Climate averages 1991–2020

Tete weather
in March.

A hot, moderately wet month: the joint 5th warmest and the 9th driest of the year.

Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.

Average high 31.6°C Daytime mean, March

Average low 23.5°C Night-time mean, March

Rainfall 71 mm 11 days with ≥1 mm

Daylight 12 h Sunrise to sunset, per day

March is a hot month in Tete: daytime highs average 31.6°C and nights cool to about 23.5°C. By daytime temperature it is the joint 5th warmest of the 12 months.

Expect about 71 mm of rain on roughly 11 days, which makes March a moderately wet month (the 9th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 12 min on an average March day.

The nearest other city in this atlas is Blantyre (158 km away). In March its highs average 25.2°C, 6.4°C cooler than Tete, with 166 mm of rain.

Among the 22 cities listed in Mozambique, Tete ranks 1st of 22 for the warmest March highs and 3rd of 22 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 22 cities is 28.6°C; Tete is 3.0°C warmer than that mean.

From March to April, average highs fall by 0.2°C to 31.4°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 71 mm to 17 mm.

The annual picture

March in context

30-year average

Average highAverage low°C

Monthly rainfall

Average total · mm

Averages 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

1991–2020

Monthly climate averages for Tete, 1991–2020
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, selected	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

March in nearby cities

Distance from Tete

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 limits

How 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.