Climate averages 1991–2020
Harare 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 Harare: daytime highs average 23.2°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 31 min on an average August day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Chitungwiza (21 km away). In August its highs average 23.6°C, about as warm as Harare, with almost no rain (under 1 mm).
Among the 11 cities listed in Zimbabwe, Harare ranks joint 8th of 11 for the warmest August highs and joint 5th of 11 for the driest August (rainfall, lowest first). The mean August high of those 11 cities is 24.2°C; Harare is 1.0°C cooler than that mean.
From August to September, average highs rise by 3.4°C to 26.6°C, and monthly rainfall rises from under 1 mm to 3.2 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
Harare climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 24.5°C16.4°C | 16.4°C | 217 | 20.5 | 13.113 h |
| February | 24.6°C16.2°C | 16.2°C | 146 | 16.2 | 12.713 h |
| March | 24.3°C15.4°C | 15.4°C | 93 | 12.4 | 12.212 h |
| April | 23.5°C13.1°C | 13.1°C | 28 | 4.9 | 11.712 h |
| May | 22.2°C10.6°C | 10.6°C | 6.0 | 1.4 | 11.311 h |
| June | 20.3°C8.4°C | 8.4°C | 1.7 | 0.3 | 11.111 h |
| July | 20.1°C7.8°C | 7.8°C | 1.1 | 0.2 | 11.211 h |
| August, selected | 23.2°C9.5°C | 9.5°C | 0.6 | 0.2 | 11.512 h |
| September | 26.6°C12.5°C | 12.5°C | 3.2 | 0.9 | 12.012 h |
| October | 28.0°C14.9°C | 14.9°C | 22 | 4.1 | 12.512 h |
| November | 27.1°C16.2°C | 16.2°C | 82 | 12.5 | 12.913 h |
| December | 25.1°C16.3°C | 16.3°C | 179 | 20.1 | 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
- Chitungwiza in AugustZimbabwe · 21 kmHigh 23.6°C · Low 9.5°C · 0.5 mm rain
- Ruwa in AugustZimbabwe · 21 kmHigh 22.5°C · Low 8.6°C · 0.9 mm rain
- Norton in AugustZimbabwe · 38 kmHigh 24.4°C · Low 11.3°C · 0.3 mm rain
- Chinhoyi in AugustZimbabwe · 104 kmHigh 26.0°C · Low 12.1°C · 0.6 mm rain
- Kadoma in AugustZimbabwe · 133 kmHigh 26.3°C · Low 12.9°C · 0.2 mm rain
- Kwekwe in AugustZimbabwe · 179 kmHigh 25.9°C · Low 11.1°C · 0.2 mm rain
- Mutare in AugustZimbabwe · 213 kmHigh 22.8°C · Low 10.6°C · 6.0 mm rain
- Gweru in AugustZimbabwe · 223 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 Harare) is explained once on the Harare year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.