Chitungwiza climate

Name: Chitungwiza
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Chitungwiza is warmest in October, with average highs of 28 °C, and coldest in July, when nights average 7.6 °C. January is the wettest month (194 mm) and August the driest (0.5 mm). Figures are 1991–2020 climate normals.

Across a full year Chitungwiza averages 746 mm of rain and 157 days above 25 °C.

Zimbabwe · population 371,246 · 1991–2020 normals

Temperature below 0 °C to above 30 °C Rain band height is that month’s share of the wettest month

Warmest month October 28 °C
Coldest month July 7.6 °C
Driest month August 1 mm
Wettest month January 194 mm
Least cloud August 15 % cloud
Hottest on record October 36 °C
Coldest on record July 2.9 °C

What to expectChitungwiza through the year

Chitungwiza has a clear annual cycle: average daily highs run from 20 °C in July to 28 °C in October, a swing of 8.0 °C in mean temperature across the year.

Counted across a normal year, 157 days a year reach 25 °C, 23 of them reach 30 °C. The warmest reading in the 1991–2020 record is 36 °C, in October.

Rain is strongly seasonal. January averages 194 mm against 1 mm in August — 359 times as much. Planning around the dry months matters more here than planning around temperature.

Month by month

Month	Avg high	Rainfall	Cloud
January	25.0 °C	194 mm	72 %
February	25.1 °C	131 mm	66 %
March	24.8 °C	88 mm	56 %
April	23.9 °C	27 mm	39 %
May	22.6 °C	7 mm	25 %
June	20.7 °C	2 mm	21 %
July	20.5 °C	1 mm	22 %
August	23.7 °C	1 mm	15 %
September	27.1 °C	3 mm	17 %
October	28.5 °C	27 mm	28 %
November	27.4 °C	87 mm	53 %
December	25.5 °C	179 mm	71 %

Temperature month by month

Month	Avg high	Avg low	Mean	Record high	Record low	Days above 25 °C	Days above 30 °C
January	25.0 °C	16.4 °C	20.4 °C	32.5 °C	10.6 °C	14	1
February	25.1 °C	16.2 °C	20.3 °C	34.2 °C	9.6 °C	13	1
March	24.8 °C	15.3 °C	19.8 °C	31.2 °C	8.5 °C	13	0
April	23.9 °C	13.1 °C	18.3 °C	30.6 °C	8.0 °C	9	0
May	22.6 °C	10.5 °C	16.4 °C	29.0 °C	4.5 °C	4	0
June	20.7 °C	8.2 °C	14.2 °C	25.9 °C	3.2 °C	1	0
July	20.5 °C	7.6 °C	13.7 °C	26.7 °C	2.9 °C	1	0
August	23.7 °C	9.5 °C	16.5 °C	31.7 °C	3.0 °C	10	0
September	27.1 °C	12.7 °C	19.9 °C	33.5 °C	4.3 °C	24	4
October	28.5 °C	15.1 °C	21.7 °C	35.7 °C	6.8 °C	27	10
November	27.4 °C	16.2 °C	21.6 °C	34.3 °C	9.3 °C	23	7
December	25.5 °C	16.4 °C	20.6 °C	33.6 °C	10.7 °C	18	1

Rain, sun and wind month by month

Month	Rainfall	Wet days	Daylight	Cloud cover	Humidity	Wind
January	194 mm	19	13 h/day	72 %	77 %	15 km/h
February	131 mm	14	13 h/day	66 %	76 %	15 km/h
March	88 mm	11	12 h/day	56 %	75 %	15 km/h
April	27 mm	4	12 h/day	39 %	68 %	15 km/h
May	7 mm	1	11 h/day	25 %	61 %	14 km/h
June	2 mm	0	11 h/day	21 %	60 %	14 km/h
July	1 mm	0	11 h/day	22 %	58 %	16 km/h
August	1 mm	0	12 h/day	15 %	50 %	16 km/h
September	3 mm	1	12 h/day	17 %	44 %	18 km/h
October	27 mm	4	12 h/day	28 %	48 %	18 km/h
November	87 mm	12	13 h/day	53 %	61 %	17 km/h
December	179 mm	19	13 h/day	71 %	75 %	15 km/h

How Chitungwiza compares

The same four figures for nearby destinations, so the numbers above have something to be read against. Summer high is the warmest month's average high; winter low is the coldest month's average low.

Destination	Summer high	Winter low	Rain per year	Days above 25 °C
Chitungwiza	28 °C	7.6 °C	746 mm	157
Harare · Zimbabwe	28 °C	7.8 °C	771 mm	139
Mutare · Zimbabwe	27 °C	9.2 °C	864 mm	159
Gweru · Zimbabwe	29 °C	8.4 °C	701 mm	170
Chimoio · Mozambique	29 °C	12 °C	906 mm	227
Tete · Mozambique	36 °C	17 °C	667 mm	353
Bulawayo · Zimbabwe	30 °C	7.8 °C	599 mm	200

Where Chitungwiza ranks

Ranking	Position	Value
Places with the best weather in Africa in May	4thof 50	97/100
Places with the best weather in Africa in April	7thof 50	96/100
Places with the best weather in the world in May	8thof 50	97/100
Places with the best weather in Africa year-round	19thof 50	86/100
Places with the best weather in Africa in August	21stof 50	95/100
Places with the best weather in the world in April	26thof 50	96/100

Planning a trip? See the best time to visit Chitungwiza.

QuestionsCommon questions about Chitungwiza’s climate

When is the best time to visit Chitungwiza?

That depends on what you want, so the honest answer is a comparison rather than a single month. February, March, September sit closest to 20 °C on average, October is the warmest month and August the driest. The month-by-month table above has the full picture.

How hot does Chitungwiza get?

In October, the warmest month, daily highs average 28 °C. About 23 days a year pass 30 °C. The highest value in the 1991–2020 record is 36 °C.

How cold does it get in winter?

Nights average 7.6 °C in July, the coldest month. Freezing nights are not part of a normal year here.

Which month is wettest in Chitungwiza?

January, averaging 194 mm over 19 days with rain. The driest month is August with 1 mm. The year as a whole averages 746 mm.

Are these figures a forecast?

No. They are 1991–2020 climate normals: the average of thirty years, which describes what a month is usually like in Chitungwiza rather than what any particular week will bring. Individual years can differ substantially from the normal.

Data sources and method

ERA5 / ERA5-Land reanalysis — Copernicus Climate Change Service (C3S), ECMWF. Copernicus Licence
Open-Meteo — Open-Meteo.com. CC BY 4.0
NOAA OISST v2.1 — NOAA Physical Sciences Laboratory. Public domain
GeoNames — GeoNames.org. CC BY 4.0

Normal period: 1991–2020
Dataset version: era5-1991-2020-scores1.1
Last processed: 1 August 2026

Measured values come from ERA5 reanalysis and are reproduced unchanged. Calculated by us: monthly rankings, daylight hours, beach and comfort scores. Full formulas are on the methodology page.

Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026. Neither the European Commission nor ECMWF is responsible for any use that may be made of the Copernicus information or data it contains.