Climate averages 1991–2020
Tete weather
in October.
A very hot, very dry month: the 2nd warmest and the 6th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
October is a very hot month in Tete: daytime highs average 35.7°C and nights cool to about 23.3°C. By daytime temperature it is the 2nd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 6.6 mm of rain on roughly 1 day, which makes October a very dry month (the 6th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 27 min on an average October day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Blantyre (158 km away). In October its highs average 28.6°C, 7.1°C cooler than Tete, with 29 mm of rain.
Among the 22 cities listed in Mozambique, Tete ranks 1st of 22 for the warmest October highs and 1st of 22 for the driest October (rainfall, lowest first). The mean October high of those 22 cities is 29.8°C; Tete is 5.9°C warmer than that mean.
From October to November, average highs rise by 0.7°C to 36.4°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 6.6 mm to 41 mm.
The annual picture
October 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, selected | 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
October in nearby cities
- Blantyre in OctoberMalawi · 158 kmHigh 28.6°C · Low 17.5°C · 29 mm rain
- Zomba in OctoberMalawi · 204 kmHigh 29.1°C · Low 18.2°C · 16 mm rain
- Lilongwe in OctoberMalawi · 244 kmHigh 29.2°C · Low 17.6°C · 9.9 mm rain
- Chipata in OctoberZambia · 298 kmHigh 30.8°C · Low 19.2°C · 18 mm rain
- Mandimba in OctoberMozambique · 299 kmHigh 30.7°C · Low 19.2°C · 15 mm rain
- Ruwa in OctoberZimbabwe · 315 kmHigh 27.1°C · Low 14.0°C · 31 mm rain
- Harare in OctoberZimbabwe · 327 kmHigh 28.0°C · Low 14.9°C · 22 mm rain
- Mutare in OctoberZimbabwe · 328 kmHigh 26.9°C · Low 14.9°C · 35 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.