Climate averages 1991–2020
Harare weather
in March.
A warm, wet month: the 7th warmest and the 9th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
March is a warm month in Harare: daytime highs average 24.3°C and nights cool to about 15.4°C. By daytime temperature it is the 7th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 93 mm of rain on roughly 12 days, which makes March a wet month (the 9th 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 Chitungwiza (21 km away). In March its highs average 24.7°C, about as warm as Harare, with 88 mm of rain.
Among the 11 cities listed in Zimbabwe, Harare ranks 10th of 11 for the warmest March highs and joint 9th of 11 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 11 cities is 25.6°C; Harare is 1.2°C cooler than that mean.
From March to April, average highs fall by 0.9°C to 23.5°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 93 mm to 28 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
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, selected | 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
March in nearby cities
- Chitungwiza in MarchZimbabwe · 21 kmHigh 24.7°C · Low 15.4°C · 88 mm rain
- Ruwa in MarchZimbabwe · 21 kmHigh 23.7°C · Low 14.7°C · 93 mm rain
- Norton in MarchZimbabwe · 38 kmHigh 25.4°C · Low 16.6°C · 80 mm rain
- Chinhoyi in MarchZimbabwe · 104 kmHigh 26.7°C · Low 17.7°C · 92 mm rain
- Kadoma in MarchZimbabwe · 133 kmHigh 27.3°C · Low 18.0°C · 77 mm rain
- Kwekwe in MarchZimbabwe · 179 kmHigh 27.6°C · Low 17.1°C · 63 mm rain
- Mutare in MarchZimbabwe · 213 kmHigh 25.0°C · Low 16.8°C · 103 mm rain
- Gweru in MarchZimbabwe · 223 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 Harare) is explained once on the Harare year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.