Tete
City in Mozambique: population, location, elevation, climate and landmarks.
Tetesuspensionbridge: Martha Evans, Cape Town (EmjayE2 at en.wikipedia), Public domain (Wikimedia Commons)
Overview
Tete is a city in Mozambique. About 357,000 people live in the city proper, making it the 6th largest city of Mozambique in our atlas.
It lies at 16.16° S, 33.59° E, about 137 m (449 ft) above sea level, and keeps time on the Africa/Maputo time zone. It sits inside the tropics.
Location
Red dot: Tete. Green dots: other major cities of Mozambique. Map data: Natural Earth.
Climate
Tete has a tropical savanna climate (Köppen Aw). The warmest month is usually Oct, with average highs near 38°C (100°F); the coolest nights come in Jul at about 14°C (58°F). Around 851 mm (34 in) of rain and snow falls in a typical year, most of it in Jan.
Bars: average daily high and low (°C) for each month; blue columns and figures: average precipitation (mm). Gridded 2001-2025 averages from NASA POWER, so mountain and coastal spots can differ from local station records.
What to eat in MozambiqueNational dishes, street food, desserts and drinks on Intercontinental Chef.Nearby major cities
- Chimoio · 329 km
- Lichinga · 362 km
- Gurúè · 370 km
- Mocuba · 370 km
- Quelimane · 401 km
- Beira · 431 km
- Nampula · 616 km
- Nacala · 777 km
- Population, coordinates, elevation, time zone: GeoNames 1026014 (CC BY 4.0)
- Wikidata Q388242 (CC0)
- Climate: NASA POWER 2001-2025 climatology
Text written by Geographical Effect from these sources.
- Tetesuspensionbridge: Martha Evans, Cape Town (EmjayE2 at en.wikipedia), Public domain (Wikimedia Commons)