Climate averages 1991–2020
Bulawayo weather
in September.
A hot, very dry month: the 3rd warmest and the 4th driest of the year. Meets the pleasant-weather rule
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
September is a hot month in Bulawayo: daytime highs average 28.1°C and nights cool to about 13.2°C. By daytime temperature it is the 3rd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 5.3 mm of rain on roughly 1 day, which makes September a very dry month (the 4th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 58 min on an average September day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Gweru (151 km away). In September its highs average 27.0°C, 1.0°C cooler than Bulawayo, with 4.4 mm of rain.
Among the 11 cities listed in Zimbabwe, Bulawayo ranks 4th of 11 for the warmest September highs and 10th of 11 for the driest September (rainfall, lowest first). The mean September high of those 11 cities is 27.8°C; Bulawayo is 0.3°C warmer than that mean.
From September to October, average highs rise by 1.5°C to 29.6°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 5.3 mm to 23 mm.
The annual picture
September 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, selected | 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
September in nearby cities
- Gweru in SeptemberZimbabwe · 151 kmHigh 27.0°C · Low 12.7°C · 4.4 mm rain
- Francistown in SeptemberBotswana · 159 kmHigh 29.8°C · Low 15.0°C · 5.5 mm rain
- Kwekwe in SeptemberZimbabwe · 187 kmHigh 29.7°C · Low 14.3°C · 2.6 mm rain
- Masvingo in SeptemberZimbabwe · 235 kmHigh 27.6°C · Low 13.6°C · 5.0 mm rain
- Kadoma in SeptemberZimbabwe · 246 kmHigh 30.2°C · Low 16.1°C · 2.3 mm rain
- Norton in SeptemberZimbabwe · 336 kmHigh 27.9°C · Low 14.3°C · 3.3 mm rain
- Louis Trichardt in SeptemberSouth Africa · 350 kmHigh 27.2°C · Low 13.9°C · 9.7 mm rain
- Chinhoyi in SeptemberZimbabwe · 353 kmHigh 29.6°C · Low 15.5°C · 2.7 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.