Climate averages 1991–2020
Gweru weather
in September.
A warm, very dry month: the 3rd warmest and the 4th driest of the year. Meets the pleasant-weather rule
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
September is a warm month in Gweru: daytime highs average 27.0°C and nights cool to about 12.7°C. By daytime temperature it is the 3rd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 4.4 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 58 min on an average September day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Kwekwe (58 km away). In September its highs average 29.7°C, 2.7°C warmer than Gweru, with 2.6 mm of rain.
Among the 11 cities listed in Zimbabwe, Gweru ranks joint 7th of 11 for the warmest September highs and 8th of 11 for the driest September (rainfall, lowest first). The mean September high of those 11 cities is 27.8°C; Gweru is 0.7°C cooler than that mean.
From September to October, average highs rise by 1.4°C to 28.4°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 4.4 mm to 25 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
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 | 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, selected | 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
September in nearby cities
- Kwekwe in SeptemberZimbabwe · 58 kmHigh 29.7°C · Low 14.3°C · 2.6 mm rain
- Kadoma in SeptemberZimbabwe · 125 kmHigh 30.2°C · Low 16.1°C · 2.3 mm rain
- Masvingo in SeptemberZimbabwe · 126 kmHigh 27.6°C · Low 13.6°C · 5.0 mm rain
- Bulawayo in SeptemberZimbabwe · 151 kmHigh 28.1°C · Low 13.2°C · 5.3 mm rain
- Norton in SeptemberZimbabwe · 197 kmHigh 27.9°C · Low 14.3°C · 3.3 mm rain
- Chitungwiza in SeptemberZimbabwe · 208 kmHigh 27.0°C · Low 12.7°C · 3.5 mm rain
- Harare in SeptemberZimbabwe · 223 kmHigh 26.6°C · Low 12.5°C · 3.2 mm rain
- Ruwa in SeptemberZimbabwe · 230 kmHigh 25.8°C · Low 11.6°C · 3.9 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.