Climate averages 1991–2020
Harare weather
in October.
A hot, fairly dry month: the warmest and the 6th driest of the year. Meets the pleasant-weather rule
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
October is a hot month in Harare: daytime highs average 28.0°C and nights cool to about 14.9°C. By daytime temperature it is the warmest month of the year.
Expect about 22 mm of rain on roughly 4 days, which makes October a fairly dry month (the 6th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 29 min on an average October day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Chitungwiza (21 km away). In October its highs average 28.3°C, about as warm as Harare, with 28 mm of rain.
Among the 11 cities listed in Zimbabwe, Harare ranks 9th of 11 for the warmest October highs and joint 2nd of 11 for the driest October (rainfall, lowest first). The mean October high of those 11 cities is 29.1°C; Harare is 1.2°C cooler than that mean.
From October to November, average highs fall by 0.8°C to 27.1°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 22 mm to 82 mm.
The annual picture
October 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, selected | 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
October in nearby cities
- Chitungwiza in OctoberZimbabwe · 21 kmHigh 28.3°C · Low 15.1°C · 28 mm rain
- Ruwa in OctoberZimbabwe · 21 kmHigh 27.1°C · Low 14.0°C · 31 mm rain
- Norton in OctoberZimbabwe · 38 kmHigh 29.2°C · Low 16.5°C · 26 mm rain
- Chinhoyi in OctoberZimbabwe · 104 kmHigh 31.1°C · Low 18.2°C · 17 mm rain
- Kadoma in OctoberZimbabwe · 133 kmHigh 31.5°C · Low 18.4°C · 25 mm rain
- Kwekwe in OctoberZimbabwe · 179 kmHigh 31.3°C · Low 16.9°C · 24 mm rain
- Mutare in OctoberZimbabwe · 213 kmHigh 26.9°C · Low 14.9°C · 35 mm rain
- Gweru in OctoberZimbabwe · 223 kmHigh 28.4°C · Low 15.0°C · 25 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.