Climate averages 1991–2020

Kadoma weather
in October.

A hot, fairly dry month: the warmest and the 7th driest of the year.

Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.

Average high 31.5°C Daytime mean, October
Average low 18.4°C Night-time mean, October
Rainfall 25 mm 4 days with ≥1 mm
Daylight 12 h Sunrise to sunset, per day
Every month in Kadoma · average highYear overview

October is a hot month in Kadoma: daytime highs average 31.5°C and nights cool to about 18.4°C. By daytime temperature it is the warmest month of the year.

Expect about 25 mm of rain on roughly 4 days, which makes October a fairly dry month (the 7th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 30 min on an average October day.

The nearest other city in this atlas is Kwekwe (67 km away). In October its highs average 31.3°C, about as warm as Kadoma, with 24 mm of rain.

Among the 11 cities listed in Zimbabwe, Kadoma ranks 1st of 11 for the warmest October highs and joint 6th of 11 for the driest October (rainfall, lowest first). The mean October high of those 11 cities is 29.1°C; Kadoma is 2.4°C warmer than that mean.

From October to November, average highs fall by 1.6°C to 30.0°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 25 mm to 84 mm.

The annual picture

October in context

30-year average
Average highAverage low°C
Average daily high and low temperatures by month The same values are available in the monthly table below. Lines show mean daily maxima and minima, not a forecast interval. 5101520253035 JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec

Monthly rainfall

Average total · mm
Average monthly rainfall totalsEach bar is a mean monthly total over 1991–2020. Full numbers are in the table. JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec 2000

Averages from hourly ERA5 reanalysis data. Actual weather varies from year to year. How these numbers are calculated

Every month, side by side

Kadoma climate table

1991–2020
Monthly climate averages for Kadoma, 1991–2020
MonthAverage highHigh / lowAverage lowRainfall mm/monthRain days ≥1 mm/dayDaylight hours/dayDay­light h/day
January 27.3°C18.7°C18.7°C18618.213.113 h
February 27.3°C18.5°C18.5°C13314.312.713 h
March 27.3°C18.0°C18.0°C779.912.212 h
April 26.5°C16.2°C16.2°C233.511.712 h
May 25.0°C13.7°C13.7°C5.11.011.311 h
June 23.0°C11.3°C11.3°C1.70.311.011 h
July 22.8°C10.6°C10.6°C0.40.111.111 h
August 26.3°C12.9°C12.9°C0.20.111.511 h
September 30.2°C16.1°C16.1°C2.30.512.012 h
October, selected 31.5°C18.4°C18.4°C254.312.512 h
November 30.0°C19.2°C19.2°C8411.913.013 h
December 27.8°C18.8°C18.8°C18419.513.213 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

Distance from Kadoma

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 Kadoma) is explained once on the Kadoma year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.