Climate averages 1991–2020
Tete weather
in May.
A hot, very dry month: the 10th warmest and the 5th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
May is a hot month in Tete: daytime highs average 29.9°C and nights cool to about 19.7°C. By daytime temperature it is the 10th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 3.3 mm of rain on fewer than one day, which makes May a very dry month (the 5th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 22 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Blantyre (158 km away). In May its highs average 23.1°C, 6.8°C cooler than Tete, with 14 mm of rain.
Among the 22 cities listed in Mozambique, Tete ranks 1st of 22 for the warmest May highs and 1st of 22 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 22 cities is 26.6°C; Tete is 3.3°C warmer than that mean.
From May to June, average highs fall by 2.0°C to 27.9°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 3.3 mm to 2.7 mm.
The annual picture
May 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, selected | 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
May in nearby cities
- Blantyre in MayMalawi · 158 kmHigh 23.1°C · Low 13.6°C · 14 mm rain
- Zomba in MayMalawi · 204 kmHigh 24.4°C · Low 14.8°C · 4.8 mm rain
- Lilongwe in MayMalawi · 244 kmHigh 24.8°C · Low 13.5°C · 3.5 mm rain
- Chipata in MayZambia · 298 kmHigh 25.0°C · Low 14.8°C · 4.7 mm rain
- Mandimba in MayMozambique · 299 kmHigh 25.6°C · Low 15.8°C · 6.4 mm rain
- Ruwa in MayZimbabwe · 315 kmHigh 21.4°C · Low 9.7°C · 8.0 mm rain
- Harare in MayZimbabwe · 327 kmHigh 22.2°C · Low 10.6°C · 6.0 mm rain
- Mutare in MayZimbabwe · 328 kmHigh 22.4°C · Low 11.7°C · 13 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.