Harare · ZimbabweSummit weather, forecast and climate

Balancing Rocks

1,473 m

Elevation1,473 mabove sea level

Prominence–independent height

Isolation41 kmto a higher summit

Summit, Jul20°average high

17.89° S, 31.13° EElevation 1,473 mUTC+2 · Central Africa Time

From the valley to the top

Freezing level in October: above the summit

iThe mountain

Balancing Rocks in brief

Balancing Rocks rises to 1,473 m, Harare, Zimbabwe.

At the summit, October is the mildest month with average highs of 27°, while nights rarely fall below freezing.

The nearest town in the atlas is Harare, 11 km to the NW at 1,494 m.

iiForecast

Temperatures are adjusted to each height; summits are usually colder and windier than the valley forecast suggests.

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iiiSummit climate

Climate normals for the summit area (~1 km grid), station-adjusted

Climate normals for Balancing Rocks by month
Month	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Average high	24°	24°	24°	23°	22°	20°	20°	22°	26°	27°	26°	25°
Average low	16°	16°	15°	13°	10°	8°	7°	9°	12°	14°	15°	16°
Precipitation	197 mm	161 mm	128 mm	34 mm	11 mm	3 mm	2 mm	2 mm	4 mm	32 mm	78 mm	173 mm
Cloud cover	50%	45%	33%	20%	14%	12%	12%	8%	10%	16%	33%	50%
Daylight	13h 05	12h 41	12h 13	11h 42	11h 17	11h 04	11h 09	11h 30	11h 59	12h 29	12h 57	13h 11
Month score	59	61	66	91	97	99	99	99	96	83	72	59

Average height of the 0 °C level from the summit normals (6.5 °C per km); snow months have a summit mean at or below +1 °C

Month	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Freezing level	4,550 m	4,550 m	4,450 m	4,250 m	3,900 m	3,600 m	3,550 m	3,850 m	4,350 m	4,600 m	4,650 m	4,550 m
Summit	above 0 °C	above 0 °C	above 0 °C	above 0 °C	above 0 °C	above 0 °C	above 0 °C	above 0 °C	above 0 °C	above 0 °C	above 0 °C	above 0 °C