Sunshine Atlas

Tete weather by month & the best time to visit

Mozambique · regional city · tropical — wet & dry seasons climate

Tete, Mozambique
Tete — photo by Martha Evans, Cape Town ( EmjayE2 at en.wikipedia ), Public domain via Wikimedia Commons

The best time to visit Tete is August — its sunniest month (Sunshine Score 96/100), with May and June close behind. Tete averages about 2,963 hours of sunshine a year. Daytime highs around 32°C / 90°F and roughly 3 mm of rain in August.

When is the best time to visit Tete?

For sunshine, the best time to visit Tete is August, then May and June. The dullest month is October (28/100, 10 mm of rain). The full month-by-month picture is in the table below.

How sunny is Tete?

Tete gets a lot of sun: around 2,963 hours a year. 68 Sunshine Score points separate August (96) from October (28), so the month you pick matters. It ranks #4 of 12 destinations in Mozambique for annual sunshine, above the national median of 2,918 hours. Rain is strongly seasonal here: roughly 69% of the year's 852 mm falls in the three months around January.

Sunshine Score by month

January: 69February: 69March: 76April: 92May: 95June: 95July: 94August: 9696September: 57October: 28November: 33December: 55JFMAMJJASOND
MonthScoreDay highNight lowRainUV
January69 32° / 90°F23° / 73°F 232 mm12
February69 32° / 90°F23° / 73°F 173 mm12
March76 32° / 90°F22° / 72°F 113 mm12
April92 32° / 90°F20° / 68°F 26 mm10
May95 31° / 88°F18° / 64°F 9 mm8
June95 29° / 84°F16° / 61°F 8 mm7
July94 29° / 84°F15° / 59°F 15 mm7
August96 32° / 90°F17° / 63°F 3 mm8
September57 36° / 97°F20° / 68°F 5 mm9
October28 39° / 102°F23° / 73°F 10 mm10
November33 38° / 100°F25° / 77°F 71 mm11
December55 34° / 93°F24° / 75°F 187 mm12

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Tete: questions and answers

What kind of destination is Tete?

Tete is a regional city in Mozambique with a tropical — wet & dry seasons climate.

How many hours of sunshine does Tete get a year?

Tete gets about 2,963 hours of sunshine a year, at its best around August.

When is the best time to visit Tete?

The sunniest time to visit Tete is August, when the Sunshine Score peaks at 96/100 (with May and June close behind). Expect daytime highs around 32°C / 90°F.

What is the least sunny month in Tete?

October is the least sunny month in Tete, scoring 28/100 with about 10 mm of rain.

How strong is the sun in Tete?

The typical midday UV index in Tete peaks around 12 (extreme) in January, easing to about 7 (high) in June. Month-by-month midday UV values are in the UV column of the table on this page.

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