 22.0°C | 17 | 3.4 | 11.712 h |
| May | 29.9°C19.7°C | 19.7°C | 3.3 | 0.6 | 11.411 h |
| June | 27.9°C17.8°C | 17.8°C | 2.7 | 0.6 | 11.211 h |
| July | 27.3°C17.1°C | 17.1°C | 3.1 | 0.9 | 11.311 h |
| August | 30.1°C18.4°C | 18.4°C | 1.6 | 0.3 | 11.612 h |
| September | 33.7°C20.9°C | 20.9°C | 2.3 | 0.4 | 12.012 h |
| October | 35.7°C23.3°C | 23.3°C | 6.6 | 1.1 | 12.412 h |
| November | 36.4°C24.9°C | 24.9°C | 41 | 5.7 | 12.913 h |
| December | 33.4°C24.5°C | 24.5°C | 144 | 16.0 | 13.113 h |
Rainfall is the average of the 30 separate monthly totals. A rain day is a local calendar day with at least 1 mm of precipitation. Daylight is the calculated sunrise-to-sunset length, not measured sunshine.
Compare places
April in nearby cities
- Blantyre in AprilMalawi · 158 kmHigh 24.2°C · Low 16.1°C · 50 mm rain
- Zomba in AprilMalawi · 204 kmHigh 25.6°C · Low 17.3°C · 26 mm rain
- Lilongwe in AprilMalawi · 244 kmHigh 25.2°C · Low 15.7°C · 23 mm rain
- Chipata in AprilZambia · 298 kmHigh 25.1°C · Low 16.5°C · 35 mm rain
- Mandimba in AprilMozambique · 299 kmHigh 26.2°C · Low 17.9°C · 40 mm rain
- Ruwa in AprilZimbabwe · 315 kmHigh 22.7°C · Low 12.4°C · 34 mm rain
- Harare in AprilZimbabwe · 327 kmHigh 23.5°C · Low 13.1°C · 28 mm rain
- Mutare in AprilZimbabwe · 328 kmHigh 23.8°C · Low 14.4°C · 41 mm rain
Read the numbers correctly
Climate, not a promise.
These patterns help compare months. They cannot tell you the weather on a specific day of your trip.
Sources, method and limitsHow these numbers are made (what the highs, lows and rain days mean, the sources and the model cell used for Tete) is explained once on the Tete year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.