Climate averages 1991–2020
Bulawayo weather
in March.
A warm, moderately wet month: the 7th warmest and the 8th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
March is a warm month in Bulawayo: daytime highs average 25.9°C and nights cool to about 16.0°C. By daytime temperature it is the 7th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 65 mm of rain on roughly 9 days, which makes March a moderately wet month (the 8th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 13 min on an average March day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Gweru (151 km away). In March its highs average 24.8°C, 1.2°C cooler than Bulawayo, with 82 mm of rain.
Among the 11 cities listed in Zimbabwe, Bulawayo ranks 4th of 11 for the warmest March highs and 2nd of 11 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 11 cities is 25.6°C; Bulawayo is 0.4°C warmer than that mean.
From March to April, average highs fall by 1.3°C to 24.6°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 65 mm to 23 mm.
The annual picture
March 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, selected | 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
March in nearby cities
- Gweru in MarchZimbabwe · 151 kmHigh 24.8°C · Low 15.3°C · 82 mm rain
- Francistown in MarchBotswana · 159 kmHigh 28.8°C · Low 18.3°C · 45 mm rain
- Kwekwe in MarchZimbabwe · 187 kmHigh 27.6°C · Low 17.1°C · 63 mm rain
- Masvingo in MarchZimbabwe · 235 kmHigh 25.7°C · Low 16.5°C · 84 mm rain
- Kadoma in MarchZimbabwe · 246 kmHigh 27.3°C · Low 18.0°C · 77 mm rain
- Norton in MarchZimbabwe · 336 kmHigh 25.4°C · Low 16.6°C · 80 mm rain
- Louis Trichardt in MarchSouth Africa · 350 kmHigh 27.1°C · Low 17.7°C · 50 mm rain
- Chinhoyi in MarchZimbabwe · 353 kmHigh 26.7°C · Low 17.7°C · 92 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.