Climate averages 1991–2020
Bulawayo weather
in November.
A hot, moderately wet month: the 2nd warmest and the 9th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
November is a hot month in Bulawayo: daytime highs average 28.6°C and nights cool to about 16.8°C. By daytime temperature it is the 2nd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 87 mm of rain on roughly 13 days, which makes November a moderately wet month (the 9th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 03 min on an average November day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Gweru (151 km away). In November its highs average 27.5°C, 1.1°C cooler than Bulawayo, with 98 mm of rain.
Among the 11 cities listed in Zimbabwe, Bulawayo ranks 4th of 11 for the warmest November highs and joint 5th of 11 for the driest November (rainfall, lowest first). The mean November high of those 11 cities is 28.2°C; Bulawayo is 0.4°C warmer than that mean.
From November to December, average highs fall by 1.7°C to 26.9°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 87 mm to 148 mm.
The annual picture
November 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 | 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, selected | 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
November in nearby cities
- Gweru in NovemberZimbabwe · 151 kmHigh 27.5°C · Low 16.3°C · 98 mm rain
- Francistown in NovemberBotswana · 159 kmHigh 31.2°C · Low 19.1°C · 55 mm rain
- Kwekwe in NovemberZimbabwe · 187 kmHigh 30.1°C · Low 18.2°C · 82 mm rain
- Masvingo in NovemberZimbabwe · 235 kmHigh 28.5°C · Low 17.4°C · 93 mm rain
- Kadoma in NovemberZimbabwe · 246 kmHigh 30.0°C · Low 19.2°C · 84 mm rain
- Norton in NovemberZimbabwe · 336 kmHigh 27.9°C · Low 17.5°C · 87 mm rain
- Louis Trichardt in NovemberSouth Africa · 350 kmHigh 28.3°C · Low 17.3°C · 76 mm rain
- Chinhoyi in NovemberZimbabwe · 353 kmHigh 30.0°C · Low 19.2°C · 74 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.