Climate averages 1991–2020
Chinhoyi weather
in April.
A warm, fairly dry month: the 8th warmest and the 7th driest of the year. Meets the pleasant-weather rule
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
April is a warm month in Chinhoyi: daytime highs average 26.1°C and nights cool to about 15.7°C. By daytime temperature it is the 8th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 24 mm of rain on roughly 4 days, which makes April a fairly dry month (the 7th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 43 min on an average April day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Norton (78 km away). In April its highs average 24.6°C, 1.5°C cooler than Chinhoyi, with 26 mm of rain.
Among the 11 cities listed in Zimbabwe, Chinhoyi ranks 3rd of 11 for the warmest April highs and 4th of 11 for the driest April (rainfall, lowest first). The mean April high of those 11 cities is 24.5°C; Chinhoyi is 1.6°C warmer than that mean.
From April to May, average highs fall by 1.3°C to 24.8°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 24 mm to 3.7 mm.
The annual picture
April 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
Chinhoyi climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 26.7°C18.6°C | 18.6°C | 216 | 21.6 | 13.013 h |
| February | 26.6°C18.3°C | 18.3°C | 152 | 18.9 | 12.713 h |
| March | 26.7°C17.7°C | 17.7°C | 92 | 13.0 | 12.212 h |
| April, selected | 26.1°C15.7°C | 15.7°C | 24 | 4.4 | 11.712 h |
| May | 24.8°C13.0°C | 13.0°C | 3.7 | 0.8 | 11.311 h |
| June | 23.0°C10.5°C | 10.5°C | 0.9 | 0.2 | 11.111 h |
| July | 22.8°C9.9°C | 9.9°C | 0.7 | 0.2 | 11.211 h |
| August | 26.0°C12.1°C | 12.1°C | 0.6 | 0.1 | 11.512 h |
| September | 29.6°C15.5°C | 15.5°C | 2.7 | 0.7 | 12.012 h |
| October | 31.1°C18.2°C | 18.2°C | 17 | 3.3 | 12.512 h |
| November | 30.0°C19.2°C | 19.2°C | 74 | 11.7 | 12.913 h |
| December | 27.5°C18.8°C | 18.8°C | 174 | 20.4 | 13.113 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
April in nearby cities
- Norton in AprilZimbabwe · 78 kmHigh 24.6°C · Low 14.6°C · 26 mm rain
- Harare in AprilZimbabwe · 104 kmHigh 23.5°C · Low 13.1°C · 28 mm rain
- Kadoma in AprilZimbabwe · 112 kmHigh 26.5°C · Low 16.2°C · 23 mm rain
- Chitungwiza in AprilZimbabwe · 117 kmHigh 23.8°C · Low 13.1°C · 29 mm rain
- Ruwa in AprilZimbabwe · 125 kmHigh 22.7°C · Low 12.4°C · 34 mm rain
- Kwekwe in AprilZimbabwe · 178 kmHigh 26.6°C · Low 14.9°C · 20 mm rain
- Gweru in AprilZimbabwe · 235 kmHigh 23.4°C · Low 13.1°C · 28 mm rain
- Kafue in AprilZambia · 279 kmHigh 25.9°C · Low 16.8°C · 27 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 Chinhoyi) is explained once on the Chinhoyi year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.