Climate averages 1991–2020
Tete weather
in December.
A hot, wet month: the 4th warmest and the 10th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
December is a hot month in Tete: daytime highs average 33.4°C and nights cool to about 24.5°C. By daytime temperature it is the 4th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 144 mm of rain on roughly 16 days, which makes December a wet month (the 10th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 04 min on an average December day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Blantyre (158 km away). In December its highs average 26.7°C, 6.7°C cooler than Tete, with 225 mm of rain.
Among the 22 cities listed in Mozambique, Tete ranks 1st of 22 for the warmest December highs and 11th of 22 for the driest December (rainfall, lowest first). The mean December high of those 22 cities is 29.9°C; Tete is 3.5°C warmer than that mean.
From December to January, average highs fall by 1.8°C to 31.6°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 144 mm to 217 mm.
The annual picture
December 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 | 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, selected | 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
December in nearby cities
- Blantyre in DecemberMalawi · 158 kmHigh 26.7°C · Low 19.1°C · 225 mm rain
- Zomba in DecemberMalawi · 204 kmHigh 27.5°C · Low 20.0°C · 179 mm rain
- Lilongwe in DecemberMalawi · 244 kmHigh 27.2°C · Low 18.6°C · 142 mm rain
- Chipata in DecemberZambia · 298 kmHigh 27.0°C · Low 18.8°C · 240 mm rain
- Mandimba in DecemberMozambique · 299 kmHigh 28.7°C · Low 20.4°C · 204 mm rain
- Ruwa in DecemberZimbabwe · 315 kmHigh 24.3°C · Low 15.6°C · 193 mm rain
- Harare in DecemberZimbabwe · 327 kmHigh 25.1°C · Low 16.3°C · 179 mm rain
- Mutare in DecemberZimbabwe · 328 kmHigh 26.0°C · Low 17.5°C · 203 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.