Climate averages 1991–2020

Kwekwe weather
in February.

A warm, wet month: the joint 5th warmest and the 10th driest of the year.

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

Average high 27.6°C Daytime mean, February

Average low 17.7°C Night-time mean, February

Rainfall 109 mm 12 days with ≥1 mm

Daylight 13 h Sunrise to sunset, per day

February is a warm month in Kwekwe: daytime highs average 27.6°C and nights cool to about 17.7°C. By daytime temperature it is the joint 5th warmest of the 12 months.

Expect about 109 mm of rain on roughly 12 days, which makes February a wet month (the 10th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 44 min on an average February day.

The nearest other city in this atlas is Gweru (58 km away). In February its highs average 25.3°C, 2.4°C cooler than Kwekwe, with 122 mm of rain.

Among the 11 cities listed in Zimbabwe, Kwekwe ranks 1st of 11 for the warmest February highs and 2nd of 11 for the driest February (rainfall, lowest first). The mean February high of those 11 cities is 25.9°C; Kwekwe is 1.8°C warmer than that mean.

From February to March, average highs fall by 0.1°C to 27.6°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 109 mm to 63 mm.

The annual picture

February in context

30-year average

Average highAverage low°C

Monthly rainfall

Average total · mm

Averages 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

1991–2020

Monthly climate averages for Kwekwe, 1991–2020
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, selected	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	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

February in nearby cities

Distance from Kwekwe

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