Climate averages 1991–2020

Harare 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.

Average high 24.6°C Daytime mean, February

Average low 16.2°C Night-time mean, February

Rainfall 146 mm 16 days with ≥1 mm

Daylight 13 h Sunrise to sunset, per day

February is a warm month in Harare: daytime highs average 24.6°C and nights cool to about 16.2°C. By daytime temperature it is the 5th warmest of the 12 months.

Expect about 146 mm of rain on roughly 16 days, which makes February a wet month (the 10th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 41 min on an average February day.

The nearest other city in this atlas is Chitungwiza (21 km away). In February its highs average 25.0°C, about as warm as Harare, with 133 mm of rain.

Among the 11 cities listed in Zimbabwe, Harare ranks 10th of 11 for the warmest February highs and 9th of 11 for the driest February (rainfall, lowest first). The mean February high of those 11 cities is 25.9°C; Harare is 1.3°C cooler than that mean.

From February to March, average highs fall by 0.3°C to 24.3°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 146 mm to 93 mm.

The annual picture

February in context

30-year average

Average highAverage low°C

Monthly rainfall

Average total · mm

Averages 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

1991–2020

Monthly climate averages for Harare, 1991–2020
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, selected	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	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

February in nearby cities

Distance from Harare

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 limits

How 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.