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Climate guideThirty-year normals for Chegutu
Chegutu climate by month
Monsoon-influenced humid subtropical · CwaBest May–Jul
Annual mean21°day and night
Seasonal swing8°warmest vs coolest
Precipitation748 mm108 wet days a year
18.13° S, 30.14° EElevation 1,187 mUTC+2 · Central Africa Time
When to goChegutu · weather score
Best timeMay–Jul
October: high / low31° / 17°
iSummary
What the weather is like
Chegutu has a monsoon-influenced humid subtropical climate (Köppen Cwa): a dry winter and a wetter summer.
The warmest month is October, when afternoons average 31° and nights 17°. July is the coolest month, with highs of 23° and lows of 10°. The difference between the warmest and the coolest month is about 8°, a small seasonal swing typical of places tempered by the sea.
About 748 mm of precipitation falls in an average year. December is the wettest month (167 mm, 23 wet days) and August the driest (0 mm, 0 wet days). Cloud cover ranges from 7% in August to 45% in December.
Compared with Harare, the capital, Chegutu is 3.4° warmer on a October afternoon and receives less precipitation over the year.
Year in figures
- Hottest afternoons
- 31° · October
- Coldest nights
- 10° · July
- Wettest month
- December
- Driest month
- August
- Clearest skies
- August · 7% cloud
- Longest day
- 13 h 12 min
- Shortest day
- 11 h 03 min
iiCharts
Twelve months at a glance
Temperature and precipitation
Daily high/low range bars, monthly precipitation columnsTemperature curve
Average high, lowDaylight
Hours between sunrise and sunset on the 15th of each monthiiiData table
Climate normals month by month
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Average high | 27° | 27° | 27° | 27° | 25° | 23° | 23° | 26° | 29° | 31° | 30° | 28° |
| Average low | 18° | 18° | 17° | 15° | 13° | 10° | 10° | 11° | 15° | 17° | 18° | 18° |
| Precipitation | 181 mm | 146 mm | 90 mm | 26 mm | 10 mm | 2 mm | 1 mm | 0 mm | 3 mm | 30 mm | 92 mm | 167 mm |
| Wet days (≥1 mm) | 22.1 | 18.2 | 15.4 | 6.2 | 0.8 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.1 | 1 | 5.6 | 15.1 | 22.6 |
| Cloud cover | 43% | 38% | 27% | 16% | 12% | 10% | 10% | 7% | 8% | 15% | 31% | 45% |
| Daylight | 13h 06 | 12h 41 | 12h 13 | 11h 42 | 11h 16 | 11h 03 | 11h 08 | 11h 29 | 11h 59 | 12h 29 | 12h 58 | 13h 12 |
| Month score | 52 | 54 | 57 | 79 | 98 | 99 | 99 | 98 | 79 | 63 | 46 | 49 |
ivMonth by month
Chegutu in every month
January52
27° / 18°
181 mm · 22.1 wet days
February54
27° / 18°
146 mm · 18.2 wet days
March57
27° / 17°
90 mm · 15.4 wet days
April79
27° / 15°
26 mm · 6.2 wet days
May98
25° / 13°
10 mm · 0.8 wet day
June99
23° / 10°
2 mm · 0.5 wet day
July99
23° / 10°
1 mm · 0.5 wet day
August98
26° / 11°
0 mm · 0.1 wet days
September79
29° / 15°
3 mm · 1 wet day
October63
31° / 17°
30 mm · 5.6 wet days
November46
30° / 18°
92 mm · 15.1 wet days
December49
28° / 18°
167 mm · 22.6 wet days