Climate guideThirty-year normals for Mutare
Mutare climate by month
Subtropical highland · CwbBest May · Aug–Sep
Annual mean19°day and night
Seasonal swing7°warmest vs coolest
Precipitation988 mm146 wet days a year
18.97° S, 32.67° EElevation 1,116 mUTC+2 · Central Africa Time
When to goMutare · weather score
Best timeMay · Aug–Sep
October: high / low26° / 14°
iSummary
What the weather is like
Mutare has a subtropical highland climate (Köppen Cwb): a dry winter and a wetter summer.
The warmest month is November, when afternoons average 26° and nights 16°. July is the coolest month, with highs of 20° and lows of 8°. The difference between the warmest and the coolest month is about 7°, a small seasonal swing typical of places tempered by the sea.
About 988 mm of precipitation falls in an average year. January is the wettest month (213 mm, 23 wet days) and August the driest (9 mm, 2 wet days). Cloud cover ranges from 16% in August to 49% in December.
Compared with Harare, the capital, Mutare is 0.5° cooler on a November afternoon and receives more precipitation over the year.
Year in figures
- Hottest afternoons
- 26° · November
- Coldest nights
- 8° · July
- Wettest month
- January
- Driest month
- August
- Clearest skies
- August · 16% cloud
- Longest day
- 13 h 16 min
- Shortest day
- 11 h 00 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 | 26° | 25° | 25° | 24° | 22° | 20° | 20° | 22° | 25° | 26° | 26° | 26° |
| Average low | 17° | 17° | 16° | 14° | 11° | 9° | 8° | 9° | 12° | 14° | 16° | 17° |
| Precipitation | 213 mm | 200 mm | 128 mm | 51 mm | 16 mm | 10 mm | 14 mm | 9 mm | 14 mm | 44 mm | 104 mm | 185 mm |
| Wet days (≥1 mm) | 23.1 | 21.2 | 20.1 | 13.6 | 5.2 | 5.2 | 6.4 | 2.2 | 3.6 | 7.6 | 14.8 | 22.7 |
| Cloud cover | 48% | 45% | 38% | 28% | 20% | 20% | 21% | 16% | 19% | 25% | 38% | 49% |
| Daylight | 13h 09 | 12h 43 | 12h 13 | 11h 40 | 11h 14 | 11h 00 | 11h 05 | 11h 28 | 11h 58 | 12h 30 | 13h 00 | 13h 16 |
| Month score | 57 | 59 | 64 | 68 | 88 | 88 | 85 | 95 | 92 | 78 | 58 | 57 |
ivMonth by month
Mutare in every month
January57
26° / 17°
213 mm · 23.1 wet days
February59
25° / 17°
200 mm · 21.2 wet days
March64
25° / 16°
128 mm · 20.1 wet days
April68
24° / 14°
51 mm · 13.6 wet days
May88
22° / 11°
16 mm · 5.2 wet days
June88
20° / 9°
10 mm · 5.2 wet days
July85
20° / 8°
14 mm · 6.4 wet days
August95
22° / 9°
9 mm · 2.2 wet days
September92
25° / 12°
14 mm · 3.6 wet days
October78
26° / 14°
44 mm · 7.6 wet days
November58
26° / 16°
104 mm · 14.8 wet days
December57
26° / 17°
185 mm · 22.7 wet days