Climate averages 1991–2020
Kadoma weather
in September.
A hot, very dry month: the 2nd warmest and the 4th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
September is a hot month in Kadoma: daytime highs average 30.2°C and nights cool to about 16.1°C. By daytime temperature it is the 2nd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 2.3 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 Kwekwe (67 km away). In September its highs average 29.7°C, about as warm as Kadoma, with 2.6 mm of rain.
Among the 11 cities listed in Zimbabwe, Kadoma ranks 1st of 11 for the warmest September highs and 1st of 11 for the driest September (rainfall, lowest first). The mean September high of those 11 cities is 27.8°C; Kadoma is 2.4°C warmer than that mean.
From September to October, average highs rise by 1.3°C to 31.5°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 2.3 mm to 25 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
Kadoma climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 27.3°C18.7°C | 18.7°C | 186 | 18.2 | 13.113 h |
| February | 27.3°C18.5°C | 18.5°C | 133 | 14.3 | 12.713 h |
| March | 27.3°C18.0°C | 18.0°C | 77 | 9.9 | 12.212 h |
| April | 26.5°C16.2°C | 16.2°C | 23 | 3.5 | 11.712 h |
| May | 25.0°C13.7°C | 13.7°C | 5.1 | 1.0 | 11.311 h |
| June | 23.0°C11.3°C | 11.3°C | 1.7 | 0.3 | 11.011 h |
| July | 22.8°C10.6°C | 10.6°C | 0.4 | 0.1 | 11.111 h |
| August | 26.3°C12.9°C | 12.9°C | 0.2 | 0.1 | 11.511 h |
| September, selected | 30.2°C16.1°C | 16.1°C | 2.3 | 0.5 | 12.012 h |
| October | 31.5°C18.4°C | 18.4°C | 25 | 4.3 | 12.512 h |
| November | 30.0°C19.2°C | 19.2°C | 84 | 11.9 | 13.013 h |
| December | 27.8°C18.8°C | 18.8°C | 184 | 19.5 | 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
- Kwekwe in SeptemberZimbabwe · 67 kmHigh 29.7°C · Low 14.3°C · 2.6 mm rain
- Norton in SeptemberZimbabwe · 97 kmHigh 27.9°C · Low 14.3°C · 3.3 mm rain
- Chinhoyi in SeptemberZimbabwe · 112 kmHigh 29.6°C · Low 15.5°C · 2.7 mm rain
- Gweru in SeptemberZimbabwe · 125 kmHigh 27.0°C · Low 12.7°C · 4.4 mm rain
- Chitungwiza in SeptemberZimbabwe · 128 kmHigh 27.0°C · Low 12.7°C · 3.5 mm rain
- Harare in SeptemberZimbabwe · 133 kmHigh 26.6°C · Low 12.5°C · 3.2 mm rain
- Ruwa in SeptemberZimbabwe · 149 kmHigh 25.8°C · Low 11.6°C · 3.9 mm rain
- Masvingo in SeptemberZimbabwe · 215 kmHigh 27.6°C · Low 13.6°C · 5.0 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 Kadoma) is explained once on the Kadoma year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.