Climate averages 1991–2020
Chinhoyi weather
in August.
A warm, very dry month: the 9th warmest and the driest of the year. Meets the pleasant-weather rule
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
August is a warm month in Chinhoyi: daytime highs average 26.0°C and nights cool to about 12.1°C. By daytime temperature it is the 9th warmest of the 12 months.
Rain is very rare: less than 1 mm falls in a typical August (the driest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 32 min on an average August day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Norton (78 km away). In August its highs average 24.4°C, 1.6°C cooler than Chinhoyi, with almost no rain (under 1 mm).
Among the 11 cities listed in Zimbabwe, Chinhoyi ranks 2nd of 11 for the warmest August highs and joint 5th of 11 for the driest August (rainfall, lowest first). The mean August high of those 11 cities is 24.2°C; Chinhoyi is 1.8°C warmer than that mean.
From August to September, average highs rise by 3.6°C to 29.6°C, and monthly rainfall rises from under 1 mm to 2.7 mm.
The annual picture
August 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 | 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, selected | 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
August in nearby cities
- Norton in AugustZimbabwe · 78 kmHigh 24.4°C · Low 11.3°C · 0.3 mm rain
- Harare in AugustZimbabwe · 104 kmHigh 23.2°C · Low 9.5°C · 0.6 mm rain
- Kadoma in AugustZimbabwe · 112 kmHigh 26.3°C · Low 12.9°C · 0.2 mm rain
- Chitungwiza in AugustZimbabwe · 117 kmHigh 23.6°C · Low 9.5°C · 0.5 mm rain
- Ruwa in AugustZimbabwe · 125 kmHigh 22.5°C · Low 8.6°C · 0.9 mm rain
- Kwekwe in AugustZimbabwe · 178 kmHigh 25.9°C · Low 11.1°C · 0.2 mm rain
- Gweru in AugustZimbabwe · 235 kmHigh 23.2°C · Low 9.5°C · 0.6 mm rain
- Kafue in AugustZambia · 279 kmHigh 26.1°C · Low 13.8°C · 0.3 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.