Mutare climate

Name: Mutare
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Mutare is warmest in November, with average highs of 27 °C, and coldest in July, when nights average 9.2 °C. December is the wettest month (201 mm) and August the driest (6.1 mm). Figures are 1991–2020 climate normals.

Across a full year Mutare averages 864 mm of rain and 159 days above 25 °C.

Zimbabwe · population 224,802 · 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 November 27 °C
Coldest month July 9.2 °C
Driest month August 6 mm
Wettest month December 201 mm
Least cloud August 25 % cloud
Hottest on record October 38 °C
Coldest on record July 3.1 °C

What to expectMutare through the year

Mutare has a clear annual cycle: average daily highs run from 20 °C in July to 27 °C in November, a swing of 7.2 °C in mean temperature across the year.

Counted across a normal year, 159 days a year reach 25 °C, 22 of them reach 30 °C. The warmest reading in the 1991–2020 record is 38 °C, in October.

Rain is strongly seasonal. December averages 201 mm against 6 mm in August — 33 times as much. Planning around the dry months matters more here than planning around temperature.

Month by month

Month	Avg high	Rainfall	Cloud
January	25.8 °C	196 mm	71 %
February	25.8 °C	142 mm	66 %
March	25.0 °C	102 mm	60 %
April	23.7 °C	40 mm	47 %
May	22.4 °C	13 mm	31 %
June	20.5 °C	8 mm	29 %
July	20.0 °C	10 mm	31 %
August	22.8 °C	6 mm	25 %
September	25.8 °C	15 mm	26 %
October	27.0 °C	33 mm	37 %
November	27.0 °C	101 mm	56 %
December	26.0 °C	201 mm	70 %

Temperature month by month

Month	Avg high	Avg low	Mean	Record high	Record low	Days above 25 °C	Days above 30 °C
January	25.8 °C	17.7 °C	21.4 °C	34.2 °C	11.5 °C	20	1
February	25.8 °C	17.5 °C	21.3 °C	36.2 °C	11.7 °C	18	1
March	25.0 °C	16.7 °C	20.5 °C	32.4 °C	9.3 °C	15	1
April	23.7 °C	14.3 °C	18.7 °C	31.0 °C	8.1 °C	8	0
May	22.4 °C	11.6 °C	16.8 °C	31.2 °C	5.8 °C	5	0
June	20.5 °C	9.6 °C	14.9 °C	27.7 °C	4.2 °C	2	0
July	20.0 °C	9.2 °C	14.4 °C	28.5 °C	3.1 °C	2	0
August	22.8 °C	10.6 °C	16.5 °C	32.0 °C	4.6 °C	8	0
September	25.8 °C	12.8 °C	19.2 °C	34.7 °C	6.4 °C	18	4
October	27.0 °C	14.9 °C	20.8 °C	37.7 °C	8.5 °C	22	7
November	27.0 °C	16.6 °C	21.5 °C	36.8 °C	10.0 °C	22	6
December	26.0 °C	17.4 °C	21.3 °C	35.2 °C	11.1 °C	21	2

Rain, sun and wind month by month

Month	Rainfall	Wet days	Daylight	Cloud cover	Humidity	Wind
January	196 mm	18	13 h/day	71 %	81 %	12 km/h
February	142 mm	15	13 h/day	66 %	81 %	12 km/h
March	102 mm	13	12 h/day	60 %	81 %	12 km/h
April	40 mm	7	12 h/day	47 %	77 %	11 km/h
May	13 mm	3	11 h/day	31 %	71 %	11 km/h
June	8 mm	2	11 h/day	29 %	69 %	11 km/h
July	10 mm	2	11 h/day	31 %	68 %	12 km/h
August	6 mm	2	11 h/day	25 %	62 %	13 km/h
September	15 mm	3	12 h/day	26 %	60 %	15 km/h
October	33 mm	6	13 h/day	37 %	64 %	15 km/h
November	101 mm	13	13 h/day	56 %	71 %	14 km/h
December	201 mm	18	13 h/day	70 %	80 %	12 km/h

How Mutare 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
Mutare	27 °C	9.2 °C	864 mm	159
Chimoio · Mozambique	29 °C	12 °C	906 mm	227
Chitungwiza · Zimbabwe	28 °C	7.6 °C	746 mm	157
Harare · Zimbabwe	28 °C	7.8 °C	771 mm	139
Beira · Mozambique	31 °C	17 °C	929 mm	321
Gweru · Zimbabwe	29 °C	8.4 °C	701 mm	170
Tete · Mozambique	36 °C	17 °C	667 mm	353

Where Mutare ranks

Ranking	Position	Value
Places with the best weather in Africa in August	9thof 50	96/100
Places with the best weather in Africa in September	12thof 50	93/100
Places with the best weather in the world in August	13thof 50	96/100
Places with the best weather in Africa in May	17thof 50	95/100
Places with the best weather in Africa year-round	34thof 50	85/100
Places with the best weather in the world in May	36thof 50	95/100

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

QuestionsCommon questions about Mutare’s climate

When is the best time to visit Mutare?

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

How hot does Mutare get?

In November, the warmest month, daily highs average 27 °C. About 22 days a year pass 30 °C. The highest value in the 1991–2020 record is 38 °C.

How cold does it get in winter?

Nights average 9.2 °C in July, the coldest month. Freezing nights are not part of a normal year here.

Which month is wettest in Mutare?

December, averaging 201 mm over 18 days with rain. The driest month is August with 6 mm. The year as a whole averages 864 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 Mutare 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.