Climate averages 1991–2020
Tete weather
in November.
A very hot, moderately wet month: the warmest and the 8th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
November is a very hot month in Tete: daytime highs average 36.4°C and nights cool to about 24.9°C. By daytime temperature it is the warmest month of the year.
Expect about 41 mm of rain on roughly 6 days, which makes November a moderately wet month (the 8th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 51 min on an average November day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Blantyre (158 km away). In November its highs average 28.8°C, 7.6°C cooler than Tete, with 90 mm of rain.
Among the 22 cities listed in Mozambique, Tete ranks 1st of 22 for the warmest November highs and 5th of 22 for the driest November (rainfall, lowest first). The mean November high of those 22 cities is 30.5°C; Tete is 5.8°C warmer than that mean.
From November to December, average highs fall by 3.0°C to 33.4°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 41 mm to 144 mm.
The annual picture
November 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, selected | 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
November in nearby cities
- Blantyre in NovemberMalawi · 158 kmHigh 28.8°C · Low 19.0°C · 90 mm rain
- Zomba in NovemberMalawi · 204 kmHigh 29.5°C · Low 19.9°C · 62 mm rain
- Lilongwe in NovemberMalawi · 244 kmHigh 29.6°C · Low 18.9°C · 39 mm rain
- Chipata in NovemberZambia · 298 kmHigh 30.4°C · Low 19.9°C · 78 mm rain
- Mandimba in NovemberMozambique · 299 kmHigh 31.2°C · Low 20.7°C · 58 mm rain
- Ruwa in NovemberZimbabwe · 315 kmHigh 26.2°C · Low 15.4°C · 100 mm rain
- Harare in NovemberZimbabwe · 327 kmHigh 27.1°C · Low 16.2°C · 82 mm rain
- Mutare in NovemberZimbabwe · 328 kmHigh 27.0°C · Low 16.6°C · 107 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.