Climate averages 1991–2020
Chinhoyi weather
in October.
A hot, fairly dry month: the warmest and the 6th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
October is a hot month in Chinhoyi: daytime highs average 31.1°C and nights cool to about 18.2°C. By daytime temperature it is the warmest month of the year.
Expect about 17 mm of rain on roughly 3 days, which makes October a fairly dry month (the 6th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 29 min on an average October day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Norton (78 km away). In October its highs average 29.2°C, 2.0°C cooler than Chinhoyi, with 26 mm of rain.
Among the 11 cities listed in Zimbabwe, Chinhoyi ranks 3rd of 11 for the warmest October highs and 1st of 11 for the driest October (rainfall, lowest first). The mean October high of those 11 cities is 29.1°C; Chinhoyi is 2.0°C warmer than that mean.
From October to November, average highs fall by 1.1°C to 30.0°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 17 mm to 74 mm.
The annual picture
October 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, selected | 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
October in nearby cities
- Norton in OctoberZimbabwe · 78 kmHigh 29.2°C · Low 16.5°C · 26 mm rain
- Harare in OctoberZimbabwe · 104 kmHigh 28.0°C · Low 14.9°C · 22 mm rain
- Kadoma in OctoberZimbabwe · 112 kmHigh 31.5°C · Low 18.4°C · 25 mm rain
- Chitungwiza in OctoberZimbabwe · 117 kmHigh 28.3°C · Low 15.1°C · 28 mm rain
- Ruwa in OctoberZimbabwe · 125 kmHigh 27.1°C · Low 14.0°C · 31 mm rain
- Kwekwe in OctoberZimbabwe · 178 kmHigh 31.3°C · Low 16.9°C · 24 mm rain
- Gweru in OctoberZimbabwe · 235 kmHigh 28.4°C · Low 15.0°C · 25 mm rain
- Kafue in OctoberZambia · 279 kmHigh 32.0°C · Low 20.1°C · 13 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.