Climate averages 1991–2020
Chinhoyi weather
in September.
A hot, very dry month: the 3rd warmest and the 4th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
September is a hot month in Chinhoyi: daytime highs average 29.6°C and nights cool to about 15.5°C. By daytime temperature it is the 3rd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 2.7 mm of rain on fewer than one day, which makes September a very dry month (the 4th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 59 min on an average September day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Norton (78 km away). In September its highs average 27.9°C, 1.7°C cooler than Chinhoyi, with 3.3 mm of rain.
Among the 11 cities listed in Zimbabwe, Chinhoyi ranks 3rd of 11 for the warmest September highs and 3rd of 11 for the driest September (rainfall, lowest first). The mean September high of those 11 cities is 27.8°C; Chinhoyi is 1.8°C warmer than that mean.
From September to October, average highs rise by 1.5°C to 31.1°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 2.7 mm to 17 mm.
The annual picture
September 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, selected | 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
September in nearby cities
- Norton in SeptemberZimbabwe · 78 kmHigh 27.9°C · Low 14.3°C · 3.3 mm rain
- Harare in SeptemberZimbabwe · 104 kmHigh 26.6°C · Low 12.5°C · 3.2 mm rain
- Kadoma in SeptemberZimbabwe · 112 kmHigh 30.2°C · Low 16.1°C · 2.3 mm rain
- Chitungwiza in SeptemberZimbabwe · 117 kmHigh 27.0°C · Low 12.7°C · 3.5 mm rain
- Ruwa in SeptemberZimbabwe · 125 kmHigh 25.8°C · Low 11.6°C · 3.9 mm rain
- Kwekwe in SeptemberZimbabwe · 178 kmHigh 29.7°C · Low 14.3°C · 2.6 mm rain
- Gweru in SeptemberZimbabwe · 235 kmHigh 27.0°C · Low 12.7°C · 4.4 mm rain
- Kafue in SeptemberZambia · 279 kmHigh 30.0°C · Low 17.4°C · 1.5 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.