Climate averages 1991–2020
Harare weather
in November.
A warm, moderately wet month: the 2nd warmest and the 8th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
November is a warm month in Harare: daytime highs average 27.1°C and nights cool to about 16.2°C. By daytime temperature it is the 2nd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 82 mm of rain on roughly 13 days, which makes November a moderately wet month (the 8th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 56 min on an average November day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Chitungwiza (21 km away). In November its highs average 27.3°C, about as warm as Harare, with 92 mm of rain.
Among the 11 cities listed in Zimbabwe, Harare ranks 9th of 11 for the warmest November highs and joint 2nd of 11 for the driest November (rainfall, lowest first). The mean November high of those 11 cities is 28.2°C; Harare is 1.1°C cooler than that mean.
From November to December, average highs fall by 2.1°C to 25.1°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 82 mm to 179 mm.
The annual picture
November 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 | 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, selected | 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
November in nearby cities
- Chitungwiza in NovemberZimbabwe · 21 kmHigh 27.3°C · Low 16.3°C · 92 mm rain
- Ruwa in NovemberZimbabwe · 21 kmHigh 26.2°C · Low 15.4°C · 100 mm rain
- Norton in NovemberZimbabwe · 38 kmHigh 27.9°C · Low 17.5°C · 87 mm rain
- Chinhoyi in NovemberZimbabwe · 104 kmHigh 30.0°C · Low 19.2°C · 74 mm rain
- Kadoma in NovemberZimbabwe · 133 kmHigh 30.0°C · Low 19.2°C · 84 mm rain
- Kwekwe in NovemberZimbabwe · 179 kmHigh 30.1°C · Low 18.2°C · 82 mm rain
- Mutare in NovemberZimbabwe · 213 kmHigh 27.0°C · Low 16.6°C · 107 mm rain
- Gweru in NovemberZimbabwe · 223 kmHigh 27.5°C · Low 16.3°C · 98 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.