Climate averages 1991–2020
Gweru weather
in May.
A warm, very dry month: the 10th warmest and the 5th driest of the year. Meets the pleasant-weather rule
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
May is a warm month in Gweru: daytime highs average 22.0°C and nights cool to about 10.5°C. By daytime temperature it is the 10th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 6.8 mm of rain on roughly 1 day, which makes May a very dry month (the 5th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 13 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Kwekwe (58 km away). In May its highs average 24.9°C, 3.0°C warmer than Gweru, with 5.4 mm of rain.
Among the 11 cities listed in Zimbabwe, Gweru ranks 10th of 11 for the warmest May highs and 8th of 11 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 11 cities is 23.1°C; Gweru is 1.2°C cooler than that mean.
From May to June, average highs fall by 2.0°C to 19.9°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 6.8 mm to 3.7 mm.
The annual picture
May 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
Gweru climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 25.3°C16.4°C | 16.4°C | 161 | 15.7 | 13.213 h |
| February | 25.3°C16.2°C | 16.2°C | 122 | 12.9 | 12.713 h |
| March | 24.8°C15.3°C | 15.3°C | 82 | 10.5 | 12.212 h |
| April | 23.4°C13.1°C | 13.1°C | 28 | 4.0 | 11.712 h |
| May, selected | 22.0°C10.5°C | 10.5°C | 6.8 | 1.4 | 11.211 h |
| June | 19.9°C8.1°C | 8.1°C | 3.7 | 0.7 | 11.011 h |
| July | 19.4°C7.5°C | 7.5°C | 2.9 | 0.9 | 11.111 h |
| August | 23.2°C9.5°C | 9.5°C | 0.6 | 0.1 | 11.511 h |
| September | 27.0°C12.7°C | 12.7°C | 4.4 | 0.8 | 12.012 h |
| October | 28.4°C15.0°C | 15.0°C | 25 | 4.8 | 12.513 h |
| November | 27.5°C16.3°C | 16.3°C | 98 | 12.3 | 13.013 h |
| December | 25.9°C16.4°C | 16.4°C | 184 | 17.6 | 13.313 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
May in nearby cities
- Kwekwe in MayZimbabwe · 58 kmHigh 24.9°C · Low 12.2°C · 5.4 mm rain
- Kadoma in MayZimbabwe · 125 kmHigh 25.0°C · Low 13.7°C · 5.1 mm rain
- Masvingo in MayZimbabwe · 126 kmHigh 23.1°C · Low 11.2°C · 9.3 mm rain
- Bulawayo in MayZimbabwe · 151 kmHigh 23.1°C · Low 10.8°C · 6.3 mm rain
- Norton in MayZimbabwe · 197 kmHigh 23.3°C · Low 12.3°C · 6.5 mm rain
- Chitungwiza in MayZimbabwe · 208 kmHigh 22.5°C · Low 10.5°C · 6.4 mm rain
- Harare in MayZimbabwe · 223 kmHigh 22.2°C · Low 10.6°C · 6.0 mm rain
- Ruwa in MayZimbabwe · 230 kmHigh 21.4°C · Low 9.7°C · 8.0 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 Gweru) is explained once on the Gweru year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.