Climate averages 1991–2020
Bulawayo weather
in August.
A warm, very dry month: the 9th warmest and the driest of the year. Meets the pleasant-weather rule
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
August is a warm month in Bulawayo: daytime highs average 24.2°C and nights cool to about 10.0°C. By daytime temperature it is the 9th warmest of the 12 months.
Rain is very rare: less than 1 mm falls in a typical August (the driest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 26 min on an average August day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Gweru (151 km away). In August its highs average 23.2°C, 1.0°C cooler than Bulawayo, with almost no rain (under 1 mm).
Among the 11 cities listed in Zimbabwe, Bulawayo ranks 5th of 11 for the warmest August highs and joint 8th of 11 for the driest August (rainfall, lowest first). The mean August high of those 11 cities is 24.2°C; Bulawayo is level with that mean.
From August to September, average highs rise by 3.9°C to 28.1°C, and monthly rainfall rises from under 1 mm to 5.3 mm.
The annual picture
August in context
Monthly rainfall
Average total · mmAverages from hourly ERA5 reanalysis data. Actual weather varies from year to year. How these numbers are calculated
Every month, side by side
Bulawayo climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 26.6°C17.1°C | 17.1°C | 134 | 14.9 | 13.213 h |
| February | 26.3°C16.9°C | 16.9°C | 111 | 11.9 | 12.813 h |
| March | 25.9°C16.0°C | 16.0°C | 65 | 9.4 | 12.212 h |
| April | 24.6°C13.6°C | 13.6°C | 23 | 4.0 | 11.612 h |
| May | 23.1°C10.8°C | 10.8°C | 6.3 | 1.3 | 11.211 h |
| June | 20.8°C8.5°C | 8.5°C | 4.0 | 0.8 | 10.911 h |
| July | 20.3°C7.8°C | 7.8°C | 2.6 | 0.7 | 11.011 h |
| August, selected | 24.2°C10.0°C | 10.0°C | 0.9 | 0.2 | 11.411 h |
| September | 28.1°C13.2°C | 13.2°C | 5.3 | 1.4 | 12.012 h |
| October | 29.6°C15.5°C | 15.5°C | 23 | 5.5 | 12.513 h |
| November | 28.6°C16.8°C | 16.8°C | 87 | 12.6 | 13.113 h |
| December | 26.9°C17.0°C | 17.0°C | 148 | 17.0 | 13.313 h |
Rainfall is the average of the 30 separate monthly totals. A rain day is a local calendar day with at least 1 mm of precipitation. Daylight is the calculated sunrise-to-sunset length, not measured sunshine.
Compare places
August in nearby cities
- Gweru in AugustZimbabwe · 151 kmHigh 23.2°C · Low 9.5°C · 0.6 mm rain
- Francistown in AugustBotswana · 159 kmHigh 25.9°C · Low 11.4°C · 0.6 mm rain
- Kwekwe in AugustZimbabwe · 187 kmHigh 25.9°C · Low 11.1°C · 0.2 mm rain
- Masvingo in AugustZimbabwe · 235 kmHigh 24.1°C · Low 10.5°C · 1.8 mm rain
- Kadoma in AugustZimbabwe · 246 kmHigh 26.3°C · Low 12.9°C · 0.2 mm rain
- Norton in AugustZimbabwe · 336 kmHigh 24.4°C · Low 11.3°C · 0.3 mm rain
- Louis Trichardt in AugustSouth Africa · 350 kmHigh 24.0°C · Low 11.2°C · 3.3 mm rain
- Chinhoyi in AugustZimbabwe · 353 kmHigh 26.0°C · Low 12.1°C · 0.6 mm rain
Read the numbers correctly
Climate, not a promise.
These patterns help compare months. They cannot tell you the weather on a specific day of your trip.
Sources, method and limitsHow these numbers are made (what the highs, lows and rain days mean, the sources and the model cell used for Bulawayo) is explained once on the Bulawayo year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.