Climate averages 1991–2020
Tete weather
in February.
A hot, wet month: the 8th warmest and the 11th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
February is a hot month in Tete: daytime highs average 31.3°C and nights cool to about 23.8°C. By daytime temperature it is the 8th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 148 mm of rain on roughly 15 days, which makes February a wet month (the 11th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 38 min on an average February day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Blantyre (158 km away). In February its highs average 25.5°C, 5.9°C cooler than Tete, with 204 mm of rain.
Among the 22 cities listed in Mozambique, Tete ranks 1st of 22 for the warmest February highs and 8th of 22 for the driest February (rainfall, lowest first). The mean February high of those 22 cities is 29.0°C; Tete is 2.3°C warmer than that mean.
From February to March, average highs rise by 0.3°C to 31.6°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 148 mm to 71 mm.
The annual picture
February 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, selected | 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 | 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
February in nearby cities
- Blantyre in FebruaryMalawi · 158 kmHigh 25.5°C · Low 18.6°C · 204 mm rain
- Zomba in FebruaryMalawi · 204 kmHigh 26.4°C · Low 19.5°C · 169 mm rain
- Lilongwe in FebruaryMalawi · 244 kmHigh 25.5°C · Low 17.8°C · 159 mm rain
- Chipata in FebruaryZambia · 298 kmHigh 25.3°C · Low 18.0°C · 221 mm rain
- Mandimba in FebruaryMozambique · 299 kmHigh 27.1°C · Low 19.8°C · 244 mm rain
- Ruwa in FebruaryZimbabwe · 315 kmHigh 23.9°C · Low 15.5°C · 140 mm rain
- Harare in FebruaryZimbabwe · 327 kmHigh 24.6°C · Low 16.2°C · 146 mm rain
- Mutare in FebruaryZimbabwe · 328 kmHigh 25.7°C · Low 17.6°C · 148 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.