Climate averages 1991–2020
Bulawayo weather
in June.
A mild, very dry month: the 11th warmest and the 3rd driest of the year. Meets the pleasant-weather rule
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
June is a mild month in Bulawayo: daytime highs average 20.8°C and nights cool to about 8.5°C. By daytime temperature it is the 11th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 4.0 mm of rain on fewer than one day, which makes June a very dry month (the 3rd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 10 h 56 min on an average June day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Gweru (151 km away). In June its highs average 19.9°C, 0.9°C cooler than Bulawayo, with 3.7 mm of rain.
Among the 11 cities listed in Zimbabwe, Bulawayo ranks 6th of 11 for the warmest June highs and 9th of 11 for the driest June (rainfall, lowest first). The mean June high of those 11 cities is 21.2°C; Bulawayo is 0.3°C cooler than that mean.
From June to July, average highs fall by 0.5°C to 20.3°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 4.0 mm to 2.6 mm.
The annual picture
June 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, selected | 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
June in nearby cities
- Gweru in JuneZimbabwe · 151 kmHigh 19.9°C · Low 8.1°C · 3.7 mm rain
- Francistown in JuneBotswana · 159 kmHigh 22.5°C · Low 9.5°C · 3.5 mm rain
- Kwekwe in JuneZimbabwe · 187 kmHigh 22.7°C · Low 9.6°C · 1.8 mm rain
- Masvingo in JuneZimbabwe · 235 kmHigh 21.1°C · Low 8.9°C · 5.5 mm rain
- Kadoma in JuneZimbabwe · 246 kmHigh 23.0°C · Low 11.3°C · 1.7 mm rain
- Norton in JuneZimbabwe · 336 kmHigh 21.3°C · Low 10.0°C · 1.5 mm rain
- Louis Trichardt in JuneSouth Africa · 350 kmHigh 21.4°C · Low 9.7°C · 5.3 mm rain
- Chinhoyi in JuneZimbabwe · 353 kmHigh 23.0°C · Low 10.5°C · 0.9 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.