Gweru climate

Name: Gweru
Address: ZW

Gweru is warmest in October, with average highs of 29 °C, and coldest in July, when nights average 8.4 °C. December is the wettest month (184 mm) and August the driest (0.7 mm). Figures are 1991–2020 climate normals.

Across a full year Gweru averages 701 mm of rain and 170 days above 25 °C.

Zimbabwe · population 158,200 · 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 29 °C
Coldest month July 8.4 °C
Driest month August 1 mm
Wettest month December 184 mm
Least cloud August 16 % cloud
Hottest on record October 37 °C
Coldest on record July 2.7 °C

What to expectGweru through the year

Gweru has a clear annual cycle: average daily highs run from 20 °C in July to 29 °C in October, a swing of 8.2 °C in mean temperature across the year.

Counted across a normal year, 170 days a year reach 25 °C, 33 of them reach 30 °C. The warmest reading in the 1991–2020 record is 37 °C, in October.

Rain is strongly seasonal. December averages 184 mm against 1 mm in August — 256 times as much. Planning around the dry months matters more here than planning around temperature.

Month by month

Month	Avg high	Rainfall	Cloud
January	25.5 °C	157 mm	65 %
February	25.5 °C	114 mm	60 %
March	25.0 °C	80 mm	52 %
April	23.7 °C	27 mm	37 %
May	22.2 °C	7 mm	23 %
June	20.2 °C	4 mm	21 %
July	19.7 °C	3 mm	24 %
August	23.5 °C	1 mm	16 %
September	27.3 °C	5 mm	20 %
October	28.6 °C	25 mm	32 %
November	27.5 °C	95 mm	54 %
December	26.0 °C	184 mm	68 %

Temperature month by month

Month	Avg high	Avg low	Mean	Record high	Record low	Days above 25 °C	Days above 30 °C
January	25.5 °C	16.7 °C	20.7 °C	35.4 °C	11.4 °C	19	1
February	25.5 °C	16.6 °C	20.6 °C	34.1 °C	10.7 °C	16	1
March	25.0 °C	15.8 °C	19.9 °C	32.0 °C	10.4 °C	15	1
April	23.7 °C	13.7 °C	18.3 °C	31.2 °C	8.3 °C	10	0
May	22.2 °C	11.3 °C	16.3 °C	30.2 °C	5.8 °C	4	0
June	20.2 °C	9.1 °C	14.2 °C	26.5 °C	3.5 °C	1	0
July	19.7 °C	8.4 °C	13.6 °C	27.2 °C	2.7 °C	1	0
August	23.5 °C	10.5 °C	16.6 °C	31.2 °C	4.6 °C	11	0
September	27.3 °C	13.6 °C	20.2 °C	34.1 °C	5.4 °C	24	7
October	28.6 °C	15.6 °C	21.8 °C	36.6 °C	7.4 °C	26	12
November	27.5 °C	16.7 °C	21.7 °C	35.7 °C	8.6 °C	23	8
December	26.0 °C	16.8 °C	20.9 °C	33.3 °C	10.8 °C	21	2

Rain, sun and wind month by month

Month	Rainfall	Wet days	Daylight	Cloud cover	Humidity	Wind
January	157 mm	16	13 h/day	65 %	74 %	17 km/h
February	114 mm	13	13 h/day	60 %	73 %	17 km/h
March	80 mm	10	12 h/day	52 %	72 %	17 km/h
April	27 mm	4	12 h/day	37 %	67 %	17 km/h
May	7 mm	1	11 h/day	23 %	59 %	15 km/h
June	4 mm	1	11 h/day	21 %	58 %	15 km/h
July	3 mm	1	11 h/day	24 %	57 %	17 km/h
August	1 mm	0	11 h/day	16 %	46 %	17 km/h
September	5 mm	1	12 h/day	20 %	42 %	19 km/h
October	25 mm	5	13 h/day	32 %	48 %	19 km/h
November	95 mm	12	13 h/day	54 %	60 %	18 km/h
December	184 mm	17	13 h/day	68 %	73 %	16 km/h

How Gweru 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
Gweru	29 °C	8.4 °C	701 mm	170
Bulawayo · Zimbabwe	30 °C	7.8 °C	599 mm	200
Chitungwiza · Zimbabwe	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
Chimoio · Mozambique	29 °C	12 °C	906 mm	227

Where Gweru ranks

Ranking	Position	Value
Places with the best weather in Africa in May	1st of 50	98/100
Places with the best weather in the world in May	2nd of 50	98/100
Places with the best weather in Africa in April	10th of 50	96/100
Places with the best weather in Africa in August	13th of 50	96/100
Places with the best weather in Africa year-round	15th of 50	87/100
Places with the best weather in the world in August	22nd of 50	96/100

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

QuestionsCommon questions about Gweru’s climate

When is the best time to visit Gweru?

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 Gweru get?

In October, the warmest month, daily highs average 29 °C. About 33 days a year pass 30 °C. The highest value in the 1991–2020 record is 37 °C.

How cold does it get in winter?

Nights average 8.4 °C in July, the coldest month. Freezing nights are not part of a normal year here.

Which month is wettest in Gweru?

December, averaging 184 mm over 17 days with rain. The driest month is August with 1 mm. The year as a whole averages 701 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 Gweru 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
Data point: -19.450°, 29.817° (the coordinates the reanalysis values are taken for)
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.