Climate averages 1991–2020
Harare weather
in September.
A warm, very dry month: the 3rd warmest and the 4th driest of the year. Meets the pleasant-weather rule
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
September is a warm month in Harare: daytime highs average 26.6°C and nights cool to about 12.5°C. By daytime temperature it is the 3rd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 3.2 mm of rain on fewer than one day, which makes September a very dry month (the 4th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 59 min on an average September day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Chitungwiza (21 km away). In September its highs average 27.0°C, about as warm as Harare, with 3.5 mm of rain.
Among the 11 cities listed in Zimbabwe, Harare ranks 9th of 11 for the warmest September highs and 4th of 11 for the driest September (rainfall, lowest first). The mean September high of those 11 cities is 27.8°C; Harare is 1.2°C cooler than that mean.
From September to October, average highs rise by 1.4°C to 28.0°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 3.2 mm to 22 mm.
The annual picture
September 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, selected | 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
September in nearby cities
- Chitungwiza in SeptemberZimbabwe · 21 kmHigh 27.0°C · Low 12.7°C · 3.5 mm rain
- Ruwa in SeptemberZimbabwe · 21 kmHigh 25.8°C · Low 11.6°C · 3.9 mm rain
- Norton in SeptemberZimbabwe · 38 kmHigh 27.9°C · Low 14.3°C · 3.3 mm rain
- Chinhoyi in SeptemberZimbabwe · 104 kmHigh 29.6°C · Low 15.5°C · 2.7 mm rain
- Kadoma in SeptemberZimbabwe · 133 kmHigh 30.2°C · Low 16.1°C · 2.3 mm rain
- Kwekwe in SeptemberZimbabwe · 179 kmHigh 29.7°C · Low 14.3°C · 2.6 mm rain
- Mutare in SeptemberZimbabwe · 213 kmHigh 25.8°C · Low 12.8°C · 15 mm rain
- Gweru in SeptemberZimbabwe · 223 kmHigh 27.0°C · Low 12.7°C · 4.4 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.