Climate averages 1991–2020
Chitungwiza 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 Chitungwiza: daytime highs average 23.6°C and nights cool to about 9.5°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 30 min on an average August day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Harare (21 km away). In August its highs average 23.2°C, about as warm as Chitungwiza, with almost no rain (under 1 mm).
Among the 11 cities listed in Zimbabwe, Chitungwiza ranks 7th of 11 for the warmest August highs and 4th of 11 for the driest August (rainfall, lowest first). The mean August high of those 11 cities is 24.2°C; Chitungwiza is 0.6°C cooler than that mean.
From August to September, average highs rise by 3.4°C to 27.0°C, and monthly rainfall rises from under 1 mm to 3.5 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
Chitungwiza climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 24.9°C16.5°C | 16.5°C | 196 | 19.2 | 13.113 h |
| February | 25.0°C16.3°C | 16.3°C | 133 | 14.6 | 12.713 h |
| March | 24.7°C15.4°C | 15.4°C | 88 | 11.4 | 12.212 h |
| April | 23.8°C13.1°C | 13.1°C | 29 | 4.6 | 11.712 h |
| May | 22.5°C10.5°C | 10.5°C | 6.4 | 1.3 | 11.311 h |
| June | 20.6°C8.2°C | 8.2°C | 1.7 | 0.3 | 11.111 h |
| July | 20.4°C7.6°C | 7.6°C | 1.0 | 0.3 | 11.211 h |
| August, selected | 23.6°C9.5°C | 9.5°C | 0.5 | 0.2 | 11.512 h |
| September | 27.0°C12.7°C | 12.7°C | 3.5 | 0.8 | 12.012 h |
| October | 28.3°C15.1°C | 15.1°C | 28 | 4.7 | 12.512 h |
| November | 27.3°C16.3°C | 16.3°C | 92 | 13.0 | 12.913 h |
| December | 25.4°C16.5°C | 16.5°C | 179 | 19.4 | 13.213 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
- Harare in AugustZimbabwe · 21 kmHigh 23.2°C · Low 9.5°C · 0.6 mm rain
- Ruwa in AugustZimbabwe · 23 kmHigh 22.5°C · Low 8.6°C · 0.9 mm rain
- Norton in AugustZimbabwe · 42 kmHigh 24.4°C · Low 11.3°C · 0.3 mm rain
- Chinhoyi in AugustZimbabwe · 117 kmHigh 26.0°C · Low 12.1°C · 0.6 mm rain
- Kadoma in AugustZimbabwe · 128 kmHigh 26.3°C · Low 12.9°C · 0.2 mm rain
- Kwekwe in AugustZimbabwe · 167 kmHigh 25.9°C · Low 11.1°C · 0.2 mm rain
- Mutare in AugustZimbabwe · 199 kmHigh 22.8°C · Low 10.6°C · 6.0 mm rain
- Gweru in AugustZimbabwe · 208 kmHigh 23.2°C · Low 9.5°C · 0.6 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 Chitungwiza) is explained once on the Chitungwiza year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.