Climate averages 1991–2020
Kwekwe weather
in December.
A hot, wet month: the 4th warmest and the wettest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
December is a hot month in Kwekwe: daytime highs average 28.0°C and nights cool to about 18.0°C. By daytime temperature it is the 4th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 163 mm of rain on roughly 18 days, which makes December a wet month (the wettest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 15 min on an average December day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Gweru (58 km away). In December its highs average 25.9°C, 2.1°C cooler than Kwekwe, with 184 mm of rain.
Among the 11 cities listed in Zimbabwe, Kwekwe ranks 1st of 11 for the warmest December highs and 3rd of 11 for the driest December (rainfall, lowest first). The mean December high of those 11 cities is 26.4°C; Kwekwe is 1.6°C warmer than that mean.
From December to January, average highs fall by 0.5°C to 27.5°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 163 mm to 146 mm.
The annual picture
December 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
Kwekwe climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 27.5°C18.0°C | 18.0°C | 146 | 15.9 | 13.113 h |
| February | 27.6°C17.7°C | 17.7°C | 109 | 12.2 | 12.713 h |
| March | 27.6°C17.1°C | 17.1°C | 63 | 9.1 | 12.212 h |
| April | 26.6°C14.9°C | 14.9°C | 20 | 2.9 | 11.712 h |
| May | 24.9°C12.2°C | 12.2°C | 5.4 | 1.3 | 11.211 h |
| June | 22.7°C9.6°C | 9.6°C | 1.8 | 0.5 | 11.011 h |
| July | 22.4°C9.0°C | 9.0°C | 0.8 | 0.3 | 11.111 h |
| August | 25.9°C11.1°C | 11.1°C | 0.2 | 0.1 | 11.511 h |
| September | 29.7°C14.3°C | 14.3°C | 2.6 | 0.7 | 12.012 h |
| October | 31.3°C16.9°C | 16.9°C | 24 | 4.3 | 12.513 h |
| November | 30.1°C18.2°C | 18.2°C | 82 | 11.3 | 13.013 h |
| December, selected | 28.0°C18.0°C | 18.0°C | 163 | 17.5 | 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
December in nearby cities
- Gweru in DecemberZimbabwe · 58 kmHigh 25.9°C · Low 16.4°C · 184 mm rain
- Kadoma in DecemberZimbabwe · 67 kmHigh 27.8°C · Low 18.8°C · 184 mm rain
- Norton in DecemberZimbabwe · 149 kmHigh 25.9°C · Low 17.4°C · 171 mm rain
- Masvingo in DecemberZimbabwe · 165 kmHigh 27.3°C · Low 17.8°C · 145 mm rain
- Chitungwiza in DecemberZimbabwe · 167 kmHigh 25.4°C · Low 16.5°C · 179 mm rain
- Chinhoyi in DecemberZimbabwe · 178 kmHigh 27.5°C · Low 18.8°C · 174 mm rain
- Harare in DecemberZimbabwe · 179 kmHigh 25.1°C · Low 16.3°C · 179 mm rain
- Bulawayo in DecemberZimbabwe · 187 kmHigh 26.9°C · Low 17.0°C · 148 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 Kwekwe) is explained once on the Kwekwe year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.