Climate averages 1991–2020
Chitungwiza weather
in February.
A warm, wet month: the 5th warmest and the 10th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
February is a warm month in Chitungwiza: daytime highs average 25.0°C and nights cool to about 16.3°C. By daytime temperature it is the 5th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 133 mm of rain on roughly 15 days, which makes February a wet month (the 10th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 42 min on an average February day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Harare (21 km away). In February its highs average 24.6°C, about as warm as Chitungwiza, with 146 mm of rain.
Among the 11 cities listed in Zimbabwe, Chitungwiza ranks 9th of 11 for the warmest February highs and joint 6th of 11 for the driest February (rainfall, lowest first). The mean February high of those 11 cities is 25.9°C; Chitungwiza is 0.8°C cooler than that mean.
From February to March, average highs fall by 0.3°C to 24.7°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 133 mm to 88 mm.
The annual picture
February 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, selected | 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 | 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
February in nearby cities
- Harare in FebruaryZimbabwe · 21 kmHigh 24.6°C · Low 16.2°C · 146 mm rain
- Ruwa in FebruaryZimbabwe · 23 kmHigh 23.9°C · Low 15.5°C · 140 mm rain
- Norton in FebruaryZimbabwe · 42 kmHigh 25.5°C · Low 17.2°C · 126 mm rain
- Chinhoyi in FebruaryZimbabwe · 117 kmHigh 26.6°C · Low 18.3°C · 152 mm rain
- Kadoma in FebruaryZimbabwe · 128 kmHigh 27.3°C · Low 18.5°C · 133 mm rain
- Kwekwe in FebruaryZimbabwe · 167 kmHigh 27.6°C · Low 17.7°C · 109 mm rain
- Mutare in FebruaryZimbabwe · 199 kmHigh 25.7°C · Low 17.6°C · 148 mm rain
- Gweru in FebruaryZimbabwe · 208 kmHigh 25.3°C · Low 16.2°C · 122 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.