Climate averages 1991–2020
Bulawayo weather
in February.
A warm, wet month: the 6th warmest and the 10th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
February is a warm month in Bulawayo: daytime highs average 26.3°C and nights cool to about 16.9°C. By daytime temperature it is the 6th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 111 mm of rain on roughly 12 days, which makes February a wet month (the 10th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 46 min on an average February day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Gweru (151 km away). In February its highs average 25.3°C, 1.1°C cooler than Bulawayo, with 122 mm of rain.
Among the 11 cities listed in Zimbabwe, Bulawayo ranks 5th of 11 for the warmest February highs and 3rd of 11 for the driest February (rainfall, lowest first). The mean February high of those 11 cities is 25.9°C; Bulawayo is 0.5°C warmer than that mean.
From February to March, average highs fall by 0.4°C to 25.9°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 111 mm to 65 mm.
The annual picture
February 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, selected | 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 | 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
February in nearby cities
- Gweru in FebruaryZimbabwe · 151 kmHigh 25.3°C · Low 16.2°C · 122 mm rain
- Francistown in FebruaryBotswana · 159 kmHigh 29.4°C · Low 19.3°C · 88 mm rain
- Kwekwe in FebruaryZimbabwe · 187 kmHigh 27.6°C · Low 17.7°C · 109 mm rain
- Masvingo in FebruaryZimbabwe · 235 kmHigh 26.5°C · Low 17.5°C · 106 mm rain
- Kadoma in FebruaryZimbabwe · 246 kmHigh 27.3°C · Low 18.5°C · 133 mm rain
- Norton in FebruaryZimbabwe · 336 kmHigh 25.5°C · Low 17.2°C · 126 mm rain
- Louis Trichardt in FebruarySouth Africa · 350 kmHigh 27.9°C · Low 18.7°C · 87 mm rain
- Chinhoyi in FebruaryZimbabwe · 353 kmHigh 26.6°C · Low 18.3°C · 152 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.