Climate averages 1991–2020
Chinhoyi weather
in March.
A warm, wet month: the joint 5th warmest and the 9th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
March is a warm month in Chinhoyi: daytime highs average 26.7°C and nights cool to about 17.7°C. By daytime temperature it is the joint 5th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 92 mm of rain on roughly 13 days, which makes March a wet month (the 9th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 12 min on an average March day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Norton (78 km away). In March its highs average 25.4°C, 1.2°C cooler than Chinhoyi, with 80 mm of rain.
Among the 11 cities listed in Zimbabwe, Chinhoyi ranks 3rd of 11 for the warmest March highs and 8th of 11 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 11 cities is 25.6°C; Chinhoyi is 1.1°C warmer than that mean.
From March to April, average highs fall by 0.6°C to 26.1°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 92 mm to 24 mm.
The annual picture
March 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, selected | 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 | 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
March in nearby cities
- Norton in MarchZimbabwe · 78 kmHigh 25.4°C · Low 16.6°C · 80 mm rain
- Harare in MarchZimbabwe · 104 kmHigh 24.3°C · Low 15.4°C · 93 mm rain
- Kadoma in MarchZimbabwe · 112 kmHigh 27.3°C · Low 18.0°C · 77 mm rain
- Chitungwiza in MarchZimbabwe · 117 kmHigh 24.7°C · Low 15.4°C · 88 mm rain
- Ruwa in MarchZimbabwe · 125 kmHigh 23.7°C · Low 14.7°C · 93 mm rain
- Kwekwe in MarchZimbabwe · 178 kmHigh 27.6°C · Low 17.1°C · 63 mm rain
- Gweru in MarchZimbabwe · 235 kmHigh 24.8°C · Low 15.3°C · 82 mm rain
- Kafue in MarchZambia · 279 kmHigh 26.3°C · Low 18.7°C · 131 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.