Climate averages 1991–2020
Tete weather
in August.
A hot, very dry month: the 9th warmest and the driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
August is a hot month in Tete: daytime highs average 30.1°C and nights cool to about 18.4°C. By daytime temperature it is the 9th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 1.6 mm of rain on fewer than one day, which makes August a very dry month (the driest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 34 min on an average August day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Blantyre (158 km away). In August its highs average 23.4°C, 6.7°C cooler than Tete, with 6.8 mm of rain.
Among the 22 cities listed in Mozambique, Tete ranks 1st of 22 for the warmest August highs and 2nd of 22 for the driest August (rainfall, lowest first). The mean August high of those 22 cities is 26.3°C; Tete is 3.8°C warmer than that mean.
From August to September, average highs rise by 3.6°C to 33.7°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 1.6 mm to 2.3 mm.
The annual picture
August 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 | 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, selected | 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
August in nearby cities
- Blantyre in AugustMalawi · 158 kmHigh 23.4°C · Low 12.3°C · 6.8 mm rain
- Zomba in AugustMalawi · 204 kmHigh 24.3°C · Low 13.3°C · 1.5 mm rain
- Lilongwe in AugustMalawi · 244 kmHigh 24.7°C · Low 12.2°C · 0.6 mm rain
- Chipata in AugustZambia · 298 kmHigh 25.9°C · Low 14.0°C · 0.9 mm rain
- Mandimba in AugustMozambique · 299 kmHigh 25.9°C · Low 14.2°C · 1.8 mm rain
- Ruwa in AugustZimbabwe · 315 kmHigh 22.5°C · Low 8.6°C · 0.9 mm rain
- Harare in AugustZimbabwe · 327 kmHigh 23.2°C · Low 9.5°C · 0.6 mm rain
- Mutare in AugustZimbabwe · 328 kmHigh 22.8°C · Low 10.6°C · 6.0 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.