Climate averages 1991–2020
Chinhoyi weather
in December.
A warm, wet month: the 4th warmest and the 11th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
December is a warm month in Chinhoyi: daytime highs average 27.5°C and nights cool to about 18.8°C. By daytime temperature it is the 4th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 174 mm of rain on roughly 20 days, which makes December a wet month (the 11th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 09 min on an average December day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Norton (78 km away). In December its highs average 25.9°C, 1.6°C cooler than Chinhoyi, with 171 mm of rain.
Among the 11 cities listed in Zimbabwe, Chinhoyi ranks 3rd of 11 for the warmest December highs and 5th of 11 for the driest December (rainfall, lowest first). The mean December high of those 11 cities is 26.4°C; Chinhoyi is 1.1°C warmer than that mean.
From December to January, average highs fall by 0.8°C to 26.7°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 174 mm to 216 mm.
The annual picture
December 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 | 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, selected | 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
December in nearby cities
- Norton in DecemberZimbabwe · 78 kmHigh 25.9°C · Low 17.4°C · 171 mm rain
- Harare in DecemberZimbabwe · 104 kmHigh 25.1°C · Low 16.3°C · 179 mm rain
- Kadoma in DecemberZimbabwe · 112 kmHigh 27.8°C · Low 18.8°C · 184 mm rain
- Chitungwiza in DecemberZimbabwe · 117 kmHigh 25.4°C · Low 16.5°C · 179 mm rain
- Ruwa in DecemberZimbabwe · 125 kmHigh 24.3°C · Low 15.6°C · 193 mm rain
- Kwekwe in DecemberZimbabwe · 178 kmHigh 28.0°C · Low 18.0°C · 163 mm rain
- Gweru in DecemberZimbabwe · 235 kmHigh 25.9°C · Low 16.4°C · 184 mm rain
- Kafue in DecemberZambia · 279 kmHigh 27.4°C · Low 19.5°C · 232 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.