Climate averages 1991–2020
Chitungwiza weather
in March.
A warm, moderately wet month: the 7th warmest and the 8th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
March is a warm month in Chitungwiza: daytime highs average 24.7°C and nights cool to about 15.4°C. By daytime temperature it is the 7th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 88 mm of rain on roughly 11 days, which makes March a moderately wet month (the 8th 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 Harare (21 km away). In March its highs average 24.3°C, about as warm as Chitungwiza, with 93 mm of rain.
Among the 11 cities listed in Zimbabwe, Chitungwiza ranks 9th of 11 for the warmest March highs and 7th of 11 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 11 cities is 25.6°C; Chitungwiza is 0.8°C cooler than that mean.
From March to April, average highs fall by 0.9°C to 23.8°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 88 mm to 29 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
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, selected | 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
March in nearby cities
- Harare in MarchZimbabwe · 21 kmHigh 24.3°C · Low 15.4°C · 93 mm rain
- Ruwa in MarchZimbabwe · 23 kmHigh 23.7°C · Low 14.7°C · 93 mm rain
- Norton in MarchZimbabwe · 42 kmHigh 25.4°C · Low 16.6°C · 80 mm rain
- Chinhoyi in MarchZimbabwe · 117 kmHigh 26.7°C · Low 17.7°C · 92 mm rain
- Kadoma in MarchZimbabwe · 128 kmHigh 27.3°C · Low 18.0°C · 77 mm rain
- Kwekwe in MarchZimbabwe · 167 kmHigh 27.6°C · Low 17.1°C · 63 mm rain
- Mutare in MarchZimbabwe · 199 kmHigh 25.0°C · Low 16.8°C · 103 mm rain
- Gweru in MarchZimbabwe · 208 kmHigh 24.8°C · Low 15.3°C · 82 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.